Victory ensured France topped Pool A with a perfect record of four wins from four.
DAMIAN PENAUD EDGED closer to Serge Blanco’s France try record as Les Bleus secured a Rugby World Cup quarter-final with a 60-7 thumping of sorry Italy on Friday.
They will know their opponents after the Irish take on the Scots at the Stade de France in Paris on Saturday. Advertisement Louis Bielle-Biarrey, Thomas Ramos, who scored 20 points, Matthieu Jalibert, Peato Mauvaka and Yoram Moefana with two also scored in this eight-try romp. France were pummelling Italy up front and their backs were reaping the rewards of the space created, with Ramos next to scamper over in the corner.Italy tried to make a fist of it but after a searing break in their backs, Tommaso Allan spilled the ball just metres from the tryline.
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