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#1 Underdogs punching above their weight
Pool A was being considered the toughest group to be a part of, especially for the lowest ranked team in the tournament. The 20th ranked France has 2nd ranked Argentina, 8th ranked Spain and 9th ranked New Zealand in their group but they have gave two very good performances in the World Cup till now; narrowly losing the first and drawing the second fixture.
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The French team that played against Spain had only 5 players with over 100 international caps while the opposition had players like Cortez (262) and Mark Salles (200) in their team.
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Edited by Ram Kumar
