1.   There was hardly any weight difference, but the French pack was more powerful.

2.   French pack leader Philippe Benetton and scrum-half Guy Accocebery both had to leave the field in the first half with broken arms.

3.   He was referring, however, to his front five, who excelled despite giving away weight to a massive French pack.

4.   Both sides scored one try but the French pack always looked more mobile about the pitch and their defence impenetrable around the rucks and mauls.

5.   Both sides scored one try but the French pack always looked more mobile about the pitch, their defence impenetrable around the rucks and mauls.

6.   Springbok forward dominance was no better illustrated than when they pushed the French pack back off their line three times.

7.   The huge French pack forwards stamped their authority on the game from the first minute and it looked as if the French backline would have a field day.