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The Wallabies defeat the French in Sydney
a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Z0GMBaSoOOM/SkfKYnwXsVI/AAAAAAAADK8/8yyKYDwLhB8/s1600-h/matt-giteau-france.jpg"img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 350px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Z0GMBaSoOOM/SkfKYnwXsVI/AAAAAAAADK8/8yyKYDwLhB8/s400/matt-giteau-france.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352469206490657106" border="0" //aspan style="font-weight: bold;"Sydney was the venue on Saturday as the Wallabies hosted France in a once off Test match that resulted in the hosts coming out convincing winners, 22-6. /spanbr /br /Star flyhalf Matt Giteau ran the show as he scored all the points for the home side as they stretched their dominance over France to four consecutive victories.br /br /France, on a tough tour that saw them facing the All Blacks two weeks in a row, were surely fatigued as they struggled to break the Wallabies unrelenting defence.br /br /Australia on the other hand, came into the match relatively fresh after convincing wins over the Barbarians and Italy.br /br /Giteau scored the only try of the match, which he converted. He also slotted a handy five penalties, which helped the Aussies pull away in the second half after leading 10-3 at halftime.br /br /"It's been a solid month for us and it's good background for us and that was better than a solid performance," coach Robbie Deans said.br /br /"There were elements there that we've been working on, our defence was obvious and it was a full team effort, everyone got into the game and added something."br /br /French coach Marc Lievremont wasn
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