Taranaki beaten
PA New Plymouth The French flair for tries was ably demonstrated at New Plymouth’s Rugby Park today w'hen the touring Cote de Basque team trounced Taranaki 34-10. ’ After a muddling first half. 1 when neither side looked ' very impressive, the French- ’ men ran riot in the second spell to finish with a total of 1 seven tries. 1 Most of their tries came 1 from the quick passing and 1 fast acceleration that has '
been a hallmark of touring French international teams, in New Zealand. i It was a punishing display | which inflicted Taranaki's! fourth successive defeat of the season and a repeat of: the result when Taranaki met Cote de Basque in Bay-1 onne in 1979 as part of its I world tour. : Taranaki w’as without All ‘ Blacks, Graham Mourie and' Dave Loveridge, w’ho were both suffering from knocks taken in the test against Scotland on Saturday.
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