These two legends Jonah and Christophe left too soon, like some others... Let us hope that this magnificent sport will make us discover other legends...
J’adore ce match parce que je suis Français bien sûr mais surtout car nous pouvons revoir le meilleur joueur de rugby de tous les temps M. Jonah Lomu. Il nous a défoncé. Un grand respect pour l’homme qu’il a été toute sa vie.
🏴 When rugby tournaments come around I support France purely because of this game. NZ with a prime Jonah Lomu, as I recall, were the reddest hottest favourites to win anything ever and just when it appeared they were about to steamroller their latest victims France took them apart in about 20 magical minutes, stealing my heart in the process. It was like watching a quality movie and I was glued to every moment. Best thing I’ve seen on a rugby pitch and my No.1 game.
The one thing this video doesn't capture was the body language of the All Blacks between set pieces and when the ball was dead. They looked stunned, even haunted. Not a look I have seen on the All Blacks players before or since.
I was there. I even managed to get some Twickenham grass after the game as a souvenir. The best game of 🏉 I've ever watched. France were on a different level that day.🇨🇵 💪
Dan Carter and Johnny Wilkinson had longer, greater careers and WC wins, but that performance by La Maison, absolutely incredible. Also has there ever been a braver rugger than Domenici?!
To that point, this game was the turnaround performance in a RWC match. Down 24-10 just after halftime, the French scored 33 unanswered points. Lamaison scored 28 points himself! France were inspired that day, fair play to them. NZ would go on to suffer more heartbreak 8 years later in the QF v France in Cardiff, before we turned it around in Auckland in 2011 and in London in 2015. But the 1999 SF will long live in the memory as the underdog's triumph.
People being to scared to tackle a big man doesnt make him class makes him a giant running over toddlers until joost showed us how to tackle big men being small
@@allengreene9954 don't hate the man I am stating facts. Just simply thing he is way too overrated he was the pioneer for these big wingers we see today so maybe there is that.
At the the time it was one of the saddest losses to me supporting the All Blacks. One of the biggest upsets in Test Rugby and Rugby World Cup history. Epic win for the fantastic French team. Whenever I return to this game now I'm sad now because knowing what happened to their wonderful winger Christophe Dominici! RIP. The game played in heaven. 🙏💙🏉
Went to the game. An epic one but hardly an upset, nevermind the biggest in all of RWC history. Two traditional powers of the sport, in fact that was the first ever RWC final in 1987, a clash between France and New Zealand.
I just watched this for the first time in 2023. What happened to the All Blacks in the second half? To think the "forward pass" win in 2007 was my favorite France v NZ game. Bring on the opening match!!
Of all the world cup matches.easily the greatest by far... Simply sensational... Just like when an older Muhammad Ali upset... outclassed... and knocked out big bad George Foreman . Love and respect...
For me, the test of the last century. That All Black side had excellent players. But France showed, as it did in 1994, why it should never be written off. RIP Jonah Lomu ( 1975-2015 ). RIP Christophe Dominici ( 1972-2020 ). Both players gone far too soon.
I had a largely unpaid job writing previews of these WC games for an online Aussie bookie. I predicted a 12 point win for NZ but I added in my final sentence to beware of France, They had not started playing yet and if they did play their best, they would win. All the kiwis I worked with had miserable faces the following day and blamed me for NZ losing !!
The biggest upset of all time? Not really. The All Blacks at the time were rebuilding. They had lost 5 test matches in a row in 1998, which was previously unthinkable. A lot of senior players had retired and players were playing out of position (Cullen should have been at fullback not centre, plus Umaga was arguably better as a centre not wing).
They went on to face Australia in a brilliant final, sorry France, England are still the only northern hemisphere team to win a World Cup, hopefully in 2023 we can have a brilliant match together again
