Rugby-Namibia overawed then overwhelmed in Marseille bearpit


Rugby Union - Rugby World Cup 2023 - Pool A - France v Namibia - Orange Velodrome, Marseille, France - September 21, 2023 France's Baptiste Couilloud in action REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier

MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) - Namibia's young and desperately inexperienced team were still getting used to the noise rolling down from almost 64,000 French fans when they started shipping tries on Thursday, and they then proved horribly unable to turn off the tap.

Eighty minutes later they had conceded 14 of them in a 96-0 World Cup thrashing as France chalked up their biggest-ever victory in front of a delirious Marseille crowd.

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