PARIS (Reuters) - France went through the opening phase of the Rugby World Cup like party-goers at a summer disco, but after a weekend of electrifying rugby, the lights were switched back on abruptly and the country woke up on a greyish, crisp autumn morning.
Gone are Les Bleus, beaten 29-28 by South Africa, and gone are the Irish, with tears in their eyes as they stared into their almost-empty pints of beers after the quarter-final defeat by New Zealand.
