Les Bleus were massive underdogs ahead of the 2007 World Cup quarter-final, not least because they were being forced to play in Cardiff, even though they were tournament hosts. So the All Blacks presumably felt their pre-match dance was simply the precursor to a straightforward win. Not so: France not only delivered their own message of defiance, wearing T-shirts in the colours of the tricolore and standing inches away from their opponents' noses, they also won the game, 20-18, to prompt the biggest bout of World Cup agonising in New Zealand since the previous one.

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