How did the french react to their record six nations win over england?

WHETHER IN NEWSPAPERS OR ONLINE, THERE WAS MUCH JOY OVER FRANCE’S 53-10 VICTORY OVER ENGLAND IN THE SIX NATIONS RUGBY TOURNAMENT France’s 53-10 over England was the first French victory in

the Six Nations at Twickenham for 18 years. It was also France’s largest victory in the tournament and England’s biggest defeat at their home ground. READ MORE: FRENCH RUGBY TERMS TO KNOW

AHEAD OF LE CRUNCH WITH ENGLAND Here _The Connexion_ rounds up the reaction in France to the humiliation inflicted on their cross-Channel rivals. FRENCH PRESS MARVEL OVER RECORD WIN

Unsurprising after a record win, the French press was very complimentary. ‘God save the kings!’ wrote French sports daily _l’Equipe_, underlining France’s historic victory but also

recognising the desperate plight of English rugby. _‘Rois d’Angleterre_’ (‘Kings of England’) headlined _Le Parisien_, while _Var-Matin_, a local newspaper in southern France, went for ‘_Une

claque pour l’histoire’_ (‘A slap for history’) _Midi Olympique_ had “_Kiffenham_”, a play-on-words, combining Twickenham and the French word from the Arabic _kiff_ (to love, to like.)

Newspapers used classic French rugby imagery such as its rooster emblem, including _Var Matin_, which inked that France a _remis le coq au milieu de la_ _basse-cour_ (put the rooster back

onto the barn). That is a reference to the French expression_ remettre l'église au centre du village_ (putting things back to normal.) _Le Journal du Dimanche_ said France’s rugby stars

‘walked on water’, adding the victory at Twickenham – the first there in 18 years in the Six Nations – will stay in the history books for a long time. SIMILAR REACTION ONLINE French Twitter

struck a similar chord to the back pages. _‘On a marché sur les Anglais_’ (‘We walked on the English’) tweeted Neurchi de rugby in a reference to ‘_On a marché sur la lune_’ (‘We walked on

the moon’ or the official translation ‘Explorers on the moon’), a famous _Tintin_ comic book by Hergé. Another user published a poster-like advert with a rooster on top of a _rosbif_ (roast

beef), the nickname the French use for the English. > 10-53 #ANGFRA 🏟️ >  > Correction. pic.twitter.com/2z89f5cbRo > — Hedi (@Hedi_ddi4) March 11, 2023 Others published footage

of the game, often Thibaud Flament’s second try or -- more cruelly – videos of English supporters leaving the stadium before the end of the game. Pierre-Antoine Damecour, a TV host for

l’Equipe TV, tweeted the moment French supporters chanted “sorry good game” at English supporters as they were leaving. > Sorry good game 👋🏻 #ANGFRA pic.twitter.com/PFhqgtDMty > — 

Pierre-Antoine Damecour (@padamecour) March 11, 2023 Benoît Hamon, once the Socialist Party’s candidate for the French presidency, said he was speechless. He flagged the 53-10 scoreline, but

also the 42-7 victory of France’s U20 rugby team over the English. > I'm speechless. > ENG U20 vs FRA U20 : 7-42 > ENG vs FRA : 10-53#ANGFRA pic.twitter.com/Osr5BvuZGg > — 

Benoît Hamon (@benoithamon) March 11, 2023 France now heads into its final Six Nations game against Wales at the Stade de France on Saturday (March 18). Ireland will face England, knowing

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