Looking around for a decent rugby pub in Lille (from what I can gather, Tír na nÓg looks like the best bet) I stumbled across this video footage of Gareth Edwards's 'try of the century' playing for the Barbarians against the All Blacks. "This is Gareth Edwards... a dramatic start... what a score!" - brings tears to my eyes every time I hear the commentary.
Mind you, the 'try from the end of the world' by Jean-Luc Sadourny in 1994 was a darned good effort by the French XV at the top of their game.
Personally, though, my favourite try has to be...
... France's remarkable effort, finished off by Serge Blanco, to win their semi-final match against Australia in the Rugby World Cup in 1987.
It turned out that the Australia match was effectively France's final in that they peaked and New Zealand cruised to victory in the final.
Just because they've scored a couple of brilliant tries doesn't mean that I'll ever support France in a rugby match, though.
Posted by dompannell at September 1, 2007 2:12 PM