Quite bizarre this match but then France were involved. They fell 19-14 against Tonga who should have won by 20 points if they'd taken half the tries they created.
Tonga were ready from the start and while their scrum was a bit erratic, they were determined and inventive enough to give their rivals a comprehensive defeat.
France's bonus point for finishing inside a seven point margin confirmed they would advance to the quarterfinals despite any other results in the last round. But they made torrid work of that.
Referee Steve Walsh awarded France an injury-time penalty in front of the posts which would have guaranteed them the bonus point. Instead they called for a scrum and spun the ball wide for Vincent Clerc to score after a TMO decision. Work that out.
All the praise went to the men in red who were ranked 13th in the world at the start of the tournament. They dominated their Six Nations opponents with halfback Taniela Moa the key figure in creating much of the damage with his mix of silky passing, attacking kicks and powerful bursts.
