Antoine Dupont Fabien Galthie Damian Penaud Julien Marchand Thomas Ramos Bernard Foley France Australia South Africa New Zealand Sport Rugby as Antoine Dupont Fabien Galthie Damian Penaud Julien Marchand Thomas Ramos Bernard Foley France Australia South Africa New Zealand

Damian Penaud pounces for late winner as France stun Australia

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Damian Penaud scored a late try to give France a record 11th consecutive victory as they beat Australia in a Stade de France thriller.Lalakai Foketi scored a sensational try for the Wallabies and Jock Campbell added another with Bernard Foley kicking the rest of the points for the visitors, who did a great job at keeping France's mercurial scrum-half Antoine Dupont in check.Fabien Galthie's side however ground through the game and winger Penaud scored the winner to add to Julien Marchand's try, while Thomas Ramos's metronomic boot secured their other points.France, who take on South Africa in Marseille next Saturday, improved on their record of consecutive victories that dated back to the 1930s.Wow.

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