France beat Romania thanks to Sofiane Guitoune but have room to improve

These teams have history. This was the 50th match between them, which means France have played Romania more often than they have, for instance, Australia. For years it was an annual fixture, and a fiercely fought one. The Romanians won eight and drew two of the first 35 games, and beat each of the French sides who won the Five Nations in 1962 and 1968, as well as the Grand Slam team of 1977. After that, the French press dubbed them the “world champions of defence”. Those days are long gone. The last Romanian victory was in 1990. France have won all 15 fixtures since, and in the last five of th…