The French side's momentum finally told, the Blues defence stretched by repeated batterings to allow Skrela to send wing Arias into a half gap for a converted try.

BBC: Blues 31-21 Stade Francais

With seven minutes left David Blair sniffed a half-gap and shot through only to be dragged down just short of the Blues' line.

BBC: Blues 18-17 Edinburgh

Again, if France had been as flexible as America, its unemployment rate would have been 1.7 percentage points lower (equivalent to roughly half the gap that then existed).

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