Penaud replaces Blanco as France’s all-time leading try scorer in 32-17 defeat to South Africa

PARIS AP Damian Penaud overtook Serge Blanco as France s all-time leading try scorer in test rugby with his th try early into a - home defeat against world champion South Africa on Saturday Penaud latched onto a smart chip kick from fullback Thomas Ramos and ran over in the right corner untouched The -year-old Penaud took tests to pass Blanco who retired in as one of the greatest fullbacks of all time and had tries in tests Penaud added a second try in the first half to reach with Ramos setting him up again following a quick line move which swept from left to right The sides met for the first time since when South Africa knocked out the World Cup host - in an epic quarterfinal Eleven Springboks from that matchday returned to the Stade de France South Africa trailed - and had a member less for the entire second half following Lood De Jager s red card but still rallied to win AP rugby https apnews com hub rugby Source