Sporting digest: Rugby Union
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Your support makes all the difference.FRANCE opened their eight-game South African tour with a 18-8 victory over Eastern Province yesterday. The tourists came close to being run off their feet in the last 20 minutes in the face of a late rally by Eastern Province's forwards. Alain Penaud, the fly- half drafted to replace Didier Camberabero, scored two tries in a personal haul of 13 points.
TOUR MATCHES: South African Barbarians Select XV 17 Wales 56 (at Windhoek); Eastern Province 8 France 18 (at Port Elizabeth, SA).
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