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Mon 10 Oct 2007French mourn day the music diedThe day that rugby died? Maybe it was because we were in Paris, but it sure felt like it.If this is what it takes to win World Cups, it's hard to see how rugby is going to expand its audience base. "L'histoire est fini," wrote L'Équipein its demoralised editorial in page one under the heading "Le None de la Rose".