LARRIVIERE SAINT SAVIN, France (Reuters) - Fans in France's rugby-mad southwest are taking their devotion to new levels, praying for divine intervention to help their national team to beat the mighty All Blacks in Saturday's Rugby World Cup quarter-final.
At Larriviere Saint Savin, a village in the rugby heartlands of Aquitaine, a tiny local chapel doubles up as a shrine to the sport and the Catholic priest in charge of the premises is lighting prayer candles for Les Bleus ahead of the big match at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.
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