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Uruguay captain Andres Vilaseca hailed his team\u2019s fighting spirit in their 27-12 Rugby World Cup loss to hosts France on Thursday and believes his side will grow in confidence following their eye-catching performance.<\/p>\n

France led by eight points going into the final 10 minutes as Uruguay pushed them all the way.<\/p>\n

With a better set-piece \u201cboth scrums and line-outs\u201d they might have pulled off one of the great World Cup shocks. In the end their inaccuracy let France off the hook, but it was still a performance to savour for Vilaseca.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m so proud of my team. I couldn\u2019t ask for a better team to lead. That\u2019s the truth,\u201d he said. \u201cToday, with 10 minutes left of the game, we were fighting against France, one of the best teams in the world, playing at their home ground. This is only the beginning for us.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe fought for the whole game, it was key for us to keep pushing France and keep battling.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Uruguay coach Esteban Meneses said the key was not to build on this performance and not make it a one-off.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were able to show today that we are on the right track. The key element is the confidence of this group, who believe in themselves,\u201d Meneses said. \u201cIf we now manage to face more big teams, with the level which we have, we will continue to progress.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we saw the order of matches in the draw, our objective was to play on an equal footing with France. We showed we could do it. We now want to reproduce it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Uruguay scored the opening try of the game through wing Nicolas Freitas and added another in the second half via full back Baltazar Amaya. They had numerous other entries into the France 22, but could not make them count.<\/p>\n

France top Pool A with eight points from their two games while Uruguay have a second fixture against Italy in Nice next Wednesday. On this showing. they will be confident of pulling off a surprise win. New Zealand and Namibia are the other two teams in the group.<\/p>\n

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