France wrapped up top spot in Pool A as they dominated Italy, winning 60-7 at OL Stadium in Lyon as they progress to the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals.
Tries from Damian Penaud (two), Louis Bielle-Biarrey, Thomas Ramos, Matthieu Jalibert, Peato Mauvaka and Yoram Moafana (two) helped Les Bleus to victory.
Ramos would further chip in with six conversions and one penalty while Melvyn Jaminet kicked a conversion and a late penalty as France eased to a maximum.
For Italy it was another sobering night as they only slightly improved on the 96-17 loss to New Zealand, with this defeat seeing them bow out of the World Cup.
Only a monumental defeat would have seen the hosts crash out, but that was never going to happen as Les Bleus ran in eight tries in Lyon.
Penaud (two), Bielle-Biarrey and Ramos all crossed the line in the first half, with Jalibert, Mauvaka and Moefana (two) adding second-half efforts as they ran riot with a record-breaking win over their opponents.
It sets up a quarter-final clash with either South Africa or Ireland and they will be dreaming of World Cup glory on their own soil.
Italy's interest ends with a mauling, with Manuel Zuliani's 70th-minute try finally getting them on the scoresheet, but they head home at the conclusion of their Pool A campaign.
The French domination started early as Penaud crossed in the corner in just the third minute before Bielle-Biarrey side-stepped a late tackle 10 minutes later.
Then Ramos and Jalibert gave the hosts a 31-0 lead at half-time.
The onslaught continued after the break as Mauvaka rolled over from a lineout, with Moefana getting his first after collecting Penaud's pass.
Zuliani finally got Italy on the board with 10 minutes remaining but Moefana powered through to complete the rout.
They can now sit back and wait to find out their last-eight opponents.
🇫🇷🇮🇹 Damian Penaud just cannot stop scoring. #FRAvITA #RWC2023 pic.twitter.com/4OejVj0G27
― Planet Rugby (@PlanetRugby) October 6, 2023
The teams
France: 15 Thomas Ramos, 14 Damian Penaud, 13 Gael Fickou, 12 Jonathan Danty, 11 Louis Bielle-Biarrey, 10 Matthieu Jalibert, 9 Maxime Lucu, 8 Gregory Alldritt, 7 Charles Ollivon (c), 6 Anthony Jelonch, 5 Thibaud Flament, 4 Cameron Woki, 3 Uini Atonio, 2 Peato Mauvaka, 1 Cyril Baille
Replacements: 16 Pierre Bourgarit, 17 Reda Wardi, 18 Dorian Aldegheri, 19 Romain Taofifenua, 20 Francois Cros, 21 Baptiste Couilloud, 22 Yoram Moefana, 23 Melvyn Jaminet
Italy: 15 Ange Capuozzo, 14 Pierre Bruno, 13 Juan Ignacio Brex, 12 Paolo Garbisi, 11 Montanna Ioane, 10 Tommaso Allan, 9 Stephen Varney, 8 Lorenzo Cannone, 7 Michele Lamaro (c), 6 Sebastian Negri, 5 Federico Ruzza, 4 Niccolo Cannone, 3 Pietro Ceccarelli, 2 Hame Faiva, 1 Simone Ferrari
Replacements: 16 Marco Manfredi, 17 Federico Zani, 18 Marco Riccioni, 19 David Sisi, 20 Manuel Zuliani, 21 Alessandro Fusco, 22 Luca Morisi, 23 Lorenzo Pani
Referee: Karl Dickson (England)
Assistant Referees: Luke Pearce (England), Craig Evans (Wales)
TMO: Marius Jonker (South Africa)
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