Marcoussis (France) (AFP)

Bernard Le Roux was born in South Africa but it was in France that he had a career. The second line of Racing 92, landed in Ile-de-France in 2009 at the age of 20, ensures it four days to face Wales in the Six Nations Tournament: "I am very proud" to wear the blue jersey.

Q: With Paul Willemse, you form the second 100% Boks des Bleus line. He recently said that you were an example.

A: "(smile) It makes me happy. I do what I can for this team. We are a new group with a lot of atmosphere. We live very well together and I just want to advance this team. I did not know Paul before, we crossed paths for the first time after a match against Montpellier and since then it's been going pretty well! We make little jokes in Afrikaans. But, both of us, we're really French! It's been ten For the years that I have made my career here, I have lived a third of my life in France. I am very proud of the choices I have made to be there. It gives me great pleasure to play in the France team. such an atmosphere. I've been in Blue for seven years now, what's been going on around it, it's really incredible. The group lives very well. "

Q: A group, precisely, where you are the only thirty-something.

A: "We are all the same. Before, I thought we were two generations a bit different. But here, we are all of the same generation, we understand each other very well. There are no new ones, old ... When they land, the new ones do a little sketch but after, it's over! We're all on the same plane. We respect each other, we live very well. Sometimes, in my head, I tell myself that I'm still 23 years old but, in fact, it's going too fast ... I'm going out with 20 year old guys, we're going to eat together ... "

Q: You were present in the World Cup quarter-final, lost to Wales (20-19). Are you still thinking about it?

A: "I've been thinking about it for the past few months. But it's a new competition, I'm focused on it, with this group, this atmosphere ... Honestly, for two weeks, I haven't thought about it. We are playing against Wales but I don’t think about it. And it’s quite positive: that’s life, it’s behind us… We really want to do something new, we have a lot of I want to, we have big goals. I hope we will confirm this weekend, we will do everything to be very good. We are working very hard for that, I hope it will pay off. "

Comments gathered at a press conference

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