Vis-à-vis the English, triple defending champions and first world nation, the Blues have "no inferiority complex" because, among the players who will tread the lawn of the Jean-Dauger stadium, complete for the occasion, "half have never + played them +", said the third row on Friday at a press conference.
A "detail" which is not one when you know that in the last ten confrontations between the two nations, England have won nine times.
"On matches like that, matches at stake, it's the mind, the psychological ascendancy that we will take over them that will change the game," added the captain of the Habs.
Les Bleues, with four bonus victories, are second in the Tournament standings behind the "Red Roses", at the top of the standings thanks to a better points difference.
This "crunch", assured Gaëlle Hermet, "we had it in mind because it was the last, and it was in France. But this place in + final +, we won it. Even if the Tournament n is not successful, this match, we went to look for it".
Bleues coach Annick Hayraud for her part estimated that elements such as "quality players, a few X factors, the public with us, the enthusiasm" around the XV of France, will bring additional determination.
"But rugby is also played with courage, heart, and the players have it," she added.
"Yes, the game of the English is much more oiled than ours, but with all these elements, I believe that we can disrupt them and we have a chance of winning", underlined Annick Hayraud.
"Playing the English is always special but it's a final and you have to play it. We know that we are not favorites but by giving the best of ourselves, we will have no regrets", a- she concluded.
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