Q: How do you feel after your historic 53-10 win in England?
A: "A win in the tournament is always incredible, and winning at Twickenham adds a special flavour. We are very satisfied, of course, we needed it, but we all said to ourselves that we had to keep our feet on the ground. Our week of training has not changed, we resumed on Monday as usual and we are working even harder ahead of this weekend."
Q: You were criticised quite a bit after the matches against Italy and Ireland, before having a full match in London...
Q: "I was not very happy with my first two performances indeed and I took it on. When you're in that position, you tend to make excuses, blame the staff or your teammates, but I've always been taught since I was a kid that this is not the solution. And that instead, you had to put your head down, work hard and do your best to get back to your best. This weekend I was quite happy to get closer to my best level but I think I can do even better and I will continue to work in any case."
Q: Wouldn't the risk on Saturday be to rush too much since the objective to hope to retain your title is to win with the biggest possible points difference?
The third line of the XV of France Grégory Alldritt during a coach in Marcoussis © FRANCK FIFE / AFP
A: "The goal is to build our game, our victory, like we did last weekend. We are of course all aware of what we have to do to eventually regain this first place for a few hours, or more we hope. But the goal is to win and especially to put back the same intensity that we put at Twickenham. We have to focus on that rather than the score."
Interview at a press conference.
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