Q: What do you remember from this match?
A: "The first answer is victory. A considerable gap and the offensive bonus. We will start by looking at the victory. After, if we look a little closer... We can not make a balance sheet while the match Ireland-England is not over but four wins out of five, in four Tournaments, we have a rate of 80% of victories in the Tournament ... So it's very positive, if we have to make a purely factual assessment."
Q: How do you analyze the evolution of your team's game?
A: "Our game is first and foremost the result. The goal for us is to win matches: we have 80% of victories, I think this has never happened in the history of French rugby. This is a record. In terms of play, there are chances that we will finish best attack of the Tournament. In defence, we had to adapt to the new rules. We still need to improve our defence but it was interesting. There are also the phases of conquest, the game without the ball and our opponents..."
Q: You stepped up offensively during this competition...
A: "At the beginning, we had necessary adjustments, necessary combinations (to adjust, editor's note)... It is a form of work. It was necessary to coordinate the conquest and the attack. There were settings. We started the tournament maybe half-heartedly, we did the best we could, whatever the conditions. We try to be present and we have improved, it's good to feel a progression. (...) I hope the teams fear us. We are certainly the team to beat. We still have an impressive win ratio. Here, we have only one defeat, against Scotland, while the match was already won (27-23, in March 2021, Editor's note)."
Remarks made at a press conference
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