The XV of France arrive undefeated in the quarter-finals after three wins three games against Argentina (23-21), the United States (33-9), and against Tonga (23-21). Victorious but sluggish, the French team will challenge Welsh also unbeaten with four wins in as many games. Woe to the loser.
Like a taste of revenge for the Welsh
Memory. World Cup 2011 in New Zealand, the Blues face Wales in the semifinals, win 9-8 French against Welsh reduced to fourteen against fifteen after twenty minutes of play. Difficult to compare these two meetings since only three players present in 2011 are also present this year: Maxime Médart, Louis Picamoles and Guilhem Guirado. As evoked by Eric Blanc: "The Welsh dream of taking their revenge of 2011"
Before the start of the competition, it was highly possible to find this match in the quarterfinals. Here we are. Our consultant Eric Blanc states that "It's better to play Welsh than Australia or another country in the southern hemisphere, we know the Welsh, it's a pretty good draw compared to other teams" but also reports the bad series in disfavour of the XV of France "on the last eight matches, they beat us seven times"
The men of Jacques Brunel will face a team "experience" and "multiplies play time and knows how to play in the width" the opposite of the XV of France that "lack of constant and continuity," says Eric Blanc.
"We have Aime Jacquet syndrome"
Lucid about the chances of the French team, Jean-Baptiste Lafond, former player turned consultant, says "Since we were world champion in 1998, we have the Aimee Jacquet syndrome, we still hope. criticize, otherwise it can fall back on the mouth Logically we are not favorites There is always hope but at the level of the pace on eighty minutes,
In a final phase match against a team like Wales, recently winner of the XI Nations tournament with the grand slam bonus, the XV of France must be "disciplined and pragmatic" and make "much less mistakes" .