Arthur Vincent, new friend of Vaktawa in the center of the XV of France. - Ben Evans / Huw Evans / REX / SIPA

At Marcoussis,

A whim of a journalist in need of tri-color victories in the tournament for too long. Three victories in a row, a gift trip to Murrayfield against a Scottish team which is forced to go dig in the abandoned castles of the Highlands to see if by chance there would not be one or two vaguely drinking rugby players just to arrive until fifteen, before a final at home against the Irish grandpas, let's talk about Grand Slam, and let it skip.

Training of the XV of France in small committee this morning, in Marcoussis. pic.twitter.com/CtY6ZD17kt

- Fanny Lechevestrier (@fannylechevestr) March 3, 2020

No Grand Slam since 2010

A desire moderately shared by our Blues passing on the block Tuesday in the auditorium of Marcoussis. Not that they want to protect themselves from bad memories, like the last three gadgets picked up in the corner when before the victory in Scotland came with the train ticket, just that our customers of the day had the carefree twenties of those who see no further than the coming weekend. We learned that after having imagined tackling internally the “emotional charge” of an end of the tournament chasing after the ultimate carrot, an ambition largely forgotten in our regions since the last immaculate lifting dates back to 2010, the staff finally leave that for later.

"To tell the truth, we didn't talk about that at all," says Dylan Cretin. We haven't touched on this theme yet, it's not too much the envy of the group; we especially want to focus on Scotland, an away game, it's quite complicated like that ”. A scoupinou all the same. No one takes a pledge or a fine if caught in the act of acute granhchelimite. It is that the new tricolor generation has learned to win, two titles in the under 20, the idea of ​​succeeding the Grand Slam must scare it a little less than the follower, who is afraid of not knowing how to write if ever we got there

“When we start this competition, we know what a Grand Slam means, testifies Arthur Vincent, the revelation of this tournament at the quarterback center. For now it's a dream that we will talk about next week if it goes well on Sunday. The reality today is Scotland at Murrayfield, a game that is going to be complicated. The last victory of a French team on Scottish soil must go back to a time [2014]. We are as careful as before each match, we will not put too much pressure on ourselves ”.

Have a final against Ireland

The general idea, even if the guys sell us Scottish warriors "very strong everywhere and able to play shots that we will not have seen coming", remains to take advantage of the dynamic born of England and to take advantage until the end of the favorable calendar for even years and the three games at Saint-Denis that go with it. Because imagine that in odd years, it is yet another matter. Skin of cock Grand Slam level since the incorporation of Italy in 2001. Suffice to say that it is now or never if we want to look around 2023 with a keen eye and a shiny coat, with the certainty of the winning teams. "Of course we know it's been a while since we won three games in a row in the tournament, concedes the Lyonnais Barasi. We are aware of that, we manage to take a step back on things, and that also means not gaining too much confidence and staying humble. ” For that, the Blues are impeccable.

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