Antoine Dupont and the Blues are turned towards Wales, which they face on Saturday at the Stade de France.

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  • After its short defeat against England on Saturday at Twickenham, the XV of France is preparing for a capital match at the Stade de France against the Welsh with a view to winning the VI Nations.

  • The look of the opponents has changed over the months, the victories and, above all, the level of play displayed by the Blues.

  • “On Saturday, I felt that we were much more feared,” said Stade Toulousain pillar Cyril Baille.

    Compared to last winter, we could see that the English were very humble, that they were careful, that they feared us.

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We do not know if France TV has validated the loan of its concept of "rocker", so dear to the followers of the nap in front of Roland-Garros and the Tour de France, still it is on the side of Marcoussis that ' we found him this Tuesday.

After the ric-rac defeat against England on Saturday at Twickenham, and a few days away from a crucial match at the Stade de France against the Welsh with a view to winning the VI Nations, the Blues present at a press conference had that word to mouth.

Cameron Woki: “The loss on Saturday hurt us instantly but we have already changed and we are focused on Wales.

On the other hand, it is too early for us to put pressure on ourselves.

It will be a game with a lot of intensity and I know that we will be expected but we are doing everything we need to be ready.

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Attack without (too much) calculating

Same story in Father Fickou's church: “If we talk about pressure then let's say it is positive.

After the defeat, at the beginning, of course we were frustrated but we have to get rid of that because we have a very important game to play, we still have something to look for, so we are over-motivated.

We want to make up for last weekend, we are still in the race, we will give everything to try to win this match.

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At the foot of the wall after the misstep of this weekend, Galthié's men will have no other choice, if they want to win their first tournament since 2010, than to go and get the offensive bonus in one of the two matches to come (Wales on Saturday and Scotland next, date to be determined).

Asked about this subject, Cyril Baille is to count the dung at the end of the Agricultural Show.

“We know that we don't really have any leeway, but the idea is simply to play a big game on Saturday and not to calculate too much,” he confides.

If you start doing that, you risk getting out of your game.

No, we are giving everything and we will see later ”.

The look on the Blues has changed

If Gaël Fickou did not say he was "surprised" by the level of play of the Welsh (four wins in four games in these VI Nations 2021), the Blues are also aware that the look of the opponents has changed over the months, victories and, above all, the level of play displayed by the XV of France version Galthié.

Cyril Baille sees as proof the different attitude of the English during the warm-up between the match on Saturday and that of December.

“Last winter we went to Twickenham with another group from France, obviously the English were expecting a less hard match.

In terms of warming up, it was a little quieter.

But on Saturday, I felt that we were much more feared, confided the pillar of the Stade Toulousain.

Compared to last winter, we could see that the English were very humble, that they were careful, that they feared us.

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