Six Nations Tournament: the hope of the Grand Slam for the Blues

Axel May, edited by Mélanie Faure 11:35 a.m., March 18, 2022

A match against the English, a crunch as they say, is always special.

There is this flavor of historical oppositions.

Then it's an expensive crunch, as the Blues can win their first Six Nations Tournament in over a decade.

A Grand Slam at stake.

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"It's always big matches against these English, so they dream of seeing us fall. They will do everything for them in any case", confides to Europe 1 Gaël Fickou.

"And we would have done the same in their place."

The players hope for "a lot of noise in the stands"

English people who go to hostile terrain on Saturday evening.

80,000 spectators are expected at the Stade de France.

Gregory Aldridge, in the third center line position, testifies: "We can't wait to find this Stade de France which is announced to be sold out as well. So, I hope that we will have a great evening and that there will be still a lot of noise in the stands."

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