Certain players will be rested in June as our priority will be to try out other players in certain positions. |
Dimitri had a very good November tour. He left the squad because of his injury but he is fit again and his return is logical. |
England will want to bounce back from that as they need to win to retain any chance of winning the tournament and that is not good news for us. |
Fabien is a charismatic player. Thankfully we've already shown [during the tour of the southern hemisphere] that we can play without him. |
Fred is a key player of our squad, that's why he was rested this week. |
I have had to discuss things with Frederic but in fact the crowd really helped us. I want to say well done to the public for singing the Marseillaise so well and also for getting behind the team. |
If we win, I don't see how Ireland could better our points difference. |
It's a blow for France to lose its captain like this, |
Jean-Baptiste has not looked as sharp as in November and Dimitri made a real difference as a replacement against Italy. It's nothing to do with the fact that he always plays well against England, it's just important to keep up competition. |
Luckily England lost. Otherwise they would have come to Paris with the Grand Slam in mind and been even harder to beat. |
Our target is to remain unbeaten at home right through to the end of the 2007 World Cup. |
Playing England is always a big match and we will not need to motivate the players. |
Scotland stopped us playing and this is a very difficult place to come. |
Scotland stopped us playing and this is a very difficult place to come. They never let us get into a rhythm and now I think we have a 50-50 chance of winning this championship. |
The boat was rocking but didn't keel over; no one jumped out, and it finished by going forward. |