Although a loss to explain the new disaster of France team fell on Saturday at the Stade de France, facing the Welsh (13-20), Philippe Saint-André if it finds how the Blues no longer exist against the best nations, still finds a way to remember the limitations of French rugby. And highlights the value of work to believe in better days.
Philip, what failed in your team today?
When you lose an international match, there a lot of things wrong. Today, even if we tried, it has taken too long, half an hour before to keep the ball in play three game time. Even if one is up defensively, we can not defend at all times. Even if a test is marked, even if there is a trial denied for a light knock-on, as you are at 50% at the bottom, it’s complicated to win. Next, there are the facts of the game with injuries of our two three-quarter center. Morgan Parra also injured a knee. But even with that, we must win the game. Now, the only thing is to look up. The players are working. Because on basic gestures, we missed too many things to win the match today.
I will not tell you that we are a great team now
This fourth defeat of the Welsh Is your alarming perspective? I will
not to say that we are a great team now. Although in November, we had very good things. Today, too, but it eats enormous energy to score three points. And instantly after we made a stupid mistake which cost us three points. Once it relaxes melee, it takes three points. The Welsh were pragmatic. We, we is not at all right now. We must congratulate the Welsh. They experience. Compared to the last World Cup, they were still ten or twelve, us, there remained that Thierry (Dusautoir) and Morgan (Parra). Although honestly one approaches the high level because we had been largely dominated there two years by the Welsh, we lack to be better at the goal level. We have players who are struggling to hold 80 minutes. We know that. We must work technically, physically. You have to prepare like crazy for the match against Italy and finish the tournament well.
You misiez lot about the role of your bench. It is a disappointment compared to Dublin?
Sincerely, the contribution of the bench was less effective. Even if we did some good things, it marks a good try, there is no such control. Today, it is mainly in the mastery that sin. Quality of the things we do, the players dare and then we foiled, it gives an incredible stupidity penalties. But we must not close our eyes, saw the statistics, it is refereed as a small nation, we must make ten times to get points. We must accept it. When we get really accurate everywhere, turn the wheel on the right side.
Do you regret again the many individual mistakes of your players … I
want to see the game. But of course there was the hand of faults, excitement. When you put the jersey of the France team, it must be that of happiness and pride, it must give you a form of incredible unbeaten … Currently, players put extra pressure. Since rugby is professional, Irish and Welsh are no longer small teams. They have adapted. The national team is the priority and the results are present. It’s over the small nations.
I am of course very bad …
What springs do you still have the option to turn?
There are players like Thierry (Dusautoir) who have experience. Pascal (Pape) was not there. It completely restructures a new generation of players. In the first line, we see young players who start at as Eddy Ben Arous, which is very young, like UINI Atonio, which has real potential. There is a real generation is discovering the high level of Maestri, the Huget of Fofana, who will be Taulier the coming years. But of course I am concerned. Tillous-Borde was the holder in November, he is injured in December, it puts Rory Kockott, it hurts, hurts Parra today … You have to see the percentage of injuries that we have among our players when they play at International. We are going to work. I believe in work. We have talented players. New Zealanders, Welsh, and others play matches twenty-five senior season. We, we have a different structure, and I assume it will work because I believe in work. And because we have talented players.
Unless miracle, the 6 Nations Tournament is lost. How do you live?
I saw very little of course. When you’re a former player, you were captain, this tournament is an outstanding competition, ancestral. Currently, there is not ready to win this tournament. The highest level is ruthless. There are still two games to raise his head and move on.
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