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France remains the only nation still undefeated in the Six Nations Tournament.
The fight was tough, but it was the French who emerged victorious. Faced with the Irish faithful to their reputation, the Blues signed their second victory (30-24) in as many meetings this year in the Six Nations Tournament, Saturday February 12. The announced shock of this start of the Tournament has indeed taken place.
“We were in a hurry to be there today, I think it felt at the start of the match even if we had a little air gap at the start of the second half”, explained Captain Antoine Dupont, at the microphone of France Télévisions.
For Damian Penaud, this “air pocket” and this 14-0 inflicted by the Irish could be overcome by the state of mind of the team. Maybe we’re off to a bad start but […] the key word was solidarity. At no time did we doubt. We put our heads back together, we moved forward and that’s what makes us strong today.”
A collective strength underlined by the coach, Fabien Galthié, who paid tribute to his 23 players. “The finishers were very good. Even if we lacked a bit of maturity on the substitutions, there was a moment when we made mistakes but we finished strong, the finishers knew how to bring us the energy we needed. fought hard, it was hot. We welcomed them”, he concluded with a smile.
