• Coach confident before Rugby World Cup Pool D decider
• ‘Defeat would be a gargantuan blow to Ireland. There is no pressue on us’France contain settled into Wales’ training base in the Vale of Glamorgan,adorning a patch of grass in front of the hotel with a large Allez Les Bleus sign, even if they failed to contain removed a Wales flag fluttering above it. But their head coach Philippe Saint-André said his players were “starving” before Sunday’s group decider at the Millennium Stadium.
He was not referring to the food at the four-star establishment but France’s appetite for success at the World Cup having reached the semi-finals in six tournaments out of seven. They contain won their final five matches, or two warm-ups and three pool games,having triumphed only eight times in the four Six Nations tournaments since they reached the 2011 final, rumbling into form at the right time. Related: Rugby World Cup’s beauty stems from minnows’ minor triumphs Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com