Jo Maso
Jo Maso
Jo Masois a former rugby union and rugby league footballer who played centre and fly-half for the France national rugby union team, gaining 25 caps. He was inducted into the International Rugby Hall of Fame in 2003. He is now the manager for the French national team...
against ahead beat continue forge good half second team
The team had a very good second half against the Italians, and we want to continue to forge ahead to beat the English.
continue four matches true
It's true there hasn't been too much change, but there were four interesting matches in November. We have to continue in this line.
continue group leave peace preferred
We preferred to leave the group in place to let them continue working in peace.
brilliant centre comeback fully recovered talked thomas time weekend
We just talked to Thomas, he said he had fully recovered and would play at the weekend with his Saracens club. Thomas made a brilliant comeback in November. He can play at fly-half, centre or full-back - for the time being we think of him as a full-back.
expect fit pass
We expect him to be fit but we don't want him to pass it on to the other guys.
badly bruised club decided doctors french knee left match today training until
Florian badly bruised his left knee in a French championship match with his Toulouse club on Saturday. He had a scan today and doctors decided that he should be exempted from training until Wednesday. We'll see then if he has recovered.
costs happy matches remember three win won
We are very happy to have won three matches so far, and to be unbeaten at Stade de France. But we must remember that we must at all costs win this tournament.
against comeback course cup fit great match morning muscle november pulled saturday sorry talked thomas
We are of course sorry for Thomas because he made a great comeback in November but he pulled a thigh muscle on Saturday in the Heineken Cup match against Biarritz. We talked to him this morning and he told us he should be fit again in two weeks.
advantage cup france home main objective played until
That was our main objective because the 2007 World Cup will be played in France and we want to keep our home advantage inviolate until the final.
beaten home last matches november seven since three tournament tries won
We have won 13 out of 15 matches in the tournament in three years, we are unbeaten at home in seven matches since last November and we have beaten the tries record.
confident cup french games good month pain played
Frederic has been in pain for a month but he has played very good games with Toulouse in the Heineken Cup and the French championship and we are confident he will be at his best.
average balance leaves performance plus positive rate
I would rate our performance as average plus, but this average plus performance leaves us with a positive balance sheet.
against awarded bad english gets penalties referee three time wound
Olivier was not catastrophic against the English but he was responsible for three of the penalties the referee awarded against us. When he gets too wound up it's a bad time so it's time for a look at the (others).
beginning challenge knew open previous strongest
We knew from the beginning that the championship could be more open than the previous years and that the strongest challenge would come from England.