France is very aware that they are not arriving as favorites. “Not many people see us winning,” recognizes half of Scrum Pauline Bourdon Sansus. On Saturday, April 26 at 5:45 pm (Paris time), French female rugby team players emerge in the field on Twickenham to face the English, defenders. The equation is simple: the team that wins this “end” will be crowned Six nations champions.
In the French team, few players have tried victory against the English. Bourdon Sansus (29 years, 65 tapas) is one of them. On March 10, 2018, half of Stade Toulousein Scrum was part of the French team that defeated England in Grenoble (18-17), before ensuring its Grand Slam a week later. Since that day, the English have not lost a match in the tournament. “It’s a very clinical team,” the player explained on Wednesday at a press conference. “His game is very structured” and “have incredible individual talents.”
Also undefeated in the tournament, like their opponents, the French are in the race to claim their first title since 2018. However, the French squad under the Gaëlle-David Ortiz Nation training duo has been convincing. On April 19, in Parma, they fought to overcome the Italians (34-21) after a trembling first half. “If we have been playing half a game against the English, it will be complicated for us and could end up as he did two years ago,” Bourdon Sansus warned. Duration its last exit on the Twickenham front of 58,000 spectators in 2023-France hesitated in the first half (0-33), before meeting, but finally losing (33-38).
This Saturday, Les Bleues must “try to start strongly in this game, [because] The English are not used to being behind the score and being a bit shocked, “Bourdon Sansus anticipated. A team that favors the game but sometimes challenges him in combat, the French team will have to face without three of its key players, as members of the Romane Romane, Romane Ménager, Séraphine Okemba and Montserrat Amedée are not insecure for this crucial match.
‘Each error has a cost’
And the opponent promises to be formidable. Already with 13 titles in the six nations in their current format, since 2007, the English have a leg that offers high-level performances from their close defeat (34-31) in the final of the last World Cup in 2022 against New Zealand. “We know that England is the number one nation,” summed up the support Assia Khalfaoui Olympic Midi. “Winning in the mob of your home would cause an impression. The public would say that we are ready, that we have recovered and that will return stronger than ever for the World Cup”, which will take place throughout the channel from August 27.
England, the nemesis of France, is also anticipating this clash. “England V France is the only element in which we can trust every year to provide red roses a challenge of Tern. An entertaining game for the crowd, but a brutal game for the team, whether it is being punished for the fogs passed by error errors,” described the former English international Shaunagh Brown on the Six Nations website. “Every meaans action against France.
Looking for peace of mind against their greatest continental rivals, and with the public for the taking of women’s rugby in France (both in stadiums and television), teammates of the Captains Marine Ménager and Manae Felleu are aimed at offering a reference performance. “It is the final of the tournament. Therefore, this match will be very seen, very publicized and depends on us to offer a beautiful game, show our strengths, so that we can remain in the Center for Attention through the Yllan Brittle Cup,” concluded Front-Roldseuau.
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