The disappointment took a long time to get over, but that’s it, the French XV is ready to move forward, after the failure in the quarter-final of the Rugby World Cup. And it starts on Friday, with the opening match of the Six Nations Tournament against Ireland. There is no question for Thomas Ramos of taking revenge on this World Cup with its cruel outcome.
“If Ireland had eliminated us from the World Cup, we would perhaps be even more vengeful but, above all, what we want is to turn the page, we want to move on to what comes next,” explained the full-back. at Stade Toulousain this Monday at a press conference. If we beat Ireland and have a good Tournament, people will also talk to us a little less about the World Cup. »
“It’s up to us to be serious”
“We are all looking forward to being back on the field on Friday. We will finally be able to turn this page. We are starting from scratch and we want to show that we deserved better,” added second row Romain Taofifenua, who had initially announced his international retirement, before returning with the XV of France.
“We are in the thick of things, we have no time to procrastinate,” added Ramos. We are one of the nations that can win the Tournament and we start against one of the other teams that can do it too. It’s up to us to be serious. » The XV du Trèfle, which dominated the Blues (32-19) last season in Dublin, has not won in France since February 2018 and a 15-13 success. The composition of the French team for this meeting will be revealed on Wednesday.