Six Nations collision in Paris to be a huge struggle for France but England must not allow them to be in with a sniff late on
I know precisely what it’s like to play against a France team in the mood. It may be 11 years ago now but I can still vividly remember being part of the All Blacks side who lost the 2007 World Cup quarter‑final against the French.
It was as if they grew another leg, arm, heart – it was wave after wave and it was unstoppable. There were blue shirts everywhere and it didn’t matter how hard we tried, there was nothing we could do. I’m sure it was a great spectacle but not so good for New Zealanders.
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France were so wasteful with the ball against Italy and England will be confident in their defence
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