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The laboratory

Marc Lievremont will soon close its doors. October 24, hopefully after a title of world champion. Experience Lievremont might as well end Saturday night on the lawn of the Eden Park. For four years, the coach XV of France fought with his convictions. A quest unfinished game idealistic. “I want the players take more responsibility in the field, they have an ambition of attacking play, he admitted when he took office January 2, 2008. This requires restoring the taste of the initiative. “A few days back in England in the quarterfinals of the World Cup, Marc Lievremont has condemned his hopes. “I want to say that the game plan is almost incidental. Content, it has been working two or three months. But it's almost secondary to the behavior of the collective. “

“I want to say that the game plan is almost incidental. Content, it has been working two or three months. But it's almost secondary to the behavior of the collective. “Marc Lievremont

says. Le XV de France can not afford a game plan resulted from lightning strokes, consistency. The defeat by Tonga (19-14) has a little more stigmatized poverty project Thurs lights, the excitement of the sequences of three quarters. And the setting aside of Francois Trinh-Duc has definitely crossed out the limited certainties of the coach. Marc Lievremont has to solve it. His team will be sublime in its rough front. Not in motion. Toulouse, November 2009. The Blues stun the Springboks with the heart of their pack (20-13). Paris, March 2010. The Roosters are getting in with the Great Chelemards XV de la Rose (12-10) thanks to Vaseline fronts of their first line (Domingo, Servat, Mas).

“The game, we do nothing to shake” Pascal Pape

Since the beginning of the week, the Blues came back to simple things. No more suits and launches indecipherable. El Tri have called the head where they assert the best in combat. “The game, we do nothing to shake, Pascal Pape launches. Ultimately, I prefer that we put all the ingredients it takes to make a rugby match and the game will own. The game is not our goal, our goal is to regain our aggressiveness. “The XV of France flourished in the” mug shots. “

Vincent FATHER-LAHAILLE, Auckland (Twitter, Photos)

The XV of France under Marc Lievremont: 2.04 trials / match

88 matches, the XV of France shaped by Marc Lievremont has included 43 trials (2.04 trials / game). But the XV of France has never convinced in the game the most convincing victories were won thanks to the front (South Africa, England). The match is the most complete victory against Ireland in 2009 (33-10).