I've already lost a few here, but I think it's more the context, the way we tried to win this match. During the week, I told you that it was a fairly solid team and that there was a risk of a big match. Losing like that… I don't remember us being so non-aggressive.
What did you say to the group right after the match?
I raised my hand first because I am the captain today (Saturday). During the week, I said ''guys, be very careful, it's a team that plays rugby, which has just come up and has nothing to lose, very aggressive''. We didn't take it lightly, but I think we thought it would because we were at home. The result is there… It's up to me to take responsibility first. We will see during the week what was not good and what was. We have to quickly turn the page, because losing like that in front of our supporters, who are still there, with a 98th sellout. It's still a bit of a shame.
Especially since we never felt any revolt, even though the public tried several times, albeit timidly, to push you…
Our supporters are always there for us, we hear them from the first to the last minute. There, since we didn't take responsibility for the score, me first, it's harder and harder when you come up against a team that has more desire than us.
“Around the 60th, or 65th, we saw that we started to let go a little bit, I think”
The slap against Bayonne did not inoculate the team. Do you feel that, this year, she is having trouble telling herself that she no longer has to calculate?
Every year is different. Two years ago, we lost against Pau at home and at the end of the year, we were European champions… Today, I think we are more focused on our game, on the fact of 'be aggressive. Because there, thinking that we could win against a team like that by passing each other, we were wrong […] And around the 60th, or 65th, we saw that we started to let go a little bit, I think.
Thursday, you highlighted the quality of the Vannes scrum. This has in fact put you at fault several times, notably after your joint return with Reda Wardi, at the end of the match. How successful were they in catching you?
