Jo Maso
Jo Maso
Jo Masois a former rugby union and rugby league footballer who played centre and fly-half for the France national rugby union team, gaining 25 caps. He was inducted into the International Rugby Hall of Fame in 2003. He is now the manager for the French national team...
africa against australia decided full gave november players rely south
We decided to rely on the players who gave us full satisfaction in November against South Africa and Australia when they were available.
best competition field injured nations players six true win
Christophe was injured in November. He is one of our best wings. We want to win the Six Nations because it's a true competition and we want to field the best players available.
guarantees injury per plays
If he plays and he's not at 100 per cent, the injury will worsen. We need to have guarantees and not take any risks.
continue four matches true
It's true there hasn't been too much change, but there were four interesting matches in November. We have to continue in this line.
captain cup fully proved pure return
The return of Fabien is pure logic. He's our captain and he proved with Toulouse in the Heineken Cup that he was fully fit.
case feeling hope less martin resume today training treatment
The case of Martin is less serious. He has a fever, but he is under treatment and was feeling better today and we hope he will resume training tomorrow.
match played players together tournament
The first match of the tournament is always tricky. The players have not played together for a long time.
hold managing morning prefer train wednesday
We prefer to keep managing it (the strain). Frederic wanted to train from Wednesday morning but we prefer to hold him back.
continue group leave peace preferred
We preferred to leave the group in place to let them continue working in peace.
capable choose member physical potential regular rest
If we called him up it's because he is capable of playing. We did not want to rest him for the first match. We've always said that if we had to choose between a regular first-team member who is at 80% of his physical potential and his replacement who is at 100%, we would take the latter.
against comeback course cup fit great match morning muscle november pulled saturday sorry talked thomas
We are of course sorry for Thomas because he made a great comeback in November but he pulled a thigh muscle on Saturday in the Heineken Cup match against Biarritz. We talked to him this morning and he told us he should be fit again in two weeks.
against awarded bad english gets penalties referee three time wound
Olivier was not catastrophic against the English but he was responsible for three of the penalties the referee awarded against us. When he gets too wound up it's a bad time so it's time for a look at the (others).
advantage cup france home main objective played until
That was our main objective because the 2007 World Cup will be played in France and we want to keep our home advantage inviolate until the final.