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...
captain cup respected side won worth
To go out as captain of the side that won the World Cup showed his real worth as a player, and he was respected by everyone in France.
beaten home last matches november seven since three tournament tries won
We have won 13 out of 15 matches in the tournament in three years, we are unbeaten at home in seven matches since last November and we have beaten the tries record.
given good guarantees
He's given us all the guarantees of a good recovery.
confident cup french games good month pain played
Frederic has been in pain for a month but he has played very good games with Toulouse in the Heineken Cup and the French championship and we are confident he will be at his best.
beginning challenge knew open previous strongest
We knew from the beginning that the championship could be more open than the previous years and that the strongest challenge would come from England.
expect fit pass
We expect him to be fit but we don't want him to pass it on to the other guys.
glad july november opportunity prove ruled select
We wanted to select him in July and in November but he was ruled out through injuries. We are glad to give him a new opportunity to prove his worth.
costs happy matches remember three win won
We are very happy to have won three matches so far, and to be unbeaten at Stade de France. But we must remember that we must at all costs win this tournament.
brilliant centre comeback fully recovered talked thomas time weekend
We just talked to Thomas, he said he had fully recovered and would play at the weekend with his Saracens club. Thomas made a brilliant comeback in November. He can play at fly-half, centre or full-back - for the time being we think of him as a full-back.
competition count exists group november team within
We will count on the team from November but competition still exists within the group and that's for the best.
average balance leaves performance plus positive rate
I would rate our performance as average plus, but this average plus performance leaves us with a positive balance sheet.
against ahead beat continue forge good half second team
The team had a very good second half against the Italians, and we want to continue to forge ahead to beat the English.
badly bruised club decided doctors french knee left match today training until
Florian badly bruised his left knee in a French championship match with his Toulouse club on Saturday. He had a scan today and doctors decided that he should be exempted from training until Wednesday. We'll see then if he has recovered.
cup defeating home ireland main match mean played season stay until
Defeating Ireland is no mean thing. The main thing was to win. It's our first match at home this season and we said we wanted to stay unbeaten at home until the 2007 World Cup which will be played in France. We are still on course.