27 Quotes by Jo Maso

We decided to rely on the players who gave us full satisfaction in November against South Africa and Australia when they were available.

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).

I would rate our performance as average plus, but this average plus performance leaves us with a positive balance sheet.

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.

He's given us all the guarantees of a good recovery.

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.

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.

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.

We prefer to keep managing it (the strain). Frederic wanted to train from Wednesday morning but we prefer to hold him back.