27 Quotes by Jo Maso

The team had a very good second half against the Italians, and we want to continue to forge ahead to beat the English.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The first match of the tournament is always tricky. The players have not played together for a long time.