“Tonight they outclassed us in every area. Very quickly we found ourselves at fourteen, already with fifteen against them it’s complicated. So at fourteen, it was too hard especially since they had the score with them. They fully deserve their victory, there is nothing to say. There are fourteen of them left on the line, we are one less. So it becomes difficult to make shifts. They contested a lot of rucks.
(On the next match in Scotland) A second defeat in a row, it’s been a long time since that happened to us. This needs to be remedied from next week.”
Gregory Alldritt, third row and captain of the XV of France: “It was too hard today. It’s hard to analyze on the spot but they were certainly more precise than us. We had character, the desire to play a good match but it wasn’t enough. We’re going to have to bounce back, the Six Nations is very long, we’re going to fight every weekend and we’ll do the math at the end.”
Thomas Ramos, back of the XV of France: “It’s not easy to say what worked or didn’t work… especially what didn’t work. We took tests a little too easily and we perhaps also exposed ourselves a little too easily. We had prepared well for the match and it’s a shame. The World Cup is forgotten, because we players haven’t wanted to hear about it for a while. Afterwards we were keen to do well and next week there is a big match in Scotland. We will have to quickly switch to it because Ireland has a big advantage in this Tournament.”