I remember the match pretty well. Lens gave us a hell of a lot of trouble. They were strong.

The French team is working well now. (Last month's 1-0) victory over Ireland has given us confidence. At one stage the boat did start to take water a bit and was starting to sink. It wasn't a crisis ... a changing of generations, establishing a new status.

The frustration was difficult to accept. For our part, we want to settle a score.

There is no need to start panicking. Our recent results have only confirmed that we are merely human beings.

We look at the match on Saturday as an important step on the road towards a fifth title.

We have had to deal with a couple of problems. Some training sessions were disrupted by the bad weather and several players got injured. It has only confirmed that the title race is far from over.