“We expect a huge fight”

On Saturday, the XV of France will find the All Blacks for a long -awaited meeting. Indeed, in Dunedin, The teammates of the Barrett brothers will be keen to put an end to their series of defeats against the players of Fabien Galkié, they who have not beat the Blues since 2018… Or during the last summer tour of the Habs in New Zealand. Since then, the results have been three success in as many meetings for the XV of France. Already present seven years ago, Gaël Fickou will again challenge the All Blacks at home. Before the meeting, the center of Racing 92 notably mentioned the fact that it was one of the few “premium” present for this summer tour. “”
If Fabien Garthié calls me, I never refuse. I want to note all the fights and in this sense, so I will never say no to a selection or a tour. But I also understand those who have declined: the seasons are increasingly harsh, after all, “said the one who will be the captain of the Blues.

Fickou: “We do not make any inferiority complex”

“It reminded me of a lot of memories to come back to this stadium and tomorrow (Saturday), We expect a huge fight. But we have been preparing for that for three weeks. The guys are hungry. We do not make any inferiority complex. (…) My teammates are pros, concentrated, determined. I have nothing to say to them in relation to the strategy or the game. If they are there, it is because they deserve it. (…) There are very few teams that won here but we will give everything, Saturday evening, to be up to the event and this tricolor jersey, later declared Fickou, at a press conference, in comments taken up by Rugbyrama. (…) What to prepare for? To fight for 80 minutes because it will knock hard. If you relax against the All Blacks, you finish immediately between your posts … So you have to give everything. As a reminder, the Blues will then challenge the All Blacks twice on July 12 and 19 (in Wellington and Hamilton).