Interview at a press conference
How do you feel about the team four days before the final?
Personally, I feel good.
We are in a period where there have been a lot of matches to play but the group has turned, everyone was able to rest and have some playing time. There is good energy in the group.
Very focused but retaining his good humor and positive energy.
What does this Champions Cup final represent for the club?
The Graal.
Like a Top 14 final. Titles are hard to come by.
We are on the verge of lifting the cup… But we also say to ourselves that it would be a shame to have gone all this long way for not much because we do not remember the finalist ...
Start of the press briefing before the #ChampionsCup final against @StadeToulousain with @GregAlldritt!
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Are you more serene after your accomplished semi-final against Leinster?
Neither more serene, nor more confident.
We question ourselves after each match, even after the semi-final against Leinster.
We quickly switched to this final.
We know that Stade Toulousain is a great team, which is used to playing finals matches.
But we are determined
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Do you regret facing a French club in the European Cup final?
No.
So much the better.
It rewards the Top 14, all the work done, the French training.
And we prefer that it be a French club that wins the competition rather than a foreign club.
Stade Toulousain is the only team that you haven't beaten this season (
2 defeats in the league
)…
There are reasons if they are first in the championship.
I repeat, it's a very great team.
But we didn't steal anything.
We are there thanks to our work.
We have been working very hard since May 15 and the recovery after confinement.
We've been working hard for a year so we enjoy every second, we have fun, without any stress.
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It will surprise us, but also make us extremely happy, to find spectators ...
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Do you feel ready?
I thought we were also ready when we played our first Top 14 semi-final and the Challenge Cup final… We're building up little by little, with a great group.
We are right next to a consecration, but this small step that remains to be taken is the hardest.
There is a lot of waiting and excitement in town. How do you live it?
We take advantage of all this support.
All these flags give us a lot of strength.
It carries us.
We draw everywhere, we take advantage of every moment.
It is happiness…
There will be 10,000 spectators at Twickenham on Saturday. It's been a long time ...
Yes!
And I think it will surprise us to find spectators.
But also to make us extremely happy ...
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