FRANCE: ALAIN PENAUD JOINS THE FRENCH TEAM AS THE ENGLISH AND FRENCH RUGBY TEAMS TRAIN FOR THE SIX NATIONS RUGBY TOURNAMENT

Record ID: 630473

  • Title: FRANCE: ALAIN PENAUD JOINS THE FRENCH TEAM AS THE ENGLISH AND FRENCH RUGBY TEAMS TRAIN FOR THE SIX NATIONS RUGBY TOURNAMENT
  • Date: 16th February 2000
  • Summary: CHANTILLY AND CLAIRFONTAINE, FRANCE (FEBRUARY 16, 2000) CHANTILLY, FRANCE (FEBRUARY 16, 2000) (REUTERS) 1. ARRIVAL OF BUS WITH ENGLISH TEAM 2. PEOPLE WATCHING 3. PLAYERS WALKING INTO FIELD 4. BRITISH TEAM TRAINING (VARIOUS) 5. PEOPLE WATCHING (VARIOUS) 6. BRITISH TEAM TRAINING (VARIOUS) CLAIRFONTAINE, FRANCE
  • Embargoed: 2nd March 2000 12:00
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  • Location: CHANTILLY AND CLAIRFONTAINE, FRANCE
  • Country: France
  • Reuters ID: LVACCVEVN7YY9A5Y5ETSRSEOGGSS
  • Story Text: Flyhalf Alain Penaud has been called up for
    the French team to face England in Paris in the Six Nations
    rugby championship on Saturday (February 19).Other than
    that both teams are unchanged since their victories over
    Wales and Ireland in the opening matches of the tournament.

    Both French and English squads were training in the
    Paris region on Wednesday (February 16) for their weekend
    match.

    Both coaches spoke about Alain Penaud's call-up to replace
    flyhalf Christophe Lamaison who was injured on Sunday.

    England coach Clive Woodward said Lamaison's injury was a
    significant loss for the French and left a question mark over
    their place-kicking.

    But he said England would not "go mad analysing who comes
    in at number 10...We want to play the way we've been playing
    and whoever they play at 10 we're going to have to defend
    accordingly."
    "They've got to look at that because (Lamaison's place
    kicking) is one of their strengths.He's a world class
    kicker," Woodward said.

    Centre Richard Dourthe will kick goals, French coach
    Bernard Laporte said.

    "I'd say we're lucky we have two 90 percent kickers in
    (Jonny) Wilkinson and (Matt) Dawson.That's a strong part of
    our game," Woodward added.

    At Clairfontaine Laporte spoke about his respect for the
    England team and their achievements.He said his team must
    search for a balance between strength and speed, and then they
    could be competitive.

    Flyhalf Alain Penaud played for the Saracens team in
    London for one season before joining French champions Toulouse
    last year.He has a good inside knowledge of English rugby and
    believes France will have to learn patience to beat England.

    Penaud said he thought the French team was strong and
    believed they could play as well as they did when they beat
    Wales 36-3 in Cardiff.

    Penaud said he was really impressed by the 50-18 thrashing
    of Ireland in England's opening match at Twickenham.

    The 30-year-old said he saw very few weaknesses in the
    strategy of Woodward, but is convinced the first 30 minutes
    will be decisive on Saturday.

    "The only way to beat them is to be as patient as they
    are," he said."They will look for a repeat of last year's
    match when we squandered too much energy defending."
    England won that match 21-10.

    English Team: 15-Matt Perry 14-Austin Healey, 13-Mike
    Tindall, 12-Mike Catt, 11-Ben Cohen; 10-Jonny Wilkinson,
    9-Matt Dawson (captain); 8-Lawrence Dallaglio, 7-Neil Back,
    6-Richard Hill, 5-Simon Shaw, 4-Garath Archer, 3-Phil Vickery,
    2-Phil Greening, 1-Jason Leonard.

    Replacements - 16-Neil McCarthy, 17-Trevor Woodman,
    18-Martin Corry, 19-Joe Worsley, 20-Andy Gomarsall, 21-Alex
    King, 22-Iain Balshaw
    French Team: 15-Thomas Castaignede; 14-Emile Ntamack,
    13-Richard Dourthe, 12-Thomas Lombard, 11-Christophe
    Dominici; 10-Alain Penaud, 9-Fabien Galthie; 8-Fabien Pelous
    (captain), 7-Olivier Magne, 6-Abdelatif Benazzi, 5-Olivier
    Brouzet, 4-Legi Matiu, 3-Franck Tournaire, 2-Marc Dal Maso,
    1-Christian Califano.

    Replacements - 16-Raphael Ibanez, 17-Pieter de Villiers,
    18-Thomas Lievremont, 19-Serge Betsen, 20-Christophe Laussucq,
    21-Stephane Glas, 22-David Venditti.


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