French won’t lose their cool, says Crenca

HE’S no sensitive new-age guy but reformed prop Jean-Jacques Crenca is a far cry from the player who was once warned to behave himself or be kicked off the French team.

Crenca, 34, missed the previous Rugby World Cup when he was banned for six weeks and subsequently dropped from the French team for stamping on the head of a New Zealand player.

He spent two years out of the tricolores and developed a reputation as a violent player. He won't deny he had problems with his temper but said a reputation for violence was unwarranted.