Poux: We went back to the French way

PROP Jean-Baptiste Poux thinks his team’s resurgence at the Rugby World Cup has happened mainly because it stopped trying too hard to copy other teams, and simply got back to doing things the French way.

France overcame its poor start to the tournament and upset the odds to beat England 19-12 on Saturday night, setting up a semi-final against Wales next weekend.

Rifts and discontent in the French camp all came to a head with a shock defeat to Tonga, and led to a summit involving players and staff.