Points over performance for Saint-Andre

France head coach Philippe Saint-Andre will abandon tradition and gladly settle for the most tedious of victories against Ireland in Dublin on Saturday.

Points over performance for Saint-Andre
Thu, 07 Mar, 2013 - 14:38

France head coach Philippe Saint-Andre will abandon tradition and gladly settle for the most tedious of victories against Ireland in Dublin on Saturday.

Saint-Andre has seen enough Gallic swagger from his team for this RBS 6 Nations championship, and now he wants the under-achieving players to show they can grind out a result.

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