Topic: Marc Lievremont

French coach Lievremont in awe of All Blacks

France coach Marc Lievremont admitted on Monday that the Six Nations champions have a lot of work to do if they are to challenge the All Blacks at next year's World Cup in New Zealand. Lievremont said he had watched all four ...

France make seven changes for Argentina Test

France coach Marc Lievremont has made seven changes to the French team that will face Argentina in Buenos Aires on Saturday. Bayonne centre Lionel Mazars makes his international debut while Perpignan full-back Jerome Porical starts a Test for the first time. In ...

France rugby coach readies side for Welsh 'hell'

Tournament leaders France continue their quest for a Six Nations grand slam away to Wales on Friday with coach Marc Lievremont warning his side to beware the "hell" of Cardiff's Millennium Stadium. France have looked the Six Nations' form team in defeating ...

Lievremont readies side for Welsh 'hell'

Tournament leaders France continue their quest for a Six Nations grand slam away to Wales on Friday with coach Marc Lievremont warning his side to beware the "hell" of Cardiff's Millennium Stadium. France have looked the Six Nations' form team in defeating ...

Lievremont readies France for Welsh 'hell'

Tournament leaders France continue their quest for a Six Nations grand slam away to Wales on Friday with coach Marc Lievremont warning his side to beware the "hell" of Cardiff's Millennium Stadium. France have looked the Six Nations' form team in defeating ...

Dusautoir takes over as French rugby skipper

Toulouse flanker Thierry Dusautoir is to take over as captain of France from Lionel Nallet, coach Marc Lievremont told AFP in an interview on Monday. The 27-year-old Ivory Coast-born player stood in for the injured Nallet during the the summer tour of ...

France to benefit from foreign rugby players

The French national rugby team could soon benefit from a raft of top-class South Africans and other nationalities plying their trade in the Top 14 and now eligible for selection for 'Les Bleus'. Rugby union's world governing body, the IRB, specifies that ...

Lievremont reflects on Six Nations learning curve

France rugby union coach Marc Lievremont said he "learnt a lot" about himself during the 2009 Six Nations tournament, in an interview with the Sud Ouest newspaper published on Tuesday. In a wide-ranging interview, Lievremont said the tournament "made me grow up" ...

Lievremont rues "bitter" Six Nations experience

France coach Marc Lievremont admitted to experiencing "a bitter taste" despite seeing his side secure third place in the 2009 Six Nations with a resounding 50-8 victory over Italy here on Saturday. "I have the impression that we're very far from and ...

Lievremont receives support from rugby chief

Under-fire France rugby coach Marc Lievremont received much needed support on Wednesday from French Rugby President Pierre Camou. Camou said there was no danger of Lievremont nor his assistants, backs coach Emile Ntamack nor scrum coach Didier Retiere being removed from their ...
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