France's kickers trained at Twickenham on Thursday (17 September) and Philippe Saint-Andre named his team for their 2015 Rugby World Cup opener against Italy on Saturday (19 September).

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SOUNDBITE: (English) Philippe Saint-Andre, France head coach:(Q: You've struggled in recent Six Nations, but now you've had time to prepare, how much better will this team be?)

"Much, much better. Much, much better, I think we show it already in the warm-up games so I feel that, you know we have been in preparations since 5th July, 6th July and the team is ready, the team is much, much fitter and we have much more habit to play together. And now we're looking forward to this first game against Italy and it's all the time tough."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Philippe Saint-Andre, France head coach:(Q: You face Italy regularly in the Six Nations, will they be a different prospect in the World Cup?)

"Yeah, I think so because I have the feeling that all the teams are ready so you know, I don't think so. Maybe New Zealand but the rest I don't think so. It's a big match between the second (ranked) team in the world and the 12th team in the world so I think all the teams will be tough and it will be about small details so we're looking forward to playing this game. I have been waiting for this for four years, we are there, we must arrive with a smile on our face and to play our level."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Noa Seru Nakaitaci, France winger:(Q: A lot of people are talking about France and Ireland making it through this pool, is that disrespectful of Italy?)

"I think it's a bit unfair on Italy. As you can see the last friendly game against Scotland, against Wales, they played good and we're not counting them out. We think that they will do well in this pool so we won't be taking them lightly for the first game this Saturday."