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SOUNDBITE: (French) France centre Aurelien Rougerie

French centre Aurelien Rougerie and replacement prop Vincent Debaty look ahead to Saturday's rearranged Six Nations clash with Ireland at Stade de France.

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SOUNDBITE: (French) France replacement prop Vincent Debaty

(On whether it is an advantage that the original game was postponed):

"We have the advantage. With the arrival of the new coach we had to ingest new tactics, which was successfully done. We identified some weak points on the opponent's side and created systems of play for the game that was postponed two weeks ago. The advantage is that we had more time to practice our strategy this week."

(About the reaction of the spectators at the Stade de France after the last game was postponed):

"People have had time probably to put things into perspective. It is not our fault if the game was cancelled, the pitch was unplayable. We really need the supporters, it is going to be a difficult game, we will need them until the end of the game."