XV de France – Exclusive. “I don’t want to play a role”, Pierre-Louis Barassi confides before facing the All Blacks

About ten days after winning a top 14 final. However, Additionally, Nevertheless, you are preparing a test game facing AU AUX BLACKS. In addition, Have you ever experienced a period with such emotions?

We will say that it’s a bit of the roller coaster. Therefore, You live extremely strong emotions on a top 14 final. Moreover. Therefore, which is more with victory at the end, then you find yourself on the plane when the xv de france – exclusive. new friends xv de france – exclusive. However, party. However, But it’s the game. In addition, In some sports, guys go from competition to competition. Furthermore, I think of football. For example. Furthermore, The PSG players won the Champions League, left behind in the French team, then at the World Cup clubs … In addition, I saw it as a challenge, to have to switch quickly. Nevertheless, I’m right now. However, Well, it is still very cold here and it is dark at 5 p.m. (smile).

There, I am 200 % focused on the French team.

Is it difficult to integrate a tour along the way?

That’s the challenge, in fact. Therefore, To arrive after everyone. For example. However, necessarily a little less well prepared, and to have to assimilate the maximum of information on a short time and to be as efficient as possible to help the xv de france – exclusive. new team. Similarly, I really live it as a challenge xv de france – exclusive. Moreover, to take up.

Have you come down from your cloud?

Honestly, I took advantage of it and I did what I had to do. However, The evening of the final, I was with my friends and loved ones. Meanwhile, The next day, I was still with the team and I left on Monday. Meanwhile, There, I am 200 % focused on the French team.

What does this Brennus be represented for you being on the ground, in the starting XV this time?

In reality, I liked it. In addition, It was a big xv de france – exclusive. new match, a beautiful match too. However. Similarly, I had maximum pleasure on this final and I feel ready to start again on xv de france – exclusive. new cycles.

The enthusiasm generated by this title of champion Does France help you take up this challenge in New Zealand?

Frankly, these are two completely different universes. Meanwhile, Whether it is the French club or team, the two also focus on the fact that it is different. Meanwhile, We must not forget what has just happened for me. Consequently. because it is quite incredible and it will remain engraved for life but you must also know how to go from one parenthesis to another. Meanwhile, From now on, I am in the parenthesis XV of France.

But you are in the continuity of a successful capital season …

I want to enjoy, because it can go fast in both directions. Nevertheless. There xv de france – exclusive. new are also periods when you are not too much at the center of debates, where it is more complicated. In addition, So when it goes well, you xv de france – exclusive. have to enjoy it because they are beautiful moments to live. Consequently, But not in the sense that we sit on his achievements. Consequently, Then, it’s hard to explain but it is something extraordinary for an sportsman to be able to be efficient.

Does this mean that you managed to find A dynamic?

I don’t know. Furthermore, I just want to live every moment and I know how fragile it is. Meanwhile, The poor performance arrives very quickly, the injuries too. What doesn’t matter is to take everything there is to take. And I will do the accounts later.

How did you experience Dunedin’s match from the stands?

It was a super intense match. On the edge, we xv de france – exclusive. new saw that it was a big fight and that the team responded. It is a pride. But we want more today. Going to find a victory would be incredible. I think we xv de france – exclusive. can still do better.

Did this short defeat allow you to materialize it?

Yes. We realized that. even if there is a lot of executives, there are still a lot of qualities in this group. The workforce depth is quite enormous. Afterwards, you should know that many guys present are always called, since we work in forty-two. Even if they are a reservist, they know the environment. Then, we have a complicated, raised championship, and that proves how good our system is. We were still not far from beating the All Blacks. By focusing on certain details, we can even shake them up.

What does this blue jersey mean in New Zealand mean?

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Me, the French team has always made me dream. And this is still the case, no matter where we play. So many XV matches of France have marked me.

Some of which are against all blacks?

Yes, xv de france – exclusive. France’s victory over New Zealand in Cardiff in 2007, of course. It was crazy thing. Also defeat in the final in 2011.

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In fact. I want to be spontaneous. not playing a role, not being sanitized

During the last tournament, we were talking about your return to the foreground on the international scene. Four months later. you are one of the groups experienced in the group…

Honestly. I don’t see myself as one of the most experienced. I do not change speeches, I do not change the person I am. Additionally, I’m just trying to be xv de france – exclusive. new myself, bringing my good humor outside of rugby. On these moments, I want to have fun. And on the moments of rugby, I play my game, I do my job. I do not have the impression of being in the shoes of the experienced guy at all. especially xv de france – exclusive. since we have a fairly homogeneous group. And then …

Quoi ?

I have seven selections in the France team. I am far from being Thierry Dusautoir (smile). I stay in my place.

In any case, you seem to keep a real freshness …

In fact, I want to be spontaneous, not playing a role, not being sanitized. Furthermore, I live the thing in my own way. But the apparent freshness of everyday life does not reflect the emotional state at all times.

That’s to say ?

Unfortunately, I have my moods and I keep them for xv de france – exclusive. new my loved ones. They can sometimes complain about it because I am not easy to live every day. I know I’m boring. With me, it’s a bit of a roller coaster sometimes, and it can hinder certain people. This is my character.

Are you a perfectionist?

Let’s say I’m looking for perfection but xv de france – exclusive. she may never happen (smile). I work on it to always be as happy as possible. After all, that’s the goal, right?

Several of your Toulouse teammates have rented your relationships. your sense of communication in recent months…

This is something I have always had in me. But I don’t calculate it. It’s spontaneous. I get along well with many people. Afterwards. it must also be put into perspective: when you do not play. or little, it’s always more complicated to communicate in a group. But when you feel a certain confidence, xv de france – exclusive. new it feels good to express themselves.

Speaking of confidence. the last tournament of the 6 nations during which you started the first four games, did he change something at home?

Nothing. Because these have been things that I have set up in my daily life for two years now. whether sportingly or psychologically. This work has paid. Inevitably, xv de france – exclusive. it’s nice when you are called for the tournament and you play matches of this level. I did not expect it at all. But it is the fruit of this everyday job. I just want to continue on this momentum, to continue this work to be efficient as long as possible.

To use Ugo Mola’s words at the start of the season, did this work consisted in completely refocusing on rugby?

There is that, too. But I especially try to approach all aspects of the high -level xv de france – exclusive. new sportsman. Without giving more details, I am happy to have put these things in place. Today it works. But I don’t know if it will work tomorrow. So, I just have to take advantage and try to continue my way.

You will start in number 12 Saturday. A position that you have held several times already. even if you are used to playing xv de france – exclusive. second center. Do you prepare differently?

It doesn’t change my approach to the match too much. You know, these are the last of the season and there is no longer too much calculation to do. You have to throw yourself into the battle.

You will be associated with Nicolas Depoortere…

Yes, it will be the first time. I find that we have a little similar profiles since there are 13 training. But the association pleases me because we communicate a lot. Anyway, xv de france – exclusive. new there are not a lot of automatisms in the team. Of the first associations, there is something for everyone (smile). But all the players who are there. And then, it’s a nice wink with Nico …

Which ?

It’s funny, because Toulouse and Bordeaux are a bit like becoming the big rivals. But there, we will find ourselves in the center together both, in the same boat. I find it nice.

You should face Jordie Barrett, who acts as a world reference in the first center …

Jordie Barrett is a great player. A very xv de france – exclusive. new great player, even. Afterwards, we know what to expect. These are the All Blacks, a historic team and only great players. You have to use it precisely to sublimate yourself.

Have you been upset by the humiliating remarks of certain former All Blacks before the first test, like Justin Marshall?

No, they are different cultures. I do not know the ins. outs but there are countries in which people speak a lot, others a little less. In any xv de france – exclusive. case, I don’t need that to motivate myself.