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VIDEO SHOWS: FRENCH RUGBY SQUAD TRAINING, NEWS CONFERENCE WITH PLAYERS

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SHOWS:

MARCOUSSIS, FRANCE (DECEMBER 2, 2020) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL)

1. VARIOUS OF FRANCE RUGBY TEAM TRAINING

2. FRANCE COACH, FABIEN GALTHIE

3. FRANCE PLAYERS; FLANKER, CAMERON WOKI, AND SECOND ROW, KILLIAN GERACI, ARRIVING FOR NEWS CONFERENCE

4. LOGO FOR FRANCE RUGBY TEAM

5. (SOUNDBITE) (French) FLANKER, CAMERON WOKI, SAYING:

"Of course it's going to be a very important match because it's a great team, one of the best in the world, which reached the final of the World Cup. So, it'll be a big challenge on Sunday (December 6). The objective is to take the fight to the English, to try and put as much pressure on them as possible and to win because we're still hopeful."

6. PLAYERS AT NEWS CONFERENCE

7. (SOUNDBITE) (French) FLANKER ANTHONY JELONCH SAYING:

"It's a huge challenge, it's any rugby player's dream to play against the English, particularly over in Twickenham, and I think our forwards will give everything they have to beat the English forwards, I'm sure of that."

8. NEWS CONFERENCE ONGOING

9. VARIOUS OF PLAYERS TRAINING IN SCRUM

10. VARIOUS OF PLAYERS TRAINING

11. LIGHTS LIGHTING FIELD

12. SCRUM / PLAYERS TRAINING

13. RUGBY BALL

14. GRASS, PLAYERS TRAINING

STORY: France's rugby squad insisted on Wednesday (December 2) they would give everything in Sunday's (December 6) Autumn Nations Cup final against England at Twickenham.

France, who beat England in their opening game of the Six Nations in February, will be fielding a largely second-string team due to the agreement between clubs and the national union that no player could be involved in more than three of their autumn matches.

England qualified for the final by topping Group A with wins over Georgia, Ireland and Wales, while France won Group B after beating Italy and Scotland and being handed a walkover against COVID-hit Fiji.

"It's a great team, one of the best in the world, which reached the final of the World Cup so it'll be a big challenge on Sunday. The objective is to take the fight to the English, to try and put as much pressure on them as possible and to win because we're still hopeful," flanker Cameron Woki told a news conference before a training session.

(Production: Clotaire Achi, Johnny Cotton)