Fickou feels it’s France’s year at last

By JAMES HARRINGTON

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GAEL Fickou admits pressure is mounting on the hugely talented French to lift the Six Nations title.
“Everyone is looking for that: our supporters, us most of all,” he said. “We’re going to try to win the title but we know it won’t be easy because there are a lot of great teams up against us.”
France – after two second-placed finishes following years in the fourth-fifth doldrums – are pre-tournament favourites for a title they haven’t won since 2010.
In public, Fickou – and those before and after him ...

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