The Breakdown | France are getting serious again - but will they end a decade of decline?
(The Guardian Sports News)

The 2023 World Cup hosts have brought in Shaun Edwards amid a hard-nosed coaching shake-up The appointment of Shaun Edwards as defence coach shows France are getting serious again. No country has won more Six Nations titles in the professional era than Les Bleus, tied on seven with England, even though their last success was in 2010.Since then, they have tended to bumble along in the bottom half of the table, absent away and not too often in at home. Their last victory at Twickenham in the championship was 2005, in Cardiff it was 2010 and they have not won in Dublin in the tournament since 2011. Continue reading...