Six Nations<\/a> record following France\u2019s astonishing title-winning victory over England.<\/p>\nFrance edged a breathtaking contest 48-46 to seal the championship, capping another triumph for the legendary former Wales defence coach.<\/p>\n
The win marked Edwards\u2019 seventh Six Nations title \u2014 four with Wales and now three with France \u2014 but the statistic initially went unmentioned during his post-match interview with Topsy Ojo.<\/p>\n
Instead, Edwards found himself fielding questions about France\u2019s defence after a chaotic finale to the tournament in which Les Bleus conceded 96 points across their final two games, including 50 against Scotland and 46 against England.<\/p>\n
Despite that, Edwards took the discussion in good spirits.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnother crazy, great game for the fans \u2014 those at home and at the stadium,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cRugby at the moment, particularly the Six Nations, is just phenomenal.\u201d<\/p>\n
The veteran coach also defended the broader trend of high-scoring matches in the modern game.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf it was just your team defending and conceding so many points, you\u2019d be worried,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cEngland have an excellent defence coach and defensive system and they\u2019ve conceded more than us!<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously it\u2019s a bit frustrating at times, but that\u2019s the way the game is going.<\/p>\n
\u201cScores all around the world \u2014 Super Rugby, New Zealand taking 39 points off Australia last summer \u2014 it\u2019s a regular occurrence nowadays.\u201d<\/p>\n
Edwards also highlighted the development of a young French squad he believes still has plenty of improvement to come.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a group we are building. We feel they can improve in the future,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe had a couple of young players \u2014 like Oscar Jegou \u2014 who has been phenomenal in this tournament. He\u2019s a guy 100 per cent for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n
But it was Edwards\u2019 final comment that stole the show.<\/p>\n
As the interview wrapped up and he prepared to step away, the former Wales coach turned back with a grin and delivered one final line.<\/p>\n
\u201cThank you \u2014 that\u2019s my seventh one, that, by the way!\u201d<\/p>\n
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The cameras then quickly panned back to the pitchside pundits, who had erupted in laughter.<\/p>\n
Dan Biggar said to Mark Pougatch: “What did I say to you off-air? I said that was his seventh!”<\/p>\n
Edwards is rightly revered as one of the greatest defensive minds in the game and his seven Six Nations titles is testament to that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The France defence coach signed off his interview in the perfect way after his side won the Six…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":827143,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4102],"tags":[22068,4151,17963,4209,79,16,15,14260],"class_list":["post-827142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-france-rugby-team","tag-rugby","tag-shaun-edwards","tag-six-nations","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-wales-rugby-team"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116232554213994404","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=827142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/827143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=827142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=827142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=827142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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