{"id":27877,"date":"2018-03-16T16:34:08","date_gmt":"2018-03-16T16:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=27877"},"modified":"2018-03-16T16:34:08","modified_gmt":"2018-03-16T16:34:08","slug":"going-leave-bleu-predict-french-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/03\/16\/going-leave-bleu-predict-french-fans\/","title":{"rendered":"We\u2019re going to leave you bleu, predict French fans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">FRENCH fans have descended on Cardiff for Saturday\u2019s clash with Wales, with many feeling bullish \u2013 as I found out on a morning wander around the city centre.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jean \u2013 clad in beret \u2013 is outside Shop Rugby accompanied by half a dozen others.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;Bonjour madames et meisseurs, je suis un journalist,\u201d I stammer in halting, atrociously-accented French. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fortunately, Jean\u2019s English is better than my French.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cA journalist? So you lay tarmac too?\u201d he exclaims. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This earns a hearty collective laugh from his companions &#8211; one of whom is Dave. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As you\u2019ve probably guessed, Dave is not of Gallic extraction. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He lives in the Valleys but has been friends with Jean since the 1980s, when both plied their trade in Toulouse\u2019s semi-professional rugby leagues.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dave is acting as an unofficial tour guide for Jean\u2019s group. They are predicting a win \u201cpour <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">l\u2019\u00e9quipe Fran\u00e7ais, bien s\u00fbr!\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dave, naturally, disagrees. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt\u2019ll be cagey, but I think the home crowd will make the difference tomorrow,\u201d he says. \u201cI\u2019m going for a Wales win, 34-16.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27885\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-16-at-3.15.23-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-16-at-3.15.23-PM.png 620w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-16-at-3.15.23-PM-300x224.png 300w, 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620px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27825\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Bretons-at-the-Owain-Glyndwr.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Bretons-at-the-Owain-Glyndwr.png 620w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Bretons-at-the-Owain-Glyndwr-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Bretons-at-the-Owain-Glyndwr-500x375.png 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Bretons-at-the-Owain-Glyndwr-293x220.png 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/noscript><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Round the corner of the Glynd\u0175r sits a bespectacled Frederic, who has travelled from Paris with his friends for match.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In fact, they\u2019re planning on making a weekend of it motivated in part by today\u2019s sunshine.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt\u2019s warm here,\u201d says Frederic. \u201cI hope it can stay like this for tomorrow.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Glasses clink around the table in agreement.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Such is group\u2019s Gallic exuberance, I don\u2019t have the heart to tell them Saturday\u2019s weather forecast. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I decide to let them enjoy their Cardiff sojourn a little while longer. I have a feeling their fun will stop at 7.30 tomorrow evening.<\/span><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27828\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Nicolas-and-friends.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Nicolas-and-friends.png 620w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Nicolas-and-friends-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Nicolas-and-friends-500x373.png 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Nicolas-and-friends-293x219.png 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27828\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Nicolas-and-friends.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Nicolas-and-friends.png 620w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Nicolas-and-friends-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Nicolas-and-friends-500x373.png 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Nicolas-and-friends-293x219.png 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FRENCH fans have descended on Cardiff for Saturday\u2019s clash with Wales, with many feeling bullish \u2013 as I found out on a morning wander around the city centre. 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