Szarzewski tires of Regan

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Szarzewski and England counterpart Regan will go head to head in the front row and the former is expecting plenty of "unbearable" abuse from his notoriously vocal opposite number.

"I won't pay much attention to him," Szarzewski said. "He is unbearable because of his behaviour. We know him - he talks a lot and he needs to do something with that. He has talked to me a lot, but it is okay because I don't understand English well, so I let it go."

He added: "Whatever happens, we have to ignore it - we cannot allow the team to be punished by losing our cool.

"I hope to punish them (England) within the limits of the game."

However, Szarzewski admits France will be inspired by "a spirit of revenge" against their World Cup conquerors.

Saturday night's Stade de France contest is the first meeting between the sides since Brian Ashton's men destroyed Les Bleus' World Cup dream at the same venue four months ago.

Szarzewski said: "There is always a special rivalry between the French and the English.

"Moreover, we will have a spirit of revenge with us because of the semi-final defeat in the World Cup. You don't forget a defeat as important as that.

"We have to advance and not let that stop us, even though it will remain at the back of our minds. This is a new adventure - a new set of staff, a new system of playing. But above all, we want to continue on our push that we've had since the beginning of the tournament."