FILE PHOTO: Rugby Union - France Press Conference - National Rugby Center, Marcoussis, France - August 29, 2019 France's Jefferson Poirot during the press conference REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
(Reuters) - France prop Jefferson Poirot is expecting "war" when his side take on Argentina in their Rugby World Cup Pool C opener in Tokyo on Saturday in what looks a must-win match for both if they are to make it to the quarter-finals in Japan.
Poirot expects bravery and fight from an Argentine side that enter the tournament on a run of nine straight defeats, acknowledging that the South Americans have not been as mediocre as those results suggest.
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