Six Nations 2012: France will try to force England into making mistakes, says Toby Flood France can then bring in the midfield ball carriers such as Aurélien Rougerie or Julien Malzieu to set up targets, play the territorial battle and try to squeeze England and force them to make mistakes. If you were coaching against England now you would say don't give them the ball in any dangerous situations and keep the game tight and make them play from deep and make it a nine or 12-point game and then make them chase the game. We haven't had to chase a game yet and given that we have only scored two charged-down tries, the one thing France will try to find out is how we react to facing a deficit. For that reason, it will be a massive afternoon for us defensively, particularly for our midfield of Brad Barritt and Manu Tuilagi. When Leicester played Clermont earlier this year, we really rated Rougerie. He is a strong and dynamic ball carrier and also holds their defensive line very well and just treads water, waiting for players to make a decision and then hits them. Wesley Fofana has also been playing well and is a real threat. He has scored three tries in three games and with that combination of Rougerie, Fofana and Malzieu, they have got a common knowledge and understanding between them. They will be a difficult team to break down and Manu and Brad will love the physical battle, but there will be questions asked of both sides. Manu brings his physicality, Rougerie brings his experience and Fofana and Brad are the kind of unknown quantities so there will be the most interesting head-to-head battle in Paris on Sunday. Of course, I would love to be there myself. France versus England in Paris is one of my favourite games of the Six Nations and I have fond memories of playing in the Stade de France. I had a long chat with Stuart Lancaster on Monday and he told me that as Charlie Hodgson had been in line to start against Wales, he was next in line to come back in. You always want to be involved but I have been on the back foot, having missed the start of the tournament with injury. I haven't had enough time on the training field. It would have been harder to take when I was younger, but I just have to remain positive and go back to Leicester and work incredibly hard. We have five Premiership games left and my goal has to be to play as well as I can and set my target on being in good form by the time the England squad is selected for the tour of South Africa.