"The blow knocked all of us out," he told a news conference at the team's
training camp. "There was, however, no question of staying in our bedrooms.
Some people say it's not a good thing to analyse an event in the midst of it all
so I decided to sidestep this theory."We had a players' meeting during the night after the game. Then, I went to see the coaches and we had a lot more meetings among the players."
France is potentially now in danger of being eliminated from Pool D if it loses to Ireland.
It has to win its last three games and collect all the bonus points available against the Irish, Nambia and Georgia to avoid an early exit or a quarterfinal meeting with the All Blacks in Cardiff.
"Bernard Laporte is as hurt as we are. He also spent the weekend trying to answer the questions we can't escape. We need his leadership.
"Our squad is still a quality squad. I wanted to find out if the commitment of the players and coaches was still there. I had the answers and I'm sure we will bounce back", he added.
"I'm not worrying too much about the next game. We know what we have to do, we have three games to play, we are not any more in a position to calculate. We have to free ourselves and rediscover the pleasure of being on the pitch."
France plays its second game against Namibia next Monday in Toulouse and will then face Ireland the following Friday at the Stade de France before ending the pool stages against Georgia in Marseille.
