Guilhem Guirado was proud of France's first-half display against Argentina, but acknowledged their second 40 was not good enough.
Camille Lopez's first act after coming on was to score a match-winning drop-goal to spare France's blushes against Argentina.
Fiji failed to see out a shock victory over Australia in their Rugby World Cup opener, and Michael Cheika was proud of his team's recovery.
Australia produced a strong second half to overcome Fiji in Pool D at the Rugby World Cup.
Wales named an experienced team to face Georgia and captain Alun Wyn Jones will equal a record.
Rugby World Cup winner Lawrence Dallaglio is confident England, under Eddie Jones' guidance, can challenge favourites New Zealand in Japan.
England have prepared a specific plan to counter the strengths of Tonga in their World Cup opener, according to Eddie Jones.
The enthusiasm of Jordan Larmour, Andrew Conway and Jacob Stockdale can spur Ireland on against Scotland, according to Joe Schmidt.
Jamie Joseph believes Japan struggled to deal with the weight of expectation in their nervy Rugby World Cup win against Russia.
Japan recovered from a rough start on Friday to begin their home Rugby World Cup campaign with victory over Russia in Tokyo.