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from one massive test to another for the 2007 rugby world cup hosts. there's barely time to draw breath for france following their stunning quarter-final win over favourites new zealand. captain raphael ibanez and coach bernard laporte now have to focus on ending the reign of world champions england in the last four - it's an england team currently thriving on being written off. soundbite: (french) ibanez says here "the idea is, after this quarter final match, to very quickly focus again on what we'll face. it's a semi-final against the world champions and it is maybe the biggest challenge we'll have to deal with. it is the biggest we'll face. i am confident that the whole team will not lose sight of the goal after last saturday's victory. even if it was a nice victory, we all want to roll our sleeves up and carry on with a heavy week ahead before we face a formidable opponent." supercaption: raphael ibanez, france captain. soundbite: (french) laporte says: "we know the capacity of this english team. we never said they were not strong even when they were having problems. it will be a very hard match against a pack that is very strong. so we will prepare accordingly. we know it might be more difficult than last saturday." supercaption: bernard laporte, france coach. soundbite: (french) "for us it is just about fronting up. against the all blacks we were proud of our colours, of what we are and hopefully it will be the same against england." supercaption: raphael ibanez, france captain. after that shock defeat to fellow semi-finalists argentina a month ago, france's world cup campaign is firmly back on track - with old rivals england now between 'les bleus' and a paris final.