Killer instinct important for France's success - Guy Noves

France head coach Guy Noves wants his team to play with a killer instinct in the Six Nations tournament to achieve better results.

In the 2016 edition, France with just two wins from five games finished the tournament with a fifth position and their lone victory in the November Tests came against Samoa.

The Les Bleus will kick off the upcoming Six Nations campaign with a clash against England at Twickenham on 4th February and Noves wants his team to play with a lot of intent.

"Our expectations this year are to build a team that continues to improve constantly, to get closer to our opponents," said Noves.

"Last time last year we had matches we lost that we could have won, and vice versa.

"We're not that far from our opponents, but we must be more efficient.

"We cross the advantage line more than others, but we do not score, we don't achieve really, so the ratio is not very good.

"We have to try to reverse this ratio, and we must be killers in some areas so that we can chase wins."

France had an opportunity to end 2016 on a high when they ran close to Wallabies and All Blacks in the November Tests.

Even though, they started the game positively against Michael Cheika men, they went on to lose it by two-point margin while against World Champions New Zealand, they lost by just five points despite a strong comeback in the second half.

Noves wants his team to put the experience the team gained in the last year to action in the Six Nations tournament with complete performances.

"We evolved during the Six Nations but also in the autumn against Australia and New Zealand," said Noves.

"And some areas, it was the last two or three metres where we missed.

"What I mean by killers, I want my players to finish the actions they've started.

"And now the players are aware of that, they are aware also of what they are capable of achieving.

"And they know what to focus on, which is also very important.

"We're beyond halfway through this development, but now we have to be more consistent, more clinical and be able to finish our chances."