Wayne Pivac’s side will take on Les Bleus at Stade de France in what will be their first game since March when Covid-19 struck.
Flanker and Ospreys captain Tipuric thinks sparks will fly in the encounter as both teams warm-up for the rest of their autumn campaigns.
“A Test match is a Test match and we know France are going to come guns blazing and so are we. It’s going to be a tough game,” he said.
“The French are big, strong, and they’ve had a good Six Nations so we know they are going to be up for a game just like us. We want to put a good performance in to be ready for that Scotland game.
“It’s going to be a little bit weird. It’s been a long time. It’s nice to get back to international rugby.
“You are used to the big crowds and all that side of it so it’s going to be a little bit weird not having that, but it will just be nice to get the red jersey on if selected.”
Justin Tipuric during training
A Test match is a Test match and we know France are going to come guns blazing and so are we. It’s going to be a tough game
Wales are preparing for France in a bio secure bubble at their usual Vale of Glamorgan base.
Of course the meeting with Les Bleus is the first with preparations having to be done in the Covid era, but Tipuric says the players have embraced the new normal.
“Obviously everyone knows it’s a little bit different,” he said.
“Even being up at the hotel, it’s so quiet compared to normal. It’s kind of the new norm now which is a little bit weird. We are in a lucky position to continue doing what we are doing.
“Hopefully this weekend we will get the Welsh public to tune in and chill out in their homes and hopefully put on a good performance for them to watch and keep them entertained.
“It’s all temperature checks and masks on everywhere you go basically. You have got to be two metres apart as best as possible.
“We have our own rooms now whereas before you would have shared.
“Backs and forwards are in different changing rooms. Just little things like that which you probably won’t normally imagine going on.
“The staff we have got here have looked into everything. Any question that has been asked, they have got answers. The best thing we can do is just concentrate on the game.
“Obviously it is tough. This is our first proper week of it. Further down the line and the longer we have been in, it will probably be a little bit tougher.
“Being away from the family is hard but everyone here is trying to do things that work as best as we can.
“It’s probably one of the little negatives of the job that you are away from your family quite a bit, but I know a lot of people would bite our hands off to be in our position.
“At the start of week you get a bit of time with family and then as we come towards games we have to be in our bubble. We are not allowed to leave the premises of the Vale.
“The entertainment committee have got a big job to do keeping the boys entertained.
“It will be random things; movies, cards maybe, gaming, that’s what has gone in the past. They will probably have to think outside the box a bit now.
“They will come up with something knowing them.”
