<prompt> Qedela lo musho olandelayo: Ngo-19 Januwari 2016, uNovès wabiza iqembu lakhe lokuqala, kubandakanya nabadlali abayisishiyagalombili abangavunyelwe. Umdlalo wakhe wokuqala owawuphethe kwaba ngomhlaka 6 Februwari ngesikhathi  <response>: 2016 Six Nations Championship ngokumelene ne-Italy eStade de France. UNovès wafaka abadlali abayisithupha ababengakafakwa eqenjini ngalolo suku lomdlalo, wanqoba i-Italy ngo-23 kuya ku-21. Ngemuva kwesonto, uNovès wahola iFrance ekunqobeni kwayo okokuqala i-Ireland kusukela ngo-Agasti 2011, yaphuma enqobeni engu-10 ngokumelene no-9. Ukunqotshwa kokuqala kukaGuy Novès kwafika ngoFebhuwari 26 bebhekene neWales, behlulwa ngo-1910, ngaphambi kokuqhubeka nokuhlulwa yiScotland, ngo-2918, okokuqala ngqa kusukela ngo-2006. Emdlalweni wokugcina we-Championship, iNgilandi yayisivele isiqinisekisile isihloko, ukunqoba kweFrance kwakuzomane kuvimbe i-grand slam. Kodwa-ke, emdlalweni lapho iFrance yehluleke khona ukushaya amagoli, iNgilandi yaba ngabanqobi ngo-31 ngokumelene no-21. NgoJuni 2016, iFrance yavakashela i-Argentina ukuze idlale uchungechunge lwama-test amabili. Ngeshwa ngoNovès, ngenxa yeNdebe Yomhlaba Yombhoxo ka-2015, abahleli beTop 14 abazange bahlele noma yimiphi imidlalo ngesikhathi sesigaba sokubhukuda somqhudelwano, okwakusho ukuthi kuzophela kamuva kunokujwayelekile. Ngakho-ke, ama-semi-finals kanye nomdlalo wokugcina wesizini ka-2015-16 kuzoqondana nefasitela lamazwe omhlaba likaJuni, elihlangana nemidlalo yaseFrance ngoJuni 19 no-25. Ngenxa yalokhu, uNovès waqoka abadlali abangu-12 abangakaze babambe iqhaza eqenjini lakhe lokuvakasha, nabadlali abayisikhombisa abadlale ngaphansi kokuhlolwa okungu-10 ezweni labo. Ukuhlolwa kokuqala kwalahleka ngo-3019, emdlalweni owawunabadlali abasha abangu-10 ababekwe umngcele okokuqala ngqa. Kodwa-ke, ngemuva kwesonto, iFrance yahlula i-Argentina ngo-27-0 futhi kwaba ngokokuqala i-Argentina yehluleka ukuthola amaphuzu emdlalweni wokuhlola selokhu yahlulwa yi-Ireland ngo-16-0 ngo-2007. Kungokokuqala behluleka ukuthola amaphuzu ngokumelene neFrance kusukela emhlanganweni wabo wokuqala ngo-1949. Ngesikhathi sokuhlolwa kokuphela konyaka ka-2016, uNovès wahola iFrance ekunqobeni okukodwa, washaya iSamoa 528 ngesonto lokuqala lochungechunge lwabo lwangoNovemba. Emidlalweni emibili eyalandela iFrance yahlulwa kancane yi-Australia ngo-25 kuya ku-23 neNew Zealand ngo-24 kuya ku-19. 