His thinking this fall didn’t do much good. High winds, fog, sadness: The Blues played badly, were knocked out by the South Africans (17-32) on November 8 at the Stade de France, then almost punished against the Fijians (34-21) a week later in Bordeaux (Gironde). These results are meager, poor and already negative before the Australian’s arrival on Saturday in Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis) which is on its knees, after three defeats against England (25-7), Italy (26-19) and Ireland (46-19).
His statements, on the other hand, said almost everything about a withdrawn, sometimes overwhelmed coach, trying to maintain the support of his players and responding to skeptics with off-field tirades. In his two appearances with the Blues, Fabien Galthié has delivered several lines to include in his anthology gallery.
