Fabien Galthié was right all week. rugby selection, “This is the beginning of eternity again”. Saturday 22 November, the French XV played Australia, a poor remake of what it produced against South Africa and Fiji during the autumn tour. Rugby on alternating current, without feeling, without identity of the game.
In front of a cold crowd of 80,000 at the Stade de France, the Blues won against the Wallabies (48-33), but not convincingly. What’s worse, they return to their respective paths. Added to the problems of indiscipline (12 penalties conceded, a yellow card from Maxime Lucu just before the break) were ball losses, missed tackles, attackers…
Or the same diagnosis as was made against the South African team, on November 8, in Saint-Denis, and against the Fijian team a week later in Bordeaux. However, second row Thibaud Flament has, throughout the week, urged his teammates to do so “show panic” on the ground, and erase this impression “middle age” which has been eating away at the Blues since the start of the tour.
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