Dupont or Ollivon?
Fabien Galthié decided before the fall tour.
The Toulouse scrum-half retains the captain's armband.
An honor.
And a prestigious lineage.
Who is, moreover, the greatest captain of the Blues of the post-war period?
This is the question that
Le Figaro
asked a jury of seven members, including three former internationals (Denis Charvet, Christian Califano and Imanol Harinordoquy).
For a quasi-plebiscite.
Jean-Pierre Rives was placed in the lead four times (Fouroux, Ibañez and Dusautoir once each) to win hands down.
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“The captain is above all a symbol. He is not necessarily the best player, but the one who draws everyone into his wake with his bravery, his humility, his sense of sacrifice. The score, they don't play it for themselves. They are in another dimension. For the team, without selfishness. Driven by a sense of duty. The noble sense of the captain, that's it. And very few are able to have it. It's innate...
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