France lost 17-38 to Ireland in the opening match of the Six Nations. The defeat was the heaviest since the start of the Galthié era in January 2020.

Will the trauma of the World Cup linger for a long time in French minds? Does the coach have the means and capabilities to restart the machine? Subscribe Already subscribed? To log in, please click here to go to the page you came from. The hardest part undoubtedly for these Blues is to overcome their failure in the quarter-finals of the 2014 World Cup, on October 15 at the Stade de France, against South Africa.