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Six Nations tournament selection: what the predecessors of Galthié said

2020-01-08T06:26:12.606Z


The coach of the Blues, who unveils this Wednesday the list of 42 players, has defined a framework to be respected which resembles that of his pred


The novelty is not necessarily in the words, but rather in the numbers. Fabien Galthié will unveil this Wednesday afternoon at Marcoussis (1 p.m.), the names of the 42 players selected to prepare for the Six Nations Tournament, which begins for the Blues on February 2 with a shock against the English at the Stade de France. None of his predecessors had been able to do so. Their counter stops at best at 31. The speech of the coach, on the other hand, imprinted with moral rules and frameworks to be respected, has especially varied in form. Galthié and his staff went to meet the players in their club.

"We understood that there was work to be done around our identity, our project, our path and our requirements," said the strong man of the XV of France. That is why, we presented them, individually, our living environment. Those interested must agree to respect it if they want to have a chance to play in blue. Should the current generation be so taken in hand? A quick glance in the rearview mirror reveals that the predecessors of Galthié in the modern era had, for the most part, targeted the same requests.

Just before the Six Nations Tournament 2000, Bernard Laporte , who has just been appointed head of the Blues, asserts: “I will go to the end of my convictions. I take players to get high. I don't care about the past, I want available boys, proud, honored to be in the France team. »Laporte has also ended his lease with a striking episode at the 2007 World Cup in France, by reading in the locker room before the first (lost) match against Argentina, the letter from Guy Moquêt, the young 17-year-old resistance fighter shot in 1941 by the German occupier. "Because it refers to the values ​​of courage and solidarity," he said.

Quite similar speeches

Marc Lièvremont begins with a positive speech on December 4, 2007, when he has just taken office. "We want to put French rugby at the top of world rugby in 2011," he says. Our goal is to find a French game and open up to clubs to work hand in hand in the interest of the players. At the 2011 World Cup, his release on the "dirty kids" reveals a little more his state of mind.

Not far from that of his successor Philippe Saint-André , who declared in our columns on December 9, 2011: “I have values ​​that are those of many French families: respect, humility, work. I straddle certain rules such as self-giving. We are in a world of excessively individualism. We will try to establish rules of life with the players and the staff. I will be the guarantor. Whoever leaves it will exclude himself. " Guy Novès takes over and gives a similar overview of his expectations:" I want to emphasize commitment, a mentality, where each individual is at the service of the team, and where the team is at the service of the nation. "

Jacques Brunel , freshly appointed by Bernard Laporte, is not a fan of shock phrases. On January 4, 2018, he soberly confided in wanting to “restore this team's confidence”, before sliding: “I believe that the France team represents sufficient value not to have directive or restrictive management. He was denied a few weeks later by "leaving Edinburgh" accompanied by fights after the defeat of the Blues in Scotland and hardened his speech. Him too.

Source: leparis

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