Fabien Galthié returned after the match with a somewhat sluggish victory against Georgia this Sunday in Bordeaux (41-15).
The coach of the Blues now turns to the shock against the All Blacks next Saturday.
Your game seemed less fluid.
What are the points that did not work?
We struggled to find ourselves where we wanted to be.
We were sometimes imprecise in our game structure, in our choices.
It did not allow us to have the tempo throughout the part.
This sometimes gave us the feeling that the Georgians were causing us problems.
Conversely, what are the satisfactions?
The victory, the score.
At times, our conquest, our scrum, the balls carried and the touch.
At times also, our offensive animation across the board, our defensive climbs.
There have been some interesting things.
Was this match useful in anticipation of next Saturday against the Blacks?
We expected a tough game, it was.
We also played in the rain, we had changed our team composition even if we keep the same group.
But we are in the nails of what we had prepared, we tested what we wanted to test.
These first two games gave us a lot of light for the future.
We can finally talk about next Saturday!
The All Blacks have just been beaten by Ireland (29-20), what is your opinion on your future opponents?
The Irish were able to come out with a fantastic game.
And despite that, it is played on an arbitration decision, with a try refused for a forward pass.
That says a lot about our opponent on Saturday, we know what they are capable of.
See also France - Georgia (41-15): the notes of the Blues
Is the team ready for this match?
(He pauses).
When you have an average age of 25 and 18 selections, and when the best players in the world come to challenge you, it inevitably resides in you, it makes you want to put yourself in front, at their height, or even more.
We are aware of what is happening on Saturday at the Stade de France.
We want to have the ability to "match" with them, everywhere and all the time.
For Jalibert-Ntamack, "we have the elements to decide"
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We will take the time to think.
It was the choice on these first two games, we tested modifications in the compositions and the strategy.
Now we have enough elements to make the decision for next Saturday.
Is this match against the All Blacks the first big test for your team?
We had many others, our victory against England finalist of the World Cup in 2020, the victory in Wales, that against Scotland in the Autumn Cup, that against Australia in Melbourne ... We touched on the fact that we can raise our level, we know that we can beat all the teams.
We were able to work together for three weeks very well.
We play our last match against the best team in the world in Paris.
The last time we beat them in November tests was in 2000. We have everything to gain in this nice challenge.