This is undoubtedly what makes a great team.
An average evening.
Where everything is messy.
Ten lost balls and as many penalties conceded.
Three closed scrum introductions lost.
A kicking game that is too often approximate.
And a crying lack of continuity in ideas.
In short, hard-working Blues.
But which are necessary.
On the string.
From a small point.
Unsinkable.
A few years ago, during the successive mandates of Philippe Saint-André, Guy Novès and Jacques Brunel, the XV of France would have, for sure, lost this meeting.
The coaches would have evoked the hazy concept of encouraging defeat, the players would have left a Stade de France shrouded in silence, heads down, ruminating on a so-called curse sticking to their crampons.
But, since the appointment of Fabien Galthié, almost three years ago, the situation has changed.
Sharp and intense workouts.
Data, a precise game plan, a typical team that emerges.
To align the successes and, thus, acquire…
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