What if Fabien Galthié had found the perfect storytelling so that his Blues did not end their autumn tour, facing Japan, hands on top of the handlebars?
(This Sunday 2 p.m., in Toulouse, France 2).
In ten months, during the World Cup, it will be necessary to overcome the Everest of these three cleaver matches in two weeks - the quarter, the half, the final - to reach the summit.
A sequence that only one team from the northern hemisphere, England, has completed in nine editions (in 2003).
A test of strength and resilience.
The coach therefore decided that these three autumn tests - Australia, South Africa, Japan - would be the ideal repetition.
The only time in the season when the XV of France has three matches without a weekend off (unlike the upcoming Six Nations Tournament), would be the perfect opportunity to switch to the global configuration.
And too bad if, on paper, Japan is the weakest of the three opponents, Sunday's meeting will be "
a final
" insists Galthié
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