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Alldritt responded to judgment
Fabien Galthié's powers as a medium are impressive.
He had predicted at the Italy-France half-time that the Blues were going to take a yellow card.
He had worked on the exact scenario for the end of the France-Scotland match during the week (the choice of the penalty touch for the offensive bonus despite a small gap that did not protect his team).
This time, he had announced the rebirth of Grégory Alldritt.
Halftone since the start of the Tournament, the number 8 of La Rochelle appeared inside, physically struggling.
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In the course of a rugby player, we sometimes have the right to be a little less sovereign.
Competitors understand it, accept it and respond to it.
Against Scotland, he had begun to respond to it.
But, because of Momo Haouas' red card, we had to get him out quickly.
We told him that we blame each other… Grégory is there.
He will respond to your judgment.
It will come, you will see.
Wait a little bit …
“, had predicted the coach, a small smile.
Well we saw.
Charges that shattered the English forwards, for 90 meters gained on the front line!
Devastating tackles.
A presence found in the rucks to scrape hot balls and, above all, to slow down the English ball outings.
In short, an Alldritt of the very great days.
Danty, return to ferocious
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Tell them I'm hot!"
Thursday, at the time of announcing the surprise tenure of Jonathan Danty in the center of the tricolor attack - the Rochelais, injured at the end of December, had only resumed for three matches in the Top 14 -, Fabien Galthié had relayed the message .
Promise kept.
With his power, "
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exhausted the English defence.
Mobilizing defenders, opening up spaces, scraping balls on the ground.
Not to mention his dissuasive presence in defense (9 tackles, only 2 misses).
At the time of confidences, the coach of the XV of the Rose, Steve Borthwick, did not fail to have a word on the French number 12, underlining his physical power, his domination in the duels.
Danty was one of the key men of the French Grand Slam in 2022. His comeback demonstrates, if necessary, that he is essential to the XV of France.
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In the record books
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Once in a lifetime
as the English say.
Once in a lifetime… It's not every day that you achieve a historic performance, brands that will certainly stay on the shelves for a while.
First record, the biggest French victory in history against England.
The most points scored (53) and the biggest gap (+ 43), smashing previous records: + 25 in 1972 (37-12) and 2006 (31-6).
Both times in France.
With such a score, another record, even more breathtaking, fell;
that of the worst defeat of the XV of the Rose in its Temple.
The biggest affront came in 2008 and a 42-6 rout against South Africa.
It disappears from the record books, now replaced by this 53-10 which has not finished haunting the nights of English supporters.
So stunned that
CLAW STRIKES
England is hard to see
We knew that England had been going through a difficult period for some months.
But we did not imagine the extent of the disaster.
Forwards dominated in collisions, in difficulty on the rucks, crushed, ridiculed, by the tricolor pack.
And what about three-quarters?
No vista, little talent, no imagination.
The bet to entrust the keys of the game to Marcus Smith, to try to put in a little madness, is missed in large widths.
The young opener was not unworthy on an individual basis (80 meters with the ball in hand, 5 blue defenders beaten…) but it was in the collective organization that he displayed his current limits?
Very badly helped, it is true, by the technical poverty of its partners… “
We wanted to see where we stood against the best in the world.
We are very far
, recognized, fatalistic, Steve Borthwick, appointed on December 19 last coach of the XV of the Rose.
No one has any illusions about what we should do.
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The Blues leave too many points on the way
A little fingernail rather than a fierce scratch... We allow ourselves to regret that Dupont and his partners only wrote
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» 7 tries to the English.
Either a new record at Twickenham (the previous one, 5 tries, but a defeat, in 2015).
However, the Blues left at least three clear chances on the way by getting rid of the ball on a little kicking game to follow as the support announced a surplus that seemed to win.
Like on this 70-meter raise from Thomas Ramos after which the back forgot to serve Antoine Dupont at height, with Romain Ntamack still in his rear view mirror (60th).
We also think, for example, of this long raid by Grégory Alldritt who forgets Damian Penaud on his right at the entrance of the 22 English meters (9th minute).
And if the last tricolor test, the 2nd staff of Penaud, concludes a school action in first hand, Fabien Galthié recognizes a slight frustration.
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The first hand is like a penalty.
Before this try, we could have scored three times in first hand.
But twice, we hit the bar and, on the third, it came back…
” So yes, the Blues could have done even better.
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We will see these shots on video
”, however warned the coach, also a perfectionist …