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XV de France: "We have the will to become masters", plants Fabien Galthié

2023-05-16T13:47:49.078Z

Highlights: Fabien Galthié has unveiled his plans for the preparation for the World Cup. The coach of Les Bleus has an evolving group of 42 players, recovery times, an end of preparation with family. "I was looking for a quiet and serene place to work, says the star of the day to Le Figaro. Finding ourselves here has a strong symbolic significance. That's where it all started... That's how it all began," says the coach of the XV of France.


The coach of Les Bleus has unveiled his plans for the preparation for the World Cup: an evolving group of 42 players, recovery times, an end of preparation with family. Explanations.


Special Envoy to Montgesty (Hautes-Pyrénées)

There is his father, Jean-Noël, mayor of this small town in the Lot of 320 inhabitants. There are also some cousins and long-distance friends. Around a tent set up behind the church of Montgesty for a buffet. All proud of the village child. Who brought his staff and attracted journalists from France and Navarra for an unprecedented agitation. This Tuesday, Fabien Galthié held his press conference to launch the World Cup in his native Quercy. Where, already, he had organized his first, in November 2019, as coach of the XV of France. "I was looking for a quiet and serene place to work, says the star of the day to Le Figaro. When I came back from the World Cup in Japan, I came to Montgesty and, while walking with my father, I said to myself "but this is here!" Here, it's perfect, we don't disturb anyone, we're quiet, it's not very big and there is just enough room to stay and work. As it is a place where we felt good, I wanted to organize the preparation of the preparation again here. We are more numerous than four years ago, we have four more children (the "first circle" of staff has increased from eight to twelve members, Editor's note). We looked to see if it fit and it did. Finding ourselves here has a strong symbolic significance. That's where it all started...

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Meeting since Sunday afternoon, the staff faced the press before dispersing. And Fabien Galthié took the opportunity to take stock before the upcoming deadlines.

A seminar to become masters

"It's a time when you prepare for preparation. The programming of the preparation is now stopped. The selection times, the work times, the venues, the friendly matches that will slowly bring us to September 8, everything is in place. We have the complete vision of the three months of preparation. We will not go with the Legion to Carpiagne. We will start in the first week of July, in Monaco. We are consistent, we are in tune with our arrow of time. This is the last competition of our mandate, the time when we will be the best on our arrow. We have the will to become masters, which our team masters. We still have time for that, to progress and improve. Four months (from the beginning of July to the final, on October 28, Editor's note). But we always learned from every competition. Of our strong times and our weak times, defeat being the realization of a weak time. In our first two years, we have 65% wins, the last two, only one loss for 95% wins. The numbers don't lie, they show that we have made progress."

A list of 42 fixed steps

"We consider everyone: the wounded, the return from injuries... And there are still a lot of matches left, the European finals, the final phase of the Top 14. We will unveil our first list of 42 players on June 21. But, before that, the Sunday following the play-offs (June 4), and therefore ten teams eliminated, we will summon a first group of 23 players to Marcoussis. For four days of preparation with the under-20s. Players who must have the ambition to enter the dressing room of the 42. Because this jersey, you have to come and get it... Among these 42, there will be comings and goings. At each change of site, we will have the opportunity to modify this list, to bring back wounded, to turn. Regarding the list, every Tuesday, our selection committee meets. We follow about one hundred players, with a ranking of 1 to 6-7 per position. And they are all aware of it. Preparing for a World Cup takes a long time. There may be injuries, forfeits and, therefore, players recalled. We must remain ready to get on the bus of the XV of France until the last match..."

"Four months in the hotel is too much!"

Fabien Galthié

Preparation launch postponed to July 1

"We have chosen to give the players a two-week break because they are very much in demand
. Given the season that the players are doing, and the final on June 17, we thought it would be good that the preparation does not start until early July. It was necessary to sanctify this fortnight, to give the players time to recover. During the eight weeks of preparation, there will also be individualized recovery moments and, even, two collective cuts. We built this program with great precision. We are vigilant about everything, very attentive to the volume of time spent and space traveled on the field. "

Three weeks with the family

"We wanted a balance. The preparation plus the World Cup, it will be 17 weeks of life together, for a population of 42 players, then 33. During our three weeks in Capbreton, where we will train, we have chosen a site in Seignosse to balance this preparation. Four months in a hotel is too much. We will therefore be, the staff (thirty members, editor's note) and the squad, in a different setting. A holiday village where each member will have a bungalow available. With the possibility for each of us to live the preparation with the family. But it will also be very precise regarding the distribution of time in common life and time in family life. This is consistent with our methodology. We put this time on the last three weeks of preparation, at the end of August."

Four warm-up matches, a first

"We anticipated this from the beginning of our mandate. These matches will allow to set up the team. We will face European rugby (twice Scotland), then the southern nations (Fiji and Australia), two different styles of play. It is a perfect and coherent mix in our opinion. It will also help us find the right balance on match day by complying with World Cup rules. We are forced to go from a staff of 30 members to 20 on the day of the match. And to travel at 33, and not at 28 like the rest of the time..."

Remarks at a press conference

Source: lefigaro

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