6 Nations tournament: For Galthy, “it was really a great pleasure, a great pleasure to rework the analysis of the match” against Ireland.
Coach Fabian Galthy admitted on Thursday that the French XV, badly beaten by Ireland (38-17) at the start of the Six Nations tournament, was going through a “clearly difficult time” before facing Scotland in Edinburgh on Saturday. He also spoke of the “joy” and “joy” of “applying the group imagination”.
A new rather than lunar press conference for the France XV coach who spoke before the match in Scotland this Saturday, but especially after the slap in Marseille against Ireland at the start of the tournament.
Irish slap
“We fell, we lost, we were beaten. In the locker room, in the heat of the moment, it was not a time for analysis, but a time for unity. In these moments, we rely on the values of rugby. Our game: unity, courage, commitment (. ..) From Monday, as we planned Saturday’s match, it was really a great pleasure, a great pleasure, reworking the analysis of the match, what worked, what didn’t work. Many things didn’t work. The group, The biggest joy was appealing to the concept of confidence. It’s important that the players feel our confidence and we feel theirs. Obviously, when you lose, you’re self-critical. We’ve always demanded a lot of ourselves. Do not economize. This work is collective. It is focused on one thing: to recover the French team.
A speech that no longer goes down?
“I feel like beyond the speech, it’s more of a method that drives us forward, embodying a mission and the will to win. If we take everyone of us, in the staff as well as in the players, we often build in. Victory, But in trouble. And it is often in trouble that we find additional resources to become better. Our path is not like a long, calm river. Today, we clearly face difficult times. This is where we come together, we are one. Be a group.”
The temptation to make changes
“Whoever says that integrating new players means removing players. It is not a project since we worked on the team composition. Our desire is the group, it is the team, it is unity. We were successful as a group many times. We Lost. Friday evening, as a group. Our idea is to keep this framework and of course give space to the youth in coaching.
Cameron Walkey aside
“Cameron Walkey, before talking about his talent and his skills, what we were sorely lacking (against Ireland) was playing without the No.5 for almost 70 minutes (with Paul Willemse’s yellow and red cards). We can adapt, we did. But we lacked the weapons to harass, challenge and defend this field of conquest (…) We had given up a lot of energy in adaptation and we lacked it elsewhere. That’s one of the highlights of this match.”
Louis Bielle-Biarrey back on the wing
“He is firstly a player who brings speed. He has a different profile to Yoram (Moifana). He is used to playing on the wing and also covers the full-back position. Thomas Ramos covers the 10 position. Stadium ( Murrayfield) where the dimensions are the largest in Europe, we imagine that we will need an additional power supply, in the winger or center position, in a possible match scenario, this is where Yorum will bring us all his palette, playing first or second center and on the wings. can
