Remaining silent since the elimination, Fabien Galthié, coach of the French rugby team, gives a press conference on Wednesday. A speech which should put an end to rumors about the future of the coach after the failure of the Blues during the Rugby World Cup at home.
Published on: 06/11/2023 – 17:03 Modified on: 06/11/2023 – 20:04
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The coach of the French XV Fabien Galthié will speak to the press on Wednesday, for the first time since the elimination of the Blues in the quarter-final of the World Cup, the French Rugby Federation announced on Monday November 6.
Fabien Galthié, still considered Monday morning as “the man for the job” by opener Romain Ntamack, will take stock of the French World Cup journey, stopped prematurely in the quarterfinals against South Africa (29- 28) on October 15, while the Blues were aiming for final victory in their country.
Highly anticipated and initially planned for the end of November, the conference of Fabien Galthié, who has remained silent since the elimination, will finally take place on Wednesday in order to “satisfy” the requests of the press to discuss with the coach, announced the FFR.
“There is no debate” on the future of the coach
Monday morning, opener Romain Ntamack, absent from the World Cup due to a rupture of the cruciate ligament in his left knee which occurred during preparation in August, gave his support to Galthié and considered that “there is no debate” on the future of the coach.
“I think that with everything he has brought to this team over the past four years, even this elimination in no way calls into question all the work that has been done” since the arrival of the former scrum-half at the head of the Blues in 2019, explained Ntamack at the microphone of RTL. “He is the man for the job and there is obviously no debate on that,” he added.
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Invited on RTL on the occasion of the release of his autobiography “Rugby in the blood”, the Toulouse player also spoke of his desire to one day play in a club in Australia or New Zealand.
“It’s not necessarily relevant right away,” replied Romain Ntamack. “But it’s true that the southern hemisphere has always attracted me. Since I was little, I’ve always watched Super Rugby,” competition flagship between Australian and New Zealand clubs.
With AFP
