Nicolas Jeanjean deciphers the use of data, the quest for peak form and pleads for long periods of rest for the Blues.
The World Cup marked the end of the adventure for three members of Fabien Galthié’s staff. Laurent Labit, three-quarter coach, was replaced by Patrick Arlettaz (ex-Perpignan); Karim Ghezal, in charge of the conquest, by Laurent Sempéré (ex-Stade Français) and Thibault Giroud, the performance director, by his deputy, Nicolas Jeanjean. The name is not unknown to you? Normal.
In 2001, aged 20, he was the full-back of Stade Toulousain crowned champion of France, symbol of the golden generation with two other kids, Frédéric Michalak and Clément Poitrenaud. The XV of France was promised to him. But injuries slowed down his career: only 9 selections and a second Brennus, with Stade Français in 2007. In 2012, his crampons barely hung up in Brive, he began a reconversion prepared in advance: physical trainer.
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He opened a sports hall, collaborated with the GIGN, the French ski team, Montpellier Handball or the Bleus du volleyball, before…
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