A warned France team is worth two?

Fabien Galthié’s men play the 3rd day of the VI Nations tournament in Scotland and it’s never an easy opponent said the manager of the Rugby Club de la Pimpine, Franck Nouailles that the blues will have a little more in terms of motivation is to have lost the last two games against the Scottish who are on a very good dynamic: ” they beat England at home. They lost by just three points to Wales. It’s a team that lost in one year, just against South Africa, which is still a benchmark. However, they have a lot of absentees, they have six absentees, while we are going there with our standard team with the exception of Gabin Villière who will be replaced by Yoram Moefana underlines Franck Nouailles. It’s true that Scotland will have many absentees, especially in the forward line, but that’s not what worries the French coach according to Fanny Le Chevestrier who follows the blues for Radio France : “ what Fabien Galthié really fears from the Scots, even if the forwards, he knows that it will fight, that it will be strong even if there are substitutes, he really fears the three quarters and the line trained all the same by Finn Russell , who is unpredictable, who is capable and we have already seen it since the start of this tournament of the best and the worst. We hope he will make us a little cagade, but it is not sure against the French says Fanny Le Chevestrier.

Their selection clearly favors the stability of the France group

Cameron Woki 2nd line and Yoram Moefana winger in the France team when they are respectively 3rd line and center at UBB! Why not call players who are used to these positions rather than betting on versatility? For Fanny Le Chevestrier, it is Fabien Galthié’s choice to put everything into the cohesion of the France group: ” Fabien Galthié had said at the start of the school year he did not want to have a very large group, so he really opens it up to a few nuggets already formed. So it’s impossible to bring in new players. And that’s why Camerone Woki was repositioned in the second row. That’s why we use Moefana, who has already adapted to the French team, we put him back on the wing, it’s a bet, but in any case, we feel that Fabien Galthié really cares about his number of players, his team, his cocoon. Players who also get along better and better, and I think he does not want to deviate from this system analyzes Fanny Le Chevestrier. Building the best group does not mean adding the best players, a discourse that coaches of all disciplines favor more and more. Obviously for Franck Nouailles: “ of course he could have found professional wingers if only Geoffrey Cros at UBB, who is no longer suspended and who when he goes on, for sure, will be able to install this French team. The coach keeps players who know the game plan, he puts on versatility. Indeed, we remain in the group which has been working for a month now, a month and a half together, Moefana they had to test him extensively in training and I think that Fabien Galthié does not tremble when taking this decision. said the manager of the Rugby Club de la Pimpine.

The right time to go to Toulouse, subject to discipline.

The other rugby event of the weekend is of course the UBB’s trip to the Ernest Wallon stadium. Two teams in weak times with 2 consecutive defeats for Bordeaux and 6 for Toulouse. ” We always tell ourselves that Toulouse will react so one day or another, will it be there or will it be in Paris next weekend? Afterwards, it’s true that they are still deprived of their centerpiece so it weighs. It’s a team that is not confident and I think that on the Bordeaux side, even if there have been two defeats in a row, the confidence is more on the Girondins side. analyzes Fanny Le Chevestrier. But beware of discipline, especially in melee! With only 26 penalties conceded in the scrum, Stade Toulousain is the third least sanctioned team in the Top 14 in this area. UBB has 41 penalties and is in eleventh place in the Championship in the number of scrum penalties. ” It is an important statistic that is given since on a given Sunday against Racing that it was played there, on a summer extremely penalized in the scrum and that is what cost us the victory in the end. So yes, rugby, it goes through the front game and indeed, the scrum where we were dominant last year for a very long time, this year, we fish a little “says Franck Nouailles.