Galthié gives his first list of 42 with half a bizuths

A big clean up in the cupboards. As expected, the list of 42 of Fabien Galthié supposed to give the course of his mandate has deposited a few old people in the retirement home? Lauret, Huget, Slimani, Médard, the last thirty holders of the World Cup were asked to stay at home to make room for the insolence of the youth. 19 called out of 42 for the preparatory stage for the first match against England have never seen the color of a selection, and most are even unknown to the general public, even the small public of amateurs who do not bump not all top 14 games every weekend.

Little experience against England

"We did not want youthfulness," defended Fabien Galthié, who widely advertised his individual interviews in recent weeks, with more than 90 players passed by the reel. “We focused on the balance and the potential of the players without focusing only on England. The average age is around 24 years, it does not exceed 10 selections on average, and again, fortunately there is Fickou who has 50 in three-quarters. We weren't very high during the World Cup, but we can admit that at the international level, it's a rather inexperienced team. ”

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Inexperienced but promising, with a slew of double world champions under 20, who joined the Toulousain Romain Ntamack in large sections, retained at the opening with Carbonel and Jalibert, two other pure talents of French rugby. All were warned by a call from the staff before the official announcement in a cozy Marcoussis lounge at the start of the afternoon. The will behind this morning of "100 calls", as the new coach called it? To make the call of the nation sacred, “so that players do not learn about it on the radio and then get it out of their minds until January 20. We want them to understand that it is not a selection that falls from the sky.

#XVdeFrance 19 new names for this first list from coach Fabien Galthié, for the Tournament: Gros, Etrillard, Haouas, Palu, Geraci, Cazeaux, Fischer, Cretin, Woki, S. Tolofua, Lucu, Carbonel, Hériteau, Vincent, Cordin , Etien, Ngandebe, Bouthier, Hamdaoui.

The lucky ones, including Charles Ollivon, proclaimed first captain of the Galthié era without surprise, will even have some homework to do before meeting in ten days. The main principles of the offensive game plan, defensive organization, combinations, and even a small MCQ in defense and citizenship day plan, of the style “What does the XV of France jersey represent for you? ". Only the living environment is not yet defined. Manager Raphaël Ibanez talked about five big rules that will be "built with the players" the first day, before going off to the pitch. Because 42 players available or not, a first in the history of tricolor rugby, there will always be only seven training sessions to present a team capable of competing with the vice-champions of the English world on February 2 Stade de France.

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XV de France: Why are all the lights green around Fabien Galthié?

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