World Cup 2023.. On the risk of injury Fabian Galthia: “The team needs to play”

Blues coach Fabian Galthi He revealed the team’s formation to face Australia on Sunday, August 27, at the Stade de France. Facing the Wallabies, the Blues staff decided to alignTypical team like a general redundancy Before the opening match of the World Cup vs New Zealand Friday, September 8th.

He says who says rehearsal risk of infection to XV executives from France. This question has been raised in the media since Roman Ntamack’s withdrawal and Cyril Bailey’s injury in the second match against Scotland. but Fabian Galthi Very clear about it: “First, if we have to talk about injuries, we are very disappointed with the performances. Rugby is a combat sport. It’s a sport where you know you can get injured during training, warm-up, high intensity matches as well as low intensity matches. »

Fiji: Unprecedented intensity

To make his point, the France XV coach returned to the third game of preparation for the World Cup. The Blues beat the Fijians 34 to 17. It was a very tough game. ” Fiji gamein terms of player load which is a measure ofThe intensity of the fighthas ascended levels we rarely see “Since our four-year tenure we ended up without injuries,” confirms Fabien Galthier.

Along the same lines as France’s performance director Thibaut Giroud, the former international midfielder argued in another way. starting from his expertise With the fifteenth of France and as coach of the Stade Français, Fabian Galthi He wanted to prove: “The team needs to play. Training does not replace the game. »

XV Tours in France in the 1990s

“In the years ’92-94, Pierre Berbizier was the coach of the French rugby team. There were still rounds. You had the sequence of matches every three days on Wednesday and Saturday. The seventh match was often the Test match that came in the fifth week. 1992, the round was tough in First, we lost games to the Provinces, beat Argentina in the two Test matches, in South Africa it was the same, in New Zealand it was the same: defeat to Canada on the trip, a series of tough matches against the Provinces and two victories over the New Zealanders.

Stade de France in Paris in 2004-2005

“As coach of Stade Français during the 2004-2005 season, we reached two finals with Stade Français, and lost both finals in extra time. We played almost 45 games during the season. We finished too late and started too early. Making the choice not to play friendlies and attacking Directly in the first game of the season in Narbonne, which is a defeat in Narbonne and the team has had six difficult matches with injuries during these matches, the team was not really ready.”

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