JAMES HARRINGTON
FRENCH COLUMN

WHENEVER an international match is on the horizon, whether or not there’s a Rugby World Cup on – there is, by the way, in case you hadn’t noticed – coaches’ “selection headaches” become a hot topic of conversation.
The coaches themselves, and France’s Fabien Galthie is absolutely no exception, routinely brush off reporters’ questions on exactly this topic, insisting that problems would be worse if there was no choice to make.
Remember what Galthie said after his ‘impress me’...