JAMES HARRINGTON
FRENCH COLUMN

"I have a contract that runs until June 2028, so no.” That was France head coach Fabien Galthie’s succinct – and perfectly reasonable – response to the frankly ridiculous post-match press conference question of whether he would stand down following the one-point quarter-final defeat against South Africa last Sunday.
“We’re entitled to lose the way we did,” he added in response to another question on whether, with hindsight, he would have done anything differently over the entire World Cup period.
That’s something that rather got lost in the disappointment an...