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”Galthie has put his reputation on the line to bring an end to a decade of mediocrity”
NOT many international coaches have the guts to name a bunch of novices for the Six Nations, but that is what Fabien Galthie did this week when he named a 42-man squad to start his reign as France coach.
Given that 19 of them are uncapped, it is crystal clear that Galthie, who was embedded in the French 2019 World Cup camp as a consultant coach to his predecessor, Jacques Brunel, was deeply unimpressed by what the incumbent generation of French ...