This is certainly a story that Fabien Galthié would have done without a few hours before the meeting between the French XV and Namibia in the Rugby World Cup. Indeed, the Blues coach was filmed saying very harsh words, for some, during training with the young people at Stade Français. But at the heart of this emerging controversy, Galthié can count on certain support.
During training with young people from French Stadium, Fabien Galthié did not hesitate to raise his voice. To the point of going beyond the limits? In recent hours, this sequence from the coach of the XV of France caused a huge reaction and we can then hear him say to the players he manages: “ Put me the best players at receiver, stop putting painters on me. Give me guys who are awake, not guys who are sleeping as receivers! A guy who knows how to play ball, a skillful guy, not a one-armed guy ».
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“Painters, it’s not pejorative”
Former deputy of Fabien Galthié has Toulon and at Stade Français, Fabrice Landreau knows the coach well XV of France. And concerning the words used, he then rushed to the aid of Galthiéconfident in Parisian : « Fabien is not a loudmouth or a sanguine person, like Bernard Laporte for example. I took blowers with him at the Stade Français, fortunately there was no camera. Painters, it’s not pejorative, he could have said loulous or grain chicken, there was nothing inherently mean about it. It’s a training session like many others every week in rugby where the guys get a little wired after one or two botched things. I don’t understand this controversy and why we are attacking Fabien ».
“I have experienced much worse and with other coaches than him”
A player, whose identity has not been revealed, who played under the orders of Fabien Galthié also stated: “ Fabien is someone who is mainly in the abstract. He has his patterns and we have to comply with them. When he speaks to the players, he doesn’t really use formality. This is what could have caused him problems in certain clubs. But there, this story of painters is not much. I’ve had much worse and with other coaches than him ».
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