Guest of the show ViàMidol des Mauls et Débats, UBB manager Yannick Bru took a stand for his player Matthieu Jalibert, who should not start at the opening for the first match of the XV of France during the tour autumn. According to the former coach of the France team, the flyhalf deserves to wear number 10 given his very good start to the season.
It's a debate that already animates rugby enthusiasts. And which will intensify as the first match of the Blues' fall tour against Japan approaches (November 9). In the absence of Romain Ntamack, injured in the calf, who will start at the opening for the French team? Fabien Galthié's staff seems to be leaning towards the option of Thomas Ramos, usual number 15 but who finished the last Tournament as a successful opener. This possibility would offer an avenue for Léo Barré to continue at the back, but above all it would create a collateral victim, and not the least because it is Matthieu Jalibert, the incumbent at the World Cup and at the start of the 6 Nations Tournament.
Guest of the show ViàMidol des Mauls and Debates this week, the UBB manager Yannick Bru has clearly chosen his side. Unsurprisingly, he praises his player, author of an impressive start to the season. “Will Matthew (Jalibert) deserves to have the number 10 of the France team given its start to the season? The answer is clearly yes. Personally, I have never seen a player so gifted offensively. And I believe that he has really evolved in his leadership, but leadership is not only on the field, it is also in the preparation of matches, in the post-match analysis. I think it’s hard.”
Pressure on the 10 because he will have the shadow of Jalibert behind him
The technician then continued by trying to understand the reasoning of the staff of the XV of France: “The staff of the French team also surely takes into account the connection between Dupont and Ramos, and the fact of having a Toulouse hinge, there are interactions which are already acquired so obviously that must also influence. The staff has that in mind.”
But it's up to Philippe Saint-André's former Blue deputy to warn the lucky one who will start against the Japanese: “There will be pressure on whoever plays number 10, because he will have the shadow of Matthieu Jalibert – who is having a very good start to the season – behind him.”
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