We should never trivialize a victory against the All Blacks, even if it is the third in a row that these Blues won, heroic in solidarity and perseverance on Saturday evening at the Stade de France. What a foot! And if this does not guarantee anything about the tranquility of the path to be traced until 2027, we must unrestrainedly congratulate ourselves on such success and the message it sends to the rugby planet.
Beating the Blacks (even when they are white) remains a rare privilege. The proof? If he is still chasing his record as coach in the World Cup, with these three successes in a row against the “NZ”, Galthié now overtakes Pierre Berbizier, who was the first of the French captains to overthrow the myth twice on his land, in New Zealand. Behind them, the exploits of 1977, 1986, 1999 and 2007 unfortunately remain isolated strokes of brilliance.
So, let's savor this brave match for good, even if we have to toast Tourtel or hide in the opponents' locker room to dip our mustache in the winner's foam. And let's not shy away from our pleasure: beyond the figures and their harsh light, it is the scenario, the manner and even more the heart of these Blues which gave us the great thrill. This generosity and this character are nothing new for the Dupont generation, but these flashes come at the right time to restart the machine. So, roll on youth: this part, or rather this shaggy second half, was necessary for the horizon of French rugby to finally clear up and turn blue.
Big blue sky, then? Not yet. For all that it contained positive emotions, this hysterical France-New Zealand does not erase the burns of the news, the accumulated annoyances as much as the chained disappointments. If amalgamation is a poison, the real danger would be having to hide behind the momentum of such magnificent success to believe that everything is now going well. The horizon is clear, yes, but the road is still long and uncertain, until 2027. And it is also to the extent of its Blue jewels that French rugby as a whole will find a form of redemption in the eyes of a general public who no longer hide to ridicule it.
In the meantime, tell yourself that since Saturday evening, we have been smiling. For a time, it's even French rugby as a whole which is once again wearing a huge smile, and that's already a lot. That's the main thing. Sport is health and this is what you will also read in this newspaper: Gil Avérous, the Minister of Sports, Youth and Community Life, hammers home this credo throughout the interview that he granted us. Frankly, we're not going to complain about it. For our taste, there is never enough sport (especially in college and schools). And if sport is good for the body, it is just as good for the mind; in other words, morale. Again, it's never too much. Especially in these times, when we needed everything to keep the banana. So, imagine how much we are enjoying ourselves, since Saturday evening, thanks to sport, more precisely thanks to rugby and this success
“IncroyaBleus”!
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