If the XV of France made three out of three during the November tour, including a prestigious victory over New Zealand (30-29), there was no shortage of controversies. This is the case with Matthieu Jalibert, relegated to the rank of third or fourth choice at fly half by Fabien Galthié.
With the injury of Romain Ntamackthe tenure of Matthew Jalibert in 10 seemed like an obvious choice. Not for Fabien Galthiéwho decided to replace Thomas Ramos at this position, with the opener of theUBB who was a substitute in the first match against Japan. And the downgrading continued against the New Zealandwhere he was relegated to the reserve group.
Jalibert slams the door of the XV of France
A hard blow for the player, who finally asked to Galthié to be able to leave the gathering of XV of Franceto find his clubUBB. A decision which did not fail to attract attention, notably with the recent release of Guy Noves. « Matthieu has enormous talent. I don't know him well enough to know if, in fact, internally, everything is going very well. From the outside, he gives the impression of having enormous talent, while being different from Romain Ntamack or Thomas Ramos » explained the former coach, on South Radio.
“In Australia, Galthié asked Laporte to return to France”
More Noves above all revealed that Fabien Galthié experienced exactly the same situation as Matthew Jalibert in the past… and he too had left the XV of France! “ I was invited to Australia when the France team played the small final of the World Cup » he said. “ Yannick Bru was captain and Fabien Galthié had asked Bernard Laporte, who was coach at the time, to return to France. He had not played the small final. So when you have made this kind of departure yourself, you can only accept it from a guy like Matthieu Jalibert ».
