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Fabien Galthié gave rather positive clues as to the possibility of one day seeing Hugo Auradou and Oscar Jégou in the French XV. The two players are clearly selectable according to him, as he said in an interview with RMC, in the show “Between the friends”. But we can also wonder about the international future of another player since the November tour: Matthieu Jalibert.
“He has his chance to be there”
The flyhalf of Union Bordeaux-Bègles would have mentioned a discomfort with Fabien Galthié on the last tour. The coach then told him that he could leave the group if he was not feeling well, an option that the player accepted. But the fact that the Bordeaux player was not summoned again may have reinforced the impression that dialogue had broken down between the two men, and that the tension was indeed real. However, still on RMC but in the 3super Moscato Show”, Fabien Galthié wanted to calm everyone's enthusiasm a little, refuting any quarrel with his opener and affirming that the latter was obviously also selectable.
There is a Matthieu Jalibert story, not a controversy.
I spoke with Matthieu during the holidays and it's important that we can talk to each other. Yes, he has a chance to be there. We need Matthieu Jalibert because the more players have potential, the more we need them. His ambition is the French team until at least 2027. I prefer a player who verbally expresses his wishes rather than players who suffer. Thomas Ramos, two years ago, asked to return to Toulouse before a match against the All Blacks. He did it and today he is an executive on the team.
To summarize
Fabien Galthié gave rather positive clues as to the possibility of one day seeing Hugo Auradou and Oscar Jégou in the French XV. But there is another player from the French XV who may ask questions: Matthieu Jalibert. After the tour, does the Bordeaux player still have his place? Fabien Galthié wanted to calm things down.
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