Against New Zealand, Fabien Galthié will renew his Dupont-Ramos hinge but wanting to switch to a 6-2 bench, he must sacrifice a three-quarter. And it is Matthieu Jalibert who is the victim of this tactical choice.
The flyhalf therefore leaves the group and even leaves for Bordeaux this Wednesday evening according to the latest information from Rugbyrama, which is another disavowal for the Bordeaux player at the level of the selection. Despite his very good season with Union Bordeaux-Bègles.
Galthié’s “non-confidence” in Jalibert
Many do not understand this choice to refuse access to the position of number 10 to Matthieu Jalibert. Afterwards, we must admit that Thomas Ramos was very good at the opening, even if it is not his first personal choice. But Philippe Saint-André, in the “Super Moscato Show”, highlights a terrible observation for Matthieu Jalibert, very speaking about his fall in the hierarchy of openers, and which must weigh heavily on the player.
Where it is difficult is that Fabien Galthié prefers three Toulouse players to play fly-half in front of him: Romain Ntamack who is injured, Thomas Ramos who is at full-back but very good at fly-half, and Antoine Dupont who will replace at fly-half. opener position on a bench at 6-2 (…) He took an incredible moral fart.
Denis Charvet also makes this very bitter observation for the opener of the UBB, and which he had already highlighted previously: “On the one hand, you have a player who wants to play fullback and who we put at the opening and the one who is supposed to replace Romain Ntamack when he is injured, he goes home (…) It’s a mark of lack of confidence and it risks continuing, unfortunately, for him.”
To summarize
Against New Zealand, Fabien Galthié will renew his Dupont-Ramos hinge but wanting to switch to a 6-2 bench, he must sacrifice a three-quarter. And it is Matthieu Jalibert who is the victim of this tactical choice.
