Benoît Saint Denis visits the Blues before the clash against New Zealand

This is not new. Fabien Galthié likes it when a personality, whether from the world of sport, music, catering, etc. comes to Marcoussis to give a short speech on a chosen theme. Guy Savoy, Thomas Coville, Jean Dujardin, Emmanuel Macron, Francis Cabrel and Max Guazzini took turns at the training center for these “life lessons”.

“It feels good to have external demands that allow us to decompress, to get some fresh air,” said second row Thibaud Flament. These are very inspiring moments. It’s very good for the group to be able to release in this way. » Tuesday, it was Benoît Saint Denis’ turn to visit the French XV, a few days before the clash against New Zealand.

We do not yet know the outlines of the discussions between the players of the French team and the MMA fighter, defeated during his last fight in Paris, but we are almost certain that it revolved around combat, resilience , from harshness to evil, from acceptance of pain. All it will take, in short, to try to beat the All Blacks on Saturday evening at the Stade de France.