Relegated to the bench despite Romain Ntamack's injury and his sparkling start to the season, Matthieu Jalibert can be worried about his future with the XV of France. He does not seem to benefit from much confidence from Fabien Galthié.
This was one of the main questions before this France-Japan. For the first match of the Blues' autumn tour, Fabien Galthié started Thomas Ramos at number 10, in the absence of Romain Ntamack. To the great dismay of Matthieu Jalibert, once again left on the bench by his coach
“It’s above all a finisher for him, confided Philippe Saint-André this Saturday on RMC. For Fabien Galthié, the incumbent is Romain Ntamack. Otherwise, he prefers Ramos to Jalibert. In a very difficult 2024 Tournament, Ramos held the house at the end of the Tournament. Fabien, he has been a coach for five years, and he mainly uses Jalibert as a finisher. In addition, he will bring him back with Lucu, his teammate at Bordeaux. But in his game, in his operation, he prefers a fly-half who is more managerial than talented. »
Jalibert does not have the confidence of Galthié
A decision that “PSA” manages to understand, but to which it does not necessarily adhere. “I don’t think I would have made the same choice, because Ramos, he says, prefers the No.15 position. And Jalibert, at the start of the season, is quite exceptional”added the former coach of the XV of France.
For Denis Charvet, there is reason to worry about the UBB playing master. “There was logic in playing Jalibert with this Bordeaux attack, confided the consultant, referring to the tenures of Penaud, Bielle-Biarrey and Moefana on the back lines.We're not going to talk about Jalibert's talent again, but in any case it's a bad signal, it smells very bad for him. I would have played the policy of the fit man, which was his policy before, to Fabien. And there, he proves to us that he does not have confidence in himself. »
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