The Matthieu Jalibert case continues to be talked about. During the November tour, the opener of Union Bordeaux-Bègles experienced a significant downgrade. Despite the absence of Romain Ntamack, Thomas Ramos was preferred in 10 against Japan. Against New Zealand, he was not even in the 23 and had to settle for reserve status. An episode that the player experienced badly, asking to return to his club. In the process, Fabien Galthié decided not to summon him to prepare for the reception of Argentina. Guest by South RadioGuy Novès defended the choice of Jalibert, notably evoking a similar anecdote concerning Galthié during the 2003 World Cup: “You know, I was traveling at the time, in Australia where the France team was playing the small final of the World Cup. Yannick Bru was the captain, and Fabien Galthié had asked Bernard Laporte to return to France. He had not played the small final. And he was allowed to return. So when you have made this kind of departure yourself you can only accept it from a boy like Matthieu Jalibert. »
Novès highlights Jalibert’s talent
The former emblematic coach of Stade Toulousain also highlighted Jalibert's qualities: “If I may, we haven’t discussed Matthieu Jalibert. Matthieu has enormous talent. Afterwards I don't know him well enough to know if internally everything is going very well indeed. But from the outside he gives the impression of having enormous talent while perhaps being different from a Romain Ntamack or a Thomas Ramos.
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To summarize
Guy Novès defended Matthieu Jalibert, removed from the French XV by Fabien Galthié after asking to return to Bordeaux before the match against the All Blacks. The former Toulouse coach recalled that Galthié had similar behavior in 2003.
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