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Fabien Galthie's emphatic World Cup statement after Six Nations title

By Josh Raisey reporting from Paris
Antoine Dupont, Louis Bielle Biarrey, Gregory Alldritt of France and teammates celebrate the victory during the podium ceremony following the Guinness Six Nations 2025 match between France and Scotland at Stade de France on March 15, 2025 in Saint-Denis near Paris, France. (Photo by Jean Catuffe/Getty Images)

France head coach Fabien Galthie believes his current team are better than the side that crashed out of the World Cup in 2023 to eventual winners South Africa.

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Galthie won the second Guinness Six Nations title of his tenure on Saturday at the Stade de France, beating Scotland 35-16 in the final match of the Championship to edge past England by a solitary point in the standings.

Though the France boss admitted “the stadium, the environment maybe caught up with us,” as they faltered in the first half, he was “relieved” to win what he described as a “final”.

This was the same venue that Les Bleus fell 28-29 to the Springboks in 2023 in a home World Cup that many tipped them to win. While Galthie was inevitably asked whether the win banished any of the memories of that defeat as they build towards the 2027 tournament, he stressed that it is not necessary to forget about that match, rather use the memories of 2023, as well as a tricky 2024 campaign, to grow and become a better team now.

Match Summary

3
Penalty Goals
3
4
Tries
1
3
Conversions
1
0
Drop Goals
0
87
Carries
140
6
Line Breaks
6
8
Turnovers Lost
16
8
Turnovers Won
5

“We don’t need to forget about it, we need to grow thinking about it,” he said.

“The more often you find yourself in this situation, the easier it becomes.

“We know each other so well. We understand each other so well.

“I think today’s team is better than the 2023 team. We went through the World Cup in 2023 and also 2024, that was tough too. Constantly improving.”

Of course, the team that were victorious over Scotland could have been improved with the addition of the injured Antoine Dupont, who hobbled to the stage to lift the trophy.

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Stand-in captain Gregory Alldritt said after the match that it was his “dream” to see Dupont raise the trophy aloft, saying the scrum-half is “definitely the captain”.

“I wanted to see Antoine lift the trophy,” he said. “I was the captain for the team this weekend, but he is definitely the captain and I wanted him to lift the trophy.”

Alldritt was part of the cohort of players that departed shortly after half-time for ‘Le Bomb Squad’ to be unleashed, who took the game away from the visitors. The match was very much in the balance at that point, and save for a narrowly disallowed try, Gregor Townsend’s side would have gone in at half time leading instead of trailing 16-13.

Galthie reflected on why France stuttered in the latter part of the first half after a promising start, criticising his side for giving the ball away too easily, but adding that the team felt the pressure arriving at the stadium.

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The No.8 also commended Scotland for the way they play, saying: “Scotland play good rugby, and it has never been an easy victory. Winning 35-16 is a beautiful win for us and we had to fight to get into the match, and it took us a while.”

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France look set to dominate the NH for some time at this rate. Things clicking nicely for them.


However, I do think they are very vulnerable to nerves. They allowed England to throw them. And Scotland in that first half. They don’t respond well when things aren’t going their way. They can look very average under pressure. I wonder how they would have looked in the second half had that Scotland try stood. The try being disallowed seemed to be the let off they needed for momentum to shift.


I also feel they may be vulnerable in certain positions. At least Lucu, for example, has stepped up in DuPont’s absence. Although he had a much better game last week. I feel like they may struggle if missing key players in quite a few positions. Particularly in the backline. They’ve shown some good depth in their packs with the 7-1 splits.


On that note - I am looking forward to seeing who else they have when they tour NZ with what will be their B-Team/squad. If they’re going to lose the opportunity to galvanize their first choice team, and in form players, then the opportunity to give others a chance in the cauldron of New Zealand must be maximized for all it’s worth. And will give us a much clearer picture of how great a threat they will be in 2027.

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JPM 32 days ago

Ntamack declared yesterday that he would like to play in NZ even if Toulouse plays the Top14 final..,Not sure that the FFR is going to appreciate such a declaration…

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