About this episode

The episode reviews France's successful end-of-season rugby tour, focusing on their victory over Japan and Galthié's strategic changes.

Enjoy the French Rugby CONNECTIONS Podcast, the rugby podcast with the French flair and the va-va-voum! No ADS! Established in 2020! Veronique Landew and Bill Hooper review France’s end-of-season tour, highlighted by a 42–15 win over Japan after a narrow loss to New Zealand and a bonus-point record win over Australia, leaving Les Bleus top of the Northern table and having scored 16 tries in three matches. They discuss Fabien Galthié’s successful experiments (Jalibert at 15, Ntamac...

People in this episode

Hosts: Veronique Landew, Bill Hooper

Topics covered

• French rugby
• Les Bleus
• Galthié's experiments
• international rugby
• rugby analysis

Keywords

• French rugby
• Les Bleus
• Galthié
• Japan
• rugby tour
• 42-15 win
• New Zealand
• Australia
• rugby analysis

Mentioned in this episode

Places: France, Japan, New Zealand, Australia

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