{"id":126909,"date":"2025-11-09T22:44:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T22:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/126909\/"},"modified":"2025-11-09T22:44:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T22:44:10","slug":"what-fabien-galthie-said-about-boks-after-defeat-in-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/126909\/","title":{"rendered":"What Fabien Galthi\u00e9 said about Boks after defeat in Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Head coach Fabien Galthi\u00e9 has handed the Springboks their flowers, conceding that the South Africans were once again the more effective side after France\u2019s 32-17 defeat at the Stade de France.<\/p>\n<p>It was a result that spoke to the world No.1s\u2019 power and composure, a victory that came despite Rassie Erasmus\u2019 side playing much of the match with just 14 men.<\/p>\n<p>The world champions lost <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/lodewyk-de-jager\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lood de Jager<\/a> to a red card late in the first half but produced a stunning three-try burst in the final 20 minutes to secure their biggest win in Paris since 1997.<\/p>\n<p>For Galthi\u00e9, it was another reminder of the physical benchmark set by the Springboks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Springboks were once again more effective than us,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019d made a bet on a big coaching impact for the second half, because their second halves have been very strong this season, except at home against Australia. Clearly, they\u2019ve built a strategy around extremely powerful and efficient second halves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/france\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">France<\/a> led 14-13 at the interval and were in control until the 60-minute mark, but their failure to convert pressure into points proved costly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt worked up until the 60th minute, and we created a few strong passages where we had to score. We had three clear chances, and then came a series of penalties. We defended our line until that yellow card [to Louis Bielle-Biarrey] and that try in the 65th minute. After that, they took over our half, took control of the game and scored.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The France coach \u2013 who had controversially dropped No.8 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/gregory-alldritt\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gregory Alldritt<\/a> \u2013 defended his bench selections, suggesting the collapse was a collective issue rather than down to individuals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe players who came on gave everything they could individually. It was more a collective issue than something linked to our finishers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With the Springboks now ten Tests deep into their season and Les Bleus only just beginning theirs, Galthi\u00e9 pointed to the difference in rhythm and cohesion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey still have the same strengths \u2014 their pack, their aerial kicking game \u2014 which they\u2019ve developed even further, the same power. It was their tenth match of the season, our first. We\u2019re working, but in those areas, they were once again more effective than us.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Head coach Fabien Galthi\u00e9 has handed the Springboks their flowers, conceding that the South Africans were once again&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":126910,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-126909","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}