{"id":194860,"date":"2025-06-18T16:38:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T16:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/194860\/"},"modified":"2025-06-18T16:38:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T16:38:09","slug":"fabien-galthies-verdict-on-frances-squad-for-all-blacks-test-series-planet-rugby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/194860\/","title":{"rendered":"Fabien Galthie&#8217;s verdict on France&#8217;s squad for All Blacks Test series : Planet Rugby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>France head coach Fabien Galthie has revealed that he has no choice but to select a second-choice squad for their upcoming three-Test series against the All Blacks in New Zealand in July.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>France are set to take on England in a non-capped friendly at Allianz Stadium, Twickenham on Saturday, and Galthie\u2019s squad will exclude players involved in this weekend\u2019s Top 14 semi-finals.<\/p>\n<p>Toulouse will host Bayonne in the first semi-final on Friday before Bordeaux-Begles take on Toulon in the second play-off clash on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Star player ruled out through injury<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetrugby.com\/team\/france\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Les Bleus<\/a>\u2018 regular skipper Antoine Dupont is also absent, after suffering a serious knee injury during a Six Nations encounter against Ireland in February.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t have a choice other than picking players who have finished their seasons,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetrugby.com\/tag\/Fabien-Galthie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Galthie<\/a> told reporters. \u201cIt\u2019s an opportunity for us to work with the best players available.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a decision at the end of the season with the freshness and availability of players.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bielle-Biarrey has been in excellent form this season, but he has played 29 games for club (Bordeaux) and country.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetrugby.com\/news\/all-blacks-great-france-series-the-most-important-for-scott-robertson-after-what-happened-last-year\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>All Blacks great: France series \u2018the most important for Scott Robertson\u2019 after what happened \u2018last year\u2019<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>By comparison, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetrugby.com\/team\/new-zealand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">All Blacks<\/a> skipper Scott Barrett has only made 14 appearances for the Crusaders, who face the Chiefs in the Super Rugby Pacific final on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018They\u2019re starting a period uniquely for the national team\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey started their domestic season in February and are finishing it now,\u201d said Galthie. \u201cThey\u2019re starting a period uniquely for the national team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have to be informative and try to explain the obligations which are linked to our season schedule.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have no other solution. I think it\u2019s quite clear.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOr the New Zealanders can help us to reinvent our domestic season\u2019s schedule.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s the particularities of each country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Galthie will add up to 12 players to France\u2019s squad on Sunday, although that group will not include representatives from those clubs that have reached next weekend\u2019s Top 14 final.<\/p>\n<p><b>READ MORE:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetrugby.com\/news\/fabien-galthie-breaks-silence-on-all-blacks-compromise-as-france-boss-accepts-new-zealand-fury-over-controversial-selection-policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fabien Galthie breaks silence on All Blacks compromise as France boss accepts New Zealand fury over controversial selection policy<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"France head coach Fabien Galthie has revealed that he has no choice but to select a second-choice squad&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":194861,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4102],"tags":[52599,36,225,522,704,12,4151,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-194860","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-fabien-galthie","9":"tag-france","10":"tag-home-page","11":"tag-international","12":"tag-new-zealand","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-rugby","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114705354167023614","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194860\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/194861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}