2023-07-23 10:11:09
Less than 50 days before the opening match of the World Cup (September 8 – October 28) against the All Blacks, the France group begins its second training camp on Monday morning.
After a first internship in Monaco at the beginning of July devoted mainly to working on their physique, the 42 players summoned by Fabien Galthié to prepare for the 2023 Rugby World Cup, have an appointment on Monday in Marcoussis, where it will be more about the game, before facing Scotland, in a test match on August 5. On Wednesday, the Federation had announced only one change in the group: the arrival of the right pillar of Bordeaux-Bègles Sipili Falatea (26 years old, 12 sel.) in place of Thomas Laclayat (Racing 92, 25 years old, 0 sel.).
On the Rock, where the Blues received a visit from Prince Albert, but also from the coach of the French football team Didier Deschamps, who came as a neighbor to give them some advice and receive a jersey autographed by all the players.got into troublein scorching temperatures. To the point ofto vomit“Said one of the novices of the group, the three-quarter center of Pau, Émilien Gailleton, 20 years old.
They were also able to measure the fervor of the public who came to encourage them during a training session open to all at the Louis-II stadium. “There was a very big crowd, a lot of young people, we saw the stars in their eyes and it was pretty crazy“, appreciated the winger of Toulon Gabin Villière, in an interview with AFP. The staff then released them for nine days, during which a personalized program was entrusted to them, four sessions of an hour and a half each, between bodybuilding and races (speed and endurance). So that we “separates without really separating», as summarized by Galthié.
This time “resthas been taken advantage of by some to take family holidays, such as Cyril Baille in Corsica, or with friends: many have thus found themselves in the Arcachon basin, such as Baptiste Serin, Damian Penaud, Cameron Woki, Matthieu Jalibert or Gabin Villière, between boat trips and restaurant outings. This did not prevent them from scrupulously respecting their athletic program, like Romain Ntamack who posted this week on Instagram a photo of him in the middle of a “home gym».
Lots more games on the program
Now it’s time for the second stage, the framework of which was sketched out by the performance director of the XV of France, Thibault Giroud, at the end of the first: “expect a big big week at CNR“. On the menu however, more play in order to best prepare the first of the four test matches of the Blues of the summer, against the XV du Chardon on August 5 at Murrayfield. “It will be denser but with a lot more rugby, after having worked a lot on the physical“Villière explained to AFP. “The efforts will be different, with tackles and more contact. I think it will be even more difficult to manage, at least physically, for us».
Before concluding : “especially since the four preparation matches will happen very quickly(Scotland on 5 and 12, Fiji on 19, Australia on 27, editor’s note), and with them, the first certainties on who will appear – or not – in the list of 33 players who will compete in the World Cup, unveiled on August 21.
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