2023-09-30 10:48:36
A real electric battery along the touchlines, Louis Bielle-Biarrey is not always so fresh on a daily basis. Like waking up from a nap. At the heart of a report broadcast by the French Rugby Federation, the very young winger of the XV of France (20 years old) revealed his first contact with Fabien Galthié. When some people show up dressed to the nines for a job interview, he spent this first exchange with the Blues coach in the dark. Literally as figuratively.
“I was taking a nap,” he replays. And then I hear my phone ringing, remembers the UBB player. I see an 06 and I say to myself: Damn, who is pissing me off during my nap? » Surprised on the other end of the line: “I pick up with a sleepy voice:
– Hello Louis, it’s Fabien Galthié, am I bothering you?
– Well no, not at all! »
Bielle-Biarrey recounts the episode with detachment and self-mockery, like his first steps in the World Cup, during which the pressure seemed to slip on him, without ever slowing him down. It is obviously more difficult for him to hold his phone than to pin a rugby ball under his elbow. “I was in the dark, in my room, I was walking. He would say hello to me, introduce himself, etc., says the Union Bordeaux Bègles player. I hung up without intentionally touching my cheek. I was completely embarrassed. I called him back, he didn’t answer… then he answered two minutes later. »
The anecdote is amusing, but since then, things have started to get serious. The youngest player in the history of the French VX to play in a World Cup, the winger is in the balance with Gabin Villière to start against Italy on October 6. If the Squadra Azzurra did not exist against the All Blacks on Friday, the Blues will play their qualification in the quarter-finals against Ange Capuozzo’s team. Bielle-Biarrey scored points in the mind of Galthié, with his three tries in two matches.
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