Wibble Rugby: The French Attack | What makes France so terrifying?

[@marcodamaggio9357]

Absolutely amazing analysis! So much depth and efforts came into that work. You explained so clearly the fundamental principles you identified in Les Bleus’ game plan, and then demonstrated how they come into effect through concrete examples of play, brilliantly. You gained a follower and a fan! Although, as a french man, I thought we had an agreement to never speak about “the quarter final that definitely never happened and won’t ever be mentioned”.

[@WibbleRugby]

....I know of no such agreement! :P I was more complimentary about France in this video than I have ever been. Had to balance it out 😉

[@Pandemonis]

@@WibbleRugby 2011 Never happened.

[@romainviry3185]

@@Pandemonis 😄

[@louisgregoire9138]

Finally an English fan that doesn't think Shaun Edwards accouts for all the changes in the French team. Great video !!

[@WibbleRugby]

Glad you liked it!

[@clairau]

It is so good to have Pierre Villepreux mentionned in this commentary ! At last, at long last he is given the credit he deserves. This guy was a genius, as a player (one of the first to theorise and put into practice the concept of an attacking full back joining the lines of the other backs) and as a coach. Remember this semi-final in Twickenham in 1998 against the AB ? He was at the helm of les Bleus.

[@adamchromcak4692]

This feels like watching TV analysis but so much better

[@GL0650]

How many game stage do you want ? The French Team : Oui. Yesterday's victory against England and the winning of the grand slam totally confirm your relevant analysis. Merci beaucoup.

[@titouangorin466]

Wow, the quality of this analysis is crazy! Excellent work, loved the parallel with Napoleon and San tzu ... Make more sense now as of why they were 2 weeks training with the French Foreigner Legion !😅

[@sirfrancis6058]

Not gonna lie we were ecstatic when we stumbled upon that comparison.

[@Kelt1900]

I would call it rehashing. Another word I would use for it would be pompous.

[@christopheb.8625]

Beau résumé de notre "flair" 😉 et quel anglais 👍

[@Crutypus]

Never thought I'd hear about Pierre Villepreux in an rugby video, especially an English one! I remember watching him as a pundit on French TV a decade ago, he was incredibly insightful and you could see all other former players and coaches had so much respect for him and never argued against his takes. The amount of research you put into this is incredible, amazing work!

[@WibbleRugby]

Thank you sir! Villepreux is an absolute OG of running rugby, and as such deserves to be treated as such :) Glad you liked it man.

[@Crutypus]

@@WibbleRugby not a sir or a man but completely agreed

[@WibbleRugby]

@@Crutypus Huge apologies! 😅Incredibly glad you liked it though.

[@gillesmatheronpro]

Pierre Villepreux also made himself famous for his extraordinary kicking game. He could score a penalty or drop-goal with the ball set on the try line. Don't know if one can consider him the "inventor" of the banana-kick, but he sure refined it to the extreme ! Also such a nice guy, on or off the pit.

[@jimfonzie2887]

Villepreux est le théoricien et le professeur, l'école de Colomiers puis Toulouse. Un gars sensationnel.

[@matthieucaminade399]

As a Frenchie living in NZ, I cannot applaud your analysis enough. You pretty much sum up what makes the XV de France so exciting to watch : its versatility and adaptability. There is no other team but the All Blacks which is as exciting to watch play, creating the surprise times and times again. The individual qualities of the players makes it possible to play a wide range of formations and tactics. Having 5 extremely dangerous threats at the back that can all make the difference (Fickou, Gabin-Villiere, Ntamak, Penaud, Jaminet) directed and launched by the one and only Dupont makes it nearly impossibe to organize a solid defense. Stretching, going in the interval, low kicks and run after the ball, they can do it all. And having a captain as talented as Dupont and with a rugby IQ through the roof and innate sense of timing to orientate where and when to make the play is what allows the attack to be that deadly. 2023 will be a big show down between the all blacks and France, and with the competition taking place in France, my money is on the blues.

[@ericnguyenvan7]

C'est fait 👍🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷

[@Mjdemass]

This is one of the best YT videos I've ever seen, not only on the rugby topic but of all topics analysis videos of the entire platform Hats off to you Sir

[@WibbleRugby]

Thank you sir!

[@cevinzeke5110]

Its squads like France that exemplify why I love this sport. Aggressive but very deliberate style like this is truly the sport at its best. Cheers.

[@tibotibo1976]

Mon dieu !!!une des meilleures vidéos, très bon travail.Rendez vous en 2023.vive la France !!!

[@WibbleRugby]

Merci beaucoup monsieur!

[@denisthefuzz]

2:14 should translate to : "you can't prevent us from being ambitious" and not " you can't stop ambition". Otherwise, as everybody said : great video, pure joy to watch.

[@ebenezer576]

There is rule when putting subtitles. Like character / second. Or character per line. From being ambitious would have been too much character per second I guess. And "ambition" is more impactful while carrying the same concept so that's alright.

[@denisthefuzz]

@@ebenezer576 well, i write quite a lot of subtitles myself for work, and i can assure you there was plenty of space there. Besides, i do not agree that both sentences carry the same meaning. One comes across pretty arrogant while the other just indicates a state of mind with much more humility.

[@zisssssou]

From a french point of view, this is one of the best review i've watched on this new French coaching team and players. As an ex-player, captain, coach and pundit, Galthié was the best person to understand french background, weaknesses and forces. And he's slowly achieving to settle the perfect balance between strict defence and and free attack. From the order, you can create disorder. Even if i hate the man, u should also give credit to Laporte (president of the FFF) who gave the keys to Galthié to create this new mindset with Ibanez, Edwards and Labit around. Galthié is famous to be cold and severe in his "men" management. Labit and Ibanez are the "dads" of the locker room allowing Galthié to be more focus on the tactics and the gameplan. Last but not least, a big applause to mention Villepreux as Galthié inspiration. It was another rugby in the 90's but his vision is still running in french rugby schools.

[@dommartin8814]

OK,but why Guirado (and additionally highlighted in the central position!) is with N'tamack and Dupont in the photo used in this video? Guirado is representing the losing French team (with Jacques Brunel) before the Galthié era!

[@zisssssou]

@@dommartin8814 Good question as Aldritt or Ollivon would have been best appropriated to symbolize new Galthié forwards. But i'm happy to see Guirado highlighted as he symbolizes the last "sad" decade of the french national team with great players which were not helped by poor management and the bad relations between fed and clubs.

[@ericsicard910]

Don’t forget Thibaut Giroud as the Physical Performance Coach. He is key in enabling our players to keep the same pace 80mn ( eg Williemse against Wales) while in the past French players were exhausted after 60mns

[@cesarbarbieri108]

@@dommartin8814 good question. But at that Time, guirado was a incredible player. He was litteraly everywhere. So under valued

[@azpowerhitter]

Appreciate your breakdown of the game. I'm American and love Rugby. Trying to learn it in greater detail. Your videos help. Thank you.

[@Pandemonis]

Its the best analysis of the French attack (Colomiers : Galthié/Labite ) and defense (Shaun Edwards' discipline, no flair but pragmatism is good sometimes). I'd recommend watch Squidge Rugby (maybe at 0.75 speed lol) as he often puts a very good analysis, game by game, and give a good place to Pro D2, Women's rugby, matches you haven't seen, not just the All Stars (although he is Welsh, and has a very anti-french pov, he knows what happened in the RWC final 2011... )

[@Z24BL2]

Surgical analysis, surely the best ever seen. As I am a frenchman, I am of course more than happy to see our national team being so strong and celebrated by most of international experts. We have a top team of trainers and strategists, of players, the biggest reservoir ever (up to three teams) etc...but...the Bocks impressed me during their second half vs England as rarely, and I don't figure which team could resist to such a steamroller. England is still very strong and complete, and never, never, never underestimate the AB ability to upgrade their game. They showed us the worst team since 1930, which (maybe because I lived to long close to NZ?) was a pity to me, seriously. I have no doubt that they will be very different next year. The Wallabies could also be a surprise. The Pumas too (our "black beast"). Finally, well...we still search for our Ritchie, ya... Next WC is full of promise !!! We'll have great time. Rugby will be the winner.

[@tristandug6893]

excellent analysis. Excellent video.

[@jimfonzie2887]

This is the best ad for the 2023 world cup i have ever seen. Villepreux is indeed known to be a respected theorist and tactician. His model of the living ball has endured, particularly with his neighbour in the Toulouse rugby school, as he coached them before handing over to ... Guy Novès. Pierre Villepreux gave a name to illustrate that players should be able to adapt to any situation: "Situational Intelligence". And Galthié is their spiritual son, there was never any doubt about that. I think he is an excellent tactician who can take French rugby quite far. Regards, Jim.

[@zenshulighting8887]

Amazing piece of art, france and you my friend

[@remisally5161]

Well done for this exquisite very insightful analysis. Hats off from a French rugby supporter living in Australia.

[@feliscorax]

You’ve come a long way since your DTRR forum days, Mr. Wilson. Bravo!

[@cpt-r.federer5940]

Man, i'm french and a new rugby fan with this incredible team. Your conclusion gave me chills

[@draaz7171]

Quel travail remarquable ! Merci 👏👍

[@WibbleRugby]

Merci Beaucoup!

[@benkamronn8062]

Merci Monsieur

[@olivierarnaud-freaud6369]

Excellent. And the intro with the Monty Python is just

[@WibbleRugby]

Glad you like it!

[@jeanlucwilain7662]

I learned a lot about the French team and style. Thanks.

[@kenzuballesterossugimori1201]

Mate.... honestly, what a video. Im from argentina and this type of knowledge/analysis is something we dont get. Our rugby is very un-structured, even analyzing opposition is rare. Football... of course but in rugby this is something rare. Now my question is why the brumbies/wallabies style of the late 90s faded away??? I think this are similar to the french attack. How teams stopped this playing philosophy??

[@WibbleRugby]

Thank you, my friend! I think the reason it died out was because of the SR final in 2000. The Crusaders beat the Brumbies by a point in the final. However, the Brumbies had inadvertently become predictable by always attacking the fringes with no variation in strike zone or moving wide. As such the Crusaders just loaded the fringes and won the game. This resulted in the Brumbies style of play massively going out of fashion, when really they just needed to remember the deception that made it great. In 2004, the David Nucifora Brumbies annihilated the crusaders in the final using the Brumby style of play, but in that game they varied the point of attack all over the field, before going back to the fringes. The difference in scoreline when they did this was huge.

[@kenzuballesterossugimori1201]

Thank you so much for the answer. Keep doing this type of video analysis. Doesnt matter if you upload once a year. Saludos genioo

[@pierrechardaire8525]

Thank you. This will change how I watch France play.

[@brunolopez9457]

One of the most interesting rugbys video i've ever seen on youtube.

[@mattbibbings]

Next level analysis. The home nations coaching set ups will no doubt have poured over this. You should be on retainer fees!

[@mikewilliams4499]

Brilliant take on French tactics. Can’t see anyone stopping them this season.

[@lau.e.3316]

That was extremely instructive to watch. We, as Frenchies, are very happy to see this incredible team plays game after game, we are absolutely delighted. Fabien Galtier should be running for presidency next, he would be elected 😂 Thanks for the video

[@baptistebrigand5882]

pfff

[@gerardjove1]

Chapeau bas! Awesome surgical analysis and presentation. I love your french accent; if only I had known 1/10th of it...played in the'70s, Stade Toulousain/TOEC. Hello to my compatriots and rugby lovers. Thanks again!

[@DonTarken]

Absolutly magnificent. Merci

[@WibbleRugby]

Thank you! :)

[@antoninantonin8227]

Well, i really dont know how did youtube suggested me this video, but i have to say that even if i dont know a single rule about rugby i felt like it was really interesting and watched it entirely. As a french i guess it especially motivated me to watch it, but still ... i wanna say: excellent video really well explained, keep it up!

[@undaground38]

Very interesting video. Good job mate! Villepreux and Galtier are rugby wizards

[@chelseajacques_]

France fan here... great video and brilliant analysis. Think we certainly have a fair shout at being the dark horses in next year's World Cup, along with the home advantage. Galthie definitely turning this team into a force :)

[@WibbleRugby]

Thank you mate! :) And indeed he is. Much to my chagrin :P

[@charlesfontaine2717]

Amazing video thanks man, as a french guy I really appreciate your work and hopefully, as you said, we'll have the chance to see the final product of their efforts in 2023 final !

[@nicolaskluzek]

Super video man, woo! As a Frenchman rugby lover, I feel something incredible is happening since Galthie took over the team: the french will lose games but now can compete against any team. I appreciate a lot of people seeing France as a favorite for 2023 but it's a long stretch. Ireland and South Africa, for instance, can bring the game into such a level of engagement and physicality that, maybe they can prevent these strategies, or is your point that by being unpredictable in switching attacking tactics, the french team can still break these super-strong defenses? France-Ireland next week will give some answers but would love to hear your point of view....enlightening video so thank you so much man!!

[@thomasharter8161]

Tu es Français et tu ne sais pas écrire Galthié avec un accent aigu?? Maudit Français comme on dit au Canada.

[@nicolaskluzek]

@@thomasharter8161 Tu es sur que ton clavier marche bien et que ton nom n'est pas Hater en fait? haha le mien ne fait pas les accents, ca va etre dur mais va falloir que tu vives avec mon grand!

[@thomasharter8161]

@@nicolaskluzek D'accord tu as gagné je te prends en pitié!!! Donne moi ton adresse et je vais t'envoyer un clavier flambant neuf.

[@nicolaskluzek]

@@thomasharter8161 Haha merci! J'écrirai un beau message d'excuse plein d'accents a Galthie et a toi! ;-)

[@flowpom]

je crois que cette vidéo donne bien un début de réponse, en jouant à fond sur le momentum et des phases offensives très longue cela amène le combat dans la durée et l’endurance, qui sont plus les qualité sélectionnées par Galthié. Chacun ses forces et faiblesse inhérente à ses choix, le tout est d’avoir la bonne stratégie pour amener le combat sur ses forces.

[@metchoumetch3176]

I'm so glag with your analysis. You recognize the Villepreux touch (for me he's like Panoramix or Grothendieck) and the Colomiers game's phylosophy (i have played for USColomiers in 1996 to 1999). So imagine my pleausre to see France plays like that and receive confirmation of this perception from you, from England.

[@WibbleRugby]

Thank you Sir! You played for Colomiers alongside Galthie and Labit?

[@metchoumetch3176]

@@WibbleRugby No, just with young team U17 to U20 (cadets and crabos). One year Galthier was wounded at the knee during the 6 nations and he spent a lot of time with my team, he followed us for outside games. He was very present for youngers players when other like Sadourny, Labit, Skrela, Sieurac, Tabaco... were discret.

[@WibbleRugby]

That must have been invaluable training!

[@Kelt1900]

The video got to the truth in the end. It's all to do with Laporte getting the NATIONAL team as the priority in French RU. Loads of coaches could have improved France in the last 2 years.

[@hervemurgale8098]

In English Panoramix is Getafix... ;)

[@jiolo27]

Very complete analysis, a big improvement since the beginning of Galthie’s staff work about coordination is also the game around decoy men, it’s has been quite a « révolution » in the attack organization of international rugby. France has brought up to a new level with their huuge work on speed and offloads

[@clairau]

France here. Wow ! great analysis and perception. Great stuff ! Thank you.

[@crespybenoit8313]

Fantastic piece of work Mate. In addition to being a great coach and leader, Galtier also enjoys a fantastic generation of players that should come to full capacity and maturity in 2023. These players are back to back world champions U21 (2018 and 2019) with almost two different teams. France has depth of great players in almost all positions. Even Dupont has 2 or 3 players to back him up, not as talented of course but solid enough not to penalise the overall performance of the team. Bright future for France :-) !

[@WibbleRugby]

Indeed it is a bright future for France. Cannot wait to see how they develop going forward.

[@olivierheral5582]

Galtié uses a team of at least 42 players to prepare for its international matches. The goal is to have 4 to 5 players for each position, with the same training and the same philosophy of play. This allows injured players to be replaced in other tournaments as quickly as possible while maintaining overall consistency. It works since the b or c teams behaved very well in the Wallabies test (and even beat them once)

[@sebastianariashansson]

Analysis absolutely saluted🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@WibbleRugby]

Thank you sir! :)

[@WlerickBigotOfficial]

1:56 I don't know if it makes sense in english, but for those who are interested, here's what he said words for words 🙂 : "Of course, but today to beat us they'll need - the advesary team - to wake up early. We can, of course.. maybe we will lose some matches, but if we behave like that, they'll need to be strong to beat us." Source : I'm French

[@syberian18]

Wow, congrats from a Frenchman, you sir know quite a lot about the sport! Well done!

[@Pandemonis]

Excellent indepth analysis, and Im not surprised it comes from our Auld Ennemy. High respect for going through Montpellier's (and Sun Tzu and Napoleon's) records to understand the underlying watery shapes of our attacks, but well to summarize : 2:10 And we're still two wins late in Le Crunch. Soon... :D

[@Pandemonis]

Well, one Crunch less to go. And in a brilliant manner (best win against England in Tiwckenham in record history). Give the english soil, water and grass, they'll think it's food. ;) With Love from Paris,

[@joaofigueiras1106]

Best analysis on KZbin, and I'm including every sport, not just rugby!

[@WibbleRugby]

Appreciate that hugely mate! Thank you!

[@038alpha]

i love the eternal rivalery between you brits and us frogs, it's like tom and jerry, always fighting but honnestly if one isn't there it's kinda boring

[@vinstercole4808]

Your analysis is even more significant with their total wins

[@BonuxCouleur]

Great analysis, it makes sense that England is employing similar tactics as the ACT Brumbies under Eddie Jones given EJ is Australian after all and he has coached successfully both Brumbies (with George Gregan at number 9) and Queensland Reds employing this tactics. It also explains the profile of the Wallabies flankers. At times it is almost like they have three flankers / fetchers and no 8. Where France differs to the Wallabies it seems is that their flankers are faster more aerial profiles capable of gaining advantage in the lineouts and it is almost like their first 5 are doing the fetching in the rucks. It is a fantastic analysis, really well put together. I am actually yet to see a sport journalist on mainstream TV make such a remarkable analysis... which is a shame because we always make of rugby a contact sport but the large majority of its essence is in fact tactical. And I must say I have always admired the Wallabies for it. They have always been lambasted for their lack of steel in the front 5 but they sure make up for it with the tactics. Villepreux is THE man of French rugby. And every time I hear Bernard Laporte claiming that French Flair never existed, I cringe. Under his helm a majority of French internationals were from Stade Toulousain for a reason, that's Villepreux's school of rugby and Colomiers'.

[@WibbleRugby]

The Wallabies were an incredibly intelligent and innovative rugby team. They seem to be getting that back. But now France are doing it by going back to these days. Which is highly concerning for me.

[@GGdeTOURS37]

As a French spectator (and ex-Rugby player) I would just add to this great video that we are NOT the favorites of the 6 Nations tournament nor of the World Cup. We are just and for the moment at the SAME level as the excellent Anglo-Saxon teams who invented this beautiful game and have been playing it so well for so many decades! Only the best AT THE TIME of these competitions will win! The past, even recent, is not the future! Let's keep on working while staying humble and focused!

[@ghislainegautreau7935]

It will never take away the fact that Dussotoir ' s team were robbed of their World Cup win. Any honest anglo saxon rugby fan around the World knows that. And that will always remain a shame over this sport.

[@oliox8685]

@@ghislainegautreau7935 I 100% agree... That final was terribly run by the referees.

[@benouihein430]

I very rarely comment, but this is gold content, you made me smarter by analysing so well. I surprised myself thinking in a similar way with mma and tennis at the end of your video and therefore had thoughts i never had before. Thank you!

[@WibbleRugby]

Thank you! :) really glad you got something out of it and that is a huge compliment 🙂

[@mrange20]

You the master of analyses . Should be contacted with a national team.

[@StephaneCalabrese]

Wow, this is masterclass level analysis.

[@Daniboi971]

Brilliant video

[@mrm1884]

Wow only 13 videos? I need you to start uploading more. Im already learning a lot. I feel like im learning rugby 🏉 on another level, and understanding it more.

[@emigab5497]

I don't know how you did this. Sometimes while i was looking at this french team getting an "etirer" ready , i was moving in my chair and scream " watch out the ball is coming out" . Little did i think that this was worked out. Congratulation! You really love this sport and make me appreciate it more . Thank you .

[@WibbleRugby]

Thank you!

[@machinwx]

Génial ! Thanks for this amazing video ! I've watched it again and again these last weeks and tried to apply it to the French games of this 6 nations, it's been so insightful ! If I may I just have one comment, the more I see Fickou play the more I see him as the second playmaker, not the 15. In attack he plays a huge role in channelling, linking, ensuring continuity, and he takes part of the kicking game for himself. Against Scotland he even played scrumhalf (and really well !) just after Dupont's crazy run around the 8th min. Plus he looks always so composed, the duo he makes with Ntamack works very well as they both approach the game in a very calm, composed way... I really love his style of play :)

[@WibbleRugby]

Hahaha. Well seen mate! I didn't want to add the 13 element in as it introduces dynamics that make this a little too complicated and reveals a little too much... but yes indeed he is more often that not at first receiver, especially off set-piece plays. He is an incredible player, and someone who along with Dupont, is one who has to be targeted if you're looking to hurt France.

[@cyrillemichauths6795]

He is involved in 5 of the 6 French tries. in different ways : pass, run, turn over. I appreciated his work which fixes the Scottish defense before the pass to Penaud on Danty's try. He is the man of the match for me. And then Dupont for his defense and Darge (what a start!!!)

[@montaguecox8729]

Wow. Incredible video, loved that analysis. I've been a big fan of Squidge for a long time and watch a few others. Seen you pop up a few times but this video is brilliant and I've liked/commented/subscirbed with the bell on. Really looking forward to what you produce next and I am going to be working through your old content now as well.

[@johannrugby3811]

Wibble and Squidge are my favourite rugby KZbin analysers

[@franciscouderq1100]

Extensive explanation, bravo.

[@jeancadars3240]

You are right, we are back after a long desert crossing, Nice video, I will share it with my kids and my freinds

[@Skyscraper2015]

I will say as a South African and thus a Springbokkie, if we are toulose the Rugby world cup or rather hand the trophy off to somebody else, I could find no better opponent than the French who are the only team in all the RWCs to reach every play-off and not win a title. This year is their's after South Africa. I would obviously love it if South Africa could win a fourth title, however, if not us then France. Because when I look at it, it seems the French and maybe the English, are the only team to adopt 16th century war tactics in their rugby matches. And it makes sense that the English under Eddie Jones adopted similar approaches since the French always seemed to like fighting the English. Although maybe it wasn't because they were English but rather because they were not French. Either way, the French definitely deserve to win because of their team and their tactics.

[@graemeatkinson2138]

They are favourites for their home RWC next year, by far. Building nicely, have a squad mentality developing and youth in the right areas. The All Blacks selectors appear unsure of what their best combinations are and there are growing concerns that the wrong management is in place. Nice analysis.

[@gontrandjojo9747]

It's a tradition for France to reach the World cup final every 12 years.... and lose it.

[@nicolasmassoulier6116]

@@gontrandjojo9747 Bah, it is sure that to be world champion, it would be great. But frankly, the most important thing is to offer very good matches and a great world cup.

[@nightwatcher5008]

Kiss from France thanks for analyse, see you at 6N

[@WibbleRugby]

Thank you :)

[@SpecialTrouserBoy]

Excellent analysis. Thanks very much!

[@WibbleRugby]

Very welcome mate! :)

[@chichon01]

Really wonderful video ! The best analysis on rugby I've ever seen.

[@professionalprocrastinator8103]

As a Colomiers native, I cannot understate how happy and proud I am to see my club's principles survive through the ages to now somewhat dictate how this modern french team attacks. Excellent and thorough analysis Wibble.

[@WibbleRugby]

Thank you mate. Glad you got some enjoyment out of it! Colomiers of those days. What a team.

[@patelpelat4658]

Et en Francais ca donne quoi ? Pourquoi l'anglais ?

[@yooyist]

@@patelpelat4658 Sérieusement ? Parce qu'il est anglais...

[@franciscouderq1100]

@@patelpelat4658 : Que faisiez vous pendant les cours d’anglais, du foot?

[@patelpelat4658]

@@franciscouderq1100 Non, j'ai la chance d'etre bilingue et ne vois pas l'interet d'ecrire un commentaire en anglais, tout simplement. A moins que vous m'expliquiez ?

[@mijazukant]

Excellente video, French here like many others. Rugby is a sport I always enjoyed watching more than football but I am far from being a specialist, as I watch only every now and then, I learned a lot today about my own team, thanks for that, great content.

[@keiththomasgenkikeith7970]

This is an amazing video. Truly magnificent

[@marcrabbit1853]

Merci Wibble. Absolutly, thank you.

[@vincentmoreau1999]

Amazing video ! Good job !

[@WibbleRugby]

Thank you!

[@simonroberts7659]

well they did it again this weekend at Twickenham and i thought about this video as i watched the game. Interestingly they havent been able to play like this against Ireland or Scotland. Excellent video

[@jeffbetts9420]

Defeating the All Blacks so convincingly was no fluke. Hope the AB coaches are watching this. Methinks the French are now on a different level. Great analysis. Thank you!

[@paulbismuth10]

Great analysis. However i doubt this coming 6 nations will tell much about their progress as covid and injuries plague lots of players right now. The art of war reference was superb.

[@WibbleRugby]

Thank you! :)

[@FCUS100]

Loved the analysis, you gained a subscriber

[@WibbleRugby]

Pleasure to have you mate :)

[@ZambeziKid]

Superb analysis

[@cthuljew]

Fantastic video. Love the hard-nosed, detailed explanation. Hard subscribe, look forward to more great analysis!

[@WibbleRugby]

Thank you my friend!

[@TheJoffgraham]

Consistently world class! And the French are pretty good too

[@WibbleRugby]

*Grumble Grumble* they are...

[@cedricletourneur5980]

Amazing work!!!

[@bradleypenrith]

How about doing a short analysis on the URC teams like pros and cons and how to improve. Could make a really interesting series. Maybe the type of players they'll need to improve.

[@bradleypenrith]

@@WibbleRugby Can I ask why is it that the South African teams are struggling in that competition? I think it is fitness and different referee styles.

[@mariusrama2852]

Great piece of work (again). Something interesting that you mentioned at the end of the video is the mindset Gathlié is trying to develop for its players (something clearly highlighted in the mini-series Destins Mêlés by France Rugby) a combination between calm and lucidity; the 2 roots ingredients required to launch the patterns and switch between them with fluidity. He also managed to build a new will to win in the group, as the opposite its predecessors didn’t show this shift of mindset instead they hardly maintained the win spirit from their own predecessors.

[@WibbleRugby]

I was not aware of this. But so so so happy this seems to match up with his ethos!

[@danauxida3040]

Gentil mais cest pas gagné face aux fabuleux anglais

[@SpartanHighKing14]

Incredible work!

[@marc9080]

Superbe analyse! je le pense sincèrement, bravo et vive le RUGBY que nous aimons tant. Merci Monsieur.

[@gillessturbois8914]

Amazing vidéo ! I love the comparison with Napoléon. It makes sense. This tournament will be very interesting with a reborn french team and several brits teams which are top notch. This is a very open competition !

[@allthepies88]

Haha I've been so excited for this, as I've been coaching my team along some of these principles, not exactly on purpose, but because of the actual space we have to train in, so it's something we can actually train and use. It's been amazing to watch this, and carries on the ideas. I can't wait to see France and what they can do.

[@WibbleRugby]

Haha. Constraints based coaching mate! So few practice this. But my first coach taught me the Brumby style of play. Some of the drills to perfect it were agony. But my god in the right scenarios it can be devastating.

[@allthepies88]

@@WibbleRugby yes exactly, and when I came up through age grade it was the same. It was all about skills in smaller spaces. Do you have any advice for where to find some good drills for this? I always enjoy your analysis, and your references also. Keep up the good work!

[@WibbleRugby]

@@allthepies88 Do NOT tell your boys I gave you this, as pretty sure every subsequent video I make will be immediately downvoted. But the key drill I learnt under was "Normandy". Essentially. You had a five metre lane marked with cones. All the way up the length of the field. Simple process. Three guys with shields. In this lane, three attackers. You have to reach the end in as few phases as possible. 8 min time limit. When we first did it it, some guys vomited. As Essentially you could spend up to 8 mins picking and going and of course the shield guys are repelling as hard as they can. But then, someone got the idea of doing an immediate rapid pick and go straight after to catch the defence unawares, some guys would turn at the last second after committing two and pop the pass to a runner running 2 metres to the right and targeting weak shoulders. Then the third attacker comes in immediately, rapid pick and go. Makes 8-10 metres. We were around 11 when we did this, but before you knew it, we started designing our own plays to break through easier. There were league style lines and stand up mauls, keeping the ball alive principles because noone wanted to endure that longer than necessary. Little did we know it's exactly what our absolute brilliant sadist of a coach was trying to get us to do. Because we developed it, it became "our" style and our moves. So we invested more. Those moves and dynamics became the cornerstone of our fringe attack.

[@allthepies88]

@@WibbleRugby AHH I came up through very similar drills down at Leighton buzzard RFC haha. Actually I use one quite similar, but probably not quite as brutal. I am keen to try it. I'm coaching and playing out in Norway now, so in winter, it's not as much space to train with space taken up on Astro, or indoors, so these space savers, and shifting point of attack are weirdly easy to train, and should be retained for playing during the season, and these principles of attacking the same space in varied ways over and over again, and just overloading different areas really feed into this. Thanks so much for your comments and awesome video again.

[@allthepies88]

@@WibbleRugby I should have used an alias as my screen name really. Would have saved both of us any trouble

[@Danserien]

still on point after the six nations games, or at least it seems to me, unless you would like to add a post scriptum ? thank you so much for your interest in the french rugby and for all the work done I would be curious to know your background

[@eska8494]

i come from Colomiers, and i can tell you that many french french staff come from colomiers!. thanks from it! =)

[@sylvaintexier8609]

Merci Monsieur !

[@0427alf]

Wouahou is the world. It is a total enlightment !!! I understand something of Galthier for the first time ;) And I ma glad I learned how to speak English. Wouldn't miss that demonstration.

[@patlelion]

WW1 strategies with strong French warriors...just unbeatable at the moment...carry on

[@mathieukprout8187]

Great video, I learned a lot

[@eddabbs8690]

Excellent analysis. The trouble being though that despite the attempts of teams to play open flowing rugby and, after phases such as these when exciting attacking play is evident, the referee brings it all to an abrupt halt by blowing his whistle for a minuscule technicality and we all then have to wait five minutes for the ensuing kick 🙄

[@jcmoriaud]

Magnifique analyse. Bravo ! (I'll let you deepl that ;-))

[@gregtheveniau2624]

WoW ! What a good job, very clever, great analysis ! Thank you

[@golgotisme]

Bravo for the work !! very impressed 🔥🔥

[@ekhihiriart120]

Incredible work! As a french, it is very enlightening on how our team work. We had a different reaction to the try of Fickou back then 😉. You are right your French accent is almost as terrible as my English accent🙂

[@gavinmcgrath2303]

Move over Squidge; there's a new kid in town!!!

[@WibbleRugby]

Appreciate the sentiment mate! Though Squidge is the OG Analysis. I'm just trying to do my own thing and strive to that sort of standard.

[@44irwi]

Great analysis! On the importance of occupation, in some interview Galthié talks about the "zone action". From what I understand, the patterns described in the video are triggered in the opposition half. Part of the game is also to occupy in order to create these opportunities.

[@nobrenobre1]

What a work, man! I learn a lot about our team, you're just incredible!