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What is wrong with French Rugby?
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<blockquote data-quote="bushytop" data-source="post: 932321" data-attributes="member: 56738"><p>I've heard from pro's who have appeared on various podcasts that the French coaching at club level as well as test level is severely lacking from the top down. Things as simple as when to train, when to rest and when (& what) to eat are all amateur hour.</p><p></p><p>Then you have world class youngsters who are unable to get any rugby at club level as the teams are filled with foreign mercs, prioritising size over skills and endurance, the power of the clubs far and away outweighing the power of the national union... then there's the French psyche which is a mystery to us all, including the French.</p><p></p><p>My advise would be to find someone like Joe Schmidt (therefore probably a NZer) PAY the man and let him change EVERYTHING... the whole game nationwide, not just the senior test side.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bushytop, post: 932321, member: 56738"] I’ve heard from pro’s who have appeared on various podcasts that the French coaching at club level as well as test level is severely lacking from the top down. Things as simple as when to train, when to rest and when (& what) to eat are all amateur hour. Then you have world class youngsters who are unable to get any rugby at club level as the teams are filled with foreign mercs, prioritising size over skills and endurance, the power of the clubs far and away outweighing the power of the national union... then there’s the French psyche which is a mystery to us all, including the French. My advise would be to find someone like Joe Schmidt (therefore probably a NZer) PAY the man and let him change EVERYTHING... the whole game nationwide, not just the senior test side. [/QUOTE]
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