Six Nations: Fabien Galthié defends France’s discipline as he names unchanged side for Ireland game (via IrishTimesSport)
France head coach Fabien Galthié insisted discipline was not one of his team’s weaknesses as the defending champions gear up for a potentially decisive Six Nations clash against Ireland in Dublin on Saturday
Les Bleus were penalised 18 times in a tight 29-24 win against Italy in Rome last weekend, but Galthié explained France usually start their campaigns with a sub-par performance in that department as he named an unchanged team on Thursday.“We are ranked as the second best disciplined team in the world, just behind Italy, with just over nine penalties per Test,”Galthié told a news conference.
“But in our first games we usually get 15, 16, 17 penalties, and then that number drops down and gets divided by two. Last year, we were penalised seven times against Ireland.
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