France pleased to move on after Six Nations from 'hell'

FRENCH COACH FABIEN Galthie believes his side’s thrilling final-day win over England has allowed his side to finally lay the ghosts of their World Cup quarter-final exit to bed.

Beating England on Saturday came thanks to a late Thomas Ramos penalty in a thrilling performance reminiscent of Galthie’s rip-roaring expansive opening four years at the helm. A glaring negative to the campaign, with home games played outside of Paris with the Stade de France being renovated for this summer’s Paris Olympic Games, was the French performance without the ball.

Next up for Galthie’s outfit is a summer tour to South America with two Tests against Argentina in July and a ‘development team’ game with Uruguay after a friendly with the invitational World XV side in June in Bilbao. Young scrum-half Nolann Le Garrec stepped up to the plate in the absence of skipper and poster boy Dupont having made his first Test start against Wales after a substitute role against Ireland, Italy and Scotland.

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