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<blockquote data-quote="Batsumy" data-source="post: 1214983" data-attributes="member: 38525">Against England, this was not a coaching issue, this was a clumsy player issue, we should have been 21-7 at half time. Not saying that Galthie is perfect and he does some crappy selection and choices I believe (and possibly we would be world champion without him) but thats a bit too easy to put that on one man. The reality is that we have a complicated relation between clubs and federation whilst the irish do not have that issue, everything is geared toward the success of the national team in Ireland. I&#039;m impressed to see Prendergast already playing at the international level, he is nurtured and well taken care off, some wont agree with me but I do not think he is an incredible player but Ireland knows how to take care of their players and bring them to where they can be, partly certainly because they do not have a an enormous pool of players so they have to do with what they have, They know how to transform &quot;average&quot; young players into very good mature rugbymen, and they do it well, but also partly because they have a great connection between clubs/province and national team, it is all working smoothly together, which is much less the case in France. But if you want to reduce this to Galthie, good for you !Look at ireland, from Schmidt, Farrell to Easterby, consistency is around and yes the coach is important but the overall system is the key to success</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Batsumy, post: 1214983, member: 38525"] Against England, this was not a coaching issue, this was a clumsy player issue, we should have been 21-7 at half time. Not saying that Galthie is perfect and he does some crappy selection and choices I believe (and possibly we would be world champion without him) but thats a bit too easy to put that on one man. The reality is that we have a complicated relation between clubs and federation whilst the irish do not have that issue, everything is geared toward the success of the national team in Ireland. I'm impressed to see Prendergast already playing at the international level, he is nurtured and well taken care off, some wont agree with me but I do not think he is an incredible player but Ireland knows how to take care of their players and bring them to where they can be, partly certainly because they do not have a an enormous pool of players so they have to do with what they have, They know how to transform "average" young players into very good mature rugbymen, and they do it well, but also partly because they have a great connection between clubs/province and national team, it is all working smoothly together, which is much less the case in France. But if you want to reduce this to Galthie, good for you ! Look at ireland, from Schmidt, Farrell to Easterby, consistency is around and yes the coach is important but the overall system is the key to success [/QUOTE]

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