Fabien Galthié's reaction to the announcement of the relapse of Matthieu Lartot, suffering from knee cancer, was expected. Not so much because it is the coach of the XV of France but because the two men have worked together at France Télévisions, to the point of becoming close. Asked by Le Parisien about the fight led by his former partner, Galthié said he was informed at the end of the Six Nations Tournament.

"I listened, first and foremost. I try, on my small scale, to be useful. I thought a lot about him, and I still think a lot about him. I think of his family, and his parents whom I know well. We must keep modesty about what we can say outside. »

The story behind the support post on Insta

It is therefore with the agreement of Matthieu Lartot that the boss of the XV of France has thought about an Instagram post in the form of a "private joke" to mark his support for the journalist. "I bounced back on a sentence he said to me to evoke the different stages of his treatment: ''I too have my arrow of time'? So I took it back. »


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Fabien Galthié also returned to the weekends spent with Matthieu Lartot to cover the matches of the Tournament and the European Cup, golf games and the aborted dream of the commentator, already because of his knee, at the age of 14. He hopes to be able to listen to France microphone during the World Cup. "He told me he wants to be there. [...] I feel like he's ready for this fight. [...] I'm his boyfriend. And I'm just trying to be a little bit helpful. »

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