Fabien Galthié reunites Dupont-Ntamack halfback partnership for France vs Fiji, Digi Mart USA News: Fabien Galthié has his favorite halfback pairing back. Matthieu Jalibert, who shone during the last international season at both fly-half and scrum-half, was forced to withdraw from this gathering with a quadriceps injury.
As a result, Romain Ntamack returns to the starting lineup and will partner his longtime teammate Antoine Dupont against Fiji this Saturday in the Nations Championship.
“These are two top players of the France team,” Galthié said. “They have won a great deal with our team since 2020.
They play together at Stade Toulousain, which is an asset for us and for them too. We are starting the eighth season, and collective experience is important to me.
They have it, even though they have not played together for the national team in a long time.”
The two Toulouse players, the halfback pairing Galthié has used most since the start of his tenure, will play together again in the France jersey for the first time since the trip to Ireland in 2025. That day, Antoine Dupont had to leave his teammates after only a few minutes with a serious knee injury.
