"The halfback pairing is responsible"
Galthié in his press conf mentioned a very interesting point, which I think is very true. The journalist brought up how Dupont-Ntamack was finally fielded together again, and how they were the most capped pairing in France's history. To which Galthié commented that historically France was a country, and he knew this first hand having been a perennial scrumhalf and France captain that played with many a flyhalf in his time, that immediately blamed the 9-10 axis for a loss, and that the only solution was to change it up by the next match or so. This thread acknowledges this cultural trait in France, and means to find out how true that might be of other countries. Do you feel like the HB pairing is heavily scrutinized and subject to consistent changes, in your nation ?