6 Nations Rivalry – Aldrid tortures the English

Grégory Alldritt is a rock. The number eight represents opponents who never back down and always make the right choice. Roselaise is often unofficially voted the best in the world every two seasons. A status he never claims but imposes a performance obligation on every trip. It is this heightened expectation that gives these nations a sense of disappointment after the first three matches of the tournament. The number eight tricolor was initially disappointed with his performance during the defeat in England.

Is Grigory Aldrid, the Blues’ most-needed addition to La Rochelle, who has dragged matches so hard for 80 minutes without batting an eyelid in months? Fabien Galthié was questioned on Thursday when the composition of France’s XV was announced for the crisis. His response was prescient: “Greg Aldrid is a great player, a great man. In the life of a rugby player, in his life, we have the right to be less sovereign at times, as you say. A little less sovereign. Competitors accept, understand, but they also respond. Annoyingly, against Scotland, Greg began to respond. Our change related to the exit of Momo Hauwas made him go out. But after the match against the team he was very exemplary in his behavior, he was very focused on the pain that came with his friend Anthony, but Momo Hauvas did not think about him. Because he was there, we blamed ourselves. There’s Greg. He’s there and he’s very opinionated. He will answer your question and your judgement. It will come, you will see. Wait a minute. »

Aldrid was instrumental

It didn’t take long to realize that the former Austinite was going to have a great performance at Twickenham. Within the ubiquitous third line, brilliant, sharp on the ball and fighting on the ground, he walked the Englishmen. And not just figuratively. He is also the forward with the most meters on the ball (71 metres). Only Thomas Ramos (83) and Damien Benaud (76) have done better than him. And in the nineteen balls he had to negotiate, Gregory Aldrit did nothing in bad taste, with one crossing, two beaten defenders and two passes after contact.

His array of stats is impressive, such as his ability to stay upright to beat the advantage line despite his charges and multiple defenders on his back. So although he didn’t make a single attempt on this tricolor, Gregory Aldrid was determined to impose a much bigger physical challenge on the British. Let’s not forget this decisive move before the break to find the third French teacher, Charles Olivon, behind an amazing breakthrough in the scrum.

Frustrated by his performance in Ireland and then cut off in his tracks against Scotland, Stade Roselaois’ third row excelled at Twickenham. A few days before the match, William Servet talked about the rise of power. It is now clear that Aldrid is back in full swing.