France's rugby coach, Fabien Galthie, criticized referee Ben O'Keeffe and Springbok player Kwagga Smith for their roles in France's 2023 Rugby World Cup quarter-final loss. Galthie expressed dissatisfaction with refereeing decisions and performance during the match.
🇫🇷 Fabien Galthie blames ‘refereeing decisions and rugby reasons’ for the RWC loss. Full story in the reply. 👇 https://t.co/OBwRecKHLZ
🗣️ "Everyone agreed on the fact that some decisions weren't the right ones. He wasn't at all happy with his performance either." 🇫🇷 Fabien Galthie still isn't over France's World Cup heartbreak. https://t.co/FcXx0iMSld
Fabien Galthie has singled out Springbok forward Kwagga Smith’s role in France’s 2023 Rugby World Cup quarter-final loss while questioning the officiating of Ben O’Keeffe. https://t.co/GqlASwL0Hp
Fabien Galthie says that Ben O’Keeffe was not pleased with his RWC quarter-final performance. “We lost the quarter-final for rugby reasons but also for refereeing decisions. We also spoke about it with Ben O'Keeffe during a recent meeting at World Rugby,” Galthie said at post… https://t.co/8Cr0LSQxKm
Galthie opens old wound with rebuke of RWC referee and one Springbok #XVdeFrance #Springboks #rugby Click below for more ⤵️ https://t.co/T19T21oMFW