The French viewpoint: Has Fabien Galthie rediscovered Les Bleus flair?

The debate had been quietly, if rather sadly laid to rest in recent years, even in France

France's captain Charles Ollivon races clear to score a try during clash with Wales at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis last week. Picture: AP Photo/Lewis Joly

That a particular rugby question would be raised again so quickly after France's 38-21 win over Wales on Saturday was as sure as œufs are œufs.

All it needed was a combination of one - undeniably decent - victory on international rugby's return, and a shot at a first Six Nations title since 2010. Suddenly the hot armchair topic in France is whether French Flair is beating anew in the hearts of Les Bleus or if it remains a long-lost fantasy of rugby's fever dreams.