France, Nov. 7 -- France head coach Fabian Galthie refused to dwell on the 2023 World Cup quarter-final defeat to South Africa preferring to laud them as the best team on the planet as his players went through their final paces for Saturday's Test match at the Stade de France.

Their last meeting at the same venue resulted in a 29-28 victory for South Africa to take them into the semi-finals.

The South Africans disposed of England and then New Zealand in the final to join New Zealand as the only nations to retain the Webb Ellis trophy since the inception of the tournament in 1987.

"The past feeds us, but we are focused on the future," Galthie said before the first of his squad's three games against separate opponents in the autumn inter...