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Cape Town SVNS : l'équipe de France cale en finale contre les Blitzboks

Par Jérémy Fahner

08 Déc 2024

Antoine Zeghdar et Impi Visser à la lutte pour le ballon pendant la finale du tournoi HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series match du Cap entre l'Afrique du Sud et la France au Cape Town Stadium le 8 décembre 2024. (Photo by Rodger Bosch / AFP) (Photo by RODGER BOSCH/AFP via Getty Images)

L’équipe de France masculine a été battue 26-14 par l’Afrique du Sud en finale du tournoi du Cap de rugby à VII.

Le coup n’est pas passé loin, mais c’est bien l’Afrique du Sud qui a remporté le tournoi du Cap, deuxième étape du circuit de Sevens, au détriment de l’équipe de France qui a calé en finale.

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Les Bleus ont commis trop d’erreurs, concédé trop de pénalités notamment en deuxième période pour espérer dominer les locaux.

Les deux équipes s’étaient déjà affrontées à deux reprises la semaine dernière à Dubaï (une victoire partout) pour deux rencontres de très haute intensité, et cette finale n’a pas dérogé à cette règle.

Mais si l’équipe de France avait pris cette finale par le bon bout, marquant dès la première minute par Célian Pouzelgues, les Blitzboks ont rapidement répliqué par Donovan Don (3e) et Zain Davids (5e).

Les Bleus ne perdent pas de temps et inscrivent le premier essai de la finale après une récupération haute (7-0) 💪#HSBCSVNSCPT pic.twitter.com/MDFCHxiE5f
— RugbyPass FR 🇫🇷 (@RugbyPass_FR) December 8, 2024

Les Bleus égalisaient juste avant la mi-temps grâce à Varian Pasquet (14-14) et tout semblait possible à ce moment-là.

Mais les Sud-Africains marquaient deux essais coup sur coup. D’abord par le supersonique Shilton van Wyk, qui marquait malgré un short en bas des mollets sur le plaquage désespéré de Simon Désert. Puis en récupérant un ballon dans le camp français, rendu sur pénalité par les Bleus et exploité par David Brits.

Simon Désert s’arrache pour rattraper Shilton van Wyk mais le Sud-africain aplatit dans l’en-but 💥#HSBCSVNSCPT pic.twitter.com/OwLdPcHwWn
— RugbyPass FR 🇫🇷 (@RugbyPass_FR) December 8, 2024

Cela faisait beaucoup pour les Français qui n’arrivaient pas à marquer malgré le carton jaune infligé à Siviwe Soyizwapi. C’est malgré tout une belle médaille d’argent pour cette équipe de France new look, qui montre qu’elle aura des arguments à présenter tout au long de la saison de Sevens.

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CB 26 minutes ago

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Where do you start with England? It felt like two steps backward. This happened under Lancaster where the forwards got above themselves in thinking they didn't need to do the grunt work up front because they were in the backs instead of securing quick ruck ball. Last week I questioned whether my opinion of George Ford at 19 was wrong. This week I know I was right. Just like Prendegast and unlike Finn Russell he offers no running threat and only looks good when the forwards are on the front foot. Why was Cowan Dickie on in place George? You know the first 20 mins are going to be chaotically critical and yet Borthwick chose a hooker who is liable to do stupid things as it so proved with a no arms tackle deep in the Scotland half turning an English scrum into a Scottish penalty which a few minutes later turned into a Scottish try. Enough has been said about Arundel. Several players were absent during the game.

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AH 27 minutes ago

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Breathing fire. Haha. Well nobody will be fearing that team anyway. Maybe they will be good next week. Who can say what they might do. What we do know is there recent record against Ireland is poor. Based on form, they won’t find that game easy either. Imagine they are 1 from three with France still to play. That would make the tournament for me.

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J Marc 54 minutes ago

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J Marc 57 minutes ago

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David Esterhuizen 1 hour ago

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Morné Haynes 1 hour ago

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