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Dan Lancaster, du Racing 92 à Glasgow ?

Dan Lancaster (Racing 92) lors du quart de finale de la Challenge Cup entre le Connacht et le Racing 92 au Dexcom Stadium de Galway. (Photo : Thomas Flinkow / Sportsfile via Getty Images)

Les Glasgow Warriors pourraient bien frapper un grand coup en tentant d’attirer Dan Lancaster, l’ouvreur du Racing 92, à la fin de son contrat cette saison. Une piste inattendue, mais qui semble prendre forme.

À 23 ans, le fils de Stuart Lancaster – limogé en février par le club francilien après seulement 18 mois alors que son contrat courait sur 4 ans – s’épanouit pleinement depuis le départ de son père. En chef d’orchestre inspiré, il a conduit le Racing à cinq victoires sur les six derniers matchs de Top 14 et de Challenge Cup auxquels il a participé, dans une dynamique prometteuse pour sauver le club d’ici à la fin de la saison.

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Passé par Leicester, Nottingham, Yorkshire Carnegie et Ealing, Dan Lancaster a accumulé 1 110 minutes de jeu en 23 apparitions cette saison, profitant des absences répétées d’Owen Farrell. Il est éligible pour porter le maillot de l’Écosse grâce à sa grand-mère originaire de Dumfries.

Capable aussi d’évoluer au centre, il avait déjà intégré l’équipe d’Écosse U18 en 2018, marchant dans les pas de son père, lui-même ancien international chez les moins de 19 ans et les Scottish Students. La Fédération écossaise garde un œil attentif sur les joueurs éligibles via le programme « Scottish Qualified ».

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Sur le papier, Glasgow semble déjà bien fourni à l’ouverture avec Adam Hastings, Duncan Weir et le jeune Mathew Urwin (U20) qui attend. Mais l’ombre d’une sélection estivale pour les matchs contre les Maori All Blacks, les Fidji et les Samoa pourrait tout changer. Blair Kinghorn et Finn Russell étant pressentis pour la tournée des British & Irish Lions en Australie, une place se libérerait dans le groupe de Gregor Townsend.

Lancaster, qui avait rejoint le Racing l’été dernier en provenance d’Ealing, avait déjà été évoqué pour l’Autumn Nations Series, mais sans être retenu. Cet été pourrait bien être le moment où il accroche enfin le wagon international.

Initialement publié sur RugbyPass.com, cet article a été adapté en français par Willy Billiard.

 

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