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Suspendu, l’ancien Agenais et Springbok Elton Jantjies sort du silence

Elton Jantjies a disputé 11 matchs sous le maillot du SU Agen sur la deuxième partie de la saison 2020-2021. (Photo by THIERRY BRETON / AFP) (Photo by THIERRY BRETON/AFP via Getty Images)

Elton Jantjies, suspendu depuis janvier 2024 pour une durée de quatre ans, a pris la parole dans le podcast Behind the Ruck.

L’ancien demi d’ouverture des Springboks Elton Jantjies a écopé d’une suspension de quatre ans en janvier 2024 à la suite d’un contrôle positif au clenbutérol en juin 2023, une substance interdite qui peut aider à la perte de poids et à l’augmentation de la masse musculaire.

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Jantjies, qui venait de passer six mois à Agen (décembre 2022 – juin 2023), en Pro D2, a clamé son innocence, mais l’Institut sud-africain de lutte contre le dopage a confirmé sa suspension d’une durée de quatre ans.

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Aujourd’hui âgé de 34 ans, Jantjies est entraîneur à la Rugga School, une école de rugby pour les jeunes à Johannesburg. Il a fait une longue apparition dans Behind the Ruck, le podcast animé par Rudy Paige et Juan de Jongh, deux autres anciens Springboks.

Dans cet épisode de 72 minutes, Jantjies explique comment il occupe ses journées, alors que sa carrière de joueur est pratiquement terminée. Il aura en effet plus de 37 ans quand il sera autorisé à revenir sur les terrains. « Je m’occupe beaucoup de mon développement personnel. Je cherche à rester en forme et en bonne santé », a-t-il commencé.

« C’est l’une des choses les plus importantes que j’ai faites depuis que mon père… Vous savez, j’étais un peu en surpoids, grassouillet, des trucs comme ça (durant sa jeunesse). Ce sont des choses qui m’ont été inculquées à cet âge et que j’ai continué à faire au fil des ans. Cela me rend heureux et me permet d’être en paix, d’être en forme. »

Le champion du monde 2019, 46 sélections avec les Springboks, passé brièvement par la Section Paloise (avril – juin 2021) s’entretient physiquement par habitude, mais aussi pour s’occuper l’esprit.

« Je ne dis pas que je suis en bonne forme, je n’en sais rien. Mais vous savez, d’un point de vue psychologique aussi. Je veux dire, beaucoup de gars à ma place se seraient probablement tiré une balle ou suicidés. Ou ils auraient perdu les pédales. Mais je continue à faire ce que je fais. Ce qui me rend sain, me met en paix et donne le sourire à tout le monde. »

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Jantjies ajoute que se maintenir en forme est une forme de thérapie mentale. « Tout à fait. Parce que généralement, quand on voit des histoires comme ça, ça prête à rire. Tyson Fury est un exemple. Mike Tyson aussi. Il existe de grands sportifs à qui l’entraînement fait du bien au moral.

« Pour moi, c’est comme une thérapie. C’est un bon remède. Le travail physique, c’est mon médicament et je ne pense même pas au rugby. Juste à continuer à faire ce que je fais, à rester en forme et en bonne santé. J’espère que ça pourra inspirer les jeunes joueurs auprès de qui je travaille. »

Cet article a été initialement publié sur RugbyPass.com et adapté en français par Jérémy Fahner.

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“A succession of recent ex-players going straight back into the game as coaches in their early 40’s would prob be enough to kill it stone-dead. Innovation would die a death.”

Would it? I do think one of the major differences between rugby and most other sports - which we’ve been overlooking - is the degree to which players are expected to lead team meetings & analysis sessions and the like. Someone like Owen Farrell has basically been an assistant coach already for ten years - and he’s been so under a variety of different head coaches with different expectations and playing styles.


“The most interesting ppl I have met in the game have all coached well into their sixties and they value the time and opportunity they have had to reflect and therefore innovate in the game. That’s based on their ability to compare and contrast between multiple eras.”

I don’t doubt that that’s true. But having interesting insights doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll be the best able to inspire a team, or the best at managing the backroom staff.


“Wayne Smith winning the WWC in his mid sixties three years ago prob means nothing to you but it meant a lot to him. It took him back to the roots of is own coaching journey.”

I don’t doubt that! But I don’t think coaches should be hired on the basis that it means a lot to them.


“The likes of Carlo Ancelotti and Wayne Bennett and Andy Reid all have a tale to tell. You should open your ears and listen to it!”

I agree! Never have I ever suggested otherwise!

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JW 4 hours ago
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Yes that’s what WR needs to look at. Football had the same problem with european powerhouses getting all the latin talent then you’re gaurenteed to get the odd late bloomer (21/22 etc, all the best footballers can play for the country much younger to get locked) star changing his allegiance.


They used youth rep selection for locking national elifibilty at one point etc. Then later only counted residency after the age of 18 (make clubs/nations like in this case wait even longer).


That’s what I’m talking about, not changing allegiance in rugby (were it can only be captured by the senior side), where it is still the senior side. Oh yeah, good point about CJ, so in most cases we probably want kids to be able to switch allegiance, were say someone like Lemoto could rep Tonga (if he wasn’t so good) but still play for Australia’s seniors, while in someone like Kite’s (the last aussie kid to go to France) case he’ll be French qualified via 5 years residency at the age of 21, so France to lock him up before Aussie even get a chance to select him. But if we use footballs regulations, who I’m suggesting WR need to get their a into g replicating, he would only start his 5 years once he turns 18 or whatever, meaning 23 yo is as soon as anyone can switch, and when if they’re good enough teams like NZ and Aus can select them (France don’t give a f, they select anybody just to lock them).

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JW 4 hours ago
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The only benefit of the draft idea is league competitiveness. There would be absolutely no commercial value in a draft with rugby’s current interest levels.


I wonder what came first in america? I’m assuming it’s commercial aspect just built overtime and was a side effect essentially.


But the idea is not without merit as a goal. The first step towards being able to implement a draft being be creating it’s source of draftees. Where would you have the players come from? NFL uses college, and players of an age around 22 are generally able to step straight into the NFL. Baseball uses School and kids (obviously nowhere near pro level being 3/4 years younger) are sent to minor league clubs for a few years, the equivalent of the Super Rugby academies. I don’t think the latter is possible legally, and probably the most unethical and pointless, so do we create a University scene that builds on and up from the School scene? There is a lot of merit in that and it would tie in much better with our future partners in Japan and America.


Can we used the club scene and dispose of the Super Rugby academies? The benefit of this is that players have no association to their Super side, ie theyre not being drafted elshwere after spending time as a Blues or Chiefs player etc, it removes the negative of investing in a player just to benefit another club. The disadvantage of course is that now the players have nowhere near the quality of coaching and each countries U20s results will suffer (supposedly).


Or are we just doing something really dirty and making a rule that the only players under the age of 22 (that can sign a pro contract..) that a Super side can contract are those that come from the draft? Any player wanting to upgrade from an academy to full contract has to opt into the draft?

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