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Encore un blessé chez les All Blacks

Ethan de Groot lors d'une séance d'entraînement des All Blacks au Mt Smart Stadium le 9 juillet 2024 à Auckland, Nouvelle-Zélande. (Photo Phil Walter/Getty Images)

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Le pilier néo-zélandais Ethan de Groot, blessé au cou, a également été contraint au forfait pour les matchs du Rugby Championship contre l’Afrique du Sud fin août et début septembre, ont annoncé vendredi les All Blacks, dont les blessures s’accumulent.

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Deux jours après avoir perdu le deuxième ligne Patrick Tuipulotu et l’arrière Stephen Perofeta, blessés à un mollet, c’est au tour du puissant pilier De Groot (1,90 m et 128 kg) de déclarer forfait pour les deux prochaines rencontres des vice-champions du monde.

Pour pallier son absence, le pilier des Canterbury Crusaders, George Bowers, a été appelé en renfort par la direction des Blacks. De Groot restera
lui en Nouvelle-Zélande pour y poursuivre des soins.

Scott Barrett de retour

La Nouvelle-Zélande doit affronter l’Afrique du Sud à Johannesburg le 31 août et au Cap le 7 septembre, une sorte de revanche de la finale de la Coupe du monde de rugby remportée de justesse 12 à 11 par les Springboks à Paris l’année dernière.

Le capitaine Scott Barrett, remis d’une blessure au doigt qui l’a empêché de participer à la victoire à domicile samedi dernier contre l’Argentine (42-10) et à la défaite surprise le week-end précédent contre les mêmes Pumas (38-30), sera de la tournée des All Blacks chez les champions du monde.

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Hellhound 59 minutes ago
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There is that yes, but to grow the game, you can't leave those teams down and out. In any sport, if a team loses, no one will be interested and no new talent will join the game. What is the aim? To grow the sport. Will any sport grow if you leave it unattended? What incentive is there for players and countries to play rugby? To spend money on rugby to grow the sport in your country? Especially if you never can compete against the top teams, not even the top 50 teams? There is no money for the players to play the sport as any other job will provide food, but rugby won't. Those players will stay amateur because they have to work a day job, play for their club and then their countries too, which don't pay much as the sport is not big enough. Those athletes leave sport or go to another sport. Chuck them out, dismiss them, give them no crumbs. Yeah, that's a way to grow any sport isn't it? By ignoring them, you think rugby will grow in those countries? They can't afford proper rugby fields, never mind to pay players to be professional athletes. Why would they encourage a sport that is costly to maintain with no incentive? Who runs a business at a loss? Why even bother to try and grow the game is smaller countries? Especially with that attitude of amateur players? Ever stop to think why they are so average? Why they are still amateur? Unlike the bigger nations, they can't afford to pay professional salaries. Those athletes will always stay amateur because they can't afford to make rugby their daily lives. They have to work to survive. They can't improve themselves on a rigorous training schedule like the top stars. The stars have one job. Rugby. They have 2 to 3 jobs, club rugby, national rugby and then their daily grind jobs, all to survive. Your thinking is wrong about this. It isn't enough to just show someone the sport. That isn't growth. It's lazy thinking.

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