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Huit mois après, un retour contrarié pour Peato Mauvaka

Peato Mauvaka a joué à Perpignan son premier match depuis avril 2025. (Crédit image : Canal+).

Le Perpignan – Toulouse de samedi (30-27) était tout à la fois le premier match de rugby professionnel de l’année 2026 en France et le premier match depuis huit mois de Peato Mauvaka. Absent depuis la 22e journée de la saison dernière de Top 14 et une partie à sens unique contre Castres (52-6), le talonneur international revenait sur une feuille de match à l’occasion de cette rencontre d’ouverture de la 14e journée de Top 14.

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Lorsqu’il est entré à l’heure de jeu en tant que capitaine sur la pelouse hostile d’Aimé-Giral, son équipe avait un matelas de huit points d’avance (16-24), acquis en partie grâce à la précision au pied de l’ouvreur du jour Kalvin Gourgues. Propre sur ses lancers, le Calédonien avait par ailleurs des fourmis dans les jambes. Deux premières bonnes courses suivies d’une passe en tombant pour assurer la continuité du jeu ont pu le mettre en confiance (62e, 64e), à un moment où la jeune classe toulousaine semblait se diriger vers une première victoire de la saison.

Toulouse perd le fil dans les dix dernières minutes

Un peu trop tranquillement. Après que Peceli Yato ait inscrit l’essai de l’espoir pour l’USAP (70e), Paul Costes s’est fait intercepter en voulant faire la passe de plus. Si Duguivalu, qui avait bien senti le coup, n’a pas pu aller au bout à cause d’une cuillère miraculeuse de Teddy Thomas, Perpignan a pu marquer de nouveau sur la touche qui a suivi avec un bon ballon porté, conclu par l’Argentin Joaquin Oviedo (75e).

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Le coup de grâce pour cette équipe ter du Stade toulousain qui n’avait plus les armes pour changer le cours de la partie, terminant avec une improbable charnière Saito – Graou et le neophyte Jérémy Nemor sur une aile. Au grand dam de Peato Mauvaka, qui avait espéré un autre scénario pour son grand retour à la compétition.

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Utiku Old Boy 20 minutes ago
It'll take a brave individual to coach these All Blacks

This is an over-dramatization of the AB HC role IMO. I agree something has been “off” since before the 2019 RWC - even the last Lion’s series and it has not all been down to “improvements” by other teams (although that is definitely a reality). I think Rassie (again) shows how a strong coach manages both the locker room and the public perceptions by earning public and team trust through his strength of character, team innovations and improvement, decisiveness, fairness and owning mistakes. A strong NZ coach should have nothing to fear coming in to this environment. Much as I had hopes for Razor after Hanson II and Foster, I think Kirk’s decision is the right one as it was obvious to many of us, the “trajectory” was not there. Same mistakes, confusion under pressure, lack of progress and worst, capitulation. The key is not who will take on the role, but who is selected for the role. I think the leading candidates are JJ, Rennie, Mitchell and somewhere a role for Schmidt and/or Wayne Smith. Razor’s biggest “failure” was his hesitancy, persisting with failing selections, being positive at the cost of being real and the aura he gave off of not knowing where the “fixes” were. The job came too soon for him but he can learn from it and grow. Hopefully, the new guy is bold and strong and has a good team around him because the other big failure of Razor’s tenure was his coaching team was also not ready for the big leagues.

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Hellhound 1 hour ago
It'll take a brave individual to coach these All Blacks

This reminds of the Wallabies and the road down for them. This firing was harsh, rash and not thought through. Just like NZRU jumped the gun with Foster, even announcing his replacement before the biggest tournament in rugby, the World Cup. There is a lot of speculation as to why he was fired or let go, none substantiated facts. For those who go through life with open eyes and follow the logical path, it will be clear from where the rot comes from. The NZRU board itself. The Union itself. Players and coaches change, but results don't. From the man in charge down is rotten. The AB's is still 2nd in the rankings list, still manage to beat the best teams. Maybe not as flashy as in the past, but definitely trending upwards. All of that momentum is now lost…AGAIN. Same mistakes from the board. The NZRU is busy making the AB's a joke now. The fans follow like blind bats and gobble up all the excuses for a decade now. The media report what the board wants people to know, not the facts. They are not very transparent. After Super Rugby, the Wallabies crashed and became almost none existent, a shadow of its former self, running through coaches and players. The same is starting to happen to the AB's. NZRU destroy everything they touch. When will the public address the real problem at hand? When the AB's are as bad as Wales and the Wallabies? Just when the AB's start to trend upwards, they shoot themselves in the foot once again. Firing a coach, before the biggest series NZ have had in many many years, the biggest rivalry. Before the Nation's Cup and the WC. 3 of arguably the biggest competitions in world rugby right now for 2026 and 2027. Fans can drop all expectations for winning any of the 3 competitions. New coach, new strategies, new everything. It takes time to settle a group of players. Even if the same crop of players gets used(which aren't good enough), it won't amount to sudden magical success. Winning percentages isn't everything, but filling the trophy cabinet is. Sack the board, not the coaches. The players and fans also need to realise that.

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