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La guerre fait rage pour signer la prochaine star sud-africaine

Tiaan Basson in action.

Tiaan Basson est considéré comme la prochaine superstar sud-africaine, mais l’Afrique du Sud pourrait ne pas être en mesure de conserver son joyau, car des clubs de Top 14, de Gallagher Premiership, et même de NRL (la puissante ligue australienne de rugby à XIII)  s’intéressent à lui.

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Le jeune homme de 16 ans a fait sensation sur les réseaux sociaux. Des clips le montrant en train de jouer pour le Cheltenham College, dans le cadre d’un programme d’échange scolaire au Royaume-Uni, ont suscité des milliers de vues.

Basson, qui fréquente le Paul Roos Gymnasium de Stellenbosch, au Cap-Occidental, a été comparé à une version plus jeune de la star des Saitama Wild Knights et double champion du monde Damian de Allende, et du joueur de Montpellier Jan Serfontein.

Il mesure déjà près d’1,90 m et vient de commencer le Grade 11, considéré comme l’année la plus difficile dans le système scolaire sud-africain. Il est largement considéré comme le meilleur joueur de sa catégorie d’âge et les clubs se bousculent au portillon.

Toulouse, Toulon et le Stade Français sur les rangs pour faire venir Basson

Les performances de Basson, qui joue au centre, ne sont pas passées inaperçues en France. Il a suscité l’intérêt des recruteurs de Toulouse, Toulon et du Stade Français. Ces trois clubs sont prêts à faire des offres pour le faire venir.

Son passage à Cheltenham a également attiré l’attention de clubs anglais. Sale, Bristol et Bath figuraient parmi les prétendants jusqu’à ce qu’ils découvrent que Basson ne remplissait pas encore les conditions requises pour obtenir un permis de travail au Royaume-Uni.

Les Sydney Roosters, grâce au fonds mis en place par la NRL pour attirer des joueurs issus de pays ne pratiquant pas le rugby à XIII, comme l’Afrique du Sud et l’Argentine, sont également intéressés par son recrutement une fois qu’il aura quitté l’école.

Il est pressenti pour suivre les traces de son oncle Wiun Basson, un ancien 2e ligne des Bulls qui a effectué une tournée au Royaume-Uni avec les Springboks en 1997, quatre ans avant son décès tragique à l’âge de 25 ans d’un cancer.

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Son père, Handre, a joué pour les moins de 20 ans de la Western Province et son oncle Hein a joué pour les Bulls à un niveau similaire. Le rugby est donc profondément ancré dans l’ADN de la famille.

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

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MP are a NZ side through and through, NZ is even having to pay for it.

Yes they caved to public demand, I bet it accomplished a lot of internal goals. They could have left it to the other groups, but I’m of the belief that they weren’t showing the capability to make it work as being a good reason for NZR to jump in and do it. I think it’s actually funded 50/50 between NZR and WR though.

(when nothing was stopping a pi player playing for any side in Super Rugby)

Neither is that fact true. Only 3 non NZ players are allowed in each squad.


I see you also need to learn what the term poach means - take or acquire in an unfair or clandestine way. - Moana have more slots for non eligible players (and you have seen many return to an NZ franchise) so players are largely making their own choice without any outside coercion ala Julian Savea.

Not one of these Kiwis and Aussies would go live in the Islands to satisfy any criteria, and I’d say most of them have hardly ever set foot in the islands, outside of a holiday.

Another inaccurate statement. Take Mo’unga’s nephew Armstrong-Ravula, if he is not eligible via ancestry in a couple of generations time, he will be eligible because he plays his rugby there (even if he’s only their for rugby and not living there), that is a recent change made by World Rugby to better reflect examples like Fabian Holland and Fakatava.

It’s becoming the jump-ship/zero loyalty joke that international League is.

Look I understand you’re reason to cry and make an example at any opportunity, but you don’t really need to anymore, other recent changes made by WR are basically going to stop the Ireland situation, and time (perhaps no more than a decade) will fix the rest.

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