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La Rochelle récupère du lourd pour recevoir Pau

Uini Atonio n'a plus foulé les pelouses depuis la demi-finale de Top 14 perdue face à Toulouse, durant laquelle il avait écopé d'un carton rouge (Photo by CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT/AFP via Getty Images).

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Les internationaux français de La Rochelle Jonathan Danty, Brice Dulin et Uini Atonio feront le retour dans le groupe maritime pour la réception de Pau samedi, a annoncé vendredi leur entraîneur Rémi Talès.

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Danty, victime d’une commotion cérébrale à la suite d’un choc à la tête avec le capitaine de Toulon Charles Ollivon en ouverture du Top 14 et forfait le week-end dernier à Toulouse, a été jugé apte pour revenir.

Ce retour au centre de l’attaque rochelaise compense l’absence sur blessure de Teddy Thomas, victime à Ernest-Wallon d’une lésion à l’adducteur droit qui doit l’éloigner des terrains trois semaines.

« (Teddy) doit repasser une IRM ce lundi pour avoir plus de précisions sur sa blessure », a d’ailleurs indiqué Talès en conférence de presse.

Dulin et Atonio sans doute titulaires

Dulin, remis d’une blessure au mollet, devrait retrouver son poste d’arrière alors qu’Atonio, lui aussi touché à un mollet lors de la préparation estivale, a de fortes chances de débuter sur le banc de La Rochelle qui devrait rajeunir son effectif ce week-end.

« De jeunes joueurs vont faire ou refaire leur apparition ce week-end, comme (le centre) Simeli Denivaucu par exemple et on a besoin d’expérience pour encadrer les jeunes joueurs qui seront sur le terrain face à la Section Paloise », a confirmé Talès.

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cw 4 hours ago
The coaching conundrum part one: Is there a crisis Down Under?

Thanks JW for clarifying your point and totally agree. The ABs are still trying to find their mojo” - that spark of power that binds and defines them. Man the Boks certainly found theirs in Wellington! But I think it cannot be far off for ABs - my comment about two coaches was a bit glib. The key point for me is that they need first a coach or coaches that can unlock that power and for me that starts at getting the set piece right and especially the scrum and second a coach that can simplify the game plans. I am fortified in this view by NBs comment that most of the ABs tries come from the scrum or lineout - this is the structured power game we have been seeing all year. But it cannot work while the scrum is backpeddling. That has to be fixed ASAP if Robertson is going to stick to this formula. I also think it is too late in the cycle to reverse course and revert to a game based on speed and continuity. The second is just as important - keep it simple! Complex movements that require 196 cm 144 kg props to run around like 95kg flankers is never going to work over a sustained period. The 2024 Blues showed what a powerful yet simple formula can do. The 2025 Blues, with Beauden at 10 tried to be more expansive / complicated - and struggled for most of the season.

I also think that the split bench needs to reflect the game they “want” to play not follow some rote formula. For example the ABs impact bench has the biggest front row in the World with two props 195cm / 140 kg plus. But that bulk cannot succeed without the right power based second row (7, 4, 5, 6). That bulk becomes a disadvantage if they don’t have a rock solid base behind them - as both Boks showed at Eden Park and the English in London. Fresh powerful legs need to come on with them - thats why we need a 6-2 bench. And teams with this split can have players focused only on 40 minutes max of super high intensity play. Hence Robertson needs to design his team to accord with these basic physics.



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