Le quadruplé de l'Anglaise Atkin-Davies a eu raison du Canada
Une remarquable performance de la talonneuse Lark Atkin-Davies, qui a marqué quatre essais, a permis à l’Angleterre de s’imposer 45 à 12 face à une équipe du Canada courageuse à Dunedin, vendredi 27 octobre 2023. Cette victoire ouvre la voie à une dernière ma,che du WXV 1 le week-end prochain, où l’Angleterre affrontera la Nouvelle-Zélande dans une répétition de la finale de la Coupe du Monde de Rugby de l’année dernière.
Au cours d’une première période passionnante, de longs temps de jeu ont été nécessaires, les deux équipes s’efforçant de faire circuler le ballon sans temps mort. Cependant, c’est un coup de pied très habile qui a permis de débloquer la situation, lorsque Holly Aitchison a tapé le ballon vers la ligne canadienne et qu’un rebond malencontreux a provoqué un cafouillage dans la défense. L’arrière Ellie Kildunne a fait preuve d’une grande lucidité pour récupérer le ballon et l’aplatir. Le TMO a confirmé l’essai après que le replay ait clairement montré que sa main avait mis le ballon au sol en premier.
Kildunne a enchaîné peu après avec un magnifique 50/22, mais la solide défense canadienne a empêché les Anglaises de marquer à nouveau. A partir de là, le jeu s’est transformé en une série de possessions pour les deux équipes, qui ont souvent trouvé des espaces pour avancer. Peu à peu, le Canada a pris le dessus et a patiemment travaillé le ballon jusqu’aux 22 mètres anglais, n’ayant pas la chance de marquer lorsqu’une passe a été déviée par Aitchison.
Anti-jeu
La demie d’ouverture des Red Roses a reçu un carton jaune pour cette faute d’anti-jeu et le Canada en a profité pour trouver une touche qui a abouti à un essai d’Emily Tuttosi à la demi-heure de jeu.
Le pack anglais s’est alors mis en mouvement et, quelques minutes plus tard, a obtenu une touche à son tour. Lark-Davies a marqué son premier essai derrière un maul, un exploit qu’elle a visiblement apprécié au point de répéter l’opération juste avant la pause.
La fulgurance du Canada
Le Canada n’allait pas rendre les armes si facilement. Dès la reprise, une passe anglaise mal ajustée était récupérée par Shoshanah Seumanutafa. La trois-quarts centre se frayait un chemin jusqu’à la ligne et adressait une passe parfaitement ajustée à Paige Farries, qui remontait la moitié du terrain pour marquer.
Cependant, Lark-Davies et le pack anglais étaient d’une humeur massacrante, inscrivant deux autres essais en l’espace de cinq minutes. Le quatrième essai a été la double peine pour le Canada, puisqu’il est intervenu après un carton jaune infligé à Julia Schell pour un plaquage dangereux. La talonneuse de l’Angleterre a ensuite bénéficié d’un repos bien mérité, alors que son équipe commençait à procéder à des remplacements.
Kildunne à la manoeuvre
L’Angleterre n’a pas lâché le morceau pour autant, inscrivant deux essais sensationnels dans les 12 dernières minutes avec Kildunne à l’origine. D’abord en contournant la défense canadienne et en transmettant à Jess Breach, l’ailière prolifique s’élançait pour marquer un deuxième essai. Quelques instants plus tard, Kildunne offrait une passe décisive à Claudia MacDonald qui se faufilait à l’intérieur du terrain et marquait à son tour.
Même si le résultat ne faisait aucun doute, le Canada a continué à se battre et a passé le reste de la rencontre à lancer de nouvelles attaques. Les Canadiennes ont eu la malchance de ne pas marquer lorsqu’une passe a échappé à Farries, mais elles ont également dû faire face à un pressing anglais qui a maintenu son intensité jusqu’au coup de sifflet final.
Le Canada jouera son dernier match contre l’Australie à Auckland le week-end prochain, tandis que l’Angleterre saura exactement ce qu’elle doit faire contre la Nouvelle-Zélande si elle veut être couronnée championne de la toute première édition du WXV 1.
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Only 1247 days until RWC 2027 starts Bin Smuth🤣Can’t wait to see how unhinged you’re still gonna get between now & then
200 Go to commentsany chance either team will improve on their u20 world cup performances this time around? I assume both sides will be deeply disappointed with how things went.
6 Go to commentsAnother poor articles by a poor journo, nothing new from Ben, at least you are consistently bad lol, geez I will try and watch the match later, clearly Benny was only looking to one end of the pitch, hard to tell whom the Baby Blacks were playing if it wasn’t in the header 😄😄
7 Go to commentsNz should have won. I didn't watch the game, but the ref was at fault and the bounce of the ball and the Bokke used the Bomb squad and the Bokke slow the game down and the Bokke scrum. They should remove the scrum. The Bokke are to strong. Not fair. Nz should have won
7 Go to commentsProbably the worst article on a rugby match I have ever read
200 Go to commentsWho hurt this man.. LoL 😭
200 Go to commentsIt unfortunate for the Jaguares that they became formidable just as super rugby as we knew came to an end. However, the idea of bringing them back is nonsensical. While I enjoyed the Jaguares and the South African flavour of the comp, a selling point of this incarnation of super rugby is that all games are on a decent time for an Aussie audience.
3 Go to commentslol that’s your opinion Ben, All Blacks benefited from a forward pass try, SA played 77 min without a recognised hooker, missed a no try conversion and a penalty could have would have but didn’t
200 Go to commentsBrett, from my distant perspective, I hope you get to keep the Rebels. Any ideas of teams from Japan or Argentina are just crazy. Won’t happen. If you look at logistics, it is much easier to get to LA from Auckland, Brisbane, Melbourne or Sydney than to Buenos Aires. All with direct non-stop daily flights. You may even get some “gringos” to watch the games, with some younger players compared to Giteau and Nonu who still “play” in the area. I think it is virtually impossible to get a competitive Argie team for SR. All Pumas are in Europe, almost all second tier players are also in Europe. Fringe players are in South American pro rugby tournament (and many still in the MLR!) but these players who might be most interested in joining a new Jaguares do not have the skills to compete. As I have been saying since the Jaguares joined, they should have had TWO teams to make logistics for visiting teams better and Argie player development improved as well. Jaguares/Pumas was not ideal. But this is where Pichot and his cronies did not think long enough. Further the country with he new president “No hay Plata” Milei is in a very difficult situation. Galperin, the richest man in Argentina owns the Miami franchise of MLR. I don’t think you can get him to invest in Argentina. Actually, he played rugby himself. He was a fly half. He is worth around $6 billion!
3 Go to commentsWell done Baby Boks we will take the Draw. No 9 senseless long passes in those conditions. let’s move on and hope for some good weather
7 Go to commentsHow did it end a draw. South Africa didn’t score any points as far as I can see
7 Go to commentsNo doubt this will be a fantastic occasion and I plan to be there, but I think the bean counters have won out over the rugby brains. In my opinion, it is foolhardy to give the Black Ferns the experience of playing in front of 60,000+ at Twickenham a year before they might be playing there in a World Cup Final. Better to play France at Twickenham and Black Ferns at Kingsholm. The difference in takings would be miniscule.
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200 Go to commentsBen is a little incel desperately trying to stir the pot and stay relevant. We used to get mad at his articles. Now we just feel sorry for him
200 Go to commentsPerhaps we may need to put an asterisk on NZ’s ‘87 WC win since the Boks weren’t there. You know, just as a reminder. Poor Ben Smith. Go cry somewhere else.
200 Go to commentsNz should have won. I didn't watch the game, but the ref was at fault and the bounce of the ball and the Bokke used the Bomb squad and the Bokke slow the game down and the Bokke scrum. They should remove the scrum. The Bokke are to strong. Not fair. Nz should have won
6 Go to commentsThanks for a much more balanced piece Ned and not that BS that Bin Smuth just posted a short while ago. read this article and then Bin Smuth’s and tell me there isn’t a huge difference🙄
6 Go to commentsWere the Baby Boks part of this game or did the Baby Blacks play themselves?🤔 That man Bin Smuth once again does a little write-up on the game and it is like 95% about the Baby Blacks🤣 Glad he ends off with the Baby Blacks were actually in cruise control for most of the game and weren’t actually playing for the win WTF🤣🤣 Maybe he was expecting the Baby Blacks to run rampant….
7 Go to commentsOne does not expect anything more from Ben Smith who epitomises the worst of New Zealand media arrogance and an inability to balance what he has to say about any team that beats the All Blacks. His reference to context is pathetically thin. He does not comment that Frizell deserved a red card given his blatant manipulation of his body to ensure that he could drop his body weight onto Mbonambi’s lower leg. No mention of the ball lost forward before the All Black’s try (lost in-field of the 5 metre line and gathered beyond). The All Black commitment and effort was superb and there was little in it. Given the Springbok passage to the final and the loss of their hooker in the first three minutes, their resolve and capacity to win their fourth final out of eight attempts (not three out of ten) deserves the praise that has been forthcoming from media around the world, worth reading and listening to. Ben should join his “pundit” friends on TV - he would fit in well. This sort of article reduces any credibility Rugby Pass has ever had. Why persist with this sort of nonsense? The man does his country and a rugby blog a disservice.
200 Go to commentsEtzebeth went on to say: “I would never dream of saying that systems stay in place following a change in captain. To say that would be deeply, deeply, disrespectful of Siya. A while back an Irish person told me they would be fine without Sexton, so I’m just responding to that.”
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