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Les Samoa se cherchent un nouveau coach
Les Lakapi Samoa ont lancé un appel à candidature pour trouver un nouvel entraîneur pour les Manu Samoa, laissant l’avenir de Vaovasamanaia Seilala Mapusua incertain.
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La décision reposerait sur les résultats de la Coupe du Monde de Rugby 2023 et a été accueillie avec une certaine surprise.
Manu Samoa a terminé à l’avant-dernière place du classement de la poule D en France, avec une victoire 43-10 contre le Chili, sa seule victoire de la campagne.
Malgré la présence d’anciens All Blacks comme Steven Luatua dans leur effectif, la fédération a estimé que Manu Samoa n’avait pas été à la hauteur.
Pourtant, leur plus grande marge de défaite contre des équipes plus élevées qu’eux au classement masculin de World Rugby n’était que de neuf points. Les rugbymen samoans auraient donc pu facilement faire basculer les matchs contre l’Argentine (10-19), le Japon (22-28) et l’Angleterre (17-18).
Le sort de Seilala Mapusua, qui compte 41 sélections du temps où il était joueur pour Manu Samoa, est indécis à l’heure actuelle. Il pourrait postuler à son propre emploi, dont l’annonce officielle a été publiée sur Facebook lundi 19 février.
Contacté par RugbyPass, Seilala a rappelé qu’il était « sous contrat jusqu’à la fin de 2024 et qu’il travaillait encore sur le programme de cette année ».
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Mapusua a été nommé entraîneur principal des Manu Samoa en août 2020 et a dû attendre 10 mois avant de prendre en charge son premier match en raison de Covid.
L’ancien trois-quarts centre des London Irish, qui aura 44 ans la semaine prochaine, a remporté huit de ses onze premiers tests à la tête de l’équipe avant la Coupe du Monde de Rugby et a estimé que des progrès étaient en cours.
Cependant, Seilala Mapusua est le premier à reconnaître que le rugby international est une activité axée sur les résultats et que la fédération est impatiente d’apporter de vrais changements avant le début de la nouvelle World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup en août.
En ce qui concerne les candidats pour le remplacer, Daryl Gibson serait un choix évident.
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Pat Lam, la légende samoane, serait le véritable favori des fans, mais l’ancien troisième-ligne est sous contrat bien payé et à long terme avec les Bristol Bears, jusqu’à la fin de la saison 2027/28.
Le calendrier des Samoa pour 2024 n’a pas encore été annoncé, mais ce que l’on sait, c’est que l’équipe affrontera les Fidji et les Tonga dans la poule A de la Pacific Nations Cup.
Le Japon, les États-Unis et le Canada, quant à eux, s’affronteront sur la base d’un tournoi à la ronde dans la poule B.
Les six équipes participeront à une série finale au Japon cet été, et aux États-Unis en 2025, où les champions annuels seront confirmés.
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1 Go to commentsChiefs flanker Kaylum Boshier yellow-carded for collapsing the scrum as it rolled towards the line. It was a maul….
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1 Go to commentsWelcome to the Pro ranks. Those hard teams of old do hit the sole better though. its a dog fight at the top.
6 Go to commentsCan someone fill me in please, I've read a number of Ben Smith articles now and it seems he's got something again South Africa? Surely, this game was over and done with 7 months ago. Can't we have something a bit more interesting and relevant, or is this the calibre of journalist on this site?
227 Go to commentsNot sure what the Welsh are moaning about. They’ve had far more players off England, than England have had off Wales. Guys like Josh Hathaway and Kane James will play for Wales in the end. And they’ll be fsr better players for having played in the Gallagher Premiership, than they ever would have been had they stayed mired in the shambles that is Welsh rugby.
3 Go to commentsThis is all being blown totally out of proportion. First of all, since half the Irish team isn’t Irish - it’s very likely that none of the Irish players said that at all and, thus, we’re not being arrogant. Second, since half the Irish team is Kiwi - it’s very likely the Kiwi players were predicting a NZ SA World Cup final. Which they got spot on. Good on them!
163 Go to commentsAha. An Irishman with logic! Follow the flow: - Ireland peaks with a >80% win record between 2020 and 2023. And then… - crashes out of another QF at the WC; - Beat a poor French Team; - Beat 6N wooden spoonists Italy; - Play shite against eventual wooden spoonists Wales; - Lose against the most boring, “the worst English team ever” , a team widely regarded as unable to attack; - scrape through against Scotland. This article, No - Trimble, is on the money! Except for one glaring statement: _The Springboks have a few aces in the hole in this debate being the reigning world champions and official world number ones_ There is no debate, boys and girls. There it is. In black and white. “Reigning World Champions and OFFICIAL world number ones”. Come July, the overrated Andy Farrell and this overhyped team are going to enter into a world of hurt.
86 Go to commentsI’d like to know what homoerotic events Daniel enjoyed at 8th man. I clearly missed out!
19 Go to commentsThis article is missing some detail, like some actual context or info about what led to him abusing the ref.
2 Go to comments*They used to say that football is a gentleman sport watched by hooligans and rugby is a hooligan sport watched by gentlemen. How times have changed.*
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30 Go to commentsNot sure the Bulls need another average utility back in their ranks. Chamberlain has been ok for the Sharks but is by no means an X-Factor player. Bulls bought several utility backs which they barely use. A typical example would be Henry Immelman who plays mostly Fullback. The Bulls however have rarely played him this year and he has played wing or centre. Bulls want to build depth but seems like they have too many surplus players
1 Go to commentsABs lost against a side playing without a hooker - The guy playing, had one shoulder. Line outs were a gimme for the ABs, and the last 8 minutes 14 played 14 against a team that had been smashed 3 weeks in a row… Yet with all that possession, with all that territory, with all the advantages they actually had, especially in the last 8 minutes, they couldn’t buy a point. Those last 8 minutes determined if they outplayed the Boks or not. History will show that the Boks completely outplayed the ABs, especially in those last 8 minutes, the business end of any rugby match
227 Go to commentsWould’ve, could’ve, should’ve, didn’t.
227 Go to commentsKok will become a fan favourite
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1 Go to commentsIf he had stopped insisting on playing in the backrow, instead of wing, where everyone told him he should, he would have been a Bok years ago….
11 Go to comments‘Salads don’t win scrums’ 😂 I love that.
19 Go to commentsCan’t wait for the article that talks about misogyny in Ireland. Somehow.
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