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L’USAP peut-elle faire tomber le leader toulousain sans Antoine Dupont ?

EXETER, ANGLETERRE - 14 DÉCEMBRE : Antoine Dupont, du Stade Toulousain, lors du match de la Champions Cup entre les Exeter Chiefs et le Stade Toulousain au Sandy Park, le 14 décembre 2024, à Exeter, en Angleterre. (Photo par Harry Trump/Getty Images)

L’USAP a-t-elle une chance de conserver son incroyable invincibilité face au Stade Toulousain chez elle ce samedi 3 janvier en ouverture de la 14e journée de Top 14 ? Une bonne nouvelle est parvenue aux joueurs de Laurent Labit. Antoine Dupont ne sera pas aligné à Aimé-Giral. Revenu sur les terrains le 29 novembre dernier après 266 jours d’absence, le demi de mêlée star restera au repos lors du déplacement du leader provisoire chez le dernier.

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Comme Thomas Ramos, Anthony Jelonch et Julien Marchand, Dupont sera préservé après avoir enchaîné cinq feuilles de match et marqué les esprits pour son retour plus qu’en forme. Le staff préfère le ménager en vue des prochaines rencontres de la Champions Cup les deux prochaines semaines où la défaite sera interdite après le revers à Glasgow en décembre.

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Top 14
Perpignan
30 - 27
Temps complet
Toulouse
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La dernière fois que le Stade Toulousain s’est imposé à Perpignan, c’était le 17 octobre 2018 sur le score de 18-36. Ce jour-là, Antoine Dupont, 21 ans à l’époque, était là et il n’avait pas fait de cadeaux aux Catalans en leur infligeant trois essais en moins de trente minutes. Ce match marqua un tournant pour l’USAP. Après s’être incliné pour la 8e fois consécutive en Top 14 face au Stade Toulousain, ils ont ensuite enchaîné quatre victoires de rang contre leur adversaire.

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Il faut rappeler que jamais durant cette période Antoine Dupont n’est revenu jouer à Aimé-Giral… De quoi ajouter un peu de piment à cette rencontre qui apparait très déséquilibrée sur le papier ?

Reste une excellente nouvelle pour les supporters du triple champion de France car ce pourrait bien être le grand retour du talonneur international Peato Mauvaka qui n’a plus foulé les terrains depuis avril 2025. Et ça, c’est pas forcément de bon augure pour l’USAP…

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Victoires
3
Nuls
0
Victoires
2
Moyenne de points marqués
24
30
Le premier essai gagne
60%
L'équipe recevante gagne
100%

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Utiku Old Boy 1 hour 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 2 hours 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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