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Matt Sherratt revient sur sa brève expérience à la tête du Pays de Galles

Matt Sherratt Credit: Inpho

Après avoir dirigé l’équipe galloise par intérim lors des trois derniers matchs du Tournoi des Six Nations, Matt Sherratt est désormais de retour à l’Arms Park pour un choc de l’URC contre les Emirates Lions, également en course pour les phases finales.

Revenant sur son expérience avec le XV du Poireau, il raconte : « C’était un peu un tourbillon, ces quatre semaines. Arriver, rassembler un staff, aligner les joueurs et mettre en place un nouveau système offensif, c’était franchement costaud. Mais au lieu de me dire que c’était difficile, je préfère le voir comme une expérience incroyable.

« Se mettre dans des situations inconfortables, c’est comme ça qu’on progresse dans n’importe quel boulot. Tu apprends à fédérer un staff et une équipe en très peu de temps. Il y a sûrement des petits détails sur lesquels je vais revenir avec le temps, pour m’améliorer, mais globalement, c’était une super expérience. »

Même si le Pays de Galles reste sur 17 défaites de suite en test-matchs, Sherratt reste convaincu que le poste de sélectionneur reste une chance.

« C’est un boulot génial. Tout autour est top : l’organisation, les jours de match, l’ambiance… c’est du très haut niveau. Celui qui aura ce poste aura de la chance », affirme-t-il.

« Il va hériter d’une équipe qui est en train de se relever. Ça prendra peut-être un peu de temps, mais le rugby international, c’est le sommet. Ça ne s’est pas fini comme on l’aurait voulu, mais ces quatre semaines ont été très plaisantes.

« Et à l’avenir, c’est sûr à 100 %, je retournerai dans le rugby international. Que ce soit comme coach ou comme joueur, c’est le graal. »

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Cardiff (6e) vise les play-offs

« Être de retour sur le terrain avec les gars, c’est un vrai plaisir », lance Sherratt. « Ce match est important, il peut vraiment orienter notre fin de saison. L’équipe s’est bien préparée et tout le monde a hâte de retrouver l’Arms Park avec nos supporters derrière nous, bruyants et passionnés. Le classement est très serré. En deux semaines, tu peux passer de la 3e à la 12e place. Il faut prendre des points à la maison », dit-il.

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Cardiff enregistre les retours de plusieurs internationaux gallois : Teddy Williams, Keiron Assiratti, James Botham et Ellis Bevan, tous remplaçants mais prêts à peser. Le deuxième ligne Seb Davies, lui, sera titulaire pour sa 150e apparition avec le club.

En face, les Lions (8e) récupèrent aussi du renfort, avec les retours de trois cadres : l’arrière Quan Horn, le flanker Ruan Venter et le centre Henco van Wyk, tous remis de blessure.

United Rugby Championship

P
W
L
D
PF
PA
PD
BP T
BP-7
BP
Total
1
Leinster
12
12
0
0
57
2
Glasgow
13
9
4
0
49
3
Bulls
12
8
4
0
41
4
Sharks
12
8
4
0
39
5
Cardiff Rugby
13
6
6
1
35
6
Munster
13
6
7
0
34
7
Lions
13
6
7
0
30
8
Edinburgh
12
5
7
0
30
9
Connacht
12
5
7
0
29
10
Scarlets
12
5
6
1
28
11
Ospreys
12
5
6
1
28
12
Stormers
12
5
7
0
28
13
Benetton
12
5
6
1
28
14
Ulster
12
5
7
0
27
15
Zebre
12
5
7
0
25
16
Dragons RFC
12
1
11
0
8

Publié initialement sur RugbyPass.com, cet article a été adapté en français par Willy Billiard.

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Flankly 1 hour ago
Late Makazole Mapimpi try earns the Sharks win away to Edinburgh

Jake White described this as the strongest Sharks lineup ever. There is no doubt that it is at least an impressive roster. They did win, which is obviously an achievement against a good Edinburgh side. However …


For much of the first half Edinburgh seemed easily able to create 2 on 1 opportunities on both wings, with the defensive wingers biting in on the inside runner and cover defence being AWOL. Conversely the Sharks showed little ability to get behind the Edinburgh defensive line, with the sole exception of a nicely-exploited Am mismatch against a second row (which led to the Fassi try).


In general the Sharks, with their full complement of Bok firepower, do not look that dangerous in attack, and while tackling was good on the whole and goal line defence was impressive at times, they were exhibiting surprising breakdowns in open play defensive structures.


Also, the Sharks continue to be inaccurate, with material impact on the scoreboard. Missing two very kickable penalties is not the way to be the best. It looked to me like the Sharks contestable kicks were not well enough executed, and were too hard to recover.


Not sure what the running attack was trying to do, but my guess is that they were trying to pull off a Harlequins-style bash-and-offload game off of 12 (Esterhuizen). That’s not a terrible idea with the personnel available, but it would require creativity and a precision on second phase that was not in evidence.


Lastly, you have to have better discipline. It’s great that the team can cope with a 13 vs 14 period (of almost 10 minutes), but smart teams a avoid cards.


Having said that it was great to see the win. I thought that Edinburgh were cynical and niggly. Always hanging around on the wrong side of the breakdown, lots of intentional obstruction, illegal dummying at the base of the ruck, etc. They played a dirty game and the ref tolerated it. Always good to see that not succeed.


Overall the “best Sharks lineup ever” scraped the win, but under-performed their Bok-laden potential. Again.

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