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Mitchell : « Cela fait longtemps qu'on attend ce bras de fer »
Attention les Bleues ! L’Angleterre est prête à « remettre ça », selon la formule du sélectionneur John Mitchell, lors du match du vainqueur du Tournoi des Six Nations 2024, ce samedi à Bordeaux (17h45 sur France Télévisions).
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Les Red Roses ont ratatiné l’Irlande 88-10 à Twickenham lors de la 4e journée. En feu en attaque, elles ont inscrit la bagatelle de 14 essais pour se placer à une petite victoire d’un 3e trophée consécutif dans la compétition.
Troisième au classement mondial, la France va proposer une opposition autrement plus consistante aux Anglaises, mais Mitchell a insisté sur le fait que l’Angleterre continuerait à repousser les limites dans sa quête d’un rugby d’action qui remplirait les stades.
« Nous sommes très attentifs à notre façon de jouer. Le jeu que l’on développe fonctionne bien, et on pense être dans le vrai », appuie l’entraîneur en chef.
« L’équipe est devenue meilleure au fur et à mesure du Tournoi, et je n’ai entendu personne dire que notre style a ses limites, avec ce qu’on a produit le week-end dernier. »
« On est capables de remettre ça. On n’a absolument pas envie que cela s’arrête. On va continue d’évoluer, cela stimule les filles. »
« Elles comprennent parfaitement la direction que nous prenons, mais ce groupe place la barre si haut qu’il n’est jamais satisfait. On cherche toujours à s’améliorer. »
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L’Angleterre a beau avoir gagné les 12 dernières confrontations face aux Bleues, la France demeure son adversaire le plus coriace, et réserve aux troupes de la capitaine Marlie Packer une réception gratinée au stade Chaban-Delmas, où près de 30 000 personnes devraient se masser.
Les deux équipes se retrouveront en septembre pour le WXV1. Mais leur objectif actuel, à l’une comme à l’autre, c’est de réussir le Grand Chelem. « Cela fait un moment qu’on s’attend à un bras de fer », poursuit Mitchell.
« C’est ce que nous voulions, c’est ce qu’on demande depuis longtemps, et cela va se produire ce week-end. Ce match va nous donner pas mal d’informations sur nous-mêmes. »
« C’est important d’engranger cette expérience et cela nous aidera à progresser. Un été difficile nous attend, et c’est bien de commencer ainsi. »
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« La France est là où elle voulait être. Les Françaises seront motivées par le fait qu’elles vont jouer à la maison, mais nous aussi on a hâte de relever le défi. »
« On va à nouveau jouer dans un stade plein, ce qui nous donne de l’énergie à nous aussi. C’est ce qui anime les filles. Elles veulent jouer dans des stades pleins. »
Womens Six Nations
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England Women's
4
4
0
0
20
2
France Women's
4
4
0
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19
3
Scotland Women's
4
2
2
0
8
4
Italy Women's
4
1
3
0
6
5
Ireland Women's
4
1
3
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6
6
Wales Women's
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4
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Comments on RugbyPass
Speeding the game up is great, but I think we will find that the increase in viewership this year mostly comes down to the competition being more competitive…the fall of the Crusaders has been a boon for viewership. This should be at the heart of super rugby changes - how to make the comp more even
23 Go to commentsThe fact that the press were largely to blame for his taking a break is nothing short of disgusting. He’s made a few mistakes but difficult to name a player of any substance who gives it a full go hasn’t also made mistakes? On behalf of a large number of Bokke fans, bring back Farrell !!!!!
1 Go to commentsPSTD is a fantastic flanker. He could benefit from a bit of self-promotion / flair and he is not quite the danger man that Ardie is. That said, he is my 1st pick to build a backrow around. His speed and hustle made up for Duane who got quite a bit slower at the 8.
2 Go to commentssurprised, disco lights haven't been banned by world rugby board
21 Go to commentsToo many changes. Too often. I’m tired of this WR administration. How do we vote these fockers out? Bill needs to go.
21 Go to commentsDu Toit, 2 time W.Cup winner yet rarely mentioned a “Great “…if one looks back on his stellar carrier perhaps someone will one day elevate him to “Richie” status…a quiet, polite yet devastating loose forward that knew action speaks louder than words..
2 Go to commentsI like the offside rule, but this won't affect my team because all their kicks gets chased and that putts everyone on side. Lekker manne!
21 Go to comments20 minute Red Card is untenable. If you don’t punish the whole team, coaches won’t be sufficently incentivised to pick players with, or coach better tackle technique.
1 Go to commentsI can only think of One time ever a team has opted for a scrum from a free kick… Why the law change I wonder
21 Go to commentsYeah, its not going to work. But we see you World Rugby.
21 Go to commentsLove the reaction after last 2 W.Cups re rule changes…maybe good for more for more of a “ league” type running game( which I personally don’t like) but seems Rassie is definitely in ther heads…
21 Go to commentsGreat. More unwanted changes. Because these always work out well.
21 Go to commentsI’m sure South Africa’s opponents will rejoice at World Rugby minimising one of the Boks’ most potent weapons, but you just know Rassie is cooking something up with free-kicks that no-one else has thought of. Let them play checkers. Rassie’s playing chess. 😂
21 Go to commentsAfter a fairly simple Pac4, the BFs will find out a lot about themselves in September when they face the rampaging RedRoses at Twickenham in front of a record crowd. After that they will face them again in Canada in WXV1. They also have France to contend with. Will be interesting to see what Australia have to offer with Jo Yapp at the helm.
1 Go to commentsSuper Rugby Pacific has been better as a spectacle due to the emphasis on speeding the game up and I’d look at taking things a step further. Instead of giving teams 90 seconds to take a conversion, let’s bring that down 60 seconds. You could also look at allowing 45 seconds for a penalty goal. Maybe teams could get 20 seconds instead of 30 to form a scrum before the ref then starts the engagement process. However, this year the most pleasing change is the added competitiveness in the Trans Tasman matches. What does frustrate me is how the rugby media in Australasia allow the the whole ‘‘rugby is boring’’/’’rugby yawnion’’ narrative to take hold from from vindictive league types, the chairman of the ARL commission and News Limited Australia. Stick up for the game and shift the narrative!
23 Go to commentsIt’s not new for nines to be the key playmaker. For the Boks it has been common, with Fourie du Preez and Joost vd Westhuizen being obvious examples. It's also not that recent for nines to be box kicking, covering high balls in the back field, and tackling in the defensive line. For example, Faf de Klerk has been doing all of that for years.
6 Go to commentsThe hell with this constant regurgitation of what this pretty boy is doing. For all I care he might as well be doing a Jamie Oliver cooking course. Rugby is not a progression toward the NFL, which, given its prominence in your reporting, you appear to regard as the ultimate contact sport. It has virtually nothing to do with rugby, and forever may that remain the case. I know that if I don’t like it I don’t have to read it, but I’m sick of seeing this dishwater-dull nonsense.
2 Go to commentsGuys Eben did not mean it in a ugly way as it’s just a feeling he had. We Safas rate the All Blacks and no Bok player wants to play NZ in a Knockout game
148 Go to commentsHe basically described who Aaron Smith also considers the GOAT 9….the one & only Fourie du Preez😎
6 Go to commentsI’m hoping that the Reds can win their last 4 games with a couple of try bonus points. The pessimist in me wouldn't be surprised if the Drua and the Tahs knock the Reds over. The Reds may end up ruing the fact they were distinctly 2nd best against the Force and just so clunky against Moana Pasifica. The Brumbies should win all their remaining games with some bonus points giving them at least a top 2 finish as the leading Kiwi sides will take points off each other. How the Brumbies handle the fact that they will be expected to beat the Crusaders will fascinate me. You’d probably have to go back to 2001 for the last time the Brumbies would go into a game against the Crusaders odds on to win.
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