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Pourquoi Toulouse risque de se retrouver dans le même cas de figure que l'an dernier en Champions Cup

Les Toulousains le regard dans le vide à Glasgow. (Photo by ANDY BUCHANAN / AFP via Getty Images)

Ugo Mola parlait de « match inquiétant » en amont de son déplacement de samedi à Glasgow et peut en effet être inquiet à la lecture du résultat. Sous des conditions dantesques, son Stade toulousain a remporté facilement la première période (0-21) et s’est écroulé en seconde, perdant et lâchant le bonus offensif aux Warriors sans avoir été en mesure de marquer le moindre point (28-21). Au delà du contenu, c’est la suite qui interroge.

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Toulouse a engrangé six points en deux matchs. Ce n’est pas infamant mais cela ne devrait pas suffire à figurer parmi les deux meilleures équipes de la phase de poules. Celles qui s’assurent de recevoir jusqu’en demi-finales. De fait, alors que se profile en janvier un nouveau déplacement chez les Saracens, qui auront à cœur d’enfoncer la bête, les Rouge et Noir devraient avoir à se déplacer chez un très gros avant la finale.

Cela avait été déjà le cas l’an dernier. Pour avoir oublié en route un bonus offensif en Afrique du Sud contre les Sharks dans une poule où l’UBB avait fait carton plein, Toulouse avait été classé cinquième équipe de la phase de poules, ce qui l’avait obligé à voyager dès les quarts de finale, à Toulon. C’était passé de justesse à Mayol (18-21) mais pas en demie à Bordeaux, où il avait dû abdiquer et abandonner son titre (18-35). Cinquième, ce serait la meilleure place que Toulouse pourrait espérer si Glasgow venait à remporter ses deux matchs restants, Chez un Clermont mal en point avec zéro point au compteur et à la maison contre les Saracens.

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Les partenaires d’Antoine Dupont pourraient donc encore avoir cette année un parcours à embûche alors que des clubs comme l’UBB et le Leinster semblent au contraire bien partis pour s’ouvrir grand la voie du tableau final.

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Utiku Old Boy 50 minutes 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 1 hour 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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