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Quatre blessés et une élimination : sale journée pour Clermont

Le Clermontois Bautista Delguy à la lutte avec le flanker de Glasgow Jack Dempsey. (Photo by Jeff PACHOUD / AFP via Getty Images).

La Champions Cup, c’est bientôt fini pour Clermont. L’ASM a perdu une troisième fois d’affilée sans prendre le moindre point samedi contre Glasgow (21-33) et ne peut plus prétendre à se qualifier pour les huitièmes de finale. Même un repêchage en Challenge Cup est hors de portée pour les Jaunards, qui n’auront plus que le Top 14 pour égayer leur deuxième partie de saison.

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Les Warriors avaient déjà le bonus offensif en poche au cours d’une première période où Clermont n’a pas été invité. Ce fut beaucoup mieux en deuxième mi-temps, les Auvergnats ayant pu profiter d’une double infériorité numérique écossaise pour planter deux essais et revenir à cinq longueurs. Mais ils n’ont pas su mettre le petit coup de collier supplémentaire pour renverser totalement la partie et, malgré une belle générosité défensive dans les dix dernières minutes, ont concédé un essai de plus qui leur a enlevé tout espoir dans la compétition.

Les deux piliers gauche blessés

À ce nouvel échec qui fait tâche, s’ajoutent d’autres mauvaises nouvelles. Dès la 7e minute de jeu, le troisième ligne Selevasio Tolofua a dû sortir suite à un choc et n’a pas répondu favorablement au protocole commotion cérébrale. En deuxième période, l’Argentin Bautista Delguy, percuté involontairement par son partenaire Irae Simone, a vu son coude se retourner et a dû sortir lui aussi avec le bras en écharpe à l’heure de jeu (60e).

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Puis une poignée de minutes plus tard, c’est Étienne Falgoux, remplaçant au coup d’envoi, qui a renoncé à continuer, visiblement touché à la cheville gauche et aidé à sortir de la pelouse avec un soigneur moyennant moult grimaces (64e). Le gaucher titulaire Sacha Lotrian est donc revenu sur le rectangle vert mais une intervention sacrificielle devant sa ligne d’en-but l’a obligé à repartir définitivement sur le bord pour passer un protocole commotion cérébrale (71e).

En conséquence, le staff clermontois a dû renvoyer sur le terrain le pilier droit titulaire Giorgi Dzmanashvili, qui avait fort heureusement l’autorisation de jouer à gauche de la première ligne. Au final, c’est pas moins de quatre joueurs clermontois qui sont sortis sur blessure lors de ce match et qui manqueront peut-être les suivants. Un lourd tribut pour une équipe dont l’élimination de toute coupe d’Europe est désormais actée.

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Utiku Old Boy 37 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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