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Victoire de Clermont sur Toulon : « ce n’est pas un hold-up »

L'entraîneur en chef de Clermont, Christophe Urios, pendant le match de Top 14 entre l'ASM Clermont Auvergne et Toulon (RCT) au stade Marcel-Michelin à Clermont-Ferrand, dans le centre de la France, le 6 octobre 2024. (Photo by Alex MARTIN / AFP) (Photo by ALEX MARTIN/AFP via Getty Images)

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En conférence de presse d’après-match, Pierre Mignoni avait du mal à redescendre. Le manager du RC Toulon avait du mal à accepter cette fin de match contre Clermont qui avait complètement échappé à son équipe.

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Alors qu’elle menait 9-18 et jusqu’à 16-18 à quatre minutes de la fin, c’est finalement Clermont qui l’a emporté suite à une pénalité de Benjamin Urdapilleta à la 77e sanctionnant une faute au sol toulonnaise. Clermont prenait alors le lead pour la première fois de la rencontre pour le conserver.

Rencontre
Top 14
Clermont
19 - 18
Temps complet
Toulon
Toutes les stats et les données

Au micro de Canal +, le pilier gauche toulonnais Dany Priso rageait. « C’est navrant, on domine tout le match, on n’est pas payés, on se fait entuber. C’est comme ça, c’est le sport, on va travailler et revenir plus forts. Il y a de la déception, de la frustration. On vient avec des arguments, on fait ce qu’il faut et on n’est pas récompensés. »

Mignoni : « je vais me calmer »

En conférence de presse, le manager Pierre Mignoni tentait lui aussi de ravaler sa colère. « Félicitations à Clermont qui a gagné et qui a profité de notre indiscipline pour revenir dans la partie.

Graphique d'évolution des points

Clermont gagne +1
Temps passé en tête
5
Minutes passées en tête
60
6%
% du match passés en tête
74%
65%
Possession sur les 10 dernières minutes
35%
3
Points sur les 10 dernières minutes
0

« Je félicite tout de même mes joueurs qui ont livré un bon match. Cela s’est joué à des détails, surtout sous la pluie. Il faut savoir être tueur, on a su l’être mais on n’a pas eu le résultat. On revient tout de même avec un bon point mais je suis triste pour mes joueurs qui ont eu un très bel état d’esprit, comme depuis le début de la saison.

« On a pourtant su être en maîtrise, surtout sous la pluie. Mais les deux ou trois fois où on ne l’a pas été, ça nous a tout de suite coûté cher. On a pris un point je le redis, c’est bien, mais on en perd trois ce soir. Je ne parlerai pas de ma colère ce soir, on va rester digne, et on va regarder la vidéo, mais à chaud je n’ai pas envie de parler et je vais me calmer… »

Pénalités

11
Pénalités concédées
13
1
Cartons jaunes
2
0
Cartons rouges
0

Urios : « je nous voyais mal embarqué… »

De son côté, Christophe Urios, l’entraîneur de Clermont se disait « soulagé de la victoire, car je nous voyais mal embarqué à 18-9 avec la pluie.

« On a perdu beaucoup de ballons face à une équipe de Toulon forte dans le jeu au sol et au pied. On a mis beaucoup de cœur, de courage, et les joueurs ont pris leurs responsabilités, le banc a apporté des choses.

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« On a beaucoup joué chez nous, et je suis content que mes joueurs aient fait le nécessaire pour renverser la tempête. Les joueurs ont fait le choix d’aller en touche plutôt que de prendre les points en seconde période, et j’étais d’accord avec eux car il fallait provoquer quelque chose pour renverser ce match. Je ne pense pas que ce soit un hold-up même si on gagne d’un tout petit point à la fin. »

Synthèse du match

4
Coups de pied de pénalité
6
1
Essais
0
1
Transformations
0
0
Drops
0
93
Courses avec ballon
87
3
Franchissements
1
17
Turnovers perdus
10
4
Turnovers gagnés
5

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JW 1 hour ago
All Blacks report card: Are Razor's troops heading in the right direction?

perhaps one or two up and coming youngsters who were either capped recently or are uncapped and are targeted for long term eligibility in another nation.

Yes some sort of loyalty needs to be used to stop the Lakai's or Sititi's if they hadn't been signed up in time, from thinking they can leave.


Everyone already thinks that SR is weak because theres no longer anyone to challenge the top 4 kiwi sides, despite them not challenging them for over a decade already, so you might as well take them down to the other 8 teams level?

If the quality of the comp drops then it will lead to slower player development for those who play in this comp. It will lead to lower standards and a lower bar.

I don't really agree with that in and of itself. A competition where more games are contested is going to drive performances up. You just need to ensure there are those with that top level performance experience, like James O'Connor, they don't actually need them do be delivering that performance they're championing.


If the NZ teams were weakened to where all 12 teams were on a comparable level (theres always 4 NZ sides that are still the best in the world) I'd argue that actually increases everyones development. It's just key that players still know what that highest bar is even if theyre not reaching it.


Of course one of the most important aspects is the marketability of the competition as best in world. But as I say until the ABs return to the top noone is going to beleive that of SR so maybe now is a good time to try some changes?

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JW 2 hours ago
All Blacks report card: Are Razor's troops heading in the right direction?

First, thinking automatic success comes with succession. I think a heavily hand made succession can work but they need to be a whole lot more ruthless with their processes.


Then, as pointed out in a recent article, by the same author as this one I think, they went with what Razor would these days call the "quarter back" style 10 rather than a facilitator. This, along with a second playmaker, removed all desire to select alround players who have the skill to keep the ball alive and enable those wonderful team try's we used to see. We became 'strike' team with specific focal points, and a reliance on those players.


Two defend those players, and the idea itself I suppose, the two you name in particular were heavily affected by their concussions and the idea they can break a neck playing like they way they were. Neither were anything like that specifically due to injurys imo, this, combined with the same mentality that causes the team not to want to replace a future coach (Foster) with someone better, means they stuck with their man. There is also a heavy amount of fiscal perspective in things like investment in a player that dictated a lack of desire to move sooner (the delay in selecting someone like Mo'unga and using Scott as a 6 in conjunction with Ardie at 7).


Ah, yes, I see that you see. Yeah it was definitely another one of these pretty ideas like succession of coachs wasn't, naming the new 7 as captain, after McCaw. Combined with the look of your next paragraph, I'm going to suggest that again it is one of these 'AB philosophies' that are to blame of sticking with your investments till ruin or bust. I can't remember what injury Read had but there was also a conscious choice to play him tighter and we were robbed by his wide running and passing game by a loss of pace. But both of them were indicative of a lack of investment (by necessity no doubt) in securing talent behind them Lachlan was better than Cane for multiple years before he finally decided to go, guys you knew would deliver to a certain standard like Elliot Dixon, Squire, Robinson, Tuafua, even Messam, were constantly overlooked to play certain All Blacks into the ground and have them needing to be excluded from the start of SR seasons as a result. It's so indicative of now with players like Kirifi stonewalled to give Cane a farewell but more glaring grinding blood our of Ardie for one more performance. Not to mention passing up on players like Sotutu.


I see you have great names as well, fully agree, especially about how that Foster teams run ended. While I don't think you understand the dynamics of what selecting from overseas is likely involve, I'm on board, because I don't really care too much about SR. I'd prefer it if NZR had to do what you suggest and invest in the grass roots and NPC and everyone can turn up to a NPC game without paying a cent because the people involved are there for the love of the game.


Realistically though, and thinking with that All Black mindset of perfection, nothing should change until these problems weve highlighted with the setup, and this current coaches failings, have been fixed. Make the change to opening up when you don't need to open it up, that is the 7 point play to make.

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