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Des Bleues solides pour de futures envolées ?

Assia Khalfaoui contre l'Italie lors du Tournoi 2024 (Photo de FRANCK FIFE/AFP via Getty Images)

David Ortiz et Gaëlle Mignot le répètent à l’envi : la construction d’une assise défensive solide est à la base de leur projet.

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« La défense, ça galvanise et ça favorise la confiance collective quand on se sent fort à plusieurs », expliquait David Ortiz avant le match contre l’Écosse.

« Petit à petit, quand on arrivera à asseoir nos repères collectifs, le jeu se mettra en place. Il faudra se lâcher en défense et en attaque mais il faudra partir d’une fondation forte. »

Une question se pose alors légitimement : dans quelle mesure les Bleues sont-elles libres de « créer » sur le terrain ?

« Tout est relié », reprend Ortiz. « L’objectif de notre défense est de récupérer des ballons car notre jeu se base sur les turnovers. Ce qu’on a souhaité, c’est asseoir notre jeu sur une défense forte, que cela galvanise les filles. »

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« Le jeu n’est pas fermé »

Lina Queyroi, quant à elle, a livré un élément de réponse en conférence de presse, le 15 avril 2025, assurant qu’en tant que joueuse offensive, à l’ouverture comme au centre, elle avait tout le loisir de créer.

« On anime le plan de jeu offensif mais si on a une opportunité qui s’ouvre, on prendra l’intervalle, le jeu n’est pas fermé », affirme-t-elle.

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Queyroi a tenu un discours dans la lignée de celui de David Ortiz : « Les entraîneurs nous poussent à jouer les coups à fond. »

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Assia Khalfaoui, symbole d’une défense joueuse

Véritable symbole de cet équilibre défense / attaque, Assia Khalfaoui fait partie de ces avants qui ne sont pas fâchés avec le ballon.

« J’essaie un peu de moderniser ce poste », explique-t-elle. « Un pilier, aujourd’hui, ne s’attèle pas qu’aux touches aux mauls ou aux mêlées. »

La Bordelaise tient à contribuer à la construction offensive de son équipe.

« On peut apporter dans le jeu et ça peut être une arme plutôt que d’avoir que des joueuses qui prennent des points de fixation et c’est tout. »

Khalfaoui le résume parfaitement : même en équipe de France, le rugby reste un jeu. Pour performer, il faut prendre du plaisir sur le terrain, même quand on joue en première ligne. Si certains

« On peut jouer plus maintenant, surtout avec la confiance des copines. On ne doit pas se fermer au titre de notre poste. Cela reste du rugby et il faut prendre du plaisir. »

Contre l’Italie, une équipe qui mise énormément sur son animation, les Bleues devraient donc avoir plus d’espace pour montrer l’étendue de leurs progrès offensifs.

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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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