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Trois pensionnaires de la Pro D2 avec les Samoa pour la Pacific Nations Cup

LONDRES, ANGLETERRE - 26 NOVEMBRE : Senio Toleafoa lors de l'entraînement du capitaine des Samoa au stade de Twickenham le 26 novembre 2021 à Londres, en Angleterre. (Photo par Christopher Lee/Getty Images pour Samoa Rugby)

Trois joueurs samoans évoluant en Pro D2 ont été sélectionnés pour jouer sous les couleurs de leur pays lors de la Pacific Nations Cup 2024 du 23 août au 21 septembre.

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Il s’agit du pilier droit de Colomiers Rugby Marco Fepulea’i, du pilier de Montauban Tietie Tuimauga et du deuxième-ligne de Nevers Senio Toleafoa.

Agé de 29 ans, Marco Fepulea’i (1,81m ; 117 kg) ne compte que deux sélections avec les Samoa, toutes deux en juillet 2024, deux victoires contre l’Italie et l’Espagne. Arrivé à Colomiers Rugby en juillet 2022, il a évolué au sein des équipes d’Auckland en NPC et des Colorado Raptors aux États-Unis en Major League Rugby avant de passer deux saisons avec les Los Angeles Giltinis, où il jouait aux côtés de Matt Giteau, participant à 14 matchs et inscrivant deux essais.

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Columérin jusqu’en 2025, il a déjà été aligné à 45 reprises sur deux saisons (3 essais, 18 victoires) pour sa première expérience en Europe.

Arrivé comme joker médical à Brive en 2021 en provenance du Connacht et après des saisons à Manawatu et Wellington, en Nouvelle-Zélande, Tietie Tuimauga (1,88m ; 120 kg) s’est engagé avec l’US Montauban en mars 2023 (26 matchs pour l’instant).

Capable de jouer à droite et à gauche, le pilier de 31 ans compte quatre sélections avec les Samoa depuis 2021, dont la dernière début juillet contre l’Italie.

Enfin, le deuxième-ligne Senio Toleafoa (30 ans) est lui aussi un habitué des championnats français après être passé par Dax (alors en Nationale) avant d’arriver à l’USON Nevers Rugby. L’ancien des Waratahs (2016/2017) cumule en tout 79 matchs en Pro D2.

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Grâce à sa naissance à Westmead dans la banlieue de Sydney, Toleafoa (1,97m ; 124 kg) a pu jouer sous les couleurs des Samoa (2012) puis de l’Australie (2013) au Championnat du Monde des U20. Il ne compte que quatre sélections avec les Manu Samoa, toutes en 2019.

Les autres membres de cette équipe évoluent dans des clubs en Nouvelle-Zélande, en Australie, au Pays de Galles, aux États-Unis et au Japon. Manu Samoa peut bénéficier de l’expérience acquise par ces joueurs et entraîneurs à travers le monde.

L’entraîneur principal, Mase Mahonri, doit composer avec toute ces expériences et s’assurer que ses joueurs donnent le meilleur d’eux-mêmes en équipe. Mahonri a marqué ses débuts en tant qu’entraîneur des Samoa par une victoire 33-25 contre l’Italie à Apia Park le mois dernier.

Les Samoa débuteront leur campagne de la Pacific Nations Cup contre les Fidji, leur adversaire traditionnel, à l’ANZ Stadium de Suva, le vendredi 23 août. Ils affronteront également les Tonga à domicile le 30 août, pour déterminer leur qualification à l’issue de la phase de poules.

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JW 8 minutes ago
The numbers show Super Rugby Pacific just got even tougher

“The competition is tough, because you’ve got to spit out performances every week, and to be able to do that consistently you’ve got to have good depth.”

You’ve got to look forward to next weekend more than anything too.

The bonus points view is a good one. The majority of bonus points earned in the first three rounds last season were for scoring three tries more than the opposition, while three quarters of bonus points in 2025 have gone to the losing side getting to within seven points of the victors.

They really use this sorta system? Much smaller pool of bonus points available, that would mean they have far less impact. Interestingly you must be withen winning range/chance in France’s Top 14 league, rather that just draw territory, so 6 points instead of 7. Fairly arbitrary and pointless (something the NRL would do to try and look cool), but kinda cool.


I said it Nick’s and other articles, I’m not sure about the fixed nature of matchups in these opening rounds. For instance, I would be interested in seeing an improved ranking/prediction/reflection ladder to what we had last year, were some author here game so rejigged list of teams purely based of ‘who had played who’ so far in the competition. It was designed to analyze the ladder and better predict what the real order would be after the full round robin had completed. It needed some improvement, like factoring in historical data as well, as it was a bit skiwif, but it is the sort of thing that would give a better depiction of what sort of contests weve had so far, because just using my intuition, the matchups have been very ‘level appropriate’ so far, and were jet to get the other end of the spectrum, season ranked bottom sides v top sides etc.

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