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Vannes signe l'exploit de la journée à La Rochelle

A l'image de ce plaquage sur Jonathan Danty, les joueurs du RC Vannes ont mis une abnégation et une solidarité de tous les instants pour s'offrir une première victoire à l'extérieur cette saison, à La Rochelle qui plus est. La Rochelle's Jonathan Danty runs with the ball during the French Top14 rugby union match between Stade Rochelais (La Rochelle) and RC Vannes at the Marcel-Deflandre Stadium in La Rochelle, western France, on November 2, 2024. (Photo by XAVIER LEOTY / AFP) (Photo by XAVIER LEOTY/AFP via Getty Images)

Vannes, lanterne rouge du Top 14, est allé gagner à La Rochelle, invaincue jusqu’ici à domicile (23-14).

Le coup de gueule de Jean-Noël Spitzer aura peut-être servi, finalement. Alors que le manager vannetais avait joué la carte du “seul contre tous” pour expliquer – en partie – l’incroyable défaite de son équipe contre l’UBB la semaine dernière, le RC Vannes a superbement réagi en allant s’imposer à La Rochelle (23-14).

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Top 14
La Rochelle
14 - 23
Temps complet
Vannes
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Un authentique exploit pour les promus bretons, qui signent la première victoire à l’extérieur de leur (courte) histoire en Top 14, au terme d’un match de niveau moyen où les Rochelais ont paru emprunté, notamment en conquête, l’un de leurs points forts habituels.

Phases statiques

9
Mêlées
9
56%
% de mêlées gagnées
56%
16
Touche
18
69%
% de touches gagnées
89%
3
Renvois réussis
7
100%
% de renvois réussis
100%

Pourtant, La Rochelle avait bien entamé les débats avec l’essai au quart d’heure de jeu du talonneur Quentin Lespiaucq (7-0, 15e). Mais Vannes, bien que peu efficace malgré de bonnes intentions ballon en main, ne s’en lassait pas compter. Et revenait à hauteur à la demi-heure de jeu grâce à son flanker Juan Bautista Pedemonte (7-7, 33e), qui se rattrapait bien du carton jaune reçu peu avant (20e).

Synthèse du match

0
Coups de pied de pénalité
3
2
Essais
2
2
Transformations
2
0
Drops
0
80
Courses avec ballon
97
4
Franchissements
1
8
Turnovers perdus
14
7
Turnovers gagnés
1

La pause était atteinte sur cette marque, et le scénario se répétait après la pause. Deuxième essai de Lespiaucq (14-7, 44e), deuxième retour immédiat de Vannes au tableau d’affichage avec l’essai cette fois du demi de mêlée Michael Ruru (14-14, 52e).

Alors que les Bretons avaient l’habitude de craquer à l’heure de jeu à cause des efforts fournis, ils ont cette fois porté l’estocade, matérialisée par le pied de leur ouvreur Maxime Lafage. L’ancien Rochelais (2018-2019) enquillait deux pénalités en deux minutes (66e, 68e) qui contraignaient les hommes de Ronan O’Gara à aller chercher un essai pour espérer l’emporter.

Ils poussaient de manière trop désordonnés, et se mettaient une fois de plus à la faute. Lafage ne se faisait pas prier pour repousser les Maritimes à neuf points (76e).

Ils pouvaient dès lors gérer les secondes restantes, ce qu’ils réussissaient à la manière de vieux briscards et s’offrir une victoire de prestige qui relance totalement la course au maintien.

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Top 14

P
W
L
D
PF
PA
PD
BP T
BP-7
BP
Total
1
Toulouse
11
8
3
0
39
2
Bordeaux
11
8
3
0
37
3
Clermont
11
7
4
0
32
4
La Rochelle
11
6
5
0
28
5
Toulon
10
6
4
0
28
6
Castres
11
6
5
0
27
7
Bayonne
10
6
4
0
26
8
Racing 92
11
5
6
0
23
9
Montpellier
11
4
7
0
21
10
Pau
11
4
7
0
19
11
Perpignan
10
4
6
0
19
12
Stade Francais
10
4
6
0
19
13
Lyon
11
4
7
0
18
14
Vannes
11
3
8
0
15

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Head high tackle 8 minutes ago
'Razor's conservatism is in danger of halting New Zealand's progress'

I really dont know what the problem is Nick. Cane was immense this year and no one below him demanded the job. TJ perhaps less so but he was always going to start the season at 9 anyway due to the thing they call experience. I think guys like Lakai will have learnt a lot from the likes of Cane and Ill garrantee TJ has helped the Roigard/Ratima/Hothem settle in to their roles much better than they would have had there been no experience around. At the start of 2024 these guys had 3 tests between them. Im glad TJ was around.

The biggest fail area from my pov is centre. Razors lack of desire to change what is clearly failing is a worry. Is he waiting for a full year of SR? Is he not sure? I dont know the answer of course but He fiddled where he shouldnt have and didnt touch the area he should have. WJ at 15 is an experiment. Its not a clear decision yet either. WJ is an amazing attacking player. He isnt an amazing kicker or an amazing decision maker.

The 10 position is being handled very badly too. Its Dmac but BB is constantly in there, Its BB but no 15 to back that up or its no one. GET RID of the centre pairing and get Love in at 15. The backs will function way better. All the players get their SR backs working far better than Razor has gotten, and with no dedicated backs coach in the ABs its a clear problem area.


Also this comparing SA with NZ when 1 side is retaining all their stars and the other side has had some major changes isnt a apples with apples comparison. Imagine comparing a F1 racing team where 1 team was 100% settled and the other was brand new....Just not a comparison worth doing as it proves nothing other than the blatently obvious.

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JW 45 minutes ago
'Razor's conservatism is in danger of halting New Zealand's progress'

Razor is compensating, and not just for the Foster era.


Thanks again for doing the ground work on some revealing data Nick.


This article misses some key points points that are essential to this debate though;


Razor is under far more pressure than Rassie to win

Rassie is a bolder selector than Razor, and far more likely to embrace risk under pressure than his counterpart from New Zealand.

It doesn't realise the difficulties of a country like South Africa, with no rugby season to speak of at the moment, to get full use out of overseas internationals

Neither world player of the year Pieter-Steph du Toit nor all-world second row Eben Etzebeth were automatic selections despite the undue influence they exert on games in which they play.

The last is that one coach is 7 years into his era, where the other is in his first, and is starting with a far worse blank slate than where upon South Africa's canvas could be layered onto after 2017.

The spread at the bottom end is nothing short of spectacular. Seventeen more South Africans than New Zealanders started between one and five games in 2024.

That said, I think the balance needs to be at least somewhere in the middle. I don't know how much that is going to be down to Razor's courage, and New Zealands appetite however.


Sadly I think it is going to continue and the problem is going to be masked by much better results next year, even forgotten with an undefeated season. Because even this article appears to misconstruing the..

known quantities

as being TJP and Sam Cane. In the context of what would need to change for the numbers above to be similar, it's players like Jordie Barrett, Beauden Barrett, Rieko Ioane, Sevu Reece, Ethan Blackadder, Codie Taylor, where the reality needs to be meet face on.


On Jordie Barrett at Lienster, I really hope he can be taught how to tackle with a hard shoulder like Henshaw and Ringrose have. You can see in these highlights he doesn't have the physical presence of those two, or even the ones behind him in NZ like ALB and AJ Lam. I can't really seem him making leaps in other facets if he's already making headlines now.

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