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Ardie Savea remporte la plus haute distinction du rugby néo-zélandais
Le numéro 8 des All Blacks, Ardie Savea, a été élu Joueur de l’Année, la plus haute récompense du rugby néo-zélandais, lors de la cérémonie des ASB Rugby Awards, quelques semaines après avoir été sacré Joueur World Rugby de l’Année.
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Un peu plus d’un mois après avoir supplanté Eben Etzebeth, Bundee Aki et Antoine Dupont pour la plus haute récompense individuelle du rugby mondial, le joueur de 30 ans a reçu la plus haute distinction du rugby néo-zélandais après une année où il a aidé les All Blacks à remporter le Rugby Championship et à atteindre la finale de la Coupe du Monde de Rugby. C’est la deuxième fois qu’il remporte ce prix, après avoir accédé au sommet du rugby néo-zélandais en 2019.
Savea a également été nommé Joueur All Blacks de l’Année pour la troisième fois, devançant Scott Barrett, Jordie Barrett et Aaron Smith.
Après ses exploits lors de la Coupe du monde, le numéro 8 profite d’une année sabbatique au Japon avec les Kobelco Kobe Steelers, où il a marqué deux essais pour ses débuts le week-end dernier.
Les équipes de rugby à sept distinguées
Bien qu’ils aient remporté le Rugby Championship et se soient inclinés d’un seul point face à l’Afrique du Sud en finale de la Coupe du Monde de Rugby, les All Blacks ont été devancés par les All Blacks Sevens pour le titre d’Equipe Néo-Zélandaise de l’Année, après une saison au cours de laquelle ils ont remporté les HSBC World Sevens Series.
L’équipe des Black Ferns Sevens a elle aussi été récompensée par son entraîneur, qui a été désigné Coach Néo-Zélandais de l’Année.
L’arbitre international Ben O’Keeffe a reçu pour la quatrième fois le titre d’arbitre néo-zélandais de l’année, devant Maggie Cogger-Orr et Angus Mabey.
Les joueurs récompensés
Le capitaine des Crusaders, Scott Barrett, et la troisième-ligne Lucy Jenkins pourront ajouter le trophée de Joueur (et Joueuse) de Super Rugby DHL à leurs titres de Super Rugby obtenus en 2023, tandis qu’Aaron Smith a été récompensé pour une nouvelle saison exceptionnelle en recevant le titre de Joueur M?ori de l’année.
Les meilleurs joueurs ayant revêtu le maillot noir cette année ont été mis en lumière. Harry Godfrey, star des moins de 20 ans, a été nommé joueur des U20 de l’année, Akuila Rokolisoa a reçu le prix Joueur des All Blacks Sevens de l’Année, Stacey Waaka celui de Joueuse des Black Ferns Sevens de l’Année et Liana Mikaele-Tu’u celui de Joueuse des Black Ferns de l’Année.
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L’essai Sky Fans de l’année attribué par le vote du public a été décerné à Will Jordan, après un coup de génie de Damian McKenzie contre l’Uruguay dans le cadre de la Coupe du Monde de Rugby.
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His decision to play in France isn’t a petulant decision as this article suggests. I reckon that France is the perfect place to demonstrate that he can mix it in those battles Rassie references. It’s a good decision to try get into the squad. My personal opinion is that he wins more battles than he loses. I don’t have Rassie’s stats machine behind me, but Daymian’s is so strong moving through traffic and in the rip.
3 Go to commentsWow! Argie forward dominance is something I have not read in years….
1 Go to commentsIs the ‘snub’ really why he is leaving? He hasn’t said that has he? You don’t have to stay in SA to play for the Boks, so it’s not that he’s giving up on trying to get into the squad as the case would be in, say, England or New Zealand. Rassie made it clear that the early camps won’t feature all the players to play for the Boks this year so I can’t imagine Dayimani was too offended by being overlooked this time. It just seems like a sensationalist angle to take for a story without really knowing the player’s intentions.
3 Go to commentsWell, it is easily one of the best Irish sides, it’s just that their historical standard is very low.
3 Go to commentsThe Irish side is good. They have lost 2 games in the last 23 tests. In the last 12 months they have have a 60% win rate against the top 5 sides in the world. Over the same period south africa have a 67% win rate against the top 5 teams, and New Zealand are at 40%.
3 Go to commentsOnly 1247 days until RWC 2027 starts Bin Smuth🤣Can’t wait to see how unhinged you’re still gonna get between now & then
200 Go to commentsany chance either team will improve on their u20 world cup performances this time around? I assume both sides will be deeply disappointed with how things went.
6 Go to commentsAnother poor articles by a poor journo, nothing new from Ben, at least you are consistently bad lol, geez I will try and watch the match later, clearly Benny was only looking to one end of the pitch, hard to tell whom the Baby Blacks were playing if it wasn’t in the header 😄😄
7 Go to commentsNz should have won. I didn't watch the game, but the ref was at fault and the bounce of the ball and the Bokke used the Bomb squad and the Bokke slow the game down and the Bokke scrum. They should remove the scrum. The Bokke are to strong. Not fair. Nz should have won
7 Go to commentsProbably the worst article on a rugby match I have ever read
200 Go to commentsWho hurt this man.. LoL 😭
200 Go to commentsIt unfortunate for the Jaguares that they became formidable just as super rugby as we knew came to an end. However, the idea of bringing them back is nonsensical. While I enjoyed the Jaguares and the South African flavour of the comp, a selling point of this incarnation of super rugby is that all games are on a decent time for an Aussie audience.
4 Go to commentslol that’s your opinion Ben, All Blacks benefited from a forward pass try, SA played 77 min without a recognised hooker, missed a no try conversion and a penalty could have would have but didn’t
200 Go to commentsBrett, from my distant perspective, I hope you get to keep the Rebels. Any ideas of teams from Japan or Argentina are just crazy. Won’t happen. If you look at logistics, it is much easier to get to LA from Auckland, Brisbane, Melbourne or Sydney than to Buenos Aires. All with direct non-stop daily flights. You may even get some “gringos” to watch the games, with some younger players compared to Giteau and Nonu who still “play” in the area. I think it is virtually impossible to get a competitive Argie team for SR. All Pumas are in Europe, almost all second tier players are also in Europe. Fringe players are in South American pro rugby tournament (and many still in the MLR!) but these players who might be most interested in joining a new Jaguares do not have the skills to compete. As I have been saying since the Jaguares joined, they should have had TWO teams to make logistics for visiting teams better and Argie player development improved as well. Jaguares/Pumas was not ideal. But this is where Pichot and his cronies did not think long enough. Further the country with he new president “No hay Plata” Milei is in a very difficult situation. Galperin, the richest man in Argentina owns the Miami franchise of MLR. I don’t think you can get him to invest in Argentina. Actually, he played rugby himself. He was a fly half. He is worth around $6 billion!
4 Go to commentsWell done Baby Boks we will take the Draw. No 9 senseless long passes in those conditions. let’s move on and hope for some good weather
7 Go to commentsHow did it end a draw. South Africa didn’t score any points as far as I can see
7 Go to commentsNo doubt this will be a fantastic occasion and I plan to be there, but I think the bean counters have won out over the rugby brains. In my opinion, it is foolhardy to give the Black Ferns the experience of playing in front of 60,000+ at Twickenham a year before they might be playing there in a World Cup Final. Better to play France at Twickenham and Black Ferns at Kingsholm. The difference in takings would be miniscule.
1 Go to commentsDom kant
200 Go to commentsBen is a little incel desperately trying to stir the pot and stay relevant. We used to get mad at his articles. Now we just feel sorry for him
200 Go to commentsPerhaps we may need to put an asterisk on NZ’s ‘87 WC win since the Boks weren’t there. You know, just as a reminder. Poor Ben Smith. Go cry somewhere else.
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