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La saison du SVNS est à peine démarrée que le compte à rebours est déjà commencé pour l’équipe de France de rugby à 7 hommes. Il faut dire que la saison a mal débuté pour les garçons de Jérôme Daret qui n’ont pu passer la phase de poule à Dubaï pour finir 9e avant de décrocher la 8e place à Cape Town la semaine suivante.
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C’est à la 8e place que l’équipe pointe aujourd’hui et déjà le danger guette. Le prochain tournoi à Perth, dans l’Ouest australien, du 26 au 28 janvier sera décisif pour la suite.
« Il y a une guerre psychologique importante »
« On est dans une nouvelle saison qui est complètement atypique pour nous », a expliqué Jérôme Daret à l’occasion d’un point presse le mercredi 3 janvier à Marcoussis.
« On est passé de seize équipes l’année dernière à douze cette année. Le niveau était très homogène à seize, imaginez avec douze équipes ! La saison passée, on a réussi à faire six demi-finales, quatre médailles, mais on n’a pas encore attrapé l’or.
« Ce qui est compliqué sur ce début de saison, c’est qu’on a bougé quelques curseurs. Chaque ballon, chaque goal-average est très important. Il y a une guerre psychologique importante. Sur les deux premiers tournois, sur deux moments clés, si on arrive à basculer, on se retrouve dans le Top 4 mondial. »
Assurer son avenir sur le SVNS
C’est la dure loi du rugby à sept : une victoire comme une défaite peut se jouer parfois à rien. Sur un rebond, un ballon perdu, dans les ultimes secondes, un match peut complètement basculer. Et c’est ce que France 7 a déjà tristement expérimenté en ce début de saison.
L’apport d’Antoine Dupont dans l’effectif – plus pour préparer les JO que le reste de la saison – devrait apporter, outre ses capacités, de la force mentale au groupe pour parvenir à ses fins.
Car avant de rêver olympique, il faut assurer son avenir sur le SVNS 2025. Les huit équipes les mieux placées, en fonction du nombre de points cumulés à l’issue du SVNS de Singapour (3-5 mai), auront la possibilité de participer à la nouvelle Grande Finale à Madrid, où les champions du SVNS féminin et masculin seront couronnés. Quoiqu’il en soit, leur avenir sera assuré sur la prochaine saison du circuit mondial en 2025.
« Dans le nouveau format de compétition dans lequel on est, il faut être dans le Top 8, parce que ce n’est pas forcément la régularité qui va primer pour être champion comme les autres années, c’est de faire cette grande finale à Madrid pour pouvoir espérer gagner le circuit mondial », estime Daret.
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« On a besoin de construire cette performance mentale au fur et à mesure des tournois. Aller chercher l’or quand on peut, si c’est à Perth tant mieux, si c’est à Madrid, c’est encore mieux ! »
Comments on RugbyPass
Not sure they the article doesn’t hit on TMO this year, that’s were they were putting focus right. The fact the other areas haven’t improved shows just how poor the comp is at focusing on its direction. There should still have been further gains in both those areas this year even it if didn’t have the same focus as others. The whistle to restart time, like touch finders of 26 seconds, surely has to be a key focus area next year. Why should a side be given so much time to kick for touch? Cut that down to 5 or 10 seconds, penalties both become less of key stalling/defensive strategy, and become more ‘live’ with tap kicks becoming much more favourable quick actions. Theres absolutely no reason we have to wait over 10 secs for the preferred kicker to walk up and try and take maximum advantage, especially when half the time its just a delay tactic to give the forwards time to plan, as the kicker hardly even trys to find the corner with his kick, anyone could have kicked it straight out for the lineout.
25 Go to commentsShame. Hope something else can be arranged.
2 Go to commentsTitans of under-20s rugby …. Reporters tired verbiage akin to calling every player a “star” and any Fijian side as ”Flying”. The French English and Irish are the Titans of U20 rugby. Noone in the South is now. This tournament is however, good prep to regain titan status.
1 Go to commentsWill be humbling coming back and playing second fiddle to Dmac.
2 Go to commentsSounds like quite a bit of development has occurred regarding Mo’unga’s situation. Either NZR has stepped up their offer (big time) or RMo has had a reality check on what it will be like to be outside of the high performance environment of AB rugby. Maybe both. It reads like there are only a few remaining details to be sorted out before it is a done deal.
2 Go to commentsCurrently, a prop that has been substituted can go back on field if his original replacement gets injured. Can a red carded prop go back if his replacement gets injured, or will it be uncontested scrums?
13 Go to commentsWhat about a free kick from a scrum? Can you call another scrum? Or are they just giving straight penalties now?
32 Go to commentsLoved that comment by Andrew that the ‘water boys’ rule was changed in 2020 just to stymie the Boks!
32 Go to commentsOne of the best the Boks have ever produced. PSDT has an engine that goes non-stop for the full 80 min.
5 Go to commentsThe real deal.
5 Go to commentsIt’s been said that Nienaber will head back to SA too before next World Cup , hoarding all the amazing IP gained in Irish system … get a grip … Irish system needs to Milk the likes of Barrett . First time a leading all Black in his prime has gone to Ireland for any period of time . Enjoy it .
21 Go to comments20 min RC is the only good solution of a bunch of bad solutions. Ridiculous that it has taken this long and caused so many uneven contests. In general these are all very good changes - one is surprised that NH brokers were able to see sense at long last.
13 Go to comments“While a red card will mean a temporary team disadvantage, the replacement system will focus punishment on the offending player instead of disrupting the game itself.” This might work for amateur rugby, where players just want to be on the pitch for as long as possible, but hopefully we’ve got to a point where top level professionals care about the success of their team much more than about whether they personally are on the pitch or not.
13 Go to commentsa lot of focus on the targeting of south africa, but aspects of this are positive. The croc roll; the offside law; and time limits on set pieces are all good. calling for a mark off kick offs is baffling, but I guess we’ll see how it plays out in practice
32 Go to commentsSpeeding the game up is great, but I think we will find that the increase in viewership this year mostly comes down to the competition being more competitive…the fall of the Crusaders has been a boon for viewership. This should be at the heart of super rugby changes - how to make the comp more even
25 Go to commentsThe fact that the press were largely to blame for his taking a break is nothing short of disgusting. He’s made a few mistakes but difficult to name a player of any substance who gives it a full go hasn’t also made mistakes? On behalf of a large number of Bokke fans, bring back Farrell !!!!!
2 Go to commentsPSTD is a fantastic flanker. He could benefit from a bit of self-promotion / flair and he is not quite the danger man that Ardie is. That said, he is my 1st pick to build a backrow around. His speed and hustle made up for Duane who got quite a bit slower at the 8.
5 Go to commentssurprised, disco lights haven't been banned by world rugby board
32 Go to commentsToo many changes. Too often. I’m tired of this WR administration. How do we vote these fockers out? Bill needs to go.
32 Go to commentsDu Toit, 2 time W.Cup winner yet rarely mentioned a “Great “…if one looks back on his stellar carrier perhaps someone will one day elevate him to “Richie” status…a quiet, polite yet devastating loose forward that knew action speaks louder than words..
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