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Le rugby est le sport préféré des agriculteurs
Le ministère de l’Agriculture (appelé pompeusement aussi le ministère de « la souveraineté alimentaire ») a rendu public sur son site internet les résultats d’une étude sur les pratiques sportives dispensées dans l’enseignement agricole.
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On retrouve en France 153 sections sportives dans 120 établissements agricoles qui offrent aux élèves la possibilité de s’investir davantage dans leur sport préféré.
Dans ces établissements, le sport n’est pas un enseignement pris à la légère car un diplôme ou une certification peut être obtenu : encadrement sportif, surveillance de groupes de pratiquants, arbitrage, sécurisation des pratiques sportives ou animation.
Le rugby plébiscité dans une section sportive sur trois
Or, parmi tous les sports proposés, le rugby est de loin celui le plus pratiqué puisqu’on le retrouve au programme dans 45 sections sportives, soit près d’une sur trois en France, ce qui représente environ 2 500 élèves. Loin devant l’équitation (21), le foot (19) ou le cyclisme (10).
Parmi tous ces élèves, 40% des jeunes qui pratiquent le rugby sont des filles.
« Le rugby est historiquement très pratiqué dans l’enseignement agricole », indique le ministère qui a signé une convention avec la FFR et l’UNSS en 2018, renouvelée en avril 2023. « Ce sport est fortement plébiscité pour les valeurs éducatives et sociales qu’il porte. »
« La section de rugby apporte de l’autonomie aux élèves, une diversité dans leurs enseignements et du plaisir à venir en cours sachant qu’ils ont d’autres activités prévues par la suite », indique Hugues Lecat, professeur d’agroéquipement du lycée agricole de La Thiérache (Aisne) sur le site du ministère.
La première section de rugby de l’enseignement agricole a été créée dans les années 1980 dans un lycée de Haute-Loire, ce qui en fait la plus ancienne des sections sportives. Et chaque année depuis trente ans a lieu le Championnat de France de Rugby des Lycées agricoles.
L’édition 2023 a rassemblé 400 joueurs, garçons et filles, 100 jeunes officiels (arbitres & coach), 22 équipes et 13 établissements.
Dupont, Jelonch, Trémoulière…
Il faut dire aussi que le rugby a ses ambassadeurs dans le monde agricole puisque les meilleurs joueurs du monde sont issus de ce milieu.
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Ainsi, Jessy Trémoulière, élue meilleure joueuse du monde en 2018 puis meilleure joueuse de la décennie 2010-2020 par World Rugby, a grandi sur l’exploitation agricole de ses parents avant de la reprendre, l’obligeant à mettre un terme à sa carrière internationale en 2022.
Antoine Dupont, élu meilleur joueur du monde en 2021, est lui aussi issu du monde agricole après avoir été élève au lycée agricole de Beaulieu-Lavacant à Auch (Gers). Il partageait d’ailleurs sa chambre d’internat en classe de seconde avec son co-équipier Anthony Jelonch. L’éleveur Dupont travaille toujours sur l’exploitation en parallèle de sa carrière sportive.
D’autres grands noms du rugby français sont issus de la même filière aussi bien chez les garçons (Grégory Alldritt, Pierre Bourgarit, Imanol Harinordoquy, Julien Bonnaire, Sébastien Tillous-Borde, Yannick Caballero, Yannick Jauzion, Louis Picamoles…) que chez les filles (Clara Joyeux, Pauline Bourdon, Safi N’diaye…).
Des liens territoriaux forts
« Quand vous allez voir les joueurs, d’où viennent-ils ? De Auch, de Lannemezan… d’endroits où le monde agricole est fort », déclarait Bernard Laporte, alors président de la Fédération Française de Rugby en 2020.
« La relation entre le rugby et le monde agricole a toujours existé. C’est vrai qu’aujourd’hui, les joueurs professionnels sont moins dans le monde agricole mais ils ont des descendances, que ce soit des parents, des grands-parents, à commencer par moi (né dans l’Aveyron, ndlr). »
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its such a shame he hasn’t achieved more success at club level. He’s really not been a potent finisher for a while now, but he’s still excellent in the kick chase. That’s the kind of skillset that generally only gets appreciated when you’re playing in premiership and european finals. I’m not sure whether the challenge cup counts given the quality of the competition seems lower than in previous years, but his duel with Mapimpi should be enthralling.
1 Go to commentsThe point is the irish players were arrogant,call it like you want sugar coat it aswell but they were you could see it in their way they handeled themselfs on the field when they got something right so dont tell me it was not arrogance it was,you can fool other people but not me,and to say to one of our players see you in the final put a nail in the coffin for this bullsh@t,just be grown men and accept it that you were arrogant,you could if seen it from a mile away, and then you lost to the allblacks what a cocky move that didnt work out for you ,Eben was right when he said u were arrogant,the point is you will deny it because you lost it all just grow some balls and move on we had won you lost accept it.
10 Go to comments“summer tour of North and South America” so its a summer tour of america?
1 Go to commentsEverybody is giving the Irish players the benefit of the doubt in ‘what they meant’, but none of these pundits or commentators offer the same courtesy to Eben. I don’t think Eben went, 1, 2, 3… etc. What might have happened is he didn’t count and when the 3rd or 5th guy said he went, hang on why are so many of them saying this… and then started to concentrate on it more and more as players continue to say it. So no, he didn’t count it, he realised many Irish players said it and made an assumption based on that… The Irish team was VERY confident at the time and I do believe they believed they were going to win the World Cup, which borders a bit on the arrogant side…
10 Go to commentsI can see how some of the Irish players would have said”see you in the final” as a gentle comment after a victory. It’s open to interpretation but it’s clumsy language. I don’t know the fella but I assure you Eben doesn’t have an axe to grind with Ireland. He has never been the media seeking pro. Oh and BTW it is I’ll be our winter in July so won’t be wet.
10 Go to comments*McCloskey*: _I saw this clip. Like, I wasn’t playing that game; I was in the stands…so you don't know sh!t in other words, infact you know just as much as Goode on this matter. I will believe the guy who was on the pitch when things were said as appose to two people speculating over what was said._
10 Go to comments@ turlough dream on buddy. Your boys are in for one tough time down in sa this summer…
10 Go to commentsI think Goode is looking to establish a platform for himself. Eben said “Probably” so that suggests he wasn’t counting. It’s an estimate Goode. I think even with your short and uneventful experience with the Sharks you probably realise winding up Saffas will get you some airtime. It’s a none event. Move on
10 Go to commentsRugby has never been as structured and synthetically pleasing as it is at this moment. The game is simply beautiful and messing with it too much will ruin it for everyone. I can't help but feel that over the past decade or so many rules have been changed to accommodate a certain hemisphere and counter another. Perhaps I am wrong but I somehow don’t think so.
2 Go to commentsNoted some excellent defensive steals from the Rebs last week against the Reds, largely J Canham, I think. It’s not a Rolls Royce but they are a real threat with their defensive line out at the beginning matches. What do you make of Canham Nick, WBs squad material?
83 Go to commentsCoin flip between Ardie and Scott Barrett. Both have their pros and cons, and both would probably be decent. Ardie has way more passion on the field, but that hasn’t always translated into the best decisions. They will both turn 34 at the next World Cup, so both will most likely have their best days a few years behind them. It’s hard to imagine now, but looking at young players coming through Ardie will probably be under the most pressure to retain his place in the team. Beauden Barrett also an outside chance if Razor sees him as the first choice 10.
7 Go to commentsQuality stuff from Flats. Rugby can’t replace football nor should we want it to. I think the ‘product’ (awful term sorry) now is absolutely fantastic. Growing the game shouldn’t be at the expense of losing its brutal beauty.
2 Go to commentsI think they’ll choose Scott Barret as captain, Ardie 7, Hoskins 8, Finau at 6.
7 Go to commentsSo what were saying is if you make it through to the play offs in Europe you’re likely to suffer at the tail end of the prem. No extra cash for playing in Europe, more chance of injury, fatiguing the team…while others not through rest up. whats the point??
1 Go to commentsClaims that Finau is a risky proposition are hyperbole. His tackles have been mostly perfectly timed and executed except for the Lynach one and that was a split-second out, certainly not 2 seconds. Social media criticism shows opposition fans are nervous about Finau’s impact. I see Jacobson and Blackadder as no.7s, they don’t have the power, size or dynamism to be 6 or 8 at Test level. Akira has shown he lacks the intuition and technique to play Tests. If he learnt to bend his back more and hit breakdowns and tackles low and hard, it would do wonders for his game. Finau is the standout option for 6 with Grace or Shields as his backup. I’d like to see Finau, Sotutu and Jacobson as an experimental back-row combo; lineout nous, dynamic ball carrying, hard defence, etc.
41 Go to commentsI find these articles so very interesting, giving a much more in depth series of insights than one can ever gain from “desktop” research. It is very significant that it is this English man that Joe Schmidt has turned to build the basement stability and reliability from the WB forwards that was so shredded during the Jones debacle. With his long period in Ireland, with both Leinster and Ireland, Schmidt will know Geoff Parling’s qualities as a player well, and he will have gone over, with a fine tooth comb, the mans time in Australia. This, one feels, will prove to be a shrewd decision. I’m particularly interested in Parling’s comments about the lineout, especially the differences in approach between the hemispheres. He talks about the impact of weather conditions on the type of lineout tactics employed. He is the right man to have preparing for a wet and windy game at Eden Park, the “Cake Tin”, or in Christchuch, or for that matter in Capetown. I must confess to being surprised by this comment though re Will Skelton: “ Is he a lineout jumper? No. But the lineout starts on the ground – contact work, lifting, utilising that massive body at the maul.” Geoff is spot on about the work Will does on the ground. But I would contest the view that he is not a lineout jumper. I think I have commented before on this one, so won’t go further than referring to the end of the last Cup Final in Dublin, LAR using Will on maybe 3 occasions at No 2 in the lineout. And I have seen him used by LAR in Top 14, and never seen him beaten to the catch…but in reality that would only be a total of 10 times max.
83 Go to commentsDaltons a great guy and can lead at any level with that humility
7 Go to commentsWell if Parling is an Australian citizen then I suppose that’s OK. It’s more than can be said for The Hobbit in Absentia. I’m guessing Jordan Useless won’t be getting a call up to the Wallabies then because the Melbourne Rebels lineout coached by Parling has been a complete disaster. Parling had better prove himself or it’s out. He’ll be flattered by having one of the best lineout operators in world rugby in Rodda hopefully. If Parling can teach the Wallabies one thing it would be to also teach Australian players to make a serious effort on charge downs. Only Frost and Rodda make an effort. The rest are half hearted and lazy, bar Harry Wilson’s effort last week. There are lots of big missed opportunities.
83 Go to commentsGreat read thanks and glad he’s committed to Aus rugby! The comment from the no 8 saying he’s never done lineouts before doesn’t surprise me. There often isn’t the same upbringing with rugby here as there is in nz and parts of Europe. Seems like he’s doing a great job at the Rebels
83 Go to commentsScott Barrett. End of story.
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