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Le Super Rugby Pacific 2024 officiellement lancé
La saison 2024 du Super Rugby Pacific a été officiellement lancée à Auckland mercredi 14 février, en présence des 12 capitaines d’équipe réunis pour la première fois dans l’histoire de la compétition repensée.
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Les joueurs ont participé à une séance photo sur le port et à des entretiens avec les médias avant la cérémonie de lancement, qui a mis en valeur certaines des cultures vibrantes du Pacifique qui constituent la trame de la compétition.
Les équipes australiennes étaient représentées par Allan Alaalatoa (ACT Brumbies), Rob Leota (Melbourne Rebels), Jake Gordon (NSW Waratahs), Tate McDermott (QLD Reds) et Michael Wells (Western Force).
Un clip de lancement aquatique
L’événement de lancement a également coïncidé avec la sortie d’une campagne publicitaire filant la métaphore aquatique pour la saison à venir, s’inspirant littéralement du slogan du Super Rugby Pacific – The Power of the Pacific.
« À neuf jours du coup d’envoi, l’impatience monte et tous les supporters rêvent de voir leur équipe soulever le trophée », a déclaré Kevin Malloy, président du Super Rugby Pacific.
« Après le record de points marqués la saison dernière dans l’histoire du Super Rugby, nous avons continué d’innover et d’apporter des améliorations en gardant toujours les supporters à l’esprit.
« Nous sommes résolus à faire en sorte que Super Rugby Pacific offre le rugby le plus captivant pour les supporters qui remplissent nos stades et qui nous regardent sur Sky et Stan Sport.
« Je sais qu’ils sont aussi enthousiastes que moi pour la saison à venir. »
91 matchs dans 4 pays
Avec 91 matchs à disputer à travers l’Australie, la Nouvelle-Zélande, les Fidji et les Tonga, l’édition 2024 du Super Rugby Pacific part à la conquête d’un plus grand nombre de supporters que jamais.
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La saison débutera le vendredi 23 février avec les finalistes de la saison dernière, les Crusaders et les Chiefs, qui s’apprêtent à vivre une nouvelle rencontre explosive.
Le week-end d’ouverture en Australie verra les Rebels accueillir les Brumbies, la Force affronter les Highlanders, et une confrontation entre les Reds et les Waratahs au Suncorp Stadium de Brisbane.
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Kok will become a fan favourite
1 Go to commentsI am really looking forward to Leigh Halfpenny playing his first Super rugby game for the Crusaders Playing a long side his former Welsh and Scarlets team mate Johnny McNicoll.Johnny has been playing great, back in a Crusaders jersey.The attack has strengthened big time. Also looking forward to David Havili at 10. David is a class act, it also allows Dallas McLeod to remain at 12. A good thing.
1 Go to commentsIf he had stopped insisting on playing in the backrow, instead of wing, where everyone told him he should, he would have been a Bok years ago….
11 Go to comments‘Salads don’t win scrums’ 😂 I love that.
19 Go to commentsCan’t wait for the article that talks about misogyny in Ireland. Somehow.
16 Go to commentsI would like to see a rule change, when the attacking team is held up over the try line, by allowing the defensive team to restart a goal line drop out releases the pressure for the defensive team, but what if the attacking team had to restart a tap 5m out from the defensive team it gives the attacking team to apply more pressure, there are endless options for the attacking side and it will keep the fans in suspence.
2 Go to commentsLess modern South African males predictably triggered.
16 Go to commentsMy heart is with Quins, but the head is convinced Toulouse have too much. Ntamack is back, his timing and wisdom has been missed.
1 Go to commentsWow, what a starting line up for the Sharks) Tasty up front,kremer vs Tshituka or venter …fiery ,,Lavannini ,,will he knobble etzebeth? Biggest game for belleau?
1 Go to commentsIt was rubbish to watch, Blues weren’t even present. Did what they had to do, nothing more. Should be better next week against canes.
1 Go to commentsI’ve just noticed that this match has an all-French refereeing team. Surely a game like this ought to have a neutral ref? Although looking at the BBC preview of the Saints game, Raynal is also down as reffing that - so there may be some confusion about who is reffing what.
1 Go to commentsIf Havili can play anywhere in the back line, why not first 5. #10.
11 Go to commentsThe dressing room had already left for their summer break before they ran out in Dublin that year, and that’s on the coach. Franco Smith has undoubtedly made progress, particularly their maul, developing squad players and increasing squad depth. And against a very tight budget too. That said they were too lightweight last year and got found out against both Toulon and Munster in consecutive games. Better this season so far but they’ve developed something of a slow start habit occasionally, most notably losing at home to Northampton who played them at their own game. Play offs will ultimately show whether there has been tangible progress on last year, or not…!
2 Go to commentsAustralian Rugby has been a disaster, by not incorporating learning from previous successful campaigns. QLD Reds 2011 - Waratahs 2014. Players, coaches and administrators appoint there representatives for scheduled meetings, organisation’s agreement’s assessments and correspondence. This why a unified Rugby Union under one entity works. Every Rugby nation has taken that path. Was most difficult in the Northern hemisphere with over 100 years of club rugby before the game become professional. Took a lot of humility for those unions to eventually work together.
7 Go to commentsThough Wilson’s sacking was pretty brutal, it wasn’t just down to that Leinster game; Glasgow had a lot of 2nd half collapses that season, in the URC and Europe, and only just scraped into the playoffs. Franco Smith has definitely been an improvement, some players are delivering far more than they did under Wilson.
2 Go to commentsjesus - that front 5!
1 Go to commentsShould be an absolute cracker of a game! Will be great to see DuPont & Ntamack in tandem once again🔥
1 Go to commentsBest team ever…. To have played? These guys are still pressure chokers. Came nowhere when it counted. What a joke
84 Go to commentsMusk defends anonymous terrorism, fascism, threats against individuals and children etc etc But a Rugby club account….lock ‘em up!!!
2 Go to commentsActually the era defining moment came a few years earlier. February 2002 to be precise, when Michael D Higgins as finance minister at the time introduced his sports persons tax relief bill to the dial. As the politicians of the day stated “It seems to be another daft K Club frolic born in Kildare amongst the well-paid professional jockeys with whom the Minister plays golf” and that the scheme represented “a savage uncaring vision of Ireland and one that should be condemned”. The irfu and Leinster would be nowhere near the position they are in today without this key component of the finances.
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