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Pas de changement dans le XV d'Angleterre pour affronter le Pays de Galles
Steve Borthwick n’a pas cédé à la tentation de modifier sa sélection anglaise pour le match du Tournoi des Six Nations de ce samedi 10 février face au Pays de Galles, en nommant un XV de départ inchangé par rapport à la victoire du week-end dernier face à l’Italie.
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Les Anglais ont dû revenir au score à la pause à Rome pour finalement s’imposer 27-24, mais la réaction à cette performance irrégulière est désormais d’affronter les Gallois à Twickenham avec exactement la même équipe de départ qu’au Stadio Olimpico.
Les débutants du week-end dernier – Fraser Dingwall et Ethan Roots – sont donc titularisés respectivement aux postes de trois-quarts centre et sur le côté fermé, tandis que George Ford et Alex Mitchell sont maintenus dans la charnière.
Ellis Genge de nouveau apte
La seule modification apportée par Borthwick est la réintégration d’Ellis Genge sur le banc anglais. Le pilier gauche avait été retenu le week-end dernier en tant que remplaçant de Joe Marler.
Mais une blessure au pied est survenue après que les 23 aient été annoncés avait forcé Genge à céder sa place à Beno Obano, qui a joué les dernières minutes du match contre les Italiens.
Ceux qui accompagneront Genge sur le banc à Londres sont le demi de mêlée Chandler Cunningham-South, le demi d’ouverture Fin Smith et l’ailier Immanuel Feyi-Waboso qui ont tous été remplaçants à Rome où ils ont fait leurs débuts sur la scène internationale.
Premier XV inchangé depuis la RWC 2019
Depuis la finale de la Coupe du Monde de Rugby 2019, l’Angleterre n’avait pas nommé une équipe de départ inchangée d’une semaine à l’autre.
Steve Borthwick a déclaré dans un communiqué de la RFU : « C’est à la fois agréable et important d’avoir entamé notre Tournoi des Six Nations à Rome par une victoire.
« C’est une bonne chose de l’avoir fait devant les nombreux supporters anglais qui se sont déplacés. Cependant, nous savons qu’il y a des domaines de notre jeu à améliorer en vue du match de ce samedi contre une équipe du Pays de Galles pleine de vivacité.
A guichets fermés
« Avec un nouveau groupe de joueurs et un certain nombre de nouvelles sélections, nous avons essayé de développer notre rugby des deux côtés du ballon. De tels changements prennent du temps, et j’ai été satisfait de la rapidité avec laquelle les joueurs se sont installés et adaptés le week-end dernier contre l’Italie.
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« Nous sommes ravis de jouer à nouveau à guichets fermés à Twickenham ce samedi. La visite de l’équipe du Pays de Galles est toujours un match qui crée une ambiance particulière.
« Je n’ai aucun doute sur le fait que ce groupe de joueurs savoure le défi qui se présente à lui et qu’il a hâte de créer une expérience très spéciale pour nos supporters. »
La composition de l’Angleterre (face au Pays de Galles)
- Joe Marler (Harlequins, 89 sélections)
- Jamie George (Saracens, 86 sélections) – capitaine
- Will Stuart (Bath Rugby, 34 sélections)
- Maro Itoje (Saracens, 77 sélections) – vice-capitaine
- Ollie Chessum (Leicester Tigers, 19 sélections)
- Ethan Roots (Exeter Chiefs, 1 sélection)
- Sam Underhill (Bath Rugby, 31 sélections)
- Ben Earl (Saracens, 26 sélections)
- Alex Mitchell (Northampton Saints, 12 sélections)
- George Ford (Sale Sharks, 92 sélections) – vice-capitaine
- Elliot Daly (Saracens, 65 sélections)
- Fraser Dingwall (Northampton Saints, 1 sélection)
- Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs, 58 sélections)
- Tommy Freeman (Northampton Saints, 4 sélections)
- Freddie Steward (Leicester Tigers, 32 sélections)
Remplaçants :
- Theo Dan (Saracens, 8 sélections)
- Ellis Genge (Bristol Bears, 58 sélections) – vice-capitaine
- Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers, 108 sélections)
- Alex Coles (Northampton Saints, 4 sélections)
- Chandler Cunningham-South (Harlequins, 1 sélection)
- Danny Care (Harlequins, 97 sélections)
- Fin Smith (Northampton Saints, 1 sélection)
- Immanuel Feyi-Waboso (Exeter Chiefs, 1 sélection)
Six Nations
P
W
L
D
PF
PA
PD
BP T
BP-7
BP
Total
1
Ireland
1
1
0
0
5
2
England
1
1
0
0
4
3
Scotland
1
1
0
0
4
4
Wales
1
0
1
0
2
5
Italy
1
0
1
0
1
6
France
1
0
1
0
0
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A distinct discomfort with the officiating they were probably selected from the local IRA narcos branch along with the commentators bloody fly tippers.
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1 Go to commentsExcellent match. Great to see Keenan and Ryan back for Leinster. Super result for Ulster. Season is turning around.
1 Go to comments“We need eight or nine new players, who are hard-wearing and durable and experienced Premiership performers”. So why are they scouting a retired fullback who himself admits that his “body is broken”?
1 Go to commentsBrumbies hand, knocked a Crusaders hand. Therefore, knock on in goal. Crusaders, goal line drop out should’ve been awarded. most likely after that 24 each at full time, so extra time would’ve been the right an entertaining outcome. Act Jim
1 Go to commentsSpeell cehck
1 Go to commentsColeman is gaawwwwnnn.
1 Go to commentsnext SA head coach?
3 Go to commentsGreat try by van Poortvliet.
1 Go to commentsThey have been cruelled by injuries but almost nobody (Sevu Reece and Fletcher Newell big exceptions) has played above himself which regularly happened before. Surely Scott Robertson had maintained the recruitment programme and it looks like a reasonable squad. Last in this competition will stall a lot of careers. Penny seems likeable. But it’s not enough even though this was better. We haven’t been good enough and it’s not helped by the “it’s been 15 years since… “etc “after nearly every match. Seems somehow a soft gifting of something once valuable. Kieran Read giving comments last week almost choked describing the easy surrender of possession by the forwards. I’d love to think that the senior players some of whom are back can show enough pride in the jersey to test the Blues next week.
3 Go to commentsWho will Joe select for the back three with so many in form candidates? Just hope he doesn’t get shafted like Dave Rennie and to a lesser extent Deans.
6 Go to commentsAlways reluctant to blame a coach when losses rack up, but Penney must go. The backline is dysfunctional and the coach must carry the can. No cohesion, no idea and in many cases, minimal skill. The trains out of Roma St depart faster than the ball from Crusaders’ set pieces. Wouldn’t be surprised if the forwards went on strike.
3 Go to commentsAdding to earlier comment. Cullen Grace has been playing great at no6. Lio-Willie , who was on fire a few weeks ago, had a bad game. I think Cullen should have been moved to 8 earlier, Dominic Gardiner on earlier. Feel for Quinten Strange , put in a big shift .
6 Go to commentsWe dominated the scrums Ben Curry was all over pitch again .Surely James Harper got to be one of best English tightheads
1 Go to commentsRoos is a better option at 6 than 8 for the boks. Needs to work on his windgat though.
1 Go to commentsThe Sharks’ 2nd team maybe?
1 Go to comments‘radical’
1 Go to commentsCome back to Christchurch Robbie, please!
1 Go to commentsI think there is zero chance Sam Cane will be selected for another Test. There is simply no point except sentimentality. Razor is not sentimental- ask Wyatt Crocket. Razor is a ruthless selector
5 Go to comments> It would be best described as an elegant solution to what was potentially going to be a significant problem for new All Blacks coach Scott Robertson. It is a problem the mad population of New Zealand will have to cope with more and more as All Blacks are able to continue their careers in NZ post RWCs. It will not be a problem for coaches, who are always going to start a campaign with the captain for the next WC in mind. > Cane, despite his warrior spirit, his undoubted commitment to every team he played for and unforgettable heroics against Ireland in last year’s World Cup quarter-final, was never unanimously admired or respected within New Zealand while he was in the role. Neither was McCaw, he was considered far too passive a captain and then out of form until his last world cup where everyone opinions changed, just like they would have if Cane had won the WC. > It was never easy to see where Cane, or even if, he would fit into Robertson’s squad given the new coach will want to be building a new-look team with 2027 in mind. > Cane will win his selections on merit and come the end of the year, he’ll sign off, he hopes, with 100 caps and maybe even, at last, universal public appreciation for what was a special career. No, he won’t. Those returning from Japan have already earned the right to retain their jersey, it’s in their contract. Cane would have been playing against England if he was ready, and found it very hard to keep his place. Perform, and they keep it however. Very easy to see where Cane could have fit, very hard to see how he could have accomplished it choosing this year as his sabbatical instead of 2025, and that’s how it played out (though I assume we now know what when NZR said they were allowing him to move his sabbatical forward and return to NZ next year, they had actually agreed to simply select him for the All Blacks from overseas, without any chance he was going to play in NZ again). With a mammoth season of 15 All Black games they might as well get some value out of his years contract, though even with him being of equal character to Richie, I don’t think they should guarantee him his 100 caps. That’s not what the All Blacks should be about. He absolutely has to play winning football.
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