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Tevita Kuridrani de Biarritz à Seattle
L’ancien milieu de terrain des Wallabies, Tevita Kuridrani (61 sélections entre 2013 et 2019), a refait surface aux États-Unis après un passage malheureux en France.
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Le joueur de 31 ans a joué pour la dernière fois pour Biarritz lors de la saison 2021/22 du Top 14 qui s’est terminée par une relégation et, après une année d’absence, il vient d’être dévoilé en tant que nouvelle recrue par les Seattle Seawolves en Major League Rugby pour un contrat de deux ans.
« Ma famille et moi sommes très heureux de nous installer à Seattle. Je suis reconnaissant de l’opportunité qui m’est offerte et j’ai hâte de rejoindre la famille des Seawolves », a déclaré Tevita Kuridrani dans un communiqué.
Présentation de son CV
Le club a pris le temps de présenter sa nouvelle recrue en reprenant son CV assez complet.
« Kuridrani est né aux Fidji et a déménagé en Australie à l’âge de 11 ans. Il a commencé sa carrière internationale en représentant les Fidji dans les U20 en 2010. Plus tard cette année-là, il a fait la traversée et a commencé à jouer pour son pays d’adoption, faisant ses débuts à Dubaï pour les Aussie 7s », est-il écrit dans le communiqué de présentation.
« Alors qu’il faisait partie de l’académie des Reds, Kuridrani a attiré l’attention des Brumbies et a fait ses débuts avec l’équipe de Canberra en 2021, devenant rapidement leur centre titulaire et étant appelé dans l’équipe des Wallabies.
« Kuridrani a gagné 61 sélections internationales, marquant 22 essais et participant aux Coupes du Monde de Rugby 2015 et 2019. En 2020, après 135 matchs et 28 essais avec les Brumbies, Kuridrani passe à la Western Force. Il rejoint aujourd’hui les Seawolves après avoir joué sa dernière saison pour le Biarritz Olympique en France.
« Il est doté de jambes extra-longues qui lui permettent de se faufiler entre les défenseurs potentiels, d’une feinte mortelle et d’un appui subtil du pied gauche qui suffisent à faire douter les meilleurs défenseurs, ainsi que d’une excellente capacité d’offload. »
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Pour Allen Clarke, directeur du rugby et entraîneur principal des Seawolves, « C’est une signature qui va non seulement inspirer notre club à obtenir plus de succès, mais aussi inspirer nos fans, notre championnat et les futures générations de joueurs de rugby américains. Nous sommes ravis d’accueillir Tevita, sa compagne Melissa et sa fille Silovate dans la famille des Seawolves pour les deux prochaines saisons ».
Comments on RugbyPass
I guess we may all agree on the fact, that the ABs and Boks are the two in contest for No 1 in rugby history (the triple-A sort of) …. the Wallabies, England and France are the next tier, with Ireland being the new kid in town (AA) …. in my view it makes little sense creating imaginary competitions (unless you have too much time to waste)
43 Go to commentsWhat a joke. Total joke and the pundits commentating, all of whom know a bit about the game, could barely disguise their contempt. Reaching for the card then pulling back when he realised a red card would carry further match suspensions is simply not his decision to make. A clear and obvious influence on the outcome of this match and indeed, the championship path.
2 Go to commentsI like the idea, in NZ the Ranfurly Shield and NPC coexist, both having their own bragging rights. The World Cup would be the pinnacle, but the competition and travels of these trophies would be interesting.
43 Go to commentsDon’t worry Sonny bill Williams leave that awkward situation about the curfew in the pass whoever it was it doesn’t matter its no big deal we back our All Blacks through the storm and the thunder until we see the Sun light again.
42 Go to commentsWho listens to this retard? He was a massive liability as a player but obviously a media sensation
42 Go to commentsI’m not surprised by such ‘virtue signalling’ by Sonny Boy. Butter wouldn’t melt in his mouth. He’s such a pious Islamic muppet, imo.
42 Go to commentsI’ve actually never heard of the guy (then I don’t watch League as it is boring). But if he is good enough.. then good luck to him. If not, well, he can always return to league.
2 Go to commentsIt is pretty clear that by almost any measure that NZ are a more successful rugby nation than South Africa. Quite aside from the distasteful events during the last RWC final. NZ lead SA in all significant measurements.
43 Go to commentsDickson went to his pocket for a card, saw who it was, changed his mind and spoke at length to TMO. One angle clearly shows Care diving over a Saints player to kill the ball. 1st yellow, reason given for not Red was player was falling backwards. He was only falling backwards after contact with Lawes. Graham try should have stood. Mitchell did not have both hands on the ball, ball went forward from a Saints boot dragging over it. 2 intentional knock-on's. One of which had an overlap on the outside. If Quins are happy to win by intentional foul play, then it does not say much for them. Would appear to be a bad day for Karl Dickson, also for the RFU in appointing a Ref who spent 8 years as a player at one of the clubs.
2 Go to commentsLet’s not forget about Ardie Savea just yet.
5 Go to commentsThe URC and the Euro Championscup can’t run at the same time, basically dilutes both competitions.
1 Go to comments“While Sotutu should start at No.8 for the All Blacks against England, but it’s only in that arena that he can prove just how good he really is.” And that my friends is where simply hasnt shone despite multiple opportunities. Even in this performance you can see what did him in in the test arena..he almost always still runs at the opposition almost ramrod upright making him easier to stop than it should be.
5 Go to commentsShould have been 0-0 and a message from SR CEO to both teams - “don’t worry about turning up next year”.
4 Go to commentsGreat work Owen Franks. A great of this team, scoring his first try for the Crusaders since 2010.He was beaming, justifiably. A fine win, he and the rest did the job up front.
1 Go to commentsDanny Care. Lang in die tand.
1 Go to commentsBig empty stadium does nothing for atmosphere but munster are playing well with solid performance
1 Go to commentsYes, Fiji can win the World Cup! With that belief plus their christian faith🙏 and hard work it is achievable. Great article. Ian Duncan Fiji resident 1981-84
2 Go to commentsInteresting comments about Touch. England’s hosting the Touch World Cup this year and the numbers have exploded since their last World Cup in 2019, something like 70% more teams and 40 nations taking part. And England Touch have made a big thing about how many universities are in their BUCS University Touch Championship as well as Sport England membership. Can only see this growing even more domestically as more people become aware of it
10 Go to comments“Cortez Ratima is light years ahead of anyone on current form, while TJ Perenara has also skyrocketed into contention following the unfortunate injury to the talented Cam Roigard.” At last some sanity. Hitherto so many pundits have been wittering on about Finlay Christie to the point one wondered if they were observing a FC in a parallel universe where the FC they saw wasnt just the mediocre Shayne Philpott project of Fosters hapless AB reign in the real world. Ratima, Perenara and Fakatava are the ONLY logical 9s for Razor now Roigard is crocked.
4 Go to commentsThis game was just as painful as the Hurricanes game. It was real fork-in-the-eye stuff.
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