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Toujours pas remis de sa blessure, Jaco Peyper forfait pour le Six Nations
World Rugby a annoncé un changement dans la composition de l’équipe des officiels de match pour la rencontre du Tournoi des Six Nations masculin 2024 entre l’Italie et l’Écosse, prévue le 9 mars.
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Jaco Peyper, originaire d’Afrique du Sud, est forfait pour le Tournoi des Six Nations en raison d’une blessure au talon d’Achille.
Remplacé par Angus Gardner
C’est l’arbitre australien Angus Gardner qui remplacera Peyper au Stadio Olimpico de Rome. Ainsi, Gardner est appelé en tant qu’arbitre de champ, Karl Dickson et Adam Leal (Angleterre) en tant qu’arbitres assistants.
Le Sud-Africain Marius van der Westhuizen sera l’arbitre du match pour la télévision (TMO).
La blessure remonte à la Coupe du Monde de Rugby en octobre dernier. Le Sud-Africain, qui avait dirigé le match d’ouverture du tournoi lorsque la France a accueilli les All Blacks à Paris en septembre, avait été désigné le mois suivant pour le quart de finale opposant le Pays de Galles à l’Argentine au Stade Vélodrome de Marseille.
Peyper s’était blessé à la RWC 2023
Cependant, dès que le pilier du Pays Galles Dan Biggar avait transformé son propre essai pour donner l’avantage au Pays Galles 7-0, Peyper avait demandé une pause pour s’entretenir avec les deux capitaines qui se trouvaient sur la ligne médiane, l’Argentin Julian Montoya et le Gallois Jac Morgan.
L’arbitre avait alors expliqué qu’il devait sortir en raison d’une blessure à la jambe gauche contractée en sautant de manière hasardeuse hors de la trajectoire d’une course avec ballon de Montoya vers un ruck argentin antérieur.
« Mon mollet a lâché », avait expliqué Peyper. « Je ne vais pas pouvoir suivre le rythme. Nous allons devoir changer d’arbitre et donner le sifflet à M. Dickson. Donnez-nous juste une minute. »
Alors que le chronomètre est arrêté à 15’25, Pepyer faisait ses adieux et sortait en boitillant jusqu’à la ligne de touche pour être examiné par les médecins et remplacé comme arbitre des quarts de finale par Karl Dickson, qui avait été chargé d’arbitrer la touche avec Andrea Piardi.
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Simply outrageous and demonstrably false to say Finau’s tackle on Lynagh was “2 seconds late” In reality it was probably 0.5 seconds after he passed the ball. If you carry the ball at speed to within 5m of the defensive line you can expect to get tackled. Finau could have pulled out of it and not absolutely flattened him for sure, but there was going to be contact either way. He seems like a high risk selection at the moment, but there is no one else like him in NZ at the moment. His big tackles make the highlight reels but he is also a great athlete, very fast for such a big man, spent most of his days at lock so also very strong in the line out.
21 Go to commentsYes, Finau looks like the best option. Blackadder is not big enough for an international 6 - he should join the queue at 7. Frizzell had the power and heft and line-out height to play lock, so maybe that is where the ABs should be looking, not at a 7 who’s not big enough for 6, but at a lock who might have the agility to play 6, like Scott Barrett, or… Natai Ah Kuoi, who absolutely fits that bill, but seldom gets to play 6 because the Chiefs have so many loosies.
21 Go to commentsPaul Quinn was a National MP.
5 Go to commentsNo need to worry about losers’ mentality hysteria from Australia. Finau has all the attributes, I don't recall a high or no arms tackle from him, and his timing has been controlled very well since the round 3 Lynagh tackle. It's an easy decision for Razor, the only question is who should back him up from the bench. He can't be overworked like Squire was in his first full season.
21 Go to comments“Reds coach Les Kiss saying later: “I think every player has the right to feel safe.” Maybe Rugby is the wrong sport for people who want to feel safe..?
21 Go to commentsNot sure what the context was, but the highlights showed one scrum against Aussie where the baby Blacks were going backwards at a pace. The pack has been the issue since 2017, so they might be in for another reality check soon. This tournament should really have been two rounds, would have learned a lot more.
1 Go to commentsPeter Lakai has a ‘lot of size’? Since when? To Kirifi maybe. I think Laidlaw clearly saw he’s too small for 6 or 8, so plonked him at 7. Has potential to be Ardies understudy in black for 7.
5 Go to commentsDalton for skipper?
15 Go to commentsOh he's ‘Irish qualified’ isn't that convenient. If Ireland get any more Kiwis (and Aussie) in their backline they might need to run out in green and black kit soon. How is the supposed best rugby system in the world in need of trawling for journeyman Kiwi players?
2 Go to commentsCallum Grace is playing well now that he's finally back in his best position. But given it was Razor who somehow thought Grace was dynamic enough to be a No8 when he's clearly not, Im not sure he’d backtrack on that. Finau is risky with his style, and there's almost no point picking Blackadder when he can’t stay on the field more than five minutes.
21 Go to commentsThe team on paper has more supposed ‘stars’ than a lot of the sides they’re losing to. They’ve got the Razor-blues and aren't playing for Penney. He should jump before he's pushed.
1 Go to commentsProof. That if you lay dramatic instrumental hip hop music over a video of a skinny pale white kid running an unopposed zig zag on a training ground filled with rookies - it’ll look next-level epic!
13 Go to commentsIf they win the challenge Cup then it will have all been worth it. If they don’t, then maybe he should go. Lots of ppl seem to think very highly of him as a coach, but maybe he would be better working under someone. Any top sides looking for forwards coaches rn?
1 Go to commentsJason Ryan knows his craft as forwards coach and I'm sure he’ll hold sway with Scott Robertson of who he feels worthy of selection…his credentials validated when he put a 7xcaps between them front row...Ethan, Samisoni and Lomax on Ellis Park…Go the AB's…
21 Go to commentsFascinating. I’m optimistic about a team coached by Schmiddy, Cron and Parling
14 Go to commentsI think if Blackadder is fit, he has to be in the team. If he isn’t, Finau would be good, and I always thought Akira deserved more of a crack at it. I think he looked better than ppl gave him credit.
21 Go to commentsThanks again Nick and interesting comments from Parling about his lineout preferences. Bearing in mind what Schmidt has said about prioritising Oz based players initially we may not see Skeleton until the EOY trip to Ireland and the UK. To me that suggests that Cale has to be ready by then. In the meantime we get 3 jumpers by having 2 jumping locks and a Wright/Swinton/Holloway/Leota type of guy at 6. I think that he (Parling) would do well to coach Valentini and Wilson to jump more. Surely they could learn more about this?
14 Go to commentsdo what the ABs normally do and cruise around the South Pacific to cherry-pick the contenders
21 Go to commentsGood read, GP comes across as a very knowledgeable guy and pretty decent human to boot! Genuinely leaves me wondering though, how Australia’s second city could be in with a serious possibility of being left without a pro team. Just how does that get to happen? Credit to the team though, they’re performing pretty well under some horrible circumstances and pressure on their livelihoods. Whoever made the call to boot out DR, his staff and the structure/connections/succession plans he had put in place in unbelievably short order needs strung up by their most sensitive body parts. Thought that at the time and of course, events unfolded even worse than feared!
14 Go to commentsCan’t see an appetite to pick Brad Shields for obvious reasons, but Devan Flanders has got to be in with a shout.
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