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Ardie Savea jouera-t-il un jour pour les Samoa ?

Ardie Savea s'éloigne des Samoa, sélection où évolue désormais son frère Julian, ici au 2e plan sous le maillot des All Blacks (Photo by Fiona Goodall/Getty Images).

Ardie Savea, le N.8 de la Nouvelle-Zélande, a toujours laissé la porte ouverte aux Samoa, une fois qu’il aura raccroché le maillot à la fougère argenté au clou.

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Mais le joueur, 30 ans, a quelque peu calmé l’enthousiasme samoan quant au fait qu’il défende les couleurs du pays de naissance de ses parents.

Par le passé, Savea a évoqué la possibilité de jouer pour les Samoa, tout comme son frère Julian, et s’il n’exclut pas cette possibilité, elle parait de plus en plus lointaine.

La raison de cet éloignement progressif ? Celui qui a été désigné Meilleur joueur de la Coupe du Monde 2023 craint de « ne pas rendre service au maillot » en troquant le noir pour le bleu alors qu’il sera au crépuscule de sa carrière.

Au cours d’une discussion au Japon avec Jim Hamilton dans le cadre de Walk the Talk (bientôt disponible sur RugbyPass TV), le All Black aux 81 sélections avance le fait qu’il « vieillit un peu ». Conséquence, un changement potentiel de nationalité sportive devient de plus en plus improbable d’une année à l’autre.

Comme World Rugby exige une période de trois ans sans rencontre internationale avant de pouvoir changer de maillot, Savea aurait 33 ans lorsqu’il pourrait revêtir le maillot des Manu Samoa pour la première fois. Et encore, cela signifierait qu’il mettrait fin immédiatement à sa carrière chez les All Blacks, ce qui est tout simplement inconcevable à l’heure actuelle.

Compte tenu de la forme qu’il a affichée ces dernières années avec la Nouvelle-Zélande, Savea semble être un titulaire indiscutable de la 3e ligne, et ce jusqu’à la Coupe du monde de 2027, raison pour laquelle il a modifié ses plans au-delà des All Blacks.

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« Si tu m’avais posé la question il y a quatre ans, j’aurais adoré représenter les Samoa, et enfiler ce maillot », assure le joueur.

« Mais à l’heure actuelle, je vieillis un peu et je crois que ce ne serait pas rendre service au maillot, si j’y allais encore plus vieux.

« On verra, mais avec la règle des trois ans, c’est long. »

Même si Savea ne jouera peut-être pas pour les Samoa à l’avenir, il espère toujours aider le pays dont il est originaire d’une manière ou d’une autre.

« J’ai envie de rendre aux Samoa ce que j’ai reçu de différentes façons.

« Il peut s’agir d’aller là-bas et aider les enfants, ou faire quelque chose de ce genre dans mon village.

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« Il ne s’agira peut-être pas de représenter le pays sur la scène internationale, mais simplement de faire quelque chose pour rendre la pareille », avance Ardie Savea.

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'Matches between Les Bleus and the All Blacks are rarely for the faint-hearted.'

Do you hear yourself? Do you have any concept of world view? Have you tried looking into why people call Ireland ‘arrogant’? Obviously not.


We started calling you arrogant when you called our captain a ‘shit Richie McCaw’. In New Zealand. On our turf. Don’t think that kind of behaviour really calls for respect, does it.


NZ don’t really talk ourselves up, if anything the rugby does it for us. No kiwi goes in the media and says: ‘We are gonna win the RWC’. However, I have found many instance of IRISH media saying that the Irish should win, without a doubt. THAT is disrespectful.


The All Blacks have played good rugby, even some of the best rugby ever, at many points in history, but I don’t think you could find a single instance of one of those players, or the NZ media, saying that they should whitewash their opponents. Ever.


Now, onto your analysis. Ireland DID choke the QF. They beat the champions, they were ranked first coming into it, a lot of players at the peaks of their powers. Its hard to say that they didn’t choke. Obviously, their preparation was just not as good as NZ, and thats all there really is to it.


If Ireland had repsected that ABs team and that QF more, maybe they would’ve prepared properly for it and won. But they didn’t.


Maybe if Ireland had won their QF last RWC, they wouldn’t have to be in the same pool as SA and Scotland. I mean, its called a draw for a reason. NZ got third last RWC, so of course they should get a reasonable pool, and they were ranked pretty highly too. If you want to talk about easy pools, look no further than Pool 3 with England, Australia, Fiji, and Georgia I think?


Now, obviously you don’t remember how that QF ended, so I’ll go ahead and rectify that. Ireland reclaimed the ball off kickoff and marched for 20ish phases into the opposition half. Savea then won a turnover, but the referee refused to give it, so play went on. Finally, at the NZ 22, after not giving up a single penatly in 25 phases of hard defense, Sam Whitelock, the most capped All Black of all time, wins the game with an incredible steal.


Now, NZ players having a go at Ireland. Do you cry when you get hit after making the first swing? We all know Sexton is a prick on the field, its just the truth. And Ioane never backs down from a clash, so he thought he should humble a player who has never won an international knockout game who thought he was all that. Don’t really see the issue, its poetic justice really.

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