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Ce qu'il faut savoir sur Nouvelle-Zélande v Namibie

Damian McKenzie of the All Blacks warms up during the The Rugby Championship & Bledisloe Cup match between the Australia Wallabies and the New Zealand All Blacks at Melbourne Cricket Ground on July 29, 2023 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

Une semaine après leur défaite 27-13 contre la France en match d’ouverture au Stade de France, les All Blacks devront se reprendre contre la Namibie, vendredi 15 septembre, à Toulouse, où les deux équipes se retrouveront pour la troisième fois en Coupe du Monde de Rugby.

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Ian Foster, le sélectionneur, a apporté neuf changements à son XV de départ en vue du deuxième match. Nepo Laulala, Sam Whitelock, Dalton Papali’i, Ardie Savea, Beauden Barrett et Anton Lienert-Brown sont les seuls joueurs à conserver leur place d’un match à l’autre dans le XV de départ.

La Namibie a débuté sa Coupe du Monde de Rugby 2023 par une défaite 52-8 contre l’Italie, à Saint-Étienne, une rencontre dont le capitaine namibien Johan Deysel dit qu’elle est riche d’enseignements.

À quel point ? On en saura plus vendredi. La bonne nouvelle, c’est que la température à Toulouse vendredi sera bien moins élevée.

HISTORIQUE

Il s’agira de la troisième confrontation de suite entre les deux équipes en Coupe du Monde de Rugby. Les All Blacks se sont imposés aisément par deux fois – 58-14 au Stade Olympique de Londres en 2015, et 71-9 au Tokyo Stadium il y a quatre ans.

MATCH MARQUANT

La Nouvelle-Zélande a inscrit neuf essais contre la Namibie au cours d’une victoire 58-14 lors de l’édition 2015, qu’ils ont remportée. Mais au-delà des doublés de Nehe Milner-Skudder et de Julian Savea, le public se souvient surtout de l’essai de Johan Deysel inscrit par une Namibie organisée et déterminée qui a causé bien plus de problèmes aux All Blacks que le score ne le laisse penser, et qui venait de refuser la pénalité.

POINT-CLÉ

La grande question restera de savoir si la Nouvelle-Zélande a digéré la toute première défaite en poule de son histoire, concédée contre la France en ouverture, elle qui avait enchaîné 31 succès en phase de poule jusqu’ici. Si on s’attend à voir les triples champions du monde l’emporter sans forcer, leur performance sera forcément scrutée.

LE DUEL

Damian McKenzie contre Tiaan Swanepoel. Si le Néo-Zélandais compte 43 sélections, ce n’est que sa première Coupe du Monde de Rugby car il dut déclarer forfait en 2019 à cause d’une blessure à la cheville. Ce n’est que son cinquième match à l’ouverture. Son vis-à-vis, Swanepoel, compte autant de titularisation en 10 que McKenzie et se distingue par son incroyable jeu au pied. Il pourrait s’avérer très utile pour son équipe, lui qui a fait gagner 583 mètres aux siens en 16 coups de pied contre l’Italie.

LA STAT INCROYABLE

Sam Whitelock égalera Richie McCaw au premier rang des All Blacks les plus capés de l’histoire (148 sélections). Seul le Gallois Alun Wyn Jones (171) compte plus de matchs internationaux. Il s’agira également de son 21ème match de Coupe du Monde de Rugby, soit seulement un de moins que les recordmen, son compatriote McCaw et l’Anglais Jason Leonard. Whitelock était des deux précédents affrontements entre la Nouvelle-Zélande et la Namibie, contre qui il a inscrit l’un de ses sept essais internationaux.

L’ARBITRE

Luke Pearce (Angleterre). Pearce, 35 ans, est devenu le plus jeune arbitre à rejoindre le panel d’officiels de la fédération anglaise en 2009.

LES ÉQUIPES

NOUVELLE-ZÉLANDE : Beauden Barrett ; Caleb Clarke, Anton Lienert-Brown, David Havili, Leicester Fainga’anuku ; Damian McKenzie, Cam Roigard ; Ofa Tuungafasi, Samisoni Taukei’aho, Nepo Laulala ; Brodie Retallick, Samuel Whitelock ; Luke Jacobson, Dalton Papali’i, Ardie Savea (cap.)

Remplaçants : Dane Coles, Ethan de Groot, Fletcher Newell, Scott Barrett, Tupou Vaa’i, Aaron Smith, Richie Mo’unga, Rieko Ioane

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NAMIBIE : Cliven Loubser ; Gerswin Mouton, Johan Deysel (capitaine), Le Roux Malan, Divan Rossouw ; Tiaan Swanepoel, Damian Stevens ; Jason Benade, Torsten Van Jaarsveld, Johan Coetzee ; Johan Retief, Tjiuee Uanivi ; Wian Conradie, Prince Gaoseb, Richard Hardwick

Remplaçants : Louis van der Westhuizen, Desiderius Sethie, Haitembu Shifuka, PJ Van Lill, Adriaan Booysen, Max Katjijeko, Jacques Theron, JC Greyling

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Hellhound 7 minutes ago
'The success of Skelton, Hooper and Tupou should trigger a rethink on Australia’s overseas selection criteria'

While that may have been true in the past, a lot have changed and still is. While SA have more players, it doesn't mean they are better players. What makes them better players, is competing against some of the world's best internationals at club level, so by the time they themselves get to the international stage, they already know those players strengths and weaknesses. They may be uncapped, but they have already faced international stars multiple times by then, making them more mature and streetwise. Those experiences benefits the Boks massively. NZRU doesn't have the money to develop more and better players. While they might look good in SR, they are not ready to face the best in the world and that holds the AB's back. By allowing SA players to leave and play for other clubs world wide, they allow those players to be developed at no cost by others as SARU don't have the money to develop stars. Rugby have changed. Laws have changed. Everything is changing and if NZ don't, they may fall further behind. Once the most feared team, that statistic is merely a relic of the past and you will never see that amount of fear again. Teams don't fear the AB's anymore. They just see the AB's as “one” of the best and a very tough Test, but not invincible. Most Tier 1 nations is confident they can beat the AB's. Unlike others, I don't believe that the AB's went through a bad stage. They went through a transitional period as very team do. The other nations just caught up and is starting to surpass them. The Boks are the most feared team now, but they are definitely not invincible not undefeatable. However, a team need to bring a near flawless game plan to beat them. The Boks ability to win most games on “sleep mode”, not even getting out of 2nd gear, is what teams fear. Once the Boks start shifting gears, the game become almost impossible to beat them. However, it can be done. By the top 6 anyone can beat anyone.

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Hellhound 52 minutes ago
New Zealand just needs to look at the NPC to change eligibility laws

Yeah that changed the game so much badly for the Boks. Don't be glib. It's exactly because of that eligibility changes that the Boks became the double WC champs and the best in the world. They can actually choose the best players to play for the Boks, no matter where they are plying their trade. That's why they are 4 deep in every position talent wise. Besides that, it allows the players to grow and learn and become better under different coaches. It allows them to earn a lot of money and make rugby a professional career without having to worry how they are going to pay for their houses and families and debt worries etc. Everything they learn, they bring back to SA, helping the younger generation grow and learn. It's why Rassie is miles ahead of every other coach. As much as players want to play for their country, guess what? They will always put family first. That is why the players will go where who ever pays them the most. SA can't afford their Bok stars, but other clubs world wide can and they employ those stars. They get small change from SARU compared to what clubs and endorsement deals pay them. The players that plays for the Boks do it out of national pride and they play for more than just money. It's why they are the best. It's why they don't have a best player in each position. It's why it's a team effort and all players but into that ideology. It's why the Boks are so successful. Look at the RFU in England. Look at Wales and others. Always the same problems. Money. Players leaving because of funds not caring if that affects their eligibility to play for their country. SA is currently getting raided for its talent. Not just some of the older players, but especially the young stars. Eligibility is strangling careers of players. Especially those who wants to play for their country as they are stuck earning peanuts. With SA, these players earn Mega. Why? They are not restricted by where they play. The Currie Cup is a small competition that doesn't have space for more players. In the world of rugby however, there is thousand of clubs where they can go ahead and make a name for themselves. Instead of being stuck behind a player for years and effectively destroying their own chances of representing their country. There is so many Bok players who was never in the Bok planning. That wasn't even known. Players who made a name for themselves elsewhere and became Boks where they never would have. Eligibility is only hurting the players and once they realise that, they always leave for green pastures despite it costing them a possible Test cap.

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Hellhound 1 hour ago
'We struggled': Ex-All Black first five backs Springboks to end Eden Park streak

Blah blah blah. The Boks is 4 deep in every position and no top players in any position. Age won't be a problem. Neither will the Boks be a weak run over. Arrogance and over estimation of current AB's players is what is going to make the AB's go down 2-0 again. Clearly not having watched the Boks closely since the WC in 2023, you have missed the amount of players that's been used. The depth that has been build. It was all over the news and still is. Just by taking out 5 players alone, the Boks age grade drops by at least 2-3 years. By the next WC, they will already be more experienced than most players in other teams, including the AB's. This AB's team is good, but definitely not great and can barely beat a C team French. There is many good players in NZ, but very little depth. Despite SA losing so much talent to other countries, the wheels keep churning out absolute stars, and the sad thing is that many will be lost to the Boks due to other great stars already filling those positions, with other young great stars backing them up. The Boks have so many players in every position,they can employ any strategy they wish and still beat all comers. Can the AB's or other teams do that? No team is undefeatable, not even the Boks. However, unless the Boks lose deliberately or another team bring nothing but their A game and a near flawless game plan, they will lose. As usual these 2 Tests between them will be absolutely great and very very close. When it comes to the Boks vs AB's, ranking doesn't matter. Experience doesn't matter. Nothing matters except the game. Neither ever wants to lose against each other. Every game is like a WC final. But to write of the double WC champs as old? Players who have beaten the AB's 4 games in a row? Players who have won the last WC by 1 point each in the knockouts? Players who knows how to bend but not break in the toughest and tightest games? That knows how to win? Take off the blinders, judge not by emotion, but by logic and common sense. Stats. Facts. Performance. Skill. Everyone wants their team to win and that is a great thing. You and everyone wants to talk about the Georgians and Italy as no contest and the Boks going into the RC as “under cooked”. The Boks never moved out of 2nd gear, experimenting, changing of complete game plans, almost complete team changes, without losing a step. Absolutely destroying these weak teams. Something this AB's side couldn't do to a weak C French team. Last year the Boks used 55 players, and so far used 49 ( would be more if not for injuries ) this year, with the RC still to come, and the EOYT. Last year the Boks only lost 2 tests by 1 point each with these same so called “OLD” players. What's going to be the excuse when the AB's lose against these “OLD” players? The ref again? Or Rassie's innovative experiments? Do not be glib or blind. Show respect where it's due and respect the opposition and what they have achieved. Don't like the current narrative where more and more pundits calls this Bok team to be the best ever team? Better than the AB's of 2011-2015? To me, this is a different time, different players. I don't like to compare teams unless they are the same era. Then that team was the best. Currently it is the Boks. Should the Boks make it a triple WC crown, they would arguably be seen as the best ever team. That argument of the best team ever will carry on until the end of the 2027 WC. Currently this AB team have great potential with tweaks here and there, and with Mouanga back in the frame, it's a big step up. No win is guaranteed. Overhyping players and games does no good for the players on the field, just adding extra pressure that will lead to individual mistakes on the field that will cost a team a game.

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