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« Ferme-la » : le conseil d’Etzebeth à Lawes

Eben Etzebeth a pris la défense des Bulls, bien qu'il évolue aux Sharks (Photo by Warren Little/Getty Images).

Il n’y a pas que sur le terrain que les affrontements entre Courtney Lawes et Eben Etzebeth font des étincelles. Par voie de presse, les deux colosses se défendent aussi plutôt bien, comme vient de le montrer le dernier épisode en date.

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Trois semaines plus tôt, Northampton se qualifiait pour les demi-finales de la Champions Cup en écartant sans difficulté les Bulls (59-22).

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La démonstration anglaise (9 essais, 33 défenseurs battus, 12 franchissements…) fait un peu jaser, d’autant que Jake White, le boss des Bulls, a délibérément laissé 11 Springboks à la maison. Officiellement, parce que les multiples voyages entre l’Afrique du Sud et l’Europe finissent par être harassants pour ses joueurs.

Titulaire lors de ce fameux match sur le flanc de la 3e ligne et d’ailleurs auteur du 2e essai des siens, Courtney Lawes ne se prive pas de dire tout haut ce que beaucoup d’observateurs pensent tout bas.

« Mon avis, c’est que c’est une attitude très sud-africaine de faire tout un cirque autour de ça, de faire sortir dans la presse qu’ils doivent prendre huit vols différents, patati patata », a déclaré le futur joueur de Brive dans l’émission The Rugby Pod.

Avant d’ajouter :« Mais je vous garantis que beaucoup de choses ont été au moins exagérées, et c’était une excellente façon pour eux de se décharger de la pression et de nous la mettre sur le dos ».

Des déclarations qui n’ont pas tardé à provoquer la réponse d’Eben Etzebeth. Invité lui aussi de The Rugby Pod, le joueur des Sharks a pris la défense de ses compatriotes.

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« “Les Bulls ont été très critiqués, à tort je pense. J’ai vu des joueurs comme Courtney Lawes parler de ‘l’attitude sud-africaine’. Je ne sais pas pourquoi il fait référence à l’Afrique du Sud dans son ensemble », s’est interrogé l’ancien Toulonnais.

« Il n’a sûrement aucune idée de ce qui se passe en Afrique du Sud, donc il devrait plutôt la fermer. »

« C’est Jake [White] qui prend les décisions. Quand vous êtes entraîneur en chef, vous devez pouvoir sélectionner qui vous voulez. En Champions Cup et en Challenge Cup, si vous ne jouez votre demi-finale à domicile, vous avez peu de chances de gagner la compétition », a poursuivi le double champion du monde, qui avait déjà remis les Irlandais à leur place dans ce même podcast.

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« Ils devaient se déplacer en quarts de finale, puis probablement aller au Leinster pour la demie, et ensuite retourner en Europe pour disputer la finale peut-être contre Toulouse. Donc ce sera toujours difficile ».

Pour rappel, les demi-finales de la Champions Cup se disputent sans aucune équipe sud-africaine. Samedi à 18h30, le Leinster reçoit les Northampton Saints de Courtney Lawes, tandis que le Stade Toulousain reçoit les Harlequins le dimanche à 16h.

En Challenge Cup, les Sharks d’Eben Etzebeth défie l’ASM Clermont au Twickenham Stoop (samedi 13h30), puis Gloucester affronte le Benetton Rugby (samedi 16h).

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JWH 5 hours ago
'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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