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Futur coach des Fidji : les candidatures sont ouvertes

Fiji players huddle as the lights from phones are seen in the crowd prior to during the Rugby World Cup France 2023 match between Fiji and Portugal at Stadium de Toulouse on October 08, 2023 in Toulouse, France. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images)

La fédération fidjienne de rugby (FRU) a mandaté le cabinet Global Elite Sports pour superviser la recherche d’un entraîneur pour son équipe nationale de rugby à XV.

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Global Elite Sports a ainsi un contrat d’exclusivité pour travailler avec la fédération et trouver un remplaçant à Simon Raiwalui, parti gérer la haute performance à World Rugby dans le courant du mois de novembre.

Peter Mazey, le président de la fédération, a indiqué au média FijiLive que l’agence internationale avait déjà aidé un certain nombre de nations du tier un dans leur quête de sélectionneurs et est convaincu qu’elle saura trouver le profil qu’il faut pour encadrer les Flying Fijians.

Réponse fin janvier – début février

« Les candidatures sont ouvertes et les personnes intéressées ont jusqu’au 12 janvier pour se déclarer », a indiqué le président.

« Le très beau parcours des Fidji à la Coupe du Monde de Rugby en France a réellement élevé le niveau et nous avons déjà observé un certain intérêt de différents entraîneurs partout dans le monde.

« Nous ne prendrons pas part au processus de sélection et on laissera l’agence faire son travail, sélectionner les meilleurs candidats et établir une short-list. »

Peter Mazey a précisé que les candidats retenus seront soumis à deux entretiens avant la fin du mois de janvier et le nom de l’heureux élu sera annoncé quelques temps après.

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Why Blair Kinghorn should be nailed on as the Lions starting 15

I can see arguments for both Kinghorn, and Keenan starting for the Lions. But I’m less convinced by some of the claims (clearly partisan) supporters are using to argue the merits of one over the other.


For example, a number of Ireland supporters have suggested Kinghorn is ‘defensively weak’. That’s patently false - or at least on the evidence of this 6N, he’s certainly no weaker there than Keenan is, who is presumably the comparative standard they’re using. Keenan was both shrugged off in contact, and beaten on the edge for pace, a number of times during this competition.


Equally, Scotland supporters arguing Kinghorn is the more capable ‘rugby player’ seem to have overlooked the (frankly sizeable) body of evidence demonstrating that Keenan is an excellent ball in hand distributor and decision maker. So that doesn’t hold up under scrutiny either.


I don’t think there’s all that much to choose between them, and either would be a strong choice. I think it would be really interesting from a pure rugby perspective to see Keenan playing a ‘Scotland-esque’ style of high tempo attacking rugby. Either coming into the line more routinely as first receiver, or being swung as a pendulum and getting the ball on the edge against a stretched defence.


That’s assuming Andy Farrell goes that route, of course. He may well just opt for his Ireland system instead, and populate it with the likes of Henshaw, Ringrose, Lowe and Keenan. I’m sure that would win the series. Quite what effect it might have on a Lions audience who were expecting something other than ‘Ireland on tour, but wearing red’ would remain to be seen.


As for the debate at FB, the only ‘eye test’ difference I feel exists is in the pace of rugby Kinghorn (Toulouse? Scotland?) tends to play. His passing/offload game feels crisper and higher tempo than Keenan’s - and as we saw in Paris, his pace and eye for a gap from deep are superior.


But again, that will only prove a decisive factor if Andy Farrell wants to play that way. If all he wants from his FB is to sit deep, field high balls, and mop up then there’s little between these two equally excellent players.

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