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Jonny Gray a refusé la sélection, une décision « regrettable » pour Townsend

Jonny Gray a préféré profiter de la trêve internationale pour se reposer, plutôt que de rejoindre sa sélection. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images)

Convoqué par Gregor Townsend pour rejoindre l’équipe d’Écosse, Jonny Gray a choisi de décliner l’invitation, une décision « un peu décevante » pour le sélectionneur.

Le joueur de l’Union Bordeaux-Bègles, arrivé en Gironde cet été, a préféré faire l’impasse sur la tournée d’automne pour s’accorder un peu de repos après un début de saison consistant qui suit une année blanche pour cause de blessure.

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L’Ecosse va successivement affrontement les Fidji, l’Afrique du Sud, le Portugal et enfin l’Australie durant le mois de novembre.

À 30 ans, le 2e ligne compte 77 sélections, la dernière remontant au mois de mars 2023. Alors à Exeter, il s’était gravement blessé au genou et n’avait pas foulé les terrains de toute la saison 2023-2024.

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    Devenu immédiatement une pièce maitresse du pack bordelais, Gray a déjà cumulé cinq titularisations en sept journées de Top 14 (et deux entrées en jeu).

    « Vu qu’il a beaucoup joué depuis deux mois, Jonny et Bordeaux estiment qu’il est préférable qu’il prenne du repos durant le mois de novembre », a poursuivi Townsend.

    « On préférerait l’avoir avec nous, mais c’est ainsi et on doit avancer avec d’autres deuxièmes lignes. »

    Townsend :  « C’est compliqué avec les joueurs évoluant en France »

    Tout en laissant la porte entrouverte à un retour ultérieur du cadet des Gray sous le maillot frappé du chardon, Townsend a nuancé son propos : « Il va manquer à l’appel ce coup-ci, et ensuite cela dépendra si les autres saisissent leur chance ou pas.

    « Il a été absent pendant 18 mois, il est revenu et a joué à un haut niveau, mais c’est compliqué avec les joueurs qui évoluent en France.

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    « Ils ne sont pas disponibles pour tous les matchs, et on en comprend les raisons, mais c’est regrettable qu’il ne soit pas disponible pour ce rassemblement. »

    Richie Gray, le grand frère de Jonny, est lui aussi absent de la liste des 45 joueurs écossais appelés pour les tests de novembre, car il s’apprête à rejoindre le Japon le mois prochain.

    Ce transfert va en effet automatiquement exclure l’ancien Toulousain de la sélection, et ainsi signer la fin de sa carrière internationale.

    « Richie a fait partie des discussions (pour faire partie du groupe), on savait qu’il était disponible », a rappelé Townsend. « Il n’a pas joué depuis deux ou trois semaines, donc c’est avant tout une question de condition physique. Mais on a en tête qu’il ne viendra plus avec nous après cette période ».

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    RedWarriors 3 hours ago
    France deny England and clinch Six Nations title in Paris

    I think we need to call out the red card non-decision here and acknowledge the damage that France, through Galthie, have done to confidence in the officaiting and citing process.

    It started when Garry Ringrose had club matches included in his ban following similar precedents for (Atonio, Haouas, Danty) who were all carded/cited in match just before fallow week and club matches counted. Ntamacks citing was in week 1 and harder to demonstrate availability for club match with another International match between. Preceednt ~(O’Mahony 2021) was followed. Reading the written decision for Ntamack shows that Galthie understood this perfectly. Yet after the Ringrose ban included club matches, Galthie publicly goes berserk screaming ‘Injustice (against France”. Again, he knows the precedents for Ringrose are all French and indeed the only person preceding Ntamack to have club matches count in that situation was France’s Willemse.

    The media swallowed this up wholesale and the story started circulating and being added to without a single journalist/pundit (except rush Mirror) actually reading the Ntamack decision. Sneaky Ireland had better briefs than honest naive France was one random addition by a pundit which becamse accpeted fact without checking etc and added to the circulation.

    Angered by losing his star player Galthie again lashes out. He knows know he can de facto attack individual players, the media won’t intervene and as long as he doesnt directly attack an individual official he will stay out of trouble.

    So he attacks players who then het threatened by some lunatic French supporters online. Ireland are ‘Butchers’ apparently. The passive head contact earning Nash a yellow now becomes a double head hit on Barrassi, requiring a double red.

    France who have more dangerous tackle citings under Galthie than all other six nations combined. They get more favourable outcomes than all other teams. poor France are now the victims of great injustice. It is farce.

    But it paid off.

    Mauvaka struck the Scottish Scrum half with a diving head butt in Sundays match. Its a clear red. Scotlands back line attack looked superiors to France’s and Scotland were there or there abouts.

    What I can only assume is the chilling affect on Galthie’s public attacks Carley send it to the bunker. A deliberate head butt is a clear red on more than one count. There is no doubt, bo grey area.

    If thats a red card do France win the match? I would say that Scotland are likely winners, which would have meant England winning the title.

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