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La fin amère de la génération des Bleuets

LE CAP, AFRIQUE DU SUD - 19 JUILLET : Junior K'poku (Angleterre U20) et Leo Carbonneau (France U20) lors du World Rugby U/20 Championship, match final entre l'Angleterre et la France au DHL Stadium le 19 juillet 2024 au Cap, en Afrique du Sud. (Photo par Ashley Vlotman/Gallo Images/Getty Images)

En s’inclinant face à l’Angleterre en finale du Championnat du monde, France U20 n’a pas été en mesure de réaliser un exploit historique, celui d’enchaîner une quatrième victoire de rang comme seuls les U20 néo-Zélandais l’ont réalisé à ce jour.

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Cette défaite contre l’Angleterre le 19 juillet sonne comme la fin d’un rêve, l’impossibilité d’un exploit, le terme d’une aventure.

« Ecrire l’histoire, je m’en fous un peu. C’est pour les garçons que j’ai souffert », lâche l’entraîneur Sébastien Calvet.

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« Je pense qu’on gardera tous en tête le match majuscule qu’ils ont su faire en demi-finale (contre la Nouvelle-Zélande, ndlr), surtout après ce match aller. Ils avaient bien travaillé sur cette finale. On était confiant, tous. Je suis déçu pour les garçons et pour le staff. »

Lui-même met un terme à son contrat de coach des Bleuets alors qu’il s’en va à Agen pour les rênes de l’équipe. « Je quitte un peu tout ça mais ce soir ce qui me fait chier, c’est les garçons. A côté de ça, place à l’espoir. Les 2004 vont apprendre à se relever et les 2005 vont chercher la victoire l’année prochaine. »

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Il avait demandé à ses joueurs comme une boutade de lui « mettre des paillettes dans le yeux ». Ce sont des larmes finalement qui se sont imposés.

« Ça a été quand même une période où, sur deux ans, on a eu le même groupe, la génération 2004 s’est bien intégrée avec la génération 2005. On a réalisé deux parcours assez incroyables, champion du monde, puis finaliste malheureusement. Ça restera un souvenir énorme dans notre carrière », assure le deuxième-ligne Charly Gambini.

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« Autant l’année dernière avec le groupe qu’il y avait il avait su motiver tout le monde pour aller chercher le sacre mondial, autant cette année avec l’effectif qu’il y avait – il manquait pas mal de cadres – on ne savait pas trop où on partait », poursuit Mathis Castro-Ferraira qui figurait dans le groupe champion du monde de 2023.

« Sébastien a réussi à mobiliser tout le monde, à tirer le meilleur de nous sur chaque entraînement pour nous permettre d’arriver là où on en aujourd’hui. Malheureusement, on ne lui offre pas la sortie qu’on aurait voulu lui offrir. Mais on est fier de tout le groupe et du staff. »

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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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