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Fidji Sevens : Kolinisau nommé pour redresser la barre

Osea Kilinisau, désormais à la tête des Fidji Sevens, a été champion olympique à Rio en 2016 Photo Scott Taetsch/Getty Images).

Rien ne va plus aux Fidji. A moins de cinq mois des Jeux Olympiques, les doubles médaillés d’or viennent de changer de sélectionneur. Exit Ben Gollings, qui avait reçu des avertissements avant d’être licencié, bonjour Osea Kolinisau, le nouvel entraîneur, arrivé des États-Unis.

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Le président intérimaire de la Fiji Rugby Union, Peter Mazey, a révélé lors d’une conférence de presse que Gollings avait écopé d’avertissements clairs concernant son incapacité à remporter un tournoi.

« Nous pouvions adresser trois avertissements verbaux et un écrit, ils ont tous été donnés, a-t-il informé. Le premier a été donné en novembre, deux autres ont été donnés après les SVNS du Cap et de Perth et il a reçu un avertissement écrit après le SVNS de Vancouver. »

Médaillé d’or olympique à Rio en 2016, Kolinisau, 38 ans, a immédiatement tenu sa première réunion avec le groupe. Un groupe qui comprend notamment Jerry Tuwai et Vatemo Ravouvou, coéquipiers de Kolinisau au Brésil. Ce dernier a défini le chemin que les Fidji doivent emprunter pour défendre leur titre olympique à VII à Paris cet été.

Premier objectif : Hong-Kong

« Mes critères ne reposent pas uniquement sur l’expérience et le talent, mais aussi sur la condition physique et l’implication à l’entraînement, qui sont deux facteurs qui font la réputation du rugby à VII fidjien. Ce sont les Jeux olympiques et nous voulons prendre les meilleurs joueurs à disposition, a indiqué Kolinisau au Fiji Sun.

« Aucun joueur n’est assuré d’avoir une place dans l’équipe, Chacun aura les mêmes chances. Nous allons travailler sur notre condition physique et notre défense cette semaine. On va également travailler notre réaction sur les coups d’envoi et les coups de pied arrêtés. »

Menées par Kolisinau, alors capitaine, les Fidji dirigées par Ben Ryan avaient remporté à Rio, en 2016, la première médaille d’or olympique de l’histoire du pays. Breloque défendue avec succès à Tokyo, cinq ans plus tard, par l’équipe entraînée par Gareth Baber.

Toutefois, les Fidji n’ont pas remporté une seule manche des HSBC SVNS Series depuis mai 2022. Le premier objectif de Kolinisau est d’ores et déjà défini : ce sera le tournoi SVNS de Hong Kong, qui se déroulera du 5 au 7 avril.

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JW 52 minutes ago
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Ah yeah, that one. Look, nonplussed (sorry the opposite of that actually) about that one, it's just what you have to expect when you're playing Beauden Barrett.


I don't think BB had a page for anyone else to even be on. When you say the try was on, I think in half a dozen different ways and that's what caused his indecision.


I can blame ALB for that one though. Because BB held the ball on his first line (what he had been doing since he came on the field, running straight and hard) he then starts to slide with BB. ALB should have just kept running straight, as I think you're probably right, that's what BB was looking for by holding onto the ball and taking a few more steps there, and the would have gone right to him and who knows what unfolds. Certainly something better than what did happen.


Of course we know BB can't read a pass for sh!t and lobs it right in the middle of two players who have no clue what he's trying to do. I felt live he should have passed straight away to Reiko or run much closer to those two forward defenders (inc the guy sprinting across) and hope someones hitting a gap and pass at the line (line Dmac would). I think he took away the options of that initial intent his two targets had (whatever they were, I can't imagine they were anything more than ALB hit it up, Reiko run it wide around the back) and it became the 'second half' lottery after that. If thats within the first 20 minutes they're on the same page/more structured and it's a score.

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JW 1 hour ago
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Yep such fine margins/close calls/what ifs. Can't help but think that your 2015 exit reaction was as pivotal as how 2007 is believed as for NZs following success.


I feel the same way regarding Scott Hansen the All Blacks attack coach. Defence coach? We don't have one after the attack coach left and Scott changed from defence. Imagine that, a defence coach who can also coach the worlds best attacking teams attack?!? At least I think that's how it went down, all local chums from wayback. No Tony Brown. No Joe Schmidt.


I highly contest you're judgement that you where brutally efficient. The All Blacks cut you up like a sieve and could easily have scored 40 or 50 on you in that first test especially. Two especially badly blown tries, but that's been the case all season, so don't let it affect your idea of the result. England were as close and as good as any team the All Blacks have come up against this year. Just that while the blitz was.. well, blitzing, it was not very effective overall. That's not just a All Black level thing either, I've seen the same holes all season.


I think you've just not adapted very well to the focus no longer being on that one aspect. The picture is no longer crystal clear to you (and may not be to them either yet). The other aspect I see, as we have in the past, is a guy (two actually) that could not get a Super Rugby gig has become one of your best players in just a year or so. You really believe you've got a lot of talent over there? Good on you if you believe you do, I guess what I'm saying is you should believe you do, even if you don't, like in regards to this coaching talent. When you've got a player like Underhill not being selected for inferior others, I listen, I understand, like when Foster got elected when we had Razor. I'm not seeing that now and I cant recall you mentioning once who should be there, so just get onboard with your coaches immediately so you don't make the situation worse than it already is. Don't do 2015 all over again!

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