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Le Super Sevens veut prolonger la fête du titre olympique

La 2e étape de l'In Extenso SuperSevens a lieu ce week-end à La Rochelle (Photo In Extenso).

Avec AFP

Quelques semaines après le titre olympique de l’équipe masculine de rugby à VII, le championnat de France de la discipline fait sa deuxième étape samedi à La Rochelle pour continuer son développement.

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Le Supersevens, premier championnat professionnel de clubs consacré au rugby à VII en France, se déroule en trois étapes durant l’été avant une
finale, prévue le 1er février 2025 à La Défense Arena de Nanterre, où joue le Racing 92.

Sont qualifiés les clubs du Top 14, ainsi que Monaco et les Barbarians, tenants du titre, mais seules les huit meilleures équipes participent à
l’étape finale.

La plupart des champions olympiques au repos

La majorité des champions olympiques de Paris, comme le capitaine Paulin Riva ou l’ailier Aaron Grandidier, marqueur d’essai lors de la finale contre les Fidji (28-7), ont déjà joué dans ce championnat. Laissés au repos depuis leur sacre, ils ne seront pas sur le terrain lors des étapes qualificatives, d’autant plus que plusieurs d’entre-eux ont basculé vers le rugby à XV.

Les spectateurs rochelais, ville de la deuxième étape samedi, pourront tout de même voir la médaille d’or de Jean-Pascal Barraque, qui est attendu au stade Marcel-Deflandre.

La première étape, disputée à Mont-de-Marsan, a été remportée par l’Union Bordeaux-Bègles (UBB) devant le Racing 92 et Monaco.

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Mais, comme le veut la culture des Septistes, le spectacle est sur le terrain comme en dehors, avec de nombreuses animations proposées en marge des matches, organisés sur une après-midi et une soirée complètes.

Les clubs de Top 14 se mettent au Sevens

La Ligue nationale de rugby (LNR), organisatrice de la compétition, a souligné une forte hausse des ventes par rapport aux premières étapes de 2023, même si le bilan ne sera fait qu’après l’étape de Pau, le 31 août.

A Mont-de-Marsan, environ 5 000 billets ont été vendus malgré le pont du 15 août et le fait que le club de la ville, qui évolue en deuxième division, ne participe pas à la compétition. Encore davantage de spectateurs sont attendus lors des deux prochaines étapes.

Autre signe de l’engouement, les clubs de Top 14 commencent de plus en plus à mettre en avant la discipline : le Stade Rochelais a lancé en juin une
section à 7 tandis que l’UBB a intégré pour l’été deux internationaux argentins ayant pris par aux Jeux.

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Oh no, not him again? 2 hours ago
England internationals disagree on final play execution vs All Blacks

Okay, so we blew it big time on Saturday. So rather than repeating what most people have all ready said, what do I want to see from Borthwick going forward?


Let's keep Marcus Smith on the pitch if he's fit and playing well. I was really pleased with his goal kicking. It used to be his weakness. I feel sympathy for George Ford who hadn't kicked all match and then had a kick to win the game. You hear pundits and commentators commend kickers who have come off the bench and pulled that off. Its not easy. If Steve B continues to substitute players with no clear reason then he is going to get criticised.


On paper I thought England would beat NZ if they played to their potential and didn't show NZ too much respect. Okay, the off the ball tackles certainly stopped England scoring tries, but I would have liked to see more smashing over gainlines and less kicking for position. Yes, I also know it's the Springbok endorsed world cup double winning formula but the Kiwi defence isn't the Bok defence, is it. If you have the power to put Smith on the front foot then why muzzle him? I guess what I'm saying is back, yourself. Why give the momentum to a team like NZ? Why feed the beast? Don't give the ball to NZ. Well d'uh.


Our scrum is a long term weakness. If you are going to play Itoje then he needs an ogre next door and a decent front row. Where is our third world class lock? Where are are realible front row bench replacements? The England scrum has been flakey for a while now. It blows hot and cold. Our front five bench is not world class.


On the positive side I love our starting backrow right now. I'd like to see them stick together through to the next world cup.


Anyway, there is always another Saturday.

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CO 2 hours ago
Scott Robertson responds to criticism over All Blacks' handling errors

Robertson is more a manager of coaches than a coach so it comes down to intent of outcomes at a high level. I like his intent, I like the fact his Allblacks are really driving the outcomes however as he's pointed out the high error rates are not test level and their control of the game is driving both wins and losses. England didn't have to play a lot of rugby, they made far fewer mistakes and were extremely unlucky not to win.


In fact the English team were very early in their season and should've been comfortably beaten by an Allblacks team that had played multiple tests together.


Razor has himself recognised that to be the best they'll have to sort out the crisis levels of mistakes that have really increased since the first two tests against England.


Early tackles were a classic example of hyper enthusiasm to not give an inch, that passion that Razor has achieved is going to be formidable once the unforced errors are eliminated.


That's his secret, he's already rebuilt the passion and that's the most important aspect, its inevitable that he'll now eradicate the unforced errors. When that happens a fellow tier one nation is going to get thrashed. I don't think it will be until 2025 though.


The Allblacks will lose both tests against Ireland and France if they play high error rates rugby like they did against England.


To get the unforced errors under control he's going to be needing to handover the number eight role to Sititi and reset expectations of what loose forwards do. Establish a clear distinction with a large, swarthy lineout jumper at six that is a feared runner and dominant tackler and a turnover specialist at seven that is abrasive in contact. He'll then need to build depth behind the three starters and ruthlessly select for that group to be peaking in 2027 in hit Australian conditions on firm, dry grounds.


It's going to help him that Savea is shifting to the worst super rugby franchise where he's going to struggle behind a beaten pack every week.


The under performing loose forward trio is the key driver of the high error rates and unacceptable turn overs due to awol link work. Sititi is looking like he's superman compared to his openside and eight.


At this late stage in the season they shouldn't be operating with just the one outstanding loose forward out of four selected for the English test. That's an abject failure but I think Robertson's sacrificing link quality on purpose to build passion amongst the junior Allblacks as they see the reverential treatment the old warhorses are receiving for their long term hard graft.


It's unfortunately losing test matches and making what should be comfortable wins into nail biters but it's early in the world cup cycle so perhaps it's a sacrifice worth making.


However if this was F1 then Sam Cane would be Riccardo and Ardie would be heading into Perez territory so the loose forwards desperately need revitalisation through a rebuild over the next season to complement the formidable tight five.

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