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Paul Willemse suspendu quatre semaines

Paul Willemse écope d'un carton rouge à la 32e minute du match contre l'Irlande le 2 février à Marseille.

Le numéro 5 de l’équipe de France, Paul Willemse, a comparu mardi 5 février par visio devant une commission disciplinaire indépendante après avoir reçu un carton rouge lors du match entre la France et l’Irlande, le vendredi 2 février 2024.

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Willemse avait reçu un premier carton jaune pour un déblayage épaule contre tête (9e), ce qui, selon les règles de World Rugby, équivaut à une suspension de quatre semaines. Son deuxième carton jaune a été attribué pour un plaquage dangereux (32e), entraînant un nouvel avertissement pouvant aller jusqu’à six semaines.

Les deux infractions ont été traitées séparément.

Willemse reconnaît ses fautes mais conteste le rouge

« En ce qui concerne le déblayage, le joueur a admis qu’il avait commis une faute qui méritait un carton rouge (ce qui a été confirmé).  En ce qui concerne le plaquage, le joueur a reconnu avoir commis une faute mais a nié qu’elle méritait un carton rouge », a indiqué la Commission disciplinaire dans un communiqué.

« Après avoir examiné les incidents séparément – au vu des déclarations et des images – la Commission a estimé que le seuil du carton rouge avait été atteint et donc est confirmé. La Commission a toutefois reconnu que si les deux actions étaient imprudentes, il n’y avait aucune évidence suggérant que le joueur avait agi de manière malveillante ou intentionnelle dans les deux cas. La Commission a également souligné que le joueur s’était admirablement comporté au cours de la procédure et qu’il avait fait preuve de remords pour ses actions. »

Circonstances atténuantes

Alors qu’un plaquage dangereux est passible de six semaines de suspension, la Commission a appliqué un certain nombre de circonstances atténuantes, réduisant de deux semaines la durée pour la porter à quatre semaines.

En revanche, en ce qui concerne le déblayage, alors que le joueur risquait quatre semaines de suspension, « ayant appliqué le même niveau de circonstances atténuantes, la commission a réduit le point d’entrée de quatre semaines d’une semaine, ce qui a donné lieu à une sanction de trois semaines », a indiqué la Commission.

« Après avoir examiné un certain nombre d’affaires antérieures et pris en compte les faits de cette affaire, la commission a estimé qu’il serait disproportionné que les suspensions soient appliquées les unes à la suite des autres (soit sur sept semaines consécutives, ndlr).  Par conséquent, les sanctions seront appliquées de manière simultanée pendant une période de quatre semaines (sur la base de la sanction la plus longue). »

Les matchs de suspension :

  • 10 février 2024 – Écosse vs France, Tournoi des Six Nations
  • 17 février 2024 – Racing 92 vs Montpellier, Top 14
  • 24 ou 25 février 2024 – Montpellier vs Bayonne, Top 14 OU France vs Italie, Tournoi des Six Nations
  • 2 mars 2024 – Oyonnax vs Montpellier, Top 14

Néanmoins, Paul Willemse peut demander à participer au Programme de formation au plaquage de World Rugby pour s’éviter le dernier match de sa sanction.

Il devrait être de retour avec le groupe France pour le dernier match du Tournoi contre l’Angleterre le 16 mars à Lyon.

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Hellhound 16 minutes ago
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They weren't as bad inbetween as people claim, because non e of their losses was big ones and they almost never faced the strongest Bok team outside of the WC, allowing countries like France and Ireland to rise to the top unopposed.


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JW 31 minutes ago
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No where to be seen OB!


The crosses for me for the year where (from memory);


This was a really hard one to nail down as the first sign of a problem, now that I've asked myself to think about it. I'd say it all started with his decision to not back form and fit players after all the injuries, and/or him picking players for the future, rather ones that could play right now.


First he doesn't replace Perofeta straight away (goes on for months in the team) after injury against England, second he falls back to Beauden Barrett to cover at fullback against Fiji, then he drops Narawa the obvious choice to have started, then he brings in Jordan too soon. That Barret selection (and to a lesser extent Bell's) set the tone for the year.


Then he didn't get the side up for Argentina. They were blown away and didn't look like they expected a fight and were well beaten despite the scoreline in my opinion. Worst performance of the year in the forth game and..


Basically the same problems were persistent, or even exaggerated, after that with the players he did select not given much of an opportunity, with this year having the most number of unused subs I can remember since the amateur days.


What I think I started to realise early on was that he didn't back himself and his team. I think he prepared the players well, don't get me wrong, but I'll credit him with making a conscious choice in tempering his ambition and instead choosing cohesion and to respect (the idea of it being important in himself and his players) experience first and foremost (after two tight games and that 4th game loss). I think he chose wrong in deciding not to be, and back, himself. Hard criticism.


And it played out by preferring Beauden to Dmac on the EOYT (though that may have been a planned move).


I hope I'm right, because going through all the little things of the season and coming up with these bullets, I've got to wonder when I say his last fault is one we have seen at the Crusaders, playing his best players into the ground. What I'm really scared of now is that not wanting a bit of freshness in this last game could be linked with all these other crosses that I want to put down to simple confidence issues. But are they really a sign that he just lacks vision?


Now, that's not to say I haven't seen a lot of positives as well, I just think that for the ABs to go where they want to go he has to fix these crosses. Just have difficult that will be is the question.

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