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Rugby World Cup

PJ van Lill vers sa 4e Coupe du Monde avec la Namibie

Par Kim Ekin

21 Août 2023

SHIRAHAMA, JAPON - 14 SEPTEMBRE : PJ Van Lill de la Namibie pose pour un portrait lors de la séance de photos de l'équipe de la Coupe du Monde de Rugby 2019 de la Namibie, le 14 septembre 2019 à Shirahama, Wakayama, Japon. (Photo par Harry How - World Rugby/World Rugby via Getty Images)

La Namibie a désigné 31 joueurs, auxquels s’ajouteront deux autres. Le troisième ligne PJ van Lill (Valence Romans) a été sélectionné et deviendra le deuxième Namibien, après Eugene Jantjies, à participer à quatre Coupes du Monde de Rugby.

L’ancien troisième-ligne des Wallabies, Richard Hardwick, a été appelé dans la sélection de la Namibie pour la Coupe du Monde de Rugby.

L’avant des Melbourne Rebels Hardwick est né à Windhoek mais a grandi en Australie où il a remporté deux sélections avec les Wallabies en 2017.

Il a depuis fait trois apparitions en test pour les Welwitschias qui seront dirigés en France par le centre expérimenté (Colomiers) Johan Deysel.

Deysel et six autres joueurs participeront à leur troisième tournoi, mais le troisième-ligne PJ van Lill se démarque puisqu’il a été sélectionné pour une quatrième Coupe du Monde de Rugby

Le joueur de 39 ans sera seulement le deuxième Namibien à réaliser cet exploit après Eugene Jantjies, qui a déjà participé aux tournois de 2011, 2015 et 2019.

Au total, 15 des 31 joueurs sélectionnés par le sélectionneur Allister Coetzee ont déjà participé à une Coupe du Monde de Rugby. Torsten van Jaarsveld, ex-talonneur de Bayonne, participera ainsi à sa troisième Coupe du monde.

Le joueur de 36 ans, qui a vu son contrat avec l’Aviron bayonnais arriver à échéance cet été, était déjà présent en 2015 (quatre matchs) et 2019 (deux matchs) à la Coupe du monde.

Avec notamment le pilier Casper Viviers (La Baule), le deuxième ligne Adriaan Ludick (Limoges) ou l’arrière Tiaan Swanepoeal (Valence d’Agen), les Welwitschias auront un parfum français.

L’ancien demi de mêlée des U20 de la Namibie, Oela Blaauw, est le seul membre de l’équipe à ne jamais avoir joué en équipe nationale.

Deux autres avants seront ajoutés en temps voulu pour compléter l’effectif des Welwitschias, qui compte 33 joueurs.

Avants : Jason Benade, Aranos Coetzee, Desiderius Sethie, Louis van der Westhuizen, Torsten van Jaarsveld, , Casper Viviers, Tiaan de Klerk, Richard Hardwick, Adriaan Ludick, Johan Retief, Mahepisa Tjeriko, Tjiuee Uanivi, Max Katjijeko, Prince Gaoseb, PJ van Lill, Wian Conradie, Adriaan Booysen.

Arrières : Damian Stevens, Oela Blaauw, Jacques Theron, Cliven Loubser, Tiaan Swanepoel, Andre van der Berg, Johan Deysel, JC Greyling, Danco Burger, Le Roux Malan, Alcino Isaacs, Gerswin Mouton, Chad Plato, Divan Rossouw.

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GP 1 hour ago

The teams are in: Lineups confirmed for unpredictable NPC semi-finals

Looking forward to Canterbury's game. Great line up. Isaac Hutchinson at 15 has had a stunning first season for Canterbury. Another of other promising players introduced this year. 100 game Mitchell Drummond at halfback in great form last week.

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ME 1 hour ago

The stats show the club v country wounds may never heal

In order to have a fairer comparison you need to include the European Champions Cup game minutes played. Without them the SRP numbers are relatively overstated. I probably would also include Challenge Cup knock out stages minutes as well. For a number of clubs in the North these are the key games, not just the league, and the high profile players play in most of them if fit.

My other caveat on the piece, which was very interesting, is a feeling that the underlying assumption is that the international game has to be presented with "fresh" players and thus the next tier down has to accommodate to this. I would challenge this. The growth markets are club/provincial competitions and Test rugby needs to capped at a maximum of 10 or 11 games per team per season/year. Otherwise you don't have enough time to deliver a strong enough narrative in markets where rugby has many competitors and there is nowhere for franchise teams from emerging markets ( Spain , Georgia, Fiji, Chile etc.) to develop experience and depth - eventually being able to compete properly at RWC etc.

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Bull Shark 1 hour ago

Mick Cleary: 'England need to knock over one of the Big Two this autumn, as a bare minimum'

Rugby fans are a study for short term memory biases.

I simply love how the number 5 team in the world’s fans are talking up their chances. Home ground advantage. That’s it.

If I’m wrong, upset defeats. So I’ll remain very conservative about England’s chances.

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Bull Shark 2 hours ago

Mick Cleary: 'England need to knock over one of the Big Two this autumn, as a bare minimum'

Lol

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Bull Shark 2 hours ago

Mick Cleary: 'England need to knock over one of the Big Two this autumn, as a bare minimum'

Yeah. Argentina showed New Zealand aren’t invincible either…

But I hope the ABs are going to pump England. Soften them up for SA as we finish them off.

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Bull Shark 2 hours ago

Mick Cleary: 'England need to knock over one of the Big Two this autumn, as a bare minimum'

Certainly the disruptions in management and loss of a few players to injury don’t give me much confidence in England’s chances.

The return of Cam Roigard and the settling in of the team since the beginning of the season, I think NZ are different animal to the one England faced in New Zealand.

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JW 2 hours ago

The stats show the club v country wounds may never heal

Oh the team is fully made up of those types of players I mentioned, that's for sure, but it's still the same thing (even more relevant when you look at some modern Rugby nations). You also defeated you're own point by showing that league didn't have to add those teams to have the international ticking over.

Don't forget England. Though I can accept if you try to argue Gallagher started the trend first the other way!

Union doesn't have to do that but the question of which area leads the game forward remains. It may well end up being the club/provincial game simply because of the volume of fixtures - and primacy of contract.

What are your idea's that "leading" the game entails? A club body that takes over from World Rugby if say whatever you're talking about was to sway the 'club' way? I don't really know why you're trying to demean League, are you worried that's all Union would turn into? Just looking at them now I see it kicked started their own league and they now have a rep team of locals, much the same sort of impetus behind Moana Pasifika and Drua. It was always only a good thing to me and wonder if this means you're leading down the capitalist path not appreciating that?

If you're just talking about the current situation, why would anything change? Perhaps in a non Test Championship year it's the Lions and maybe others should focus on a single tour rather than globe trotting. I certainly think the International game is maxxed out now with 5 or 6 game regional games and the same intercontinentally.

Perhaps a very unique country like NZ may take their brand around the world but even they are surely going to see the most growth in the other half of the season. The domestic season?

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Mike 3 hours ago

Jack Willis is about to all but end his England career

He also suffered two catastrophic knee injuries, one on England duty, and then saw Wasps go bust, possibly leaving him out of pocket. Whilst I would love to see Jack Willis in an England shirt again, like you, I cannot blame him for making the decision that it seems he has. Short professional career = maximise what you can from it, when you can.

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CR 3 hours ago

Mick Cleary: 'England need to knock over one of the Big Two this autumn, as a bare minimum'

Agree. Two butt wippings incoming

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CR 3 hours ago

Mick Cleary: 'England need to knock over one of the Big Two this autumn, as a bare minimum'

I think the Springboks are going to go berzerker level against England, we did not enjoy the whole wit Kant nonsense leading up to the final and I’m pretty sure there is a lot of pent up emotion over it. Some noses will get broken, some ribs will get cracked, I’m pretty sure Tom curry will not be walking off without blood pouring from some cavity. All legal hits ofcourse, but with extra venom. RIP England