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Siya Kolisi : « Le coach et Antoine peuvent sortir la tête haute »

Captains Siya Kolisi of South Africa and Antoine Dupont of France interact at The Asahi Coin Toss prior to the Rugby World Cup France 2023 Quarter Final match between France and South Africa at Stade de France on October 15, 2023 in Paris, France. (Photo by David Ramos - World Rugby/World Rugby via Getty Images)

On a toujours connu Siya Kolisi extrêmement humble et soucieux de son prochain.

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Dans l’auditorium du Stade de France dimanche 15 octobre, le capitaine de l’Afrique du Sud, champion du monde en titre, a eu des mots très forts pour tenter de réconforter les Bleus après leur défaite 28-29 en quart de finale de leur Coupe du Monde de Rugby.

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« Le peuple français rend cette compétition incroyable », a-t-il insisté alors que quelques dizaines de minutes avant son équipe avait éliminé le XV de France de son propre mondial.

Une tristesse immense pour les Français mais que Siya Kolisi comprend au regard de l’immense succès populaire que rencontre l’évènement dans le pays.

La fierté d’un peuple

« Cette équipe se bâtit depuis quatre ans et on savait qu’il faudrait tout donner pour gagner contre cette super équipe. On l’a vu, leur leader s’est blessé mais il s’est battu pour revenir et jouer ce match. Il n’a pas quitté le terrain », a-t-il dit.

« Même quand la France ne joue pas, on entend l’hymne national tout le temps. C’est ce genre de truc qui fait qu’on savait que ce serait dur et que ce serait un vrai combat. « À l’entraînement, on a même mis des haut-parleurs pour reproduire ce son.

« Ils peuvent être fiers de l’équipe. On n’a gagné que d’un point et pour gagner, il fallait faire quelque chose d’unique. Le contre de Cheslin (sur Thomas Ramos), on ne voit pas ça tous les jours. C’était un gros match, très dur, et il fallait sortir une performance unique pour gagner. Le coach et Antoine peuvent sortir la tête haute. »

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JWH 47 minutes 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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