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Le Racing 92 en danger contre Montpellier

Par AFP
Nolann Le Garrec en Champions Cup (Photo de David Rogers/Getty Images)

Le demi de mêlée du Racing 92 Nolann Le Garrec a rappelé mardi que son équipe n’avait « pas de marge » en Top 14 avant un déplacement périlleux à Montpellier qui pourrait les tirer encore plus vers le bas.

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« Notre situation au classement fait qu’on n’a pas de marge. C’est un match hyper important ce week-end à Montpellier à tous les points de vue », a-t-il dit en conférence de presse.

Après 11 journées, le Racing 92 est huitième avec cinq points d’avance sur Lyon, barragiste, mais une défaite contre Montpellier, qui revient en forme, les ferait passer derrière leurs adversaires et les éloignerait encore plus des six premières places.

Depuis la fin de la trêve internationale, ils ont perdu leurs deux matches en Top 14 ainsi que leur deuxième match de Coupe d’Europe.

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Pour l’international (7 sélections), un des leaders de l’équipe et un des meilleurs joueurs du début de saison, « on essaye à la fois de trouver la meilleure dynamique pour le groupe, de trouver des solutions aussi dans le jeu », notamment sur le jeu au pied « parce qu’il ne faut pas non plus attendre tout des coachs. »

« On n’a pas été tueurs sur certains matchs (…) J’espère que sur cette deuxième partie de saison ça va être un peu plus favorable pour nous », avec le retour à l’Aréna, au lieu de Créteil où « cela a été un peu plus dur », reconnaît-il.

L’entraîneur adjoint du Racing 92 Dimitri Szarzewski veut se servir de la défaite en Coupe d’Europe contre Sale (29-7) comme d’un « match de préparation ».

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« C’est un petit peu le même profil d’équipe que Montpellier. C’est costaud devant avec un bon jeu d’occupation, un bon jeu au pied de pression », a-t-il estimé mardi.


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JW 28 minutes ago
Ian Foster: 'You kid yourself that we were robbed'

That's not the truth at all, you're in fairtale territory. The only difference between those to types of teams, is luck.


That lie has been found out, with those teams previously sharing the kudos for working on discipline, now some of being the worst. It is simply a poor indignation of the quality, and easyness, of refereeing. Even the judiciary panel called Sam Cane, a liar.


One thing I will say to any South African readers, after watching a replay of the Final again to see how many tackles Frizell made, was that I viewed Frizells takedown of Bongi incorrectly. It having reviewed during that period, I had failed to watch the live footage, I had only analyzed the replays. Previously, I tried to defend Frizell for pulling out of the neck roll and, instead, accidentally falling on Bongi's leg. The angle that I saw live made be look closer and indeed, Frizell was indeed trying to level him off. As Bongi himself said afterwards "thank god for my NECK", because otherwise Frizells full weight would have done a lot more damage I'd imagine (which I think was his own point).


So previously I had critized the review officer for giving Cane a (incorrect) red card because he couldn't/didn't give one to Frizell. Now I can understand more where he was coming from. So mainly, I'd just like to apologize to and SAn's who I had tried to defend that situation of only deserving of a penalty for (if that), when in fact it was more deserving of a red than Sam Canes tackle imo.

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SK 2 hours ago
Does the next Wallabies coach have to be an Australian?

Just hire a South African, you know you want to. Get Jake White in, he has coveted the job for many years or give the job to Franco Smith, he would jump at it given the opportunity to take the Glasgow game to the Wallabies. Johan Ackermann is no longer free but he would accept any forthcoming offers and if you feel like poaching a young talent go for JP Pietersen or Joey Mongalo who have earned a pretty decent reputation with the Sharks. Jacques Fourie would make you defend all day so he's a no go but Dobbo will make you play the right way and with his creative writing qualification he will put a fanciful spin on any story. Cash Van Rooyen knows how to get a tune out of young players and make a sum equal more than its parts. If you are feeling like taking a wild punt go for attack guru and winner of the award for most biased SA rugby pundit of all time then your man is Swys De Bruin. If you are in the market for some almost South Africans just go for Plumtree, Felix Jones or even for the new kid on the block, Tony Brown. If you are feeling really adventurous and I mean really adventurous plump for Alistair Coetzee who would I'm sure love a change after the regular beatings he took with Namibia and of course if you wanna play it safe just get in Jacques Nienaber who will give you his own refined, extra-special brand of strong South African conservatism. Lets be real though, the best appointment would be Stevie L who coaches half the Aussie team already so why not give him the other half and see what he can do. A good coach who has trained with the best and whom has a good world view of the game. He is ready for higher honours, has the pedigree and is also well liked by the media. He is a world cup winner and is greatly respected in the game. A worthy candidate for sure.

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