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Un international gallois choisit l’amputation pour sauver sa carrière

Shane Lewis-Hughes en action lors de ses débuts dans le Tournoi des Six Nations Guinness 2020 entre le pays de Galles et l'Écosse, le 31 octobre 2020 à Llanelli. (Photo Stu Forster/Getty Images).

Le flanker des Dragons, Shane Lewis-Hughes, sera indisponible dans les semaines à venir après avoir été amputé d’un doigt.

Le joueur de 27 ans souffrait depuis longtemps d’une blessure à l’annulaire droit et a choisi la méthode la plus radicale pour s’en débarrasser. Il s’est fait couper le doigt au niveau de la première phalange.

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L’international gallois (trois sélections) a expliqué sur le site de son club qu’on lui avait dit qu’il avait deux options à considérer : « Soit on l’enlève, soit je ne pourrai plus jouer au rugby ».

De plus, les docteurs avaient prévenu Lewis-Hughes qu’il risquait de « perdre la main, voire le bras », si le doigt continuait à s’infecter.

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La blessure originelle remonte à 2016, et la douleur s’est intensifiée à partir de 2020. Le joueur était par exemple incapable de serrer le poing.

Il était initialement prévu d’amputer le doigt à la fin de la saison, mais la douleur « insupportable » est réapparue au début de cette saison.

Les Dragons ne prévoient pas d’indisponibilité trop longue pour leur joueur, affirmant qu’il fera son « retour au jeu dans les semaines à venir ».

Il a pris conseil auprès de la star du XIII Angus Crichton, lui aussi amputé d’un doigt

Lewis-Hughes a également fait part de la conversation qu’il a eue avec la star du rugby à XIII Angus Crichton, qui a subi la même intervention en 2017 et continue d’être l’un des meilleurs joueurs de la NRL au sein des Sydney Roosters.

« J’ai parlé avec lui il y a quelques années et il m’a dit que cela (la blessure) affectait sa vie quotidienne », a déclaré le Gallois.

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« Il a dit qu’il avait fini par se faire amputer et que c’était la meilleure chose qu’il ait jamais faite. Il a dit qu’il ne ressentait plus aucune douleur et qu’il était capable de mener sa vie quotidienne et de faire les choses qu’il aime sans avoir mal tous les jours.

« C’était bien de recevoir des conseils de sa part. Ce n’est pas seulement un joueur de rugby, c’est aussi l’un des meilleurs treizistes. Cela m’a donné beaucoup de confiance et j’ai apprécié ses conseils. »

Cet article a été initialement publié en anglais sur RugbyPass.com et adapté en français par Jérémy Fahner.

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JW 13 hours ago
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I can guarantee that none of the three would have got a chance with Ireland in the state they arrived from NZ.

Why would you think they would?

Two of them were at Leinster and were bench-warmers when they arrived

Sometimes you can be beyond stupid JW.

Haha look who's talking! Hello? Can you just read what you wrote about Leinster to yourself again please lol

It took prob four seasons to get James Lowe's defence up to the required standard to play international footy. If Jacob Stockdale had not experienced a big slump in form he might not have gotten the chance at all.

I'm really not sure why you're making this point. Do you think Ireland are a better team than the All Blacks, where those players would have been straight in? This is like ground hog day the movie with you. Can you not remember much of the discussions, having so many readers/commentors? Yup, 26/7/8 would have been the perfect age for them to have been capped by NZ as well.


Actually, they would obviously have been capped given an opportunity earlier (where they were ineligible to for Ireland).


TTT, who was behind JGP at the Hurricanes, got three AB caps after a couple of further seasons acting as a backup SR player, once JGP left of course. In case you didn't see yourself contradicting your own comments above, JGP was just another player who became first choice for Ireland while 2nd (or even 3rd/outside the 23 in recent cases) for Leinster. And fair enough, no one is suggesting JGP would have surpassed TJP in three or four years either. He would have been an All Black though, and unlike in your Leinster example, similar performances from him would have seen TJP move on earlier to make way for him. Not limited him like he was in Ireland. That's just the advantage of the way they can only afford so many. Hell, one hit wonders like Seta Tamanivalu and Malakai Fekitoa got rocketed into the jersey at the time.


So not just him. Aki and Lowe both would have had opportunities, as you must know has been pointed out by now. It's true that the adversity of having to move to Ireland added a nice bit of mongrel to their game though, along with their typical development.


Aki looked comfortable as the main 12 in his first two seasons, he was fortunate SBW went back to league for a season you could say, but as a similar specialist he ultimate had to give the spot back again on his return. There's certainly no doubt he would have returned and flourished with coachs like Rennie, Wayne Smith, and Andrew Strawbridge, even Tom Coventry. All fair for him to take up an immediate contract instead of wait a year of course though.


It's just whatever the point of your comments are meant to make, your idea that these players wouldn't have achieved high honors in NZ is simply very shortsighted and simplistic. I can only think you are making incorrect conclusions about this topic because of this mistake. As a fan, Aki was looking to be the Nonu replacement for me, but instead the country had the likes of Laumape trying to fill those boots with him available. Ditto with Lowe once Rieko moved to center.

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