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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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    🙏We are gathered here today to mourn Irish rugby. After many many years of being mediocre, they incredibly got themselves to a No 1 world ranking, which they miraculously held on to for around 14 months. However, despite reaching this incredible feat, they've always underperformed at World Cups, never ever making it past the quarter finals. This form, which could only be described as ‘choking’, also carried through to the 6 nations. Last year they were tipped to win a grand slam, but were beaten by England, so although they won last years 6 nations, they effectively choked again by not winning the grand slam. This year they were tipped by many, along with their mostly delusional media & some fans, to again grand slam the 6 nations, & in the process win a 3rd previously never done before consecutive 6 nations as well. However, they choked once again & not only did they not win the 6 nations or indeed the grand slam, they ended up 3rd on the 6 nations table. It is also a mystery how they got away with nefarious tactics, among other things, such as illegal & dangerous tactics at rucks for years, & also using multiple lazy runners etc, both of which incredibly hardly ever got pinged by referees? Irish rugby will most likely never again reach the highs it has over the last several years. It's over! 🙏


    “Ashes to ashes

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    Everyone has you sussed”.

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    RedWarriors 3 hours ago
    France deny England and clinch Six Nations title in Paris

    I think we need to call out the red card non-decision here and acknowledge the damage that France, through Galthie, have done to confidence in the officaiting and citing process.

    It started when Garry Ringrose had club matches included in his ban following similar precedents for (Atonio, Haouas, Danty) who were all carded/cited in match just before fallow week and club matches counted. Ntamacks citing was in week 1 and harder to demonstrate availability for club match with another International match between. Preceednt ~(O’Mahony 2021) was followed. Reading the written decision for Ntamack shows that Galthie understood this perfectly. Yet after the Ringrose ban included club matches, Galthie publicly goes berserk screaming ‘Injustice (against France”. Again, he knows the precedents for Ringrose are all French and indeed the only person preceding Ntamack to have club matches count in that situation was France’s Willemse.

    The media swallowed this up wholesale and the story started circulating and being added to without a single journalist/pundit (except rush Mirror) actually reading the Ntamack decision. Sneaky Ireland had better briefs than honest naive France was one random addition by a pundit which becamse accpeted fact without checking etc and added to the circulation.

    Angered by losing his star player Galthie again lashes out. He knows know he can de facto attack individual players, the media won’t intervene and as long as he doesnt directly attack an individual official he will stay out of trouble.

    So he attacks players who then het threatened by some lunatic French supporters online. Ireland are ‘Butchers’ apparently. The passive head contact earning Nash a yellow now becomes a double head hit on Barrassi, requiring a double red.

    France who have more dangerous tackle citings under Galthie than all other six nations combined. They get more favourable outcomes than all other teams. poor France are now the victims of great injustice. It is farce.

    But it paid off.

    Mauvaka struck the Scottish Scrum half with a diving head butt in Sundays match. Its a clear red. Scotlands back line attack looked superiors to France’s and Scotland were there or there abouts.

    What I can only assume is the chilling affect on Galthie’s public attacks Carley send it to the bunker. A deliberate head butt is a clear red on more than one count. There is no doubt, bo grey area.

    If thats a red card do France win the match? I would say that Scotland are likely winners, which would have meant England winning the title.

    Spilled milk now, but World Rugby, the citing commisioners and officials cannot allow big Unions to publicly intimidate the officiating process and attack individual players from other teams.

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