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Rugby World Cup

Will Skelton capitaine des Wallabies sans Michael Hooper pour la Coupe du Monde de Rugby

Par Finn Morton

10 Août 2023

Will Skelton of the Wallabies embraces Jordan Petaia of the Wallabies after losing the The Rugby Championship & Bledisloe Cup match between the Australia Wallabies and the New Zealand All Blacks at Melbourne Cricket Ground on July 29, 2023 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

Le sélectionneur Eddie Jones a créé la surprise en écartant l’ancien capitaine de l’Australie Michael Hooper et le meneur de jeu Quade Cooper de l’équipe des Wallabies pour la Coupe du Monde de Rugby.

Hooper n’est pas retenu dans le groupe pour la Coupe du Monde de Rugby après s’être blessé au mollet lors du Rugby Championship. Len Ikitau ne s’est pas non plus remis de sa blessure.

Dans un sens, il était logique de laisser ces joueurs en dehors de l’équipe.

Mais l’absence de Quade Cooper de la liste des 33 joueurs semble bien plus surprenante. Que l’on aime le détester ou que l’on déteste l’aimer, il est indéniable que Quade Cooper est un joueur de rugby talentueux.

Il a notamment passé une pénalité décisive depuis la ligne médiane dans les dix dernières minutes contre les All Blacks à Dunedin le week-end dernier, mais le meneur de jeu a commis une erreur cruciale peu de temps après.

Les Wallabies, Eddie Jones et le public australien se tourneront vers le jeune Carter Gordon comme numéro 10 principal pour la Coupe du Monde de Rugby. Gordon, 22 ans, n’a débuté que deux matchs sous le maillot des Wallabies.

Gordon est le seul et unique demi d’ouverture sélectionné dans le groupe, mais le joueur polyvalent Ben Donaldson pourrait également occuper ce poste.

Pour 25 des 33 joueurs sélectionnés, il s’agira de leur première campagne de Coupe du monde. Le deuxième-ligne de La Rochelle Will Skelton mènera les Wallabies à la bataille en France.

« Nous pensons que nous avons besoin de quelqu’un qui peut rassembler l’équipe, la rendre un peu plus soudée », a déclaré Jones sur Stan Sport. « Il a toutes ces qualités. »

« C’est un très bon coéquipier et avec Tate et évidemment des gars comme James Slipper et Nic White, nous pensons que c’est la meilleure façon de faire avancer le leadership de l’équipe », a-t-il ajouté.

« C’est un gars qui a l’habitude de gagner. Beaucoup de joueurs de cette équipe n’ont pas l’habitude de gagner, alors il apporte sa pierre à l’édifice. »

L’effectif compte deux véritables pépites. La plus grande surprise est l’arrivée du demi de mêlée Issak Fines-Leleiwasa.

Fines-Leleiwasa n’était pas inclus dans l’effectif du Rugby Championship et remplace Ryan Lonergan.

L’autre surprise est la sélection de Max Jorgensen. Jorgensen, 18 ans, a été blessé lors du Super Rugby Pacific.

« Jorgensen a été l’un des joueurs les plus remarquables de la saison de Super Rugby et nous avons toujours eu les yeux rivés sur lui », a ajouté Jones.

« Il a suivi une rééducation assez rigoureuse et devrait être apte à jouer dans deux ou trois semaines. »

Avants

Piliers

Angus Bell (22, NSW Waratahs, Hunters Hill Rugby Club, 23 sélections)*
Pone Fa’amausili (26, Melbourne Rebels, Moorabbin Rams, 5 sélections) *
Zane Nonggorr (22, Queensland Reds, Gold Coast Eagles, 2 sélections)*
Blake Schoupp (23, ACT Brumbies, Woonona Shamrocks, 0 sélection)*
James Slipper (34, ACT Brumbies, Bond Pirates, 131 sélections)
Taniela Tupou (27, Queensland Reds, Brothers Rugby Club, 48 sélections)

Talonneurs

Matt Faessler (24, Queensland Reds, USQ Saints, 1 sélection)*
David Porecki (30, NSW Waratahs, Seaforth Raiders, 14 sélections)*
Jordan Uelese (26, Melbourne Rebels, Eltham Rugby Club, 18 sélections)

Deuxième-lignes

Richie Arnold (33, Stade Toulousain, Gentlemen of Murwillumbah, 4 sélections)*
Nick Frost (23, ACT Brumbies, Hornsby Lions, 12 sélections) *
Matt Philip (29, Melbourne Rebels, Newport Juniors, 28 sélections)*
Will Skelton (c) (31, La Rochelle, Wentworthville Magpies, 28 sélections)

Troisième-lignes

Langi Gleeson (22, NSW Waratahs, Harbord Harlequins, 3 sélections)*
Tom Hooper (22, ACT Brumbies, Bathurst Bulldogs, 3 sélections)*
Rob Leota (26, Melbourne Rebels, Northern Panthers, 16 sélections)*
Fraser McReight (24, Queensland Reds, Albany Creek Brumbies, 12 sélections)*
Rob Valetini (24, ACT Brumbies, Melbourne Harlequins, 34 sélections)*

Arrières

Demis de mêlée

Issak Fines-Leleiwasa (27, Western Force, Port Douglas Reef Raiders, 0 sélection)*
Tate McDermott (vc) (24, Queensland Reds, Flinders Rugby Club, 25 sélections)*
Nic White (33, ACT Brumbies, Muswellbrook Healers, 63 sélections)

Demi d’ouverture

Carter Gordon (22, Melbourne Rebels, Sunshine Coast Grammar School, 4 sélections)*

Centres

Lalakai Foketi (28, NSW Waratahs, Manly Roos, 5 sélections)*
Samu Kerevi (29, Urayasu D-Rocks, Souths Magpies, 45 sélections)
Izaia Perese (26, NSW Waratahs, Easts Tigers, 5 sélections)*
Jordan Petaia (23, Queensland Reds, Wests Rugby Club, 27 sélections)

Ailiers / arrières

Max Jorgensen (18, NSW Waratahs, Balmain Wolves, 0 sélection)*
Andrew Kellaway (27, Melbourne Rebels, Hunters Hill Rugby Club, 23 sélections)*
Marika Koroibete (31, Saitama Wild Knights, Nasinu Secondary School, 55 sélections)
Mark Nawaqanitawase (22, NSW Waratahs, Wests Juniors, 6 sélections)*
Suliasi Vunivalu (27, Queensland Reds, Saint Kentigern College, 2 Tests)*

Arrières polyvalents

Ben Donaldson (23, NSW Waratahs, Clovelly Eagles, 2 sélections)*
Josh Kemeny (24, Melbourne Rebels, Easts Rugby Club, 1 sélection)*

*désigne la première Coupe du Monde de Rugby

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I rated Lowe well enough to be an AB. Remember we were picking the likes of George Bridge above such players so theres no disputing a lot of bad decisions have been made by those last two coaches. Does a team like the ABs need a finicky winger who you have to adapt and change a lot of your style with to get benefit from? No, not really. But he still would have been a basic improvement on players like even Savea at the tail of his career, Bridge, and could even have converted into the answer of replacing Beauden at the back. Instead we persisted with NMS, Naholo, Havili, Reece, all players we would have cared even less about losing and all because Rieko had Lowe's number 11 jersey nailed down.

He was of course only 23 when he decided to leave, it was back in the beggining of the period they had started retaining players (from 2018 onwards I think, they came out saying theyre going to be more aggressive at some point). So he might, all of them, only just missed out.

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JWH 7 hours ago

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JW 7 hours ago

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Theyre just reference links to were they got the numbers from. Just couldn't be arsed removing them, theyre irrelevant.

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JW 8 hours ago

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That 500 number is abroad. These idea's would be far more interesting imo.

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JW 8 hours ago

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Fully agree. I'm happy to boost rugby's popularity in these countries for the mean time though. Well I'm happy for it to go on until it naturally stops tbh.

But yes, you wouldn't want it to come to the detriment of other countries, thankfully that's not happening imo.

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