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Ardie Savea : « j’aimerais jouer avec Antoine Dupont un jour »

PARIS, FRANCE - 08 SEPTEMBRE : Les capitaines Antoine Dupont (France) et Ardie Savea (Nouvelle-Zélande) posent pour une photo avec l'arbitre Jaco Peyper lors de l'Asahi Coin Toss avant le match de la poule A de la Coupe du Monde de Rugby 2023 entre la France et la Nouvelle-Zélande au Stade de France le 08 septembre 2023 à Paris, France. (Photo par Henry Browne - World Rugby/World Rugby via Getty Images)

Ardie Savea pourrait bien être le prochain capitaine des All Blacks, maintenant que Sam Cane a annoncé la prolongation de son contrat au Japon pour trois ans. C’est du moins le message qui a été passé dernièrement par des anciens joueurs – Aaron Smith en tête – à Scott Robertson, le sélectionneur, qui devrait officialiser le nom de son nouveau leader au moins de juin, juste avant les trois tests prévus contre l’Angleterre et les Fidji.

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Dans un entretien exclusif accordé à RugbyPass TV, le Joueur World Rugby de l’Année 2023 revient sur sa pige actuelle au Japon – l’entretien a été réalisé à Kobe – le fait de jouer pour les All Blacks, sa rivalité avec les Springboks, la façon qu’il a de crier lorsqu’il porte le ballon, ce qu’il ressent au moment du haka, son nouveau sélectionneur Robertson…

Mais ce qui retient l’attention est ce que Ardie Savea confie au détour d’une question : son ambition un jour de jouer en France.

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All Blacks ace Ardie Savea chatted to Jim Hamilton in Japan, reflecting on the RWC 2023 experience, life in Japan, playing for the All Blacks and what the future holds. Coming Thursday 23.5 to RugbyPass TV

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« J’y ai pensé, tu sais », répond-il simplement à l’ancien international écossais « Big » Jim Hamilton. On lui prêtait des ambitions du côté du Racing 92, mais le joueur dément : « je n’ai reçu aucune proposition à proprement parler… »

Il exprime pourtant un souhait, un seul : « j’aimerais jouer avec Antoine Dupont un jour. A Toulouse, ce serait cool. »

France 2023 : une expérience bouleversante

Il semble que sa dernière visite en France à l’occasion de la Coupe du Monde de Rugby 2023 l’ait bousculé intérieurement, au point de revoir ses plans pour l’avenir.

« S’il y a bien un truc que j’ai adoré à la Coupe du Monde, c’est de jouer en France : l’ambiance, les supporters, tu rentres, le stade est plongé dans le noir, les jeux de lumière… », explique-t-il.

« C’est pour ça qu’on joue. C’est ce qui nous donne la motivation, l’excitation. C’est ce que j’adore par-dessus tout et c’est peut-être pour ça que j’ai un peu plus de mal ici parce que c’est très silencieux, très discret… J’ai besoin de ça… »

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PARIS, FRANCE – 08 SEPTEMBRE : Antoine Dupont (France) et Ardie Savea (Nouvelle-Zélande) dans le tunnel avant le match de la poule A de la Coupe du Monde de Rugby 2023 entre la France et la Nouvelle-Zélande au Stade de France le 08 septembre 2023 à Paris, France. (Photo par David Ramos – World Rugby/World Rugby via Getty Images)

« J’ai fait dans mon froc… »

Relancé sur ce qu’il a ressenti au moment de rentrer sur le terrain pour le match d’ouverture contre la France, Savea confie : « J’ai fait dans mon froc… Quand t’as tellement le trac, tu essaies de trouver un moyen de te calmer… et tout arrive en même temps : l’ambiance, le trac et tu y vas… et tout ça, ça t’aide à jouer le mieux possible.

« Même si on a perdu… Tout a été trop vite. Le public qui crie… Nous, les Kiwis, on ne joue pas souvent contre la France. Pour nous, c’était énorme.

« La France a toujours été réputée pour ses gros gabarits qui te foncent dessus et t’écrasent. Et maintenant, ils ajoutent du style aussi à leur jeu et c’est ce qui les rend si dangereux. Pour nous, face à ça, il faut continuer à progresser…

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« Mais ce match-là, j’étais tellement nerveux… »

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Oh no, not him again? 2 hours ago
England internationals disagree on final play execution vs All Blacks

Okay, so we blew it big time on Saturday. So rather than repeating what most people have all ready said, what do I want to see from Borthwick going forward?


Let's keep Marcus Smith on the pitch if he's fit and playing well. I was really pleased with his goal kicking. It used to be his weakness. I feel sympathy for George Ford who hadn't kicked all match and then had a kick to win the game. You hear pundits and commentators commend kickers who have come off the bench and pulled that off. Its not easy. If Steve B continues to substitute players with no clear reason then he is going to get criticised.


On paper I thought England would beat NZ if they played to their potential and didn't show NZ too much respect. Okay, the off the ball tackles certainly stopped England scoring tries, but I would have liked to see more smashing over gainlines and less kicking for position. Yes, I also know it's the Springbok endorsed world cup double winning formula but the Kiwi defence isn't the Bok defence, is it. If you have the power to put Smith on the front foot then why muzzle him? I guess what I'm saying is back, yourself. Why give the momentum to a team like NZ? Why feed the beast? Don't give the ball to NZ. Well d'uh.


Our scrum is a long term weakness. If you are going to play Itoje then he needs an ogre next door and a decent front row. Where is our third world class lock? Where are are realible front row bench replacements? The England scrum has been flakey for a while now. It blows hot and cold. Our front five bench is not world class.


On the positive side I love our starting backrow right now. I'd like to see them stick together through to the next world cup.


Anyway, there is always another Saturday.

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CO 2 hours ago
Scott Robertson responds to criticism over All Blacks' handling errors

Robertson is more a manager of coaches than a coach so it comes down to intent of outcomes at a high level. I like his intent, I like the fact his Allblacks are really driving the outcomes however as he's pointed out the high error rates are not test level and their control of the game is driving both wins and losses. England didn't have to play a lot of rugby, they made far fewer mistakes and were extremely unlucky not to win.


In fact the English team were very early in their season and should've been comfortably beaten by an Allblacks team that had played multiple tests together.


Razor has himself recognised that to be the best they'll have to sort out the crisis levels of mistakes that have really increased since the first two tests against England.


Early tackles were a classic example of hyper enthusiasm to not give an inch, that passion that Razor has achieved is going to be formidable once the unforced errors are eliminated.


That's his secret, he's already rebuilt the passion and that's the most important aspect, its inevitable that he'll now eradicate the unforced errors. When that happens a fellow tier one nation is going to get thrashed. I don't think it will be until 2025 though.


The Allblacks will lose both tests against Ireland and France if they play high error rates rugby like they did against England.


To get the unforced errors under control he's going to be needing to handover the number eight role to Sititi and reset expectations of what loose forwards do. Establish a clear distinction with a large, swarthy lineout jumper at six that is a feared runner and dominant tackler and a turnover specialist at seven that is abrasive in contact. He'll then need to build depth behind the three starters and ruthlessly select for that group to be peaking in 2027 in hit Australian conditions on firm, dry grounds.


It's going to help him that Savea is shifting to the worst super rugby franchise where he's going to struggle behind a beaten pack every week.


The under performing loose forward trio is the key driver of the high error rates and unacceptable turn overs due to awol link work. Sititi is looking like he's superman compared to his openside and eight.


At this late stage in the season they shouldn't be operating with just the one outstanding loose forward out of four selected for the English test. That's an abject failure but I think Robertson's sacrificing link quality on purpose to build passion amongst the junior Allblacks as they see the reverential treatment the old warhorses are receiving for their long term hard graft.


It's unfortunately losing test matches and making what should be comfortable wins into nail biters but it's early in the world cup cycle so perhaps it's a sacrifice worth making.


However if this was F1 then Sam Cane would be Riccardo and Ardie would be heading into Perez territory so the loose forwards desperately need revitalisation through a rebuild over the next season to complement the formidable tight five.

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