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Italie - Nouvelle-Zélande : la der pour Cane et Perenara

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TJ Perenara en discussion avec Sam Cane lors d'une séance d'entraînement des All Blacks au Hutt Recreation Ground le 1er septembre 2015 à Wellington, Nouvelle-Zélande. (Photo Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images)

le 3e ligne Sam Cane et le demi de mêlée TJ Perenara disputeront leur dernier match avec les All Blacks samedi lors d’Italie – Nouvelle-Zélande.

Le troisième ligne aile Sam Cane et le demi de mêlée TJ Perenara feront leurs adieux aux All Blacks samedi à l’occasion du dernier match de la tournée d’automne de la Nouvelle-Zélande face à l’Italie à Turin.

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A 32 ans, Cane qui n’avait pas joué lors de la défaite (30-29) contre la France la semaine dernière, sera titulaire et honorera sa 104e sélection dès le coup d’envoi.

De son côté, Perenara (32 ans, 88 sélections) débutera la rencontre sur le banc.

Depuis 1979, les All Blacks ont remporté leurs 17 matchs contre les Italiens et le sélectionneur Scott Robertson, qui a l’intention de poursuivre la série pour bien terminer l’année, a décidé d’aligner une grosse équipe.

« Nous sommes déterminés à finir l’année d’une manière qui honore et fête l’immense contribution apportée par Sam et TJ au maillot noir », a annoncé Robertson.

Beauden Barrett débutera ainsi à l’ouverture et Wallace Sititi, désigné révélation de l’année par World Rugby, débutera au poste de flanker.

En face, l’Italie récupère son arrière Ange Capuozzo qui avait manqué le match contre la Géorgie en raison d’une commotion subie plus tôt dans le mois face à l’Argentine.

La composition des équipes

Nouvelle-Zélande

XV de départ : Jordan – Tele’a, Ioane, Lienert-Brown, Clarke – (o) B. Barrett, (m) Roigard – Cane, Savea, Sititi – Tuipulotu, S. Barrett (cap) – Lomax, Taylor, de Groot.

Remplaçants : Aumua, Tu’ungafasi, Newell, Vaa’i, Lakai, Perenara, Havili, McKenzie.

Italie

XV de départ : Capuozzo – Trulla, Brex (cap), Menoncello, Ioane – (o) Garbisi, (m) Page-Relo – Zuliani, Vintcent, Negri – Lamb, Ruzza – Riccioni, Lucchesi, Fischetti.

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Remplaçants : Nicotera, Spagnolo, Ferrari, Cannone, Izekor, Garbisi, Marin, Zanon.

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Scott Robertson opens up on drama surrounding Bongi Mbonambi's knock-on try

Oh my word, for how long are they still going to keep bleating about that try.

The match officials DID explain it at the time, ruling that the ball was knocked out of Bongi’s hand by a NZ player. The ball went straight down (not forward) and Bongi fell on it, thus resulting in the try being awarded.

So it is disingenuous of Robertson to say that it wasn’t checked. If the match officials are confident in their decision, based on what they saw, then they don’t usually go to the TMO - even if requested.

Or else they’ll be going upstairs for virtually every try scored in a match.

Seriously, the Kiwis must now get over themselves. Every time they lose a match by a narrow margin, they find something to go on and on about. It’s almost as if they believe that other teams are “not allowed” to beat them.

Mind you, I think that dates back to a few years earlier when it seemed like the All Blacks were untouchable in the eyes of the match officials at the time.

Maybe Robertson still thinks that is the case nowadays. He hasn’t received the memo about the ABs no longer being unfairly “protected” by match officials.

Let’s face it - there was a time, not too long ago, where players from other teams were almost too afraid to touch or tackle a New Zealand player, for fear of incurring the referee's wrath.

And also, around the same time, NZ captain Richie McCaw was the “golden boy” amongst match officials and even amongst the big brass at the (then) IRB (now World Rugby).

Dont get me wrong, I’m an admirer of McCaw as a player and captain - I think he was great. And I will ALWAYS regard the All Blacks as a great Rugby team.

BUT let’s just be realistic, the New Zealand Rugby fraternity do tend to have this rather large sense of entitlement when it comes to test matches won or lost.

They expect other teams to accept it whenever a dubious decision goes the All Blacks’ way in a game.

BUT they don’t seem willing to do the same.

They'll routinely congratulate their opponents when they lose a match, but will then (for months, or even years afterwards), continue to bleat and “bitch” about a decision or incident that occurred in that match, trying to play the “victim” that was hard-done-by.

Perhaps it’s time for all involved in NZ Rugby to realize and accept that NO team should expect to have the right to always be “protected” or “favoured” in every match they play in.


Come on Scott Robertson, quit sinking to the low levels of some of your predecessors who, annoyingly, believed that the All Blacks have some divine, inalienable right to win every match they play.

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