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Japon - Fidji, la finale de Pacific Nations Cup à voir sur RugbyPassTV

Frank Lomani (Fidji) et Malo Tuitama (Japon). Photo LEON LORD/AFP via Getty Images et PHILIP FONG/AFP via Getty Images

Quatre des poids lourds du Pacifique sont à l’affiche du stade d’Osaka ce samedi, pour une double confrontation qui va désigner le podium gagnant de la Pacific Nations Cup 2024.

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Pour les Samoa et les États-Unis, battus en demi-finale, il s’agit de terminer cette compétition sur une note positive et montrer qu’ils sont sur la bonne voie en vue de la prochaine Coupe du Monde.

Quant aux deux finalistes, le Japon et les Fidji, leur objectif est clair : le titre. Et il y a fort à parier que ces deux équipes mettront du cœur à l’ouvrage pour devenir les rois du Pacifique, au terme d’un tournoi qui a enchanté par sa qualité de jeu et le rugby spectaculaire auquel on a pu assister.

Samoa – États-Unis puis Fidji – Japon, ces deux rencontres sont à suivre en direct, en exclusivité et gratuitement sur RugbyPassTV.

Samoa – États-Unis

Rencontre
Pacific Nations Cup
Samoa
18 - 13
Temps complet
USA
Toutes les stats et les données

Ce match pour la 3e place promet une belle opposition de style. Les Américains sont en effet l’équipe qui a le plus plaqué, tandis que personne n’a battu plus de défenseurs que les Manu Samoa.

Mais les Samoans auront leur mot à dire en défense, avec notamment leur N.8 Iakopo Petelo-Mapu auteur de 25 plaquages face au Japon en demie. Team USA tient quant à lui avec Jamason Fa’anana-Schultz le joueur qui porte le plus le ballon dans la compétition.

Il ne s’agira que du 8e test-match entre ces deux sélections. Les Samoa mènent pour le moment cinq victoires à deux, mais les USA ont remporté les deux derniers duels.

Finale : Fidji – Japon

Rencontre
Pacific Nations Cup
Fiji
41 - 17
Temps complet
Japan
Toutes les stats et les données
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Préparez le popcorn, l’affiche est prometteuse. Elle met aux prises deux équipes portées sur l’attaque qui devraient faire de cette finale un grand spectacle.

Fidjiens comme Japonais ont inscrit plus de 90 points en deux matchs de poule. Les joueurs d’Eddie Jones ont maintenu le rythme en demi-finale, passant 49 points au Samoa. Les Fidji, de leur côté, ont plutôt insisté sur leur performance défensive, bloquant les USA à trois petits points pour se hisser en finale.

Les hommes de Mick Byrne présentent d’ailleurs une statistique assez incroyable : ils n’ont pas concédé le moindre point en deuxième mi-temps dans cette Pacific Nations Cup !

Que ce soit face en poule face aux Samoa (15-16 à la pause, 42-16 au final), face aux Tonga (26-19, 50-19), puis en demi-finales face aux États-Unis (10-3, 22-3), les Flying Fijians sont restés totalement hermétiques durant les 40 dernières minutes de chaque rencontre disputée jusque-là.

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Le Japon, en tête de la plupart des stats offensives et défensives, solide aussi en conquête, ont les armes pour contrecarrer la domination fidjienne.

Mais les coéquipiers de Tevita Ikanivere mènent le bal en matière de défenseurs battus, d’entrée dans les 22 m adverses et de turnovers remportés.

Pour diriger le jeu, les deux équipes s’appuient sur un duo de meneurs : un jeune demi d’ouverture replacé à l’arrière, assisté d’un joueur plus expérimenté positionné en N.10.

Côté Fidji, c’est Caleb Muntz qui sera chargé d’animer le jeu, avec Isaiah Armstrong-Ravula, que l’on vous présentait il y a quelques semaines, en soutien.

Pour le Japon, le vétéran Harumichi Tatekawa (34 ans) joue à l’ouverture, secondé par celui qui sera peut-être désigné meilleur joueur de la compétition, Seungsin Lee.

Face à face

3 dernières réunions

Victoires
3
Nuls
0
Victoires
0
Moyenne de points marqués
38
18
Le premier essai gagne
67%
L'équipe recevante gagne
67%
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MP are a NZ side through and through, NZ is even having to pay for it.

Yes they caved to public demand, I bet it accomplished a lot of internal goals. They could have left it to the other groups, but I’m of the belief that they weren’t showing the capability to make it work as being a good reason for NZR to jump in and do it. I think it’s actually funded 50/50 between NZR and WR though.

(when nothing was stopping a pi player playing for any side in Super Rugby)

Neither is that fact true. Only 3 non NZ players are allowed in each squad.


I see you also need to learn what the term poach means - take or acquire in an unfair or clandestine way. - Moana have more slots for non eligible players (and you have seen many return to an NZ franchise) so players are largely making their own choice without any outside coercion ala Julian Savea.

Not one of these Kiwis and Aussies would go live in the Islands to satisfy any criteria, and I’d say most of them have hardly ever set foot in the islands, outside of a holiday.

Another inaccurate statement. Take Mo’unga’s nephew Armstrong-Ravula, if he is not eligible via ancestry in a couple of generations time, he will be eligible because he plays his rugby there (even if he’s only their for rugby and not living there), that is a recent change made by World Rugby to better reflect examples like Fabian Holland and Fakatava.

It’s becoming the jump-ship/zero loyalty joke that international League is.

Look I understand you’re reason to cry and make an example at any opportunity, but you don’t really need to anymore, other recent changes made by WR are basically going to stop the Ireland situation, and time (perhaps no more than a decade) will fix the rest.

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