Les Bleus reçus à l'ambassade de France à Buenos Aires

Par Jérémy Fahner
Posolo Tuilagi, Baptiste Pesenti et Demba Bamba entourent Laurent Waksmann, conseiller élu des Français de l'étranger à l'ambassade de France en Argentine (photo DR).

L’équipe de France est bien arrivée en Argentine, et se remet tranquillement du décalage horaire (- 5h par rapport à la France) et du changement de climat, puisque l’hiver vient de commencer dans l’hémisphère sud, en attendant le premier match de sa tournée prévu le 6 juillet à Mendoza.

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Après un entraînement léger sur les installations du San Isidro Club, un club du nord de capitale, fief du rugby « porteño », les Bleus étaient attendus mercredi soir à l’ambassade de France.

Dans le quartier chic de Recoleta, non loin de leur hôtel, le squad et le staff français ont été reçus par Romain Nadal, ambassadeur de France, qui n’avait pas hésité à enfiler le maillot des Bleus pour l’occasion. Quelques Pumas étaient également présents, à l’image du capitaine Julián Montoya et de l’entraîneur adjoint Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe.

Un cadre solennel qui n’a pas freiné les ardeurs de Romain Briatte. Le 3e ligne du Stade Français novice en bleu malgré ses 31 ans a poussé la chansonnette, a capella, comme le veut la tradition des « bizuths ».

Mais lui pourra raconter plus tard qu’il a entonné « Parce qu’on sait jamais » de Christophe Maé sous les ors de la République et sous les sourires de l’assistance qui n’en attendait pas tant.

« La visite du XV de France en Argentine ne souligne pas seulement l’importance des événements sportifs internationaux, mais elle renforce également les liens d’amitié et de coopération entre la France et l’Argentine », a souligné Laurent Waksmann, conseiller élu des Français de l’étranger, à l’issue de la réception.

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Le XV de France poursuit son acclimatation et sa préparation en vue des trois matchs prévus à son programme en juillet : deux test-matchs officiels contre les Pumas (les 6 et 13 juillet) et une rencontre face à l’Uruguay qui n’a pas valeur de rencontre officielle (le 10 à Montevideo).

 

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Yeah Sotutu was good all year, those assists numbers are crazy. Certainly his workrate looks sus in that table, defensive work well off his teammate (despite both hitting same ruck %), could that be due in part to his lineout roll? Sotutu 40% dominant carry, committing extra tackles 62%. 78% ruck effectiveness on offence, 18% on D. Sititi 55% DC, 65%. 87%, 11. Ioane 35, 70. 80(much high volume that Sotutu with less minutes), 16. Earl 34, 60. 88, 24 (more technical league, easier?) Sotutu also had much high steals and turnovers than all (a fair amount more minutes too though, still higher % I’d say). Of course Sotutu was first chosen after a breakout season, so that he himself likely lost his spot to another with a breakout season doesn’t leave much room to complain. Thing they still might feel with him, is that he is probably the SRP forward equivalent of Shaun Stevenson. That lineout steal is more to do with what I had previously been saying about McMillan not giving Thompson enough prep and game time. He obviously just missread that call and threw it to the front jumper. Stern Verns style though is what we had all been crying out for Ian Foster to embrace in the All Blacks play. It was the only method in which that (2020-22) team could reliably hold the ball while gaining territory. Of course, he also shunned it. Went the other way and selected younger ball carriers and someone who could free up the backline, and we saw no more of Ardie or Samisoni eating up the easy meters. Still a missed trick I thought might return during the RWC. Hit the nail on the head with the setting for this one though, Nick! This is deja vu feeling for me.. there is something else this time as well though.. So often have we heard stories like these (from tourists/strting the year) but when it came down to it, the comparisons were always on different levels. The All Blacks are used to coming out of the blocks and blowing sides away. This very much has that feel. Then theres also the last 4 years that are there, somewhere, giving a feeling of imparting reality that makes you question if the past (history) you know was seen through rose tinted glasses. I really liked JDs begging in his last article, it hinted at it, with line like “we have never lost to Scotland”. Like really? We’ve come down to labelling our Scotland record as our ‘shinning light’ now? But we still have one! And, as I just read JDs French revolution series, this feeling goes all the way back to what, 94, when the French won both games(and then lost in atrocious conditions, again, or whatever in the following years RWC Semi-Final)? The explosive athletes have obviously gone too far one way, and I certainly hope there is a bit of subtlety to come our way soon. ALB doesn’t provide it at Int anymore, I certainly hope Havili is not asked to try his hand again at showing the way. Players like Poihipi, Plummer, Nanai-Seturo are just a call away. I miss my Smith’s and ageless Nonu in the backline. I certainly don’t want it continuing in that direction and players like AJ Lam being thought of in the midfield. Did you near choke when you heard Mils Muliaina (another in that above preferred category) say who he thought would be the playmakers?

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