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Pays de Galles : le pilier Leon Brown poussé à la retraite à 28 ans

Leon Brown (Pays de Galles) pendant l'échauffement avant le match entre le Pays de Galles et l'Argentine au Principality Stadium le 17 juillet 2021 à Cardiff, Pays de Galles. (Photo par Ian Cook - CameraSport via Getty Images)

Le pilier droit du pays de Galles et des Dragons Leon Brown a annoncé sa retraite immédiate, après avoir subi trois opérations au cou au cours des trois dernières années.

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Le joueur de 28 ans n’a pas foulé les terrains depuis le mois d’octobre, et il va encore devoir passer sous le bistouri pour une nouvelle blessure au cou

Dans un communiqué, le joueur indique que son corps est apte à continuer de jouer, mais son cou « a d’autres idées ».

Brown termine sa carrière avec 74 apparitions sous le maillot des Dragons et 24 sélections pour le XV du Poireau, la dernière remontant au Tournoi des Six Nations 2024 contre l’Écosse.

« Toutes les bonnes choses ont une fin et quand je regarde ma carrière, même si elle fut plus courte qu’imaginée, j’ai énormément de bons souvenirs qui remontent, et aucun regret », a-t-il déclaré dans un communiqué publié sur le site des Dragons.

« J’ai toujours cru que tout arrive pour une raison et parfois, les choses ne sont pas faites pour durer.

« Bien que le reste de mon corps se sent prêt à continuer à jouer, mon cou a clairement d’autres idées. Après trois opérations au cours des trois dernières saisons, il est temps pour moi de l’écouter et de tourner la page. »

« Nous sommes tous déçus de voir Leon prendre sa retraite, mais nous le soutenons complètement dans sa décision », a de son côté déclaré Filo Tiatia, l’entraîneur par intérim de la franchise galloise.

« J’ai vraiment apprécié de travailler avec Leon. Il n’a pas ménagé ses efforts, a montré son dévouement et à son professionnalisme, et il s’est vraiment affirmé comme un leader pendant la période où je l’ai côtoyé.

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« Leon a été un joueur important pour le club, un exemple de réussite de notre système de formation, et ses performances ont été reconnues au niveau international. »


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JW 45 minutes ago
Can the All Blacks regain their aura and maintain their winning legacy?

Welcome to the discussion Necusil!


First, we have to ensure you think big picture, right? There’s no point looking at like a jar of sweets.

It would be different if you had Mounga, Frizzel, Aaron Smith and Leicester in your starting line up right?

Yes, in the immediate term it would improve the squad and performances (lets say), but what are the consequences going to be long term Necusil?


Another interesting topic I’ll give to you is one that has been used often for South Africa (who is a little ahead of Argentina in that they opened eligibility why Argentinians where still required to play for Jaguares), and that is that all their overseas pros grew up and left SA after they had finished their development.


How much different is it going to be when Argentina’s players haven’t had multiple seasons in a pro team like Jaguares before they go overseas? How are you going to identify all the new players that are going to start growing up overseas? What quality was the environment of Jaguares? Was it over and above the majority of clubs that their players find themselves in now?


And lastly, what would you want, a strong Los Pumas playing great rugby and winning big games, or a strong Los Pumas playing great rugby and winning big games and a strong Jaguares playing great rugby and winning big games? South Africa disbanding Super Rugby by their decisions to join URC, that left Jaguares in a tough predicament, but really they were probably in the same predicament where they couldn’t afford to have the players sit out another year doing nothing waiting for COVID to pass. That doesn’t mean they can’t be part of Super Rugby now that is back up and running again.

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JW 1 hour ago
Can the All Blacks regain their aura and maintain their winning legacy?

You’re assumption is that players who can’t make the All Blacks when they are young/in their prime who leave to play in other countries will sacrifice playing for that country if called up, on the basis that they may be the 4th or 5th best is their position

Again, you’re using the flawed notion that they have another country to play for. They don’t. But also, yes, they would. There are plenty of minor factors like those to nut out but I’m not sure why you’re making up the premise (in your first para) that they aren’t selected for the All Blacks. Remember, if just a change is made, it would be for all teams, Maori, XVs, and any other development side they create/use.


I’m not sure you’re also factoring in wages, NZR pays more for International, NH players get more for domestic. Perhaps they’d get more money choosing NZ?

Which players do you think would sacrifice international careers with Wales, Ireland, England and Scotland to hold tackle bags and “be opposition” for the starting team

You’re confusing the two different points I was replying to. I’ve made a huge list of players for current open eligibility already if you actually want to know who they potentially could have been. You have no note that we would have no idea who these players are as theres no point tracking their performance when they weren’t able to be selected. The premise though is that any in '“form” could have been better than any in form (or not, as this less numbers to chose from you often have to pick an out of form player) at home.


That second concept was that they could secure the best from playing for another country, and of those of course have already been named, and of course the benefits from being able to offload the current hasbeens from the current squad. Also with this second factor, you’d probably say it is a more recent one, where previously the NH hasn’t been able to develop players to the required level, so only those that left NZ already developed would have been a viable option. Now, we could see any unknowns potentially rise to the top and never be eligible to be chosen.


This of course is not to say I’m arguing for this decision. I was more giving a better perception of this particular component to the larger decision of ‘would it work’. In your proposition there is benefit to change if even one player would improve the team, so theres no point bring further names into the equation, and we don’t really want to do that, to go into the bottomless whole that is balancing the required benefit improvement in the squad from overseas selection compared to factors that may reduce improvement on the home side due to exodus.


The bottom line is that you are obviously going to A) continue to be able to select quality players that leave, therefor improving the squad, and B) be able to select for capture and assessment NZ talent from overseas. I’m not posting to show you the degree of talent.

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