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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 27 minutes ago
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Cameron Woki picked at the base of a ruck and jumped/dived over. That would clearly now be penalised.

But the Sheehan try is different to my eye. It starts from a tap penalty, he drives forward, the two WB defenders go low for a tackle in the assumption Sheehan will go to ground. He does not, but seeing the hole now left dives through it. In this case surely there is zero danger there.

World Rugby’s terminology/interpretation recently (shared again after this) is that it’s ok to hurdle/dive (that includes over, say a ruck, which we have seen this many times even in this years SR) to score a try, but it’s not (OK) to avoid a tackle. I can’t remember the one you describe (which may have been where their clarification came from) but that would sound OK. Sheehan definitely was playing the rope-a-dope and dived to avoid being tackled (can’t call it tackled really, just blocked/stopped lol), so shouldn’t have been awarded (I wasn’t aware of this last definition so just thought it was a very smart move). Was it premeditated? I’m not sure, but he could definitely have collected someones head if that was the case. And I guess even if he saw the space, I guess it’s not something they can allow as others might try it and get it terribly wrong?


Well summed up Miz. I have been thinking the whole situation of events that lead to this type of sneaky move is the problem, particularly as it relates to the difficulty and effort defenders now go to stop such situations (like say Slippers try), where players go extremely low to drive from meters out (and in most cases plays just trying to dive under). It’s also ugly business seeing attempt after attempt to go in under the tacklers, especially with them not really being able to perform a ‘tackle’ at all. I would simply give the defenders their goal line. All they need is some part of the body on or behind, and this will stop the play (being the fuel to this fire) from being attempted I reckon.

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Mzilikazi 1 hour ago
'The Wallabies only have themselves to blame': How the Lions sunk Australia in Melbourne

I get where you are coming from,Om. And there was a case when that French under strength team came out to Australia. Cameron Woki picked at the base of a ruck and jumped/dived over. That would clearly now be penalised.


But the Sheehan try is different to my eye. It starts from a tap penalty, he drives forward, the two WB defenders go low for a tackle in the assumption Sheehan will go to ground. He does not, but seeing the hole now left dives through it. In this case surely there is zero danger there.


Both WB heads are well clear below. There would have been far more danger had Sheehan also dropped low, as he had done on one, or was it two occasions in the game.


I just can’t see his movement as a jump. There is virtually no vertical element, it is say only 5% upwards. Surely at 95% horizontal, that won’t be penalised, not even seriously looked at ?


“It is different to the sideline touchdown on the wing”. You are the only person in hundreds of posts I have read who brings that up. I have been thinking of that as well, but not commented till now prompted by you. And you are correct, it is in most cases very different, being a side on tackle, not head on. But still, it is often more a jump than a dive. I would not advocate for penalising…..some wonderful tries scored that way, and the danger element is generally not excessive, at least not for head injuries.

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