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Propos racistes : Jaminet veut tourner la page

L'arrière de Toulon, Melvyn Jaminet après le match de l'European Rugby Champions Cup entre les Northampton Saints et Toulon au Franklin's Gardens à Northampton, dans le centre de l'Angleterre, le 15 décembre 2023. Northampton a remporté le match sur le score de 22 à 16. (Photo by Darren Staples / AFP) (Photo by DARREN STAPLES/AFP via Getty Images)

Melvyn Jaminet, arrière du RC Toulon et du XV de France, a finalement choisi de ne pas faire appel de la sanction imposée par la Fédération Française de Rugby (FFR) à la suite des propos racistes qu’il a tenus lors de la tournée en Argentine, contrairement à ce que son avocat avait initialement laissé penser.

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Il semble que le joueur âgé de 25 ans avec 20 sélections à son actif veuille désormais tourner la page de cet épisode triste qui restera néanmoins comme une tâche dans sa carrière.

Melvyn Jaminet a été suspendu jusqu’à huit mois par la FFR suite à des propos racistes tenus dans une vidéo publiée début juillet, pendant la tournée difficile des Bleus en Amérique du Sud.

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Le 6 juillet, après la victoire des Bleus contre l’Argentine (28-13), premier match de leur tournée, Jaminet avait posté sur Instagram une vidéo contenant des propos racistes, avant de la supprimer. La FFR avait immédiatement mis le joueur à l’écart et lui avait demandé de quitter le groupe France. Dans un message d’excuses publié par la suite, Jaminet s’était dit « profondément désolé et honteux » de ses paroles, affirmant que ses propos ne reflétaient pas ses valeurs ni celles de l’équipe de France.

Le 9 juillet, le parquet de Paris ouvrait une enquête contre Jaminet pour « menace de mort à raison de l’origine », suite à un signalement de l’association SOS Racisme. Florian Grill, le président de la FFR, avait également annoncé avoir fait un signalement auprès du Procureur de la République.

Fin juillet, le joueur avait été entendu par la commission de discipline de la fédération qui l’a condamné à une suspension de 34 semaines, soit près de huit mois, de toute compétition pour « atteinte à l’intérêt supérieur du rugby ».

Cependant, cette suspension pourrait être réduite à 26 semaines, environ six mois, si Jaminet accepte de réaliser des « actions de prévention concernant les dangers liés à l’alcool et aux réseaux sociaux », ainsi que des « actions de promotion des valeurs du sport sur la lutte contre les discriminations ». Choses que le joueur s’engage à faire.

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De plus, il devra s’acquitter d’une amende de 30 000 euros. La décision pouvait faire l’objet d’un appel dans un délai de sept jours.

Si Jaminet avait jusqu’au samedi 3 août pour faire appel de cette sanction, il ne l’a pas fait et sera donc autorisé à rejouer à la fin du mois de janvier. Reste à savoir comment le joueur voudra faire oublier cet épisode et comment le public réagira.

En parallèle, le Rugby Club Toulonnais (RCT), employeur de Jaminet a indiqué qu’il n’envisageait pas un licenciement, mais qu’il serait prêt à accompagner Jaminet dans un processus de rédemption pour l’aider à comprendre la gravité de ses actes et à évoluer positivement.

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Okay, so we blew it big time on Saturday. So rather than repeating what most people have all ready said, what do I want to see from Borthwick going forward?


Let's keep Marcus Smith on the pitch if he's fit and playing well. I was really pleased with his goal kicking. It used to be his weakness. I feel sympathy for George Ford who hadn't kicked all match and then had a kick to win the game. You hear pundits and commentators commend kickers who have come off the bench and pulled that off. Its not easy. If Steve B continues to substitute players with no clear reason then he is going to get criticised.


On paper I thought England would beat NZ if they played to their potential and didn't show NZ too much respect. Okay, the off the ball tackles certainly stopped England scoring tries, but I would have liked to see more smashing over gainlines and less kicking for position. Yes, I also know it's the Springbok endorsed world cup double winning formula but the Kiwi defence isn't the Bok defence, is it. If you have the power to put Smith on the front foot then why muzzle him? I guess what I'm saying is back, yourself. Why give the momentum to a team like NZ? Why feed the beast? Don't give the ball to NZ. Well d'uh.


Our scrum is a long term weakness. If you are going to play Itoje then he needs an ogre next door and a decent front row. Where is our third world class lock? Where are are realible front row bench replacements? The England scrum has been flakey for a while now. It blows hot and cold. Our front five bench is not world class.


On the positive side I love our starting backrow right now. I'd like to see them stick together through to the next world cup.


Anyway, there is always another Saturday.

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Scott Robertson responds to criticism over All Blacks' handling errors

Robertson is more a manager of coaches than a coach so it comes down to intent of outcomes at a high level. I like his intent, I like the fact his Allblacks are really driving the outcomes however as he's pointed out the high error rates are not test level and their control of the game is driving both wins and losses. England didn't have to play a lot of rugby, they made far fewer mistakes and were extremely unlucky not to win.


In fact the English team were very early in their season and should've been comfortably beaten by an Allblacks team that had played multiple tests together.


Razor has himself recognised that to be the best they'll have to sort out the crisis levels of mistakes that have really increased since the first two tests against England.


Early tackles were a classic example of hyper enthusiasm to not give an inch, that passion that Razor has achieved is going to be formidable once the unforced errors are eliminated.


That's his secret, he's already rebuilt the passion and that's the most important aspect, its inevitable that he'll now eradicate the unforced errors. When that happens a fellow tier one nation is going to get thrashed. I don't think it will be until 2025 though.


The Allblacks will lose both tests against Ireland and France if they play high error rates rugby like they did against England.


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