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Quelles sont les poules pour le tournoi de Los Angeles

Séance photo avant le HSBC Los Angeles Sevens au Dignity Health Sports Park le 23 février 2023 à Los Angeles, États-Unis. Crédit photo : Mike Lee - KLC fotos pour World Rugby

Dès la poussière retombée au BC Place de Vancouver, la composition des poules pour le tournoi de Los Angeles sont tombées.

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Chez les filles, la France sera tête de série dans la Poule B et jouera l’Australie, leader au classement général, (qu’elle a battu en demi-finale à Vancouver mais contre qui elle avait perdu en finale au Cap et en demi-finale à Dubaï), l’Irlande et le Japon.

Chez les garçons, la France se retrouve en tête de la poule C avec les Fidji (battus en poule mais défaits en quarts au Cap, puis défaits en poule à Perth), la Grande-Bretagne (battus dans le match pour la 9e place à Dubaï) et le Canada.

Tournoi féminin

  • Poule A : Nouvelle-Zélande, Fidji, Brésil, Afrique du Sud
  • Poule B : France, Australie, Irlande, Japon
  • Poule C : Canada, USA, Espagne, Grande-Bretagne

Tournoi masculin

  • Poule A : Argentine, Irlande, Afrique du Sud, Espagne
  • Poule B : Nouvelle-Zélande, USA, Samoa, Australie
  • Poule C : France, Fidji, Grande-Bretagne, Canada

Le plafond de verre des Bleues

Pour les filles, la déception de Vancouver est immense avec toujours ce plafond de verre de la finale qu’elles n’arrivent pas à percer. Habituées au podium – c’est le troisième cette saison en quatre tournois – les filles de David Courteix en sont à leur deuxième médaille d’argent (après Cape Town) complétée par le bronze de Dubaï.

A Los Angeles, elles n’auront pas une poule facile entre une équipe d’Australie frustrée par ses deux derniers tournois et une équipe d’Irlande qui voudra regoûter à la victoire qu’elle avait découvert brièvement à Perth.

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France 7 va devoir creuser l’écart au classement

Cinquième étape d’un circuit mondial qui en compte sept, Los Angeles est très attendu pour au moins deux raisons pour les Français.

D’abord, grâce à sa 3e place au tournoi de Vancouver, France 7 améliore sa condition dans le classement général. Certes les hommes de Jérôme Daret restent à la 7e position, mais creusent un peu plus l’écart avec la zone de relégation (6 points, +2) et n’est plus qu’à 10 points de l’Afrique du Sud à la 6e place.

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Cette médaille de bronze a donné 16 points à la France en un seul tournoi (elle n’en avait gagné que 4 à Dubaï, 6 au Cap et 10 à Perth), alors que l’Afrique du Sud est en chemin inverse après avoir performé à Dubaï et avoir trébuché ensuite.

Si bien que le tournoi de Los Angeles pourrait être décisif : soit ils confirment et ils s’éloignent franchement de la menace d’une relégation, soit ils retombent dans leurs travers et seront en stresse jusqu’à Singapour.

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Débuts très prometteurs d’Antoine Dupont

Ensuite, deuxième raison de suivre le tournoi de Los Angeles, ce sera le deuxième tournoi mondial auquel participe Antoine Dupont. Meilleur joueur du monde à XV, il a montré qu’il avait toutes les chances de briller à sept après avoir participer à toutes les rencontres. Remplaçant dans la phase de poule contre les Etats-Unis (3’) et les Samoa (3’), il était titulaire contre l’Australie, remplaçant en quart contre l’Irlande (3’) et en demie contre la Nouvelle-Zélande (5’), puis titulaire dans le match pour la médaille de bronze. Soit en tout et pour tout 42 minutes de rugby à sept sur trois jours.

Il a été l’auteur de trois essais qui ont été déterminants dans le parcours de France 7 (sans parler de ses passes décisives) : contre l’Australie dans le dernier match de la poule B (31-5), contre l’Irlande dans le quart de finale (12-5) et contre les Etats-Unis dans la finale de bronze (42-12).

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Il a également été baptisé par un carton jaune lors de la finale de bronze, rejoignant ainsi trois autres français qui ont eu la même couleur ce week-end : Andy Timo (contre les Etats-Unis), Rayan Rebbadj et Jefferson Lee Joseph (contre l’Irlande).

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Flankly 1 hour ago
How 'misunderstood' Rassie Erasmus is rolling back the clock

Nick - thanks for another good piece.


It’s remarkable that Matt Williams gets so upset about Bomb Squad tactics. He’s not just making recommendations, but getting all sweaty about bench splits. But it’s not really about bench splits. He just does not like forwards, and their role in the game.


I thought this quote was telling:

What about Kitshoff, what happened to his spine in South Africa? Do we know if that is as a result of the scrummaging they are put through?

Ouch. So we are really on a program of reducing scrummaging to reduce spinal injuries? That’s the mission? And based on the statistically significant dataset of one case, a case in which he openly admits that he does not have the details. Regardless, if his goal is to reduce spinal injuries for prop forwards then arguing about bench splits seems like an odd place to start.


It’s not just spinal injuries that he cares about. The risk of paralysis is an important issue, and he raises this too:

I’m a bit of a lone voice but, because of my club-mate Grant Harper (ex-Western Suburbs prop who was paralysed after a collapsed scrum), I’m not shutting up on it.

Injuries are horrible, and paralysis is truly awful. We should absolutely take it very seriously, and diligently implement whatever safety protocols and education programs we can to minimize these things. But we don’t ban skydiving or hang gliding, or crossing the road. Though Williams is not looking to ban rugby, he does seem to be intent on reducing the role of forwards in the game, based on entirely anecdotal data.


It’s hard to tell what it’s all about. He makes this supposed safety case and says that no-one in his echo chamber disagrees with him:

Every time I go out, old forwards and old props go up to me and they say, ‘you’re right’. I’ve never had anyone, apart from a few South Africans – because it’s good for South Africa – say it’s rubbish.

It’s weird that “old props” are hanging around his front door and lobbying him, or maybe he just doesn’t “go out” much. Could it be that all of the hand-wringing about bench splits and scrummaging injuries is really a proxy for something else? Is it possible his issue is not about safety at all?


Well, that is what it seems. For me the truth is in this comment:

Can Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Australia and Argentina compete against South Africa, New Zealand and France if that’s the way the game goes? The answer to that is no.

So, this is the real issue for him. The Bomb Squad tactic is a really good one, and you have to be really good to play against it. Or you should try to de-power it by banning it, wailing about injuries that it supposedly causes (it doesn’t) and clutching at anecdotal straws to make your case.


The above quote is an insult to the five countries named, and it also suggests that no-one is going to be smart enough to come up with a game plan that neutralizes the bomb squad or turns it to a relative weakness. Williams is just a noisy fan looking to change the laws to favor his team and his personal tastes.


I agree with your conclusions. This Rassie approach is far from being unfair to backs. Not only does it favor fleet-footed and versatile “skills players” in the double-digit positions, but each individual gets more game time in any given match.


Whenever I go out I get exactly zero “old backs” coming up to me and complaining about the Bomb Squad tactic.


Bravo, Rassie.

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