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Serge Betsen recycle les ballons de rugby pour la bonne cause

Serge Betsen et Lionel Quenardel

Serge Betsen, qui a fêté son demi-siècle en mars, se souvient très bien du petit garçon qu’il était lorsqu’à douze ans il a découvert le rugby. Le petit Camerounais était arrivé à Clichy-la-Garenne avec sa mère et ses six frères et sœurs depuis trois ans déjà. « On n’avait pas beaucoup d’argent et on ne se plaignait pas. On avait assez pour vivre », raconte-t-il à RugbyPass.

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« Ma mère m’a beaucoup parlé de respect, de travail, de discipline, de rigueur. C’est ces mots-là que j’ai découvert avec le rugby. Le rugby m’a fait découvrir que j’aimais participer au collectif. »

« Au premier entraînement, j’ai appris le plaquage. Il n’y a pas de meilleure façon d’entrer dans un sport et de découvrir un skills qui correspond à sa personnalité. C’est à travers ces moments-là que je me suis construit et aujourd’hui je mets cette expérience au service des autres. »

Des actions au Cameroun et au Mali

Il y a 20 ans, il fondait la Serge Betsen Academy pour apporter du « mieux vivre » au Cameroun, et depuis 2020 au Mali.

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Son nouveau projet autour du recyclage des ballons de rugby s’inscrit parfaitement dans ce schéma tourné vers l’autre. La mission de Ballon Responsable est claire : ne plus jeter aucun ballon de rugby.

« Chaque année dans le monde la production et la destruction de ballons de rugby représente 1,2 million de kilogrammes de déchets ! C’est énorme. Les ballons sont jetés et polluent notre environnement », s’étonne encore l’ancien troisième-ligne international (63 sélections) que l’on surnommait « la faucheuse » avant qu’il ne mette un terme à sa carrière en 2012.

« Ce ballon qui est un élément important dans notre sport, il faut en prendre soin et en faire quelque chose d’utile ».

« Chaque année dans le monde, la production et la destruction de ballons de rugby représente 1,2 million de kilogrammes de déchets ! »

« Souvent les gens pensent que c’est du cuir, mais un ballon de rugby est fait de plastique qui ne se recycle pas. Il y a pleins d’éléments à l’intérieur qui servent à étudier les performances, la data, la vitesse… Or, qu’est-ce qu’on en fait après ? Aujourd’hui, on se positionne en tant qu’entité qui va essayer – tout en étant passionnés par notre sport – de protéger ce dernier tout en préservant la planète. »

Collecte auprès des clubs

Avec Lionel Quenardel, un ami d’enfance, Serge Betsen a commencé par créer une association en 2016 – Recycling Rugby – pour réemployer les ballons de rugby usés ou défectueux. Devant l’ampleur de la tâche et le succès de cette dernière qui ne vit que grâce au bénévolat, ils ont souhaité se professionnaliser et Le Ballon Responsable est né il y a seulement quelques semaines.

La collecte des ballons se fait avec un partenaire, Ecologic pour récupérer auprès des clubs, des distributeurs et des fabricants des ballons destinés à la déchetterie.

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Les ballons sont rapatriés en région parisienne et confiés dans un premier temps à un ESAT (structure qui permet aux personnes en situation de handicap d’exercer une activité professionnelle) pour être lavés et découpés avant d’être livrés non loin de là près de Massy chez un maroquinier qui les transforme en accessoire de maroquinerie : sac, portefeuille, trousses…

Le produit des ventes est destiné à des associations caritatives

Les produits sont ensuite vendus lors d’évènements ou sur le site internet de la société. Si au début les fonds étaient destinés à la Serge Betsen Academy pour ses actions à travers le monde, désormais une partie des fonds obtenus est reversée à des associations caritatives, ce qui permet d’envisager à terme le statut d’entreprise à mission.

« A partir du moment où l’on produit des déchets, il est important, et même vital, de mettre en place des actions de recyclage de ces derniers, pour amoindrir les impacts néfastes pour notre planète », insiste Serge Betsen qui souhaite sensibiliser la communauté du rugby à cet enjeu environnemental.

« Les enjeux sociétaux, en termes de recyclage de matériel lié au rugby sont encore nombreux, nous devons arriver à moins produire et à plus ré-utiliser les matériaux spécifiques à l’activité (maillot, crampons, tenue, ballon…). Et nous avons de nombreux projets dans ce sens… »

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JPM 22 minutes ago
Forget Ireland, the All Blacks face the real alpha of Europe next

Unfortunately you don't know anything about French rugby, coaches and players but still making a lot of assumptions and judgements to push your prefabricated and simplistic point of view that Dupont is manipulating everything and is a bad guy. I am not a NZ rugby specialist and wouldn't dare make such theories about what is going on within the ABs team. Therefore my advice to you is to do like Dupont and stay humble when you don't know all the background of the issues !!!


Firstly if you knew a bit of Galthié, he is not the type of coach who is going to ask advice to his players and even his captain about team selection. He is as stubborn as you...


Second Ramos has played a lot of times as 10 with Toulouse and therefore Dupont (in particular when Ntamack is injured and unfortunately it has often happened recently and for long periods). He even played 10 during the last 3 games of the 2024 6N and this was far better performance than the first two games with Jalibert as 10.


Thirdly Jalibert lacked of respect to a La Rochelle player so your theory is once again out.


Fourth as I explained to you Galthié went for a 6-2 bench and Jalibert can only play 10 which doesn't fit that plan. Furthermore as 15 Buros is better under high balls than Ramos and everybody is prepared for a tactical kicking game.


So you can blame Galthié for a lot of things (as you clearly enjoy doing at the end of your post and you should be very happy as an AB fan) but certainly not Dupont. Sorry once more for your conspiracy theory.


And don't worry about potential disharmony in the French team; they are excellent mates around their captain. Jalibert is well known in the French rugby circles to have not a strong character (and we saw that in the WC quarter finals as he is very nervous in any decisive international game unlike Ntamack and Ramos as for his late penalty kick vs England this year).


In conclusion enjoy the game tmrw night. It is good that the ABs are very upset; we should watch a great game of rugby. I hope for running rugby and not too much kicking. With 5 key players injured on our side (Ntamack, Baille, Atonio, Cros and Penaud) and 2 on your side I and various French fans see you as favourites. I obviously hope for another result.


If you are interested you can read a good article in the Guardian on the subject of France-NZ games.

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KB 25 minutes ago
The 'one difference' between Boks and the back-to-back All Blacks

Consistency hasnt been there they have many great players SA were also not unbeaten in the 2023 WC - NZ were in 2015 WC McCaw and Carter Nonu and Smith - SA did not have those Marque players in those postions in 2019 or 2023 - I wouldnt rank them ahead of the 20I5 ABs - They clocked up 60 points against France in the QF - Furthermore I do not believe for one moment SA won 2023 fairly no way - they were so favoured it became obvious that behind the scenes SA the nation bought the title - Their last 3 matches were won by a solitary point there were many contentious decisions that went their way that it became obvious it wasnt coincidence - Sport has been hijacked by a satanic cult just as is Politics

Some players coaches officials and sponsors are involved - they know who they are - its called Freemasonry - any sport that allows betting is corrupt - its not all about money either for these parasites its also about control - Lots of American NFL players have spoken openly about games being scripted - Football is also rigged Referees have been caught on film showing freemason hand signs - The 95 RWC final ranks as the highest and most obvious attempt at cheating There was no way SA were going to allow NZ to gate crash Nelson Mandelas reunification party - NZ were so good they had to posion almost the entire team to get a 3 point win - a Hollywood Movie ( theres your Red Flag ) was made about SAs triumph called Invictus


William Henley wrote a poem called Invictus


It starts


Out of the night that covers me BLACK ( All Blacks ) as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever GODS maybe for my unconquerable Soul ...( Olan says INVICTUS is an evil Malevolent entity who corrupted the Titans ... this is Mandelas double meaning speech ( hes a fraud ) - of thanks for helping overcome SA's adversary NZ - There is only ONE true God Yahuah - Only a false god would be complicit in Cheating Corruption and Harming others to win a RWC for a sick and sinful Nation ) the poem ends with


I am the CAPTAIN of my soul


SA will forever bear the stain of guilt and disgrace over their involvement in poisoning the ABs a day before the 95 RWC Final

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CO 1 hour ago
Forget Ireland, the All Blacks face the real alpha of Europe next

I cannot believe that you don't think the French rugby team coach and captain are not discussing putting Jalibert on the bench in favour of Duponts club teammate that doesn't even play at 10.


This is a terrible, massive insult to a 10 and I'm sure Dupont would also be very enraged if benched for a player that doesn't even play halfback.


A good captain would've insisted to the coach that it was an idea of madness and either select Jalibert or replace him with another 10 if you want him to be reserve.


Jalibert may not be the world's finest tacklers but that's often not a tens main strength that the loose forwards and second five cover. An intercept pass is never great but they happen.


When any player is playing for his club then it's club first, respect doesn't need to be shown to opposition players simply because they're internationals.


Who exactly are you claiming Jalibert hasn't respected? If it's Toulouse international players then it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure this bench demotion out.


The outcome of selecting Jalibert to the bench and he then throwing his croissants out the window of the team bus immediately prior to playing the Allblacks is a disaster that will be team disharmony as any team mates of Jalibert are in a state of anger and revolt so a performance that will be sub optimal against a team that is thirsting for revenge against France.


I don't know about you but the Allblacks are very upset they've lost twice in a row to France and want to put out a statement performance so this preparation by Galthie of creating havoc looks to me like a coach that is clueless.

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