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Stupeur : Owen Farrell lève le pied pour préserver sa santé mentale

PARIS, FRANCE - OCTOBER 27: Owen Farrell of England and Steve Borthwick, Head Coach of England, interact at full-time following their team's victory in the Rugby World Cup France 2023 Bronze Final match between Argentina and England at Stade de France on October 27, 2023 in Paris, France. (Photo by Adam Pretty - World Rugby/World Rugby via Getty Images)

Owen Farrell a reçu le soutien de Steve Borthwick, le sélectionneur de l’Angleterre, après avoir décidé de faire une pause dans le rugby international pour donner la priorité à sa santé mentale et à celle de sa famille.

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Cette décision signifie que le capitaine Farrell, qui a mené l’Angleterre lors des deux dernières Coupes du monde et compte 112 sélections, ne sera pas disponible pour le Tournoi des Six Nations 2024.

En son absence – aucune date n’a été annoncée pour un retour en test – et suite à la retraite internationale de Courtney Lawes, le pilier de Bristol Ellis Genge est un successeur probable au poste de capitaine.

George Ford serait le favori pour prendre le rôle de demi d’ouverture de Farrell pour le Tournoi des Six Nations contre l’Italie à Rome le 3 février, avec Marcus Smith également en lice.

Steve Borthwick le soutient

« Tout le monde en Angleterre soutient la décision d’Owen », a commenté Steve Borthwick. « Depuis ses débuts, il fait partie intégrante de l’équipe d’Angleterre depuis plus de dix ans, et les exigences imposées aux athlètes d’élite sont extrêmement élevées.

« C’est un joueur, un capitaine et un leader exemplaire, qui donne toujours le meilleur de lui-même pour son pays.

« C’est avec un courage incroyable qu’Owen a pris la décision de s’ouvrir de cette manière.

« Avec nous tous à England Rugby, je ferai tout ce qui est en mon pouvoir pour m’assurer qu’il bénéficie du soutien dont il a besoin pour avancer. »

Farrell jouera toujours pour les Saracens

Dans un communiqué annonçant cette surprenante – et inquiétante – décision, le club de Farrell, les Saracens, a déclaré : « Owen Farrell a décidé de faire une pause dans le rugby international afin de donner la priorité à son bien-être mental et à celui de sa famille.

« Par conséquent, il ne sera pas éligible pour une sélection au Tournoi des Six Nations 2024.

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« Il continuera à jouer pour les Saracens et à être le capitaine du club.

« Comme toujours, Owen pourra compter sur le soutien total de tous les membres du club. »

De son côté, l’Association des joueurs de rugby (Rugby Players’ Association) a ajouté : « Owen Farrell a le soutien inconditionnel de tout le monde à RPA.

« Il est un leader et une figure emblématique du rugby anglais, mais c’est aussi un homme, un mari et un père. Son bien-être passe avant tout, et nous le soutiendrons de toutes les manières possibles. »

Une saison internationale difficile

Farrell a conduit l’Angleterre jusqu’à la troisième place de la Coupe du Monde de Rugby 2023 en France le mois dernier, mais la préparation du tournoi s’est avérée loin d’être une sinécure pour lui.

Il a été exclu lors d’un match de préparation à la Coupe du monde contre le Pays de Galles, mais une commission disciplinaire indépendante a provoqué un tollé en le blanchissant à la suite d’un plaquage épaule contre tête sur le troisième-ligne du Pays de Galles, Taine Basham, ce qui aurait dû lui valoir une sévère interdiction de jouer.

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World Rugby avait fait appel de cette décision et Farrell avait été exclu pour quatre matchs, dont les deux premiers de la Coupe du Monde de l’Angleterre contre l’Argentine et le Japon.

Le père de Farrell, Andy Farrell, sélectionneur de l’Irlande, avait qualifié la couverture médiatique de cet épisode de « cirque », tandis que Borthwick avait déclaré en août : « Les commentaires semblent passer d’un simple problème de plaquage à des attaques personnelles sur la personnalité de l’homme, ce qui me semble tout à fait inacceptable. »

Souvent hué dans les stades

Farrell, 32 ans, a fait l’objet d’attaques considérables sur les réseaux sociaux et, à certains moments de la Coupe du monde, il a été hué par une partie du public lors des matchs de l’Angleterre.

Ayant fait ses débuts en Angleterre en 2012, il a accumulé 1 237 points, un record pour l’Angleterre, dépassant tout récemment Jonny Wilkinson.

Il a été capitaine de l’Angleterre lors des Coupes du monde 2019 et 2023 et a également participé à trois tournées des British and Irish Lions.

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JW 3 hours ago
Crusaders vs Force takes: Let's talk about Sevu Reece, forgotten All Black returns

I think Reece has bulked up too much and now doesn’t have the pace to perform to his previously high standards. He’s making himself less of a winger but I’m not really sure he’s filling another role succinctly either. I think criticism at the AB level has seen him try to redevelop his game, I’m really not sure he can be continued to be used at the highest level. Definitely becoming the wing version Richie Mo’unga is possible (if not already attained) at Super Rugby level however. I loved watching him play when he first broke through.

The Force are undeniably much improved this season, but it’s going to take some reps to prove to themselves that they really can hang with the big dogs.

Yeah they’re still well off in the quality personal front.

It was the 21-year-old’s first appearance of the season, and he certainly made the most of it, with 13 carries accounting for 50 running metres – each of them passing by in a blur as Springer made his may to the try line time and time again.

Will Jordan was playmaking superbly to assist the youngster’s points tally, but it was all individual brilliance in the 53rd minute when Springer tiptoed down the sideline before collecting his own chip kick and outpacing the final two defenders to score under the posts.

After pre-season I said that I wanted Springer to cement the starting jersey, and that (well I’ve not no idea exactly which sides they play) another new wing recruit, Kunawave, would replace Reece as the Fijian Flyer in the team by season end. Reece might be making that tough, but unfortunately it looks like there wasn’t a full squad spot for the young fella and he has since made his AB7s debut instead. Watch this space though as he and Saifoloi look to have the X factor👍


That Jordan pass to Springer aside it was otherwise a very lackluster game for him as he looks to be struggling with processing his option taking in this new style he’s trying. Still have to think a man of that talent and ingenuity is going to make it click sooner or later though!

t’s a congested position, and after Ennor shot down talk of him being swept up by a Top 14 outfit this week, it looks as if the Crusaders have some selection headaches to solve in the coming weeks.

That’s great news. I can’t remember if it was because he actually made his return in pre-season or not but for some reason I was liking how Ennor looked like he might be providing the right options for Saders and even ABs when back. Very pleased to see him fit straight in though there was plenty of space on offer but he almost looked as if he was more dangerous with no space. Could be the long looked for option at 13?

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JW 4 hours ago
Chiefs vs Blues takes: Blues need Spider-Man, McKenzie is All Blacks’ form 10

Chiefs were in the driver’s seat for most of Saturday night’s fixture in the Tron

I don’t know about that. The majority of stats all favour the Blues.

Referee Ben O’Keeffe did show the rising star a yellow card during the second half after a series of infringements from the Blues, but that shouldn’t take away too much from the main point here. Taele looks at home with the Blues in Super Rugby Pacific.

There were a few errors that crept into his performance in that second half, but yes, I was surprised after watching him a few times how comfortable he looked in his role as a 2nd5, and even how well he performed it. It is a shame for Lam to be injured but I picked up a distinct difference in how the backline functioned by having Taele at twelve instead. I might not have given him another go this week but now it will be very interesting to see what Vern does and without knowing what else is going on (Pero might be fit enough to start and psuh Plummer to 12) I think he might start again (Heem has been very very good in the role in recent years, is he fit).

Shaun Stevenson fails to make an All Blacks-worthy statement

He’s leaving Hamish (don’t know how you missed that), it’s impossible to make a statement for AB selection, and that also be well out of his mind.


Watching him in Japan he looked to be struggling as much of his team. Which is often how I think his contributions have depended, how well he fits in with the team. He’s a very unique player and I don’t think the Chiefs have anywhere near the right momentum and structure to unlock Shaun’s strengths. In saying that I thought he played well and that pass showed he’s in a great headspace, you might also be overplaying Corey’s contribution, which from the weekend would be of greatest value if he was Lams midfield replacement imo. I’d like Forbes to return this weekend and don’t think Corey did enough to take that opportunity away from him.

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JW 4 hours ago
Super Rugby Pacific has turned the ship around in the right direction

“We want jeopardy in our competition, right? We want ladder movement. We don’t want teams to stay in the same ladder position that they were in last year.

You need promotion relegation then. You cannot always rely on 4 teams being the right number for Australia, it could mean that they are too strong in future. Or that Fijian Drua doesn’t always has the players to knock of the best.

“We want unexpected results. We want every fan to be sitting here on a Friday at lunchtime going ‘I’m a chance this weekend’.’’ 

Oh, so you want a made up fantasy league like the NFL, rather than a quantifiable competition like NPC, and to a lesser degree, then NRL. Meaningless rather than meaningful, you don’t want the best of NSW taking on the best of Queensland, or the Blues region versus the Chiefs region.


There is still huge room for improvement in the way rugby is played and officiated, it is an incredibly young professional sport. Some of these introduced concepts are tricks taken from others and have done a lot to engage and increase Super Rugby’s appeal, but there has been a hint of whether the game is selling it’s soul to get back on the table.

For me, Super Rugby’s best years were around the turn of the millennium, when the Crusaders and Brumbies held sway. The speed with which possession was recycled at the breakdown and the minutes the ball was in play remains my benchmark for flowing rugby. 

Have you used you’re own license for viewing “feels rather than facts” here Hamish?


I agree, the rugby isn’t as good as it has been at times in the recent past, but it is more engaging. Which I think is due to a whole factor of fortunate and one off reasons, along with targeted ones.

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