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Deux saisons de plus pour Uini Atonio à La Rochelle

Par Willy Billiard

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Dublin , Irlande - 12 avril 2024 ; Uini Atonio lors de l'entraînement du capitaine de La Rochelle à l'Aviva Stadium de Dublin. (Photo par Harry Murphy/Sportsfile via Getty Images)

Le pilier droit international de La Rochelle, Uini Atonio, a prolongé son contrat avec le club jusqu’en 2027, a annoncé vendredi 18 octobre le double champion d’Europe (2022 et 2023).

Atonio, 34 ans et originaire de Timaru, en Nouvelle-Zélande, joue pour le Stade Rochelais depuis 2011, contribuant de manière significative à la montée en puissance du club au cours de la dernière décennie.

« Élément incontournable du pack Jaune et Noir, Véritable référence mondiale à son poste depuis quelques années, Uini occupe un rôle de cadre depuis plus de dix ans, et cela sur et en dehors des terrains », précise le club, le considérant comme le « véritable chouchou du public maritime ».

306 matchs déjà disputés

Avec 306 matchs disputés sous le maillot à la caravelle et « capable de percussions dévastatrices et d’offloads tout aussi impressionnants », il a notamment remporté deux Champions Cup en 2022 et 2023 face au Leinster.

🔐 2027.
L’amour dure ???????? 💛#Atonio2027 | #FievreSR pic.twitter.com/JI6mnCk0F6
— Stade Rochelais (@staderochelais) October 18, 2024

Sur la scène internationale, après avoir représenté les U20 des Samoa (en 2009), il a été appelé en équipe de France en 2014 et compte actuellement 62 sélections. Il a participé aux Coupes du Monde de Rugby 2015 et 2023 ainsi qu’au Grand Chelem 2022, totalisant 62 sélections.

Huit dates clés de la carrière de Uini Atonio

11 septembre 2011 : Premier match avec La Rochelle lors de la 1^ère journée de Pro D2 contre Oyonnax au Stade Charles Mathon.
8 novembre 2014 : Première sélection en équipe de France lors du Test Match contre les Fidji au Stade Vélodrome.
27 novembre 2015 : 100^e match sous le maillot rochelais, lors de la 9^e journée de Top 14 face à Montpellier au GGL Stadium.
7 septembre 2019 : 200^e match, toujours contre Montpellier, lors de la 3^e journée de Top 14 au GGL Stadium.
9 avril 2022 : 250^e match, en 1/8^e de finale aller de Champions Cup contre l’UBB au Stade Chaban-Delmas.
28 mai 2022 : Premier titre de Champions Cup avec La Rochelle, victoire contre le Leinster au Stade Vélodrome.
20 mai 2023 : Deuxième titre de Champions Cup, victoire contre le Leinster à l’Aviva Stadium.
2 juin 2024 : 300^e match avec La Rochelle, lors de la 25^e journée de Top 14 face au Stade Toulousain au Stadium de Toulouse.

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Debateable red card? that's putting it mildly. It was never a red card and will be rescinded. However the damage is done, and the referee has decided the result, not the teams.

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Forward pass 24 minutes ago

Where the Wallabies need to play marquee recruit Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii

Who do you say is better than those who were selected?

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JJ 29 minutes ago

Jack Willis is about to all but end his England career

He can still play for the Lions next summer. Best 7 in World Rugby, so he should be in the squad. Owen Farrell will be in from Racing92, so Willis should be in too.

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John 1 hour ago

Where the Wallabies need to play marquee recruit Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii

Hey mg, I thin the comparison with RTS is a good one but yes as you highlight, he is more positionally aligned with SBW, size wise for sure, so perhaps he is better suited to that change into the midfield than a fullback like RTS.

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John 1 hour ago

Where the Wallabies need to play marquee recruit Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii

I think as I outline, Paisami is not small overall, but hyes his height does leave him as a smaller centre, not attracting enough attention.

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John 1 hour ago

Where the Wallabies need to play marquee recruit Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii

Ikitau was a beast in that first Argentina Test. Kellaway didn't play bad in the second, He also was pretty decent in that first Beldisloe.

I think wing is fine, it's just Schmidt is getting them very involved.

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John 1 hour ago

Where the Wallabies need to play marquee recruit Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii

Good point Perthstayer

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Larry Martyn 2 hours ago

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Troll, get over yourself, we have been listening to arrogance for years from the Kiwis the Safas the English and so on, you seem to know a lot about narcissists, I wonder why??

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Flatcoat 3 hours ago

Where the Wallabies need to play marquee recruit Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii

Wallabies need a 12..Paisami is to small and played poorly in his last test..

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MakeOllieMathisAnAB 3 hours ago

Cautious Robertson 'has to produce wins more than next generation players'

I don’t think TJ will get much game time after Twickenham, Cane will probably be used a bit more, but I’m really hoping that Lakai is the starting option by Dublin at the latest.

I want Finau to start dominating at test level like he does at super/NPC.

Finau 6, Wallace at 8 and Lakai at 7 would be a savage combo but Samipeni isn’t delivering at that level yet.

I love how 10s don’t get to swan around like a protected species when Finau’s out there, but those hits he makes are risky for cards.

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MakeOllieMathisAnAB 3 hours ago

Cautious Robertson 'has to produce wins more than next generation players'

If cohesion is what they are worried about then I don’t get why they don’t just use the hurricanes combination of Jordie at 12 and Billy at 13.

Rieko is still lethal on the wing, decent under the high ball, they can play him there if they want.

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JW 4 hours ago

Cautious Robertson 'has to produce wins more than next generation players'

It's based on statistics, law of averages, the roll of a dice. It could be 50/50 either one or the other, or it could b e just as likely the dice rolls the All Blacks side in both games.

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JW 4 hours ago

Cautious Robertson 'has to produce wins more than next generation players'

Gone are the days the ABs can turn up with any old 15 and expect to win 80% of their matches.

Not in the mind of this author, and probably half the commentors on here. 80+% is still expected, even if not obtainable.

It would be easier to claim progress and paint a bright picture for the future if losses came about with new talent being exposed to the cauldron of northern test rugby.

The All Blacks shouldn't use copouts like that.

Perhaps it's our fault as fans. Perhaps it's NZR HQ

Well said.

SA are busy building two squads of test ready players, while Razor prefers to shun young talent in favour of soon to retire servants who are past their best.

That's really unfair, that is Rassie's playbook right there (admittedly it was something I was really happy he was doing because I thought it made SA easier to beat haha). They also do have two squads.

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JW 4 hours ago

Cautious Robertson 'has to produce wins more than next generation players'

I think Ireland wants to win because they feel NZ need to relearn some respect

Haha what if Ireland lose, who needs to relearn respect then Terry?

Don't SA play all the same teams? I'm not sure the NH teams will go into these games with the same must win attitude, they generally don't, so in that respect he's over egging it, but I think he believes it.

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JW 4 hours ago

Cautious Robertson 'has to produce wins more than next generation players'

This is in stark contrast to most of his predecessors, who have used the end-of-season tour to phase out a few long-servers by leaving them at home.

You don't really believe this do you? Are you just talking generally or in a new cycle?

The real story of this tour is that for the first time the ABs have a portion of their retiring vets available. Previously coaches had to pick new players, because all those that werent making it in four years time had been let go.

The story is pretty much what Razor says it is, "now how do we best utilize these assets". Sadly, the article gives no value in doing that. It is also off target suggesting these teams are so good. England are the only team to improve this year, and they started at an incredibly low base, perhaps even as low as Australia, being able to do more than gimmick their way to a WC semi.

Both Ireland and France have regressed, so there would would have been some flexibility there to experiment being back on a level pegging, and in all honesty they probably will with their XV's.

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TI 5 hours ago

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TI 6 hours ago

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Nah, always someone else's fault. Never his greatness'.

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