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Un deuxième ex-Wallabie en Pro D2 la saison prochaine

Par Josh Raisey

Il y a 181 jours

Leicester's Joe Powell (Photo by Malcolm Couzens/Getty Images)

L’ancien demi de mêlée australien Joe Powell a signé un contrat de trois ans avec l’US Montauban en vue de la saison prochaine.

Le joueur de 30 ans qui compte quatre sélections avec les Wallabies (entre juin 2017 et juin 2018) a quitté les Leicester Tigers avec effet immédiat en janvier, n’ayant rejoint Welford Road qu’au début de la saison, à la suite de la disparition de son club précédent, les London Irish.

L’ancien numéro 9 des ACT Brumbies et des Melbourne Rebels croisera sur les terrains de la ProD2 son ancien partenaire australien Ned Hanigan la saison prochaine. Le troisième-ligne aile a accepté de rejoindre Provence Rugby en provenance des New South Wales Waratahs en mai.

Ned Hanigan a joué sous le même maillot des Wallabies que Powell, mais plus longtemps, totalisant 28 sélections entre janvier 2017 et novembre 2022.

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Le demi de mêlée international australien s'engage à Sapiac pour 3 saisons! ??
Joueur expérimenté passé par le Super Rugby, la PremierShip et le Top 14, Welcome Joe! ?#AllezSapiac #GreenArmy pic.twitter.com/G3fsiHV5Ii
— USM Sapiac (@UsmSapiacRugby) June 24, 2024

Provence Rugby a terminé en tête du classement de la ProD2 la saison dernière, mais n’a pas réussi à obtenir la promotion lors des play-offs. Montauban, quant à lui, a terminé avant-dernier du championnat et a été contraint d’affronter Narbonne, deuxième de Nationale, en barrage de relégation – un match qu’il a remporté 20-19 pour rester en ProD2 la saison prochaine.

Après le départ de Joe Powell de Welford Road en début d’année, le directeur général de Leicester, Richard Wilks, avait déclaré : « C’est toujours difficile de voir partir de bonnes personnes et ces deux garçons sont des personnes exceptionnelles et ils manqueront au club.

« Joe Powell n’était avec nous que depuis peu de temps et il n’est jamais facile d’arriver dans un environnement pour une courte période, mais Powelly travaillait comme un fou tous les jours et les gars aimaient l’avoir près d’eux. »

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SC 1 hour ago

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Disagree.

The challenge for the All Blacks now that they have 7 of 8 starting forwards locked in and all but one bench forward (only one loose forward and bench loosie to settle on) is to sort out the starting backline as only 9 Roigard, 12 J. Barrett, 11 Clarke and 15 Jordan had good to outstanding seasons in 2024. All the other backs were inconsistent or poor and question marks going into 2025.

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DA 3 hours ago

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he should not be playing 12. He should be playing 10 and team managers should stop playing players out of position to accommodate libbok.

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Bull Shark 5 hours ago

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Aus hasn’t owned the bled in 21 years.

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Bull Shark 5 hours ago

Does South Africa have a future in European competition?

Dupont!!

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Bull Shark 8 hours ago

Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu suffers new injury setback

Uhh, he was playing inside centre?

Do you understand the role of a 12?

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Bull Shark 8 hours ago

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Ed the Duck 8 hours ago

Does South Africa have a future in European competition?

Well if you’re correct in that assertion then it blows up all of the numbers in the original post that came from, do you recognise the overall number or even the 300k residual for senior male player numbers in SA?

Tbf, even 300k senior players is an impressive resource, particularly if there is a residual of untapped school talent that could be developed if required and resources allow.

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Ed the Duck 9 hours ago

Does South Africa have a future in European competition?

Now that is a slam dunk response right there!!!

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Ed the Duck 9 hours ago

Does South Africa have a future in European competition?

I’d say SA continuation is pretty much a slam dunk. They have brought much to the table in the URC with revenue growth, fan engagement and player enjoyment - yes, this is a factor too! On top of that there is still much headroom for further growth, both in the URC and especially with EPCR. The only resistance to SA teams comes from the English at present, mainly because they can’t win the CC any longer and their clubs are in real financial shit, but their recent overtures were firmly rejected.

I can only see great things on the horizon for SA inclusion in the URC and EPCR, if the right format adjustments are made. But if they are, then further success will follow and there is a strong likelihood that 6N becomes 7N as well.

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Ed the Duck 9 hours ago

Does South Africa have a future in European competition?

Great post and spot on in your analysis about generations to develop African rugby. There’s a strong argument to say that pursuing the successful URC path they’re already on and getting the EPCR comps to do similar will provide a role model for African countries AND fund SA activities, such as the development tours to Arg you mention, to help grow African rugby in parallel.

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DH 9 hours ago

Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu suffers new injury setback

That's twice he has tried to run at forwards and got his butt kicked. This isn't school boy rugby anymore. Give the ball to the forwards to take up and manage your runners outside of you. Ask Pollard for advice on how, if you don't understand

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NB 10 hours ago

Does South Africa have a future in European competition?

Pure fantasy JW.

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NB 10 hours ago

Does South Africa have a future in European competition?

Yes that comment bewildered me too! The Rand in bad shape.

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NB 10 hours ago

Does South Africa have a future in European competition?

“I think if you asked me that question maybe three years ago or when I first left Australia, I had so much, I suppose, animosity or professional anger inside of me just because I felt like maybe my talent really wasn’t looked after in Australia.

“But to be honest now I feel like I am where I’m supposed to be, like here in Scotland. And I feel like all those things that happened early in my career were meant to happen because now I’m sitting here talking to you guys in the position that I am.”

From the horse's mouth. It's a better rugby destination.

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NB 10 hours ago

Does South Africa have a future in European competition?

That's a bit of a "NZ" only problem, because those players need to reach such a high standard to be chosen by the All Blacks, were as a country like Ireland wants them a lot earlier like that.

Nah. Ireland had to put in a lot of work on guys like JGP and Lowey to get them to the standard expected. There were areas of their game that were sub-par when they first came over from NZ.

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NB 10 hours ago

Does South Africa have a future in European competition?

They don't go for money, but for lifestyle, and NZ uses PI's a resource like everyone else. They don't belong to you.

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NB 10 hours ago

Does South Africa have a future in European competition?