Tuesday April 23, the French Rugby Federation (FFR) did not fail to announce the good news. “The attendance record for a women’s rugby match in France will be broken”, according to her, Saturday April 27, during the clash between Les Bleues and England (5:45 p.m.), counting for the fifth and final day of the Six Nations Tournament. Around 27,000 tickets for the Chaban-Delmas stadium in Bordeaux had already been sold on Friday, to attend the unofficial “final” of the competition, between the last two undefeated teams.
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This support will not be too much for the French, who have been seeking to win the tournament since 2018. But they should not frighten the Red Roses too much. In 2023, the English club defeated Les Bleues and won a fifth Grand Slam in a row in front of more than 58,000 spectators gathered in the Twickenham stadium, in the suburbs of London.
The enthusiasm of the English public is representative of the lead that English women’s rugby has taken over the rest of the international teams. Her Majesty’s players collect distinctions: 2 world titles, 19 Six Nations Tournaments (a record), 12 victories in a row against Les Bleues, a first place in the world rankings… The only hitch in recent years, a World Cup final lost to New Zealand in November 2022. But since then, no team has managed to make the Roses fade.
“England are always very clinicalexplains the Bleues hooker, Agathe Sochat. Their players do simple things, but to perfection, playing on the opponent’s mistakes. We talk a lot about their forwards but they also have a very strong three-quarter line. » The Irish can attest to this, having lost heavily (88-10) in their last match against the English.
“Money is the sinews of war”
If the magnitude of the score may have been – a little – surprising, the fate of the match was in no doubt, because the Red Roses squad is without equal, driven by high-level internal emulation. In 2017, the English Rugby Federation invested 3 million euros over three years in its women’s championship. Its players have become semi-professional, with the exception of those defending the national white jersey, who devote themselves full-time to rugby.
In France, we are still very far from this situation. If 32 players from the French XV are under federal contract with the FFR and have a semi-professional status, the others must reconcile rugby and work. The Elite 1 championship – the first women’s division – remains for the moment at the amateur level. Finally, to know this, you have to be an avid oval ball player, since the competition does not have a broadcaster.
“The championship is not very balancedfurther notes Agathe Sochat. In the club, the girls work during the day and train in the evening. It’s complicated for social life. The media coverage of the French team should follow, because the English have taken a lead, that is undeniable. Money is the sinews of war. »
Across the Channel, the good form of English rugby attracts advertisers and creates a virtuous circle. Its championship, the Premier 15s, was sponsored in 2017 by a famous brand of crisps, replaced after the Covid pandemic by a large insurance group.
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Although the competition is crushed by the Gloucester-Hartpury team this season (13 victories in as many matches), there are very high level players in several clubs, like the third row Marlie Packer, elected best player in the world in 2023, who plays for Saracens. Woman of the match against Ireland, full-back Ellie Kildunne defends the colors of Harlequins. This distribution is ideal for multiplying the shocks during the year and sharpening your crampons before international games.
The XV of France mixes youth and experience
But the English are not betting everything on a few headliners. Their pool allows them to easily adapt to injuries and retirements. “There are a lot of players who have great individual qualities in England, that’s what makes their collective strength”, summed up, on April 23, at a press conference, scrum half Alexandra Chambon. Does this match seem like a mission impossible for the Blues? “We spotted small opportunities in their game and we want to find something by focusing on ourselves”responded alongside him the third row Emeline Gros.
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Faced with the insolent confidence of the Red Roses, the XV of France will oppose a team mixing youth and experience. Seven Tricolores selected for the match (out of 23) are under 24 years old. At 19 years old, fly-half Lina Tuy will not be on the match sheet this Saturday April 27 but keeps the memory of this poster in the lower categories. “The coaches made us understand that these duels were special matches,” she says.
And the history of opposition between the two nations matters little. “Most of the players weren’t there in 2018 when we beat them and didn’t experience all the defeats. There has been a lot of renewal”underlines Agathe Sochat, who promises that the French team “will not make a complex”, even if there “may have had a glass ceiling in the past”. “We want to confront this type of selectionabove Lina Tuy. This is an opportunity for us. »
The opportunity, also, not to give even more confidence to a “perfidious Albion” which already does not lack it. A defeat for the Red Roses would cause chaos on the other side of the Channel, with the next World Cup taking place in 2025… in England.
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Talía Azcárate denounced that César Vallejo invested in Paolo Guerrero, but they do not have a doctor or psychologist: “It borders on the absurd”
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Talía Azcárate denounced that César Vallejo does not have a doctor or psychologist
César Vallejo University is not going through a successful campaign as expected and on Thursday, April 25 They were defeated 2-0 by Always Ready for the third date of Group A of the 2024 Copa Sudamericana.
With this result, the ‘poet’ team remains in last place and sees little chance of continuing to participate in the knockout rounds of the Conmebol competition. The third adverse result in this tournament unleashed a series of criticisms by journalist Talía Azcárate against the northern institution.
According to the information provided by the DirecTV presenter, the UCV delegation arrived in the highland country just five hours apart to compete against the ‘albirrojo’ team in the city of El Alto, more than 4,000 meters above sea level. sea. According to her statements, the department in charge of managing the campus flights has not been working in the best way and would have to anticipate some weather problems that could appear.
“A Vallejo who arrived almost around 2 or so in the afternoon to play a game at 7 at night, which is why the logistical issue is going through complex situations. It is known about the bad weather in Trujillo, but the appropriate precautions have not been taken,” he mentioned in the program De futbol se siempre asi.
César Vallejo faced Always Ready for Group A of the 2024 Copa Sudamericana.
At another point in her speech, the former soccer player emphasized the number of absences she had to face Always Ready, highlighting striker Paolo Guerrero, midfielder Josepmir Ballón and playmaker Cristian Benavente. Next, the TV host revealed that the Acuña family team does not have a doctor for the first team, in addition to a psychologist.
“A Vallejo that has had many injured players, many unavailable footballers and that, there is a situation that they told me about, and that must be corroborated, of course, that they do not have a doctor or a psychologist.”
Talía Azcárate declared that this shortage of personnel draws her attention, because as a team that has the financial power to make hires like that of the historic scorer of the Peruvian team, it cannot count on indispensable professionals for any entity dedicated to professional soccer.
“It makes a lot of noise to me, because if a team invests as much in signings as Paolo Guerrero and many others do, in addition to the technical command, it almost borders on the absurd not to have a doctor or a psychologist, which today is a fundamental part of any professional football team.”
Paolo Guerrero did not play César Vallejo’s last two games, against ADT and Always Ready – Credit: Liga 1
Finally, he mentioned that César Vallejo’s technical director, Guillermo ‘Memo’ Salas, would be prioritizing the 2024 Liga 1 Apertura Tournament to the detriment of international competition by placing a starting lineup with several players who did not usually have a leading role in previous matches. Furthermore, he indicated that the score could have been heavier against him due to the level shown.
“He sends an alternate team, everything indicates that ‘Chicho’ Salas is thinking more about the local tournament than the Copa Sudamericana. He ends up falling, it is true, but I think he could have been much bulkier.”
Pakistan, India match in T20 World Cup will be spectacular: Chris Gayle
West Indies’ legendary batsman Chris Gayle says that the match between Pakistan and India to be played in the American state of New York during the T20 World Cup 2024 will be spectacular.
According to the news agency AFP, Chris Gayle says that the T20 tournament played in America last year proved to be a great success. America is a big market and we hope this World Cup will be a successful tournament in America.’
Chris Gayle believes that last year’s Major League Cricket T20 tournament will give cricket a foothold in America.
A large number of fans are expected to participate in the T20 World Cup starting from June 1, 2024 in America and West Indies.
During the same tournament, a match between Pakistan and India is also scheduled in the field with a capacity of 34,000 spectators, which has been temporarily prepared in New York’s Long Island.
On West Indies’ non-participation in the one-day World Cup played in India last year, Chris Gayle said, “We haven’t played a 50-over World Cup, so this opportunity will prove to be very exciting for us because our boys will be able to play.” There will be a chance.
‘We want to play the final in Barbados. When you get to the final, anything can happen.’
It was the first time in the history of ODI cricket that the two-time world champions West Indies were not part of the tournament.
“I’m excited for people to watch cricket,” said opener Gayle, who became the first batsman to score a T20 International century in 2007.
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The 44-year-old, a member of the West Indies teams that won the T20 World Cup in 2012 and 2016, said: “The current team has enough talent and experience to deprive England of their title, even though they are ranked seventh in the world. is at number.’
West Indies suffered a 3-0 defeat in the recent ODI series in Australia and a 2-1 defeat in the T20I series but leveled the Test series 1-1.
It was the first time West Indies, who dominated Test cricket in the 1980s and 1990s, had won a Test in Australia since 1997 and Gayle said it was a huge achievement for the team.
“The excitement of beating Australia in Tests after so many years, you know I’ve been a part of that struggle as well as captaining Australia,” he said.
According to Chris Gayle, ‘Seeing a batsman like Brian Lara how excited he was when he was doing television commentary, we even saw former batsman Karl Hooper in tears.’
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