Ballon d’Or : « Il est tout simplement exceptionnel », le vibrant hom…

À peine sa nomination officialisée parmi les dix prétendants au trophée du Jeune Talent masculin de la saison 2025-2026, Ibrahim Maza a déjà attiré une attention particulière. Le site officiel du Ballon d’Or lui a consacré un long portrait, revenant sur son parcours, ses racines algériennes et les témoignages élogieux qui accompagnent son ascension. toffler.lol

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Rassie Erasmus’ Springboks have become too difficult to overpower, Lawrence Dallaglio argues, and only by thinking differently will teams find a way to beat the world champions.

Writing for The Times, the former England captain says South Africa’s power, breakdown work and ability to manage matches have exposed New Zealand’s lack of physicality during the Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry series.

He claims that beating the Boks requires a perfect 80-minute performance, with teams taking early opportunities and avoiding weaknesses at scrum and maul time.

Dallaglio draws on his experience of winning the 1997 British & Irish Lions series in the Republic and says the All Blacks can still learn to compete with South Africa, despite trailing the Greatest Rivalry series 2-1 going into Saturday’s Baltimore finale.

He believes rival nations need to follow the example set by ex-England boss Clive Woodward, who encouraged the English to innovate rather than copy the leading sides.

Dallaglio sees Erasmus as a similar out-the-box tactician through his selection methods, use of the bench and approach to scrummaging.

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“What we have learned is that the rest of the world will need to be pioneers to beat South Africa, as it is just so hard to overpower them,” he writes.

“That’s what Clive Woodward always said to us: it’s no good looking at what New Zealand, South Africa and Australia are doing and copying them, because by the time you’ve managed to match them they will have moved on.

“You’ve got to stop being followers and try to be pioneers. That’s exactly what Rassie Erasmus has done. He’s been a disruptor in the way that Sir Clive was.”

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Former All Blacks captain Taine Randell says the Springboks’ “bullying tactics” have given them the edge in Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry.

The world champions hold a 2-1 series lead over New Zealand heading into Saturday’s series finale at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore.

Randell, who won 51 All Black caps between 1997 and 2002, says the contrast in styles has been central to the series.

“This was just such a stunning Test series. I know we’ve got one to go, but for a lot of people, these three in South Africa were the big deal,” Randell told The Platform NZ podcast.

“It was also a massive contrast in style. Bullying tactics of the Springboks, with these whopping big props and second-rowers, against the All Blacks, the craftsmen of the international game of rugby.

“We scored more points than them. We scored, I think, 13 tries to eight or nine tries that they got, so we played like craftsmen. We played some fantastic rugby. But on this occasion, the Springboks’ style won. They battered us into submission.”

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Rassie Erasmus has been in charge of the Springboks since 2018, overseeing back-to-back World Cup titles in 2019 and 2023, while Dave Rennie only took over the All Blacks this year. Randell believes that gap in experience told as the series wore on.

“The longer this series went, how physical and how much more experience the Boks have,” Randell said.

“They’ve had Rassie for nine years. How much more experience they’ve had and how three physical games in a row impacted the All Blacks – we talked about that a couple of weeks ago, about how are we going to handle playing so many games in a row, which we don’t normally do.

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“And it told. I mean, the first two games, we had the Bomb Squad and we won the last 20 minutes. But three intense weeks, maybe a couple of selections, but essentially they won the last half.

“That ultimately showed that they were the better team, albeit we scored more points and scored more tries.”

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CONAKRY- Le match retour de la coupe CAF entre le Hafia FC et l’AS Douanes, initialement prévu ce vendredi 11 septembre 2026 au Stade du 28-Septembre à Conakry, fait face à une incertitude majeure concernant sa tenue ou son horaire.

Les Mauritaniens ont connu des soucis d’avion et ont formulé une demande de report du match auprès du Hafia FC. La fédération Mauritanienne avait proposé une alternative consistant à atterrir à Dakar pour rejoindre Conakry par la route, mais l’AS Douanes a refusé cette option.

Signe de ce retard important, l’entraîneur de la formation mauritanienne ne s’est pas présenté à la traditionnelle conférence de presse d’avant-match programmée à Conakry pour marquer la réouverture du stade après des années de travaux. Les péripéties de transport et les discussions de dernière minute laissent planer le doute sur un éventuel décalage.

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