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PSG : Fabian Ruiz (Espagne) vise un 6e titre cette saison
Qualifié avec l’Espagne en finale de la Coupe du monde, Fabian Ruiz peut glaner un sixième titre cette saison après ceux décrochés en club avec le PSG sur le plan national, européen et mondial.
Titulaire avec l’Espagne contre l’équipe de France (2-0), mardi à Dallas, Fabian Ruiz se hisse avec sa nation en finale de la Coupe du monde. Dimanche, au MetLife Stadium près de New York, le milieu de 30 ans pourrait ajouter un sixième trophée au cours de cette saison. piekny-pies.pl
Avecson club, le PSG, il a décroché un nouveau titre de champion de France en devançant le RC Lens et une longue bataille jusqu’à la fin de la Ligue 1, mais aussi la Ligue des Champions aux dépend d’Arsenal pour la deuxième fois de suite.
De plus, Ruiz a ajouté un Trophée des Champion gagné face à l’OM début janvier au Koweït. Enfin, il a enlevé avec la formation parisienne la Supercoupe de l’UEFA face à Tottenham et la Coupe Intercontinentale de la FIFA face au club brésilien de Flamengo dirigée par Felipe Luis, aujourd’hui entraîneur de l’AS Monaco. Avant la finale, Fabian Ruiz a déjà rempli son armoire avec 17 trophées remportés entre la Roja, le PSG, Naples et le Bétis Séville.
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Burkina: deux responsables de la délégation de l’Union européenne à Ouagadougou déclarés persona non grata
Nouvelle escalade dans la crise diplomatique entre le Burkina Faso et l’Union européenne : deux responsables de la délégation de l’UE à Ouagadougou ont été déclarés persona non grata, selon l’Agence d’information du Burkina (AIB). D’après les informations de RFI, la décision leur a été notifiée le 14 juillet. Les autorités burkinabè leur ont donnés 72 heures pour quitter le pays. Pour l’heure, aucune explication officielle. Mais cette décision s’inscrit dans un contexte de tensions croissantes avec Bruxelles et la France.
Improving Wales must not be underestimated, says Springboks assistant coach Davids
Despite being heavy favourites to pick up a big win over Wales in Durban on Saturday, Springbok assistant coach Deon Davids warned on Tuesday that the steadily improving visitors must not be underestimated.
It has been a disastrous past three years since Wales reached the quarterfinals of the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France, where their loss against Argentina sparked an unbelievable crash that saw them go on to lose 18 consecutive Test matches.
They finally broke that record losing streak with a win over Japan in Kobe in July last year, but since then have won just three times, while losing eight games, showing that they have slightly improved but are still vulnerable.
Worked hard
“They’ve gone through a spell where they’ve worked very hard to get themselves back onto an upward curve. They are a team that has got the better of us before,” said Davids at a Springbok press conference ahead of this weekend’s match.
“I think they would have learned a lot in the Six Nations and also in the game against Argentina (last weekend). You can see clear improvements in their game under Steve Tandy (who took over the team late last year).
“With them coming here and having the opportunity to play against us, this will be another step for them in their journey to improve and become more competitive.
“For us, we approach this as a proper Test match. It’s always about having the same mindset and ensuring that we continue to build our game the way we want to play. We want to build momentum going forward.”
Although the Boks have picked up four massive away wins over Wales over the past three years, thumping them in Cardiff on three occasions, 52-16 in 2023, 45-12 in 2024 and 73-0 in 2025, and 41-13 in London in 2024, they will remember a closely fought home series in 2022.
Heavy favourites
On that occasion the Boks were again heavy favourites to triumph comfortably in the republic, but needed a last gasp Damian Willemse penalty to see an almost full-strength team edge the Welsh 32-29 at Loftus.
The following weekend the Boks made a slew of changes, handing out a number of debuts, and watched a weakened team go down 13-12 in Bloemfontein, which was Wales’ first ever win in South Africa.
The Boks, however, saw out the series relatively comfortably with a decent 30-14 win in Cape Town, which was a carnival atmosphere as it was record cap holder Eben Etzebeth’s 100th appearance.
It is highly unlikely that Wales will be as competitive this weekend as they were that year, but they have shown by beating Fiji 39-24 in Cardiff, and pushing Argentina before going down 35-21 in San Juan, over the past two weeks, that they won’t be as easy to knock over as they have recently been.
“We expect a very tough game, a very physical game, against a side that simply won’t go away. We’ll have to make sure we execute with quality, put them under pressure, and keep that pressure on them. Then we have to make the most of the opportunities we get in the game,” said Davids.
Springboks v Wales: All the stats and facts you need to know
The Springboks take on Wales for the 45th time on Saturday in Durban in a round three Nations Championship match.
The Boks have been the dominant side over the years and will start as favourites at Kings Park.
A win by the Boks will give them a 3-0 record in their first three matches of the new Nations Championship.
Here then are some interesting statistics and facts about the match-up and Bok side that will be in action this weekend.
Springbok record against Wales
Played 44; Won 36; Lost 7; Drawn 1; Points for: 1,230; Points against; 683; Tries scored: 145; Tries conceded: 57; Highest score: 96-13; Biggest win: 83 points; Win %: 81,8%.
History
The teams have met only once in Durban in 2014 – a game the Springboks won 38-16.
The last time the teams crossed paths in South Africa was in 2022 in a three-Test series. The Boks won the first Test in Pretoria 32-29, Wales won the second Test 13-12 in Bloemfontein, while the Boks won the third Test 30-14 in Cape Town.
Current form
Should the Springboks register a victory on Saturday, it will mark their 11th Test win in a row.
The Boks have won their first three games of the season – against the Barbarians (80-31), England (45-21) and Scotland (42-28).
In the Six Nations, Wales beat Italy 31-17 (h), lost to Ireland 17-27 (a), lost to Scotland 23-26 (h), lost to France 12-54 (h) and lost to England 7-48 (a). In the Nations Championship so far, Wales beat Fiji 39-24 (a) and lost to Argentina 21-35 (a).
Players
After Saturday’s clash, Damian de Allende will require only one more Test appearance after this match to earn his 100th Test cap, while Pieter-Steph du Toit will only require two more to achieve that remarkable milestone.
Cobus Reinach requires only one more try to move to 100 Test points in the green and gold.
Pieter-Steph du Toit will lead the Boks for the third time in as many weeks in this weekend’s encounter.
There are four debutants in the Bok side this week – wing Jaco Williams, flyhalf Vusi Moyo, lock Ruben van Heerden and prop Carlu Sadie.
Make-up of Bok team
The total Test caps in the Springbok starting line-up are 537.
There are 285 caps in the backline, with 252 caps among the forwards. On the bench, there are a further 188 caps.
The average caps per player in the backline is 41, the forwards 32, while the players on the bench average 24.