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... Les joueurs néo-zélandais (en particulier ceux ayant fait l'objet de sélections régulières dans l'équipe nationale, les All Blacks), comme ceux originaires des îles du Pacifique Sud (Fidji, Samoa, Tonga), constituent de fait l'élément structurant de cette stratégie promotionnelle globale de la discipline tant ils combinent efficacement attractivité sportive et identitaire (Wernick, 1991 ;Bourgeois, Whitson, 1995 ;Scherer, 2001). Les All Blacks sont l'idéaltype d'une équipe sportive professionnelle référente en termes de palmarès et de qualité de jeu, tout en sacralisant la dimension symbolique et historique de la discipline notamment par le rappel constant de son attachement à une logique territoriale traditionnelle (dont le fameux Haka est une parfaite illustration [Jackson, Scherer, Héas, 2007]) et au principe de domination de l'organisation sur l'individu, aussi brillant et médiatisé soit-il (les joueurs sont référencés à la fédération néo-zélandaise sous un numéro de matricule et non sous leur patronyme les incitant à cultiver une certaine humilité). Garante du maintien de la tradition rugbystique, que l'on pourrait assimiler à un agrégat de vertus physiques, morales et à des formes de sociabilités spécifiques, cette formation fait l'unanimité en termes de soutien chez les amateurs de rugby dans le monde et confère à ceux qui en font, ou en ont fait temporairement partie, un statut à part. ...
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