Is he in Mourning about what Stade Francais intends to do with his dearly beloved Morne? I atleast foesaw something like this and he went into hysterics. So is he running away because he is too cowardly to show his face here.
"The position of outside-half summed up their incoherence three years ago. François Trinh-Duc found himself relegated to the bench for the pool match against New Zealand with a scrum-half, Morgan Parra, given the No10 jersey. No cogent reason was given by the national coach, Marc Lièvremont, and it may as well have been because his double-barrelled surname was too Anglo-Saxon.
Lièvremont went after the World Cup final, which France were an offside call away from winning, but his spirit lives on in his successor, Philippe Saint-André, who has given the impression of treating selection like a chemical experiment, often seeing it blow up in his face. He may not be playing a nine at 10, even if Trinh-Duc did not find salvation in a change at the top, but outside-half remains a weakness. Saint-André has started six players in the position in 31 months, his indecision appearing final.
Saint-André was in Toulon at the weekend to watch one of his wildcards from last season help win the match for Stade Français, who were aided by some shocking goal-kicking by the home side. Leigh Halfpenny looked on from the stand and the ghost of Jonny Wilkinson haunted those placing the tee. Toulon, Saint-André’s former club, has undermined the national cause by hiring players from all over the world (although Saint-André did not protest when he was taking Mourad Boudjellal’s shilling)."
"Jules Plisson had an assuredness he lacked in the France jersey last season. (Read what have said above and what I have been saying for weeks now) There is always a debate about whether outside-halves should stand flat and get runners over the gainline, or lie deeper and manoeuvre attackers into space. But when Plisson saw a slither of an opening or a mismatch, he combined depth and flatness, running on to the ball at pace, getting in behind the defence and having a range of options as opponents scrambled back.
Plisson was playing because Morne Steyn was on Rugby Championship duty with South Africa, although there were occasions last season when Stade Français preferred the Frenchman to their expensive import. One excuse for Saint-André over his failure to settle on an outside-half is that a number of leading clubs have a foreigner at 10. Wilkinson filled the position for him at Toulon."
Saint Andre is starting to pressurise the clubs to play the national players and it just does not make sense for SF to have a player that earns as much as Steyn andnot being able to make full use of him. It would be better for him, and the club, if they "sell him off" to a club who does not have one of the national contenders at no 10. It would also benefit another club to have him. It is as simple as that.
Be that as it may. Here is some news for you:
http://www.lequipe.fr/Rugby/Actualites/Steyne-veut-rester-a-paris/504979
Original text:
Depuis
quelques jours une rumeur faisait état d'un départ de Morne Steyn,
avant le terme de son contrat, du Stade Français. La faute à une
première saison où son adaptation n’a pas été totale et où Jules Plisson
s’est avéré un choix privilégié des coaches parisiens. Une rumeur que
le joueur et son entourage ont tenu à fermement démentir. « Il n’y a
jamais eu de discussion formelle ou informelle entre le club, le joueur
ou ses représentants », nous a confié l’agent du joueur.
De
manière générale, Steyn compte même aller plus loin que le simple
contrat qui le lie au Stade Français jusqu’en 2016. Le joueur, qui a
fait toute sa carrière aux Bulls, est du genre fidèle et son engagement
au Stade Français peut laisser penser qu’il y finirait bien sa carrière.
En tout cas, pour lui, il n’a jamais été question d’un départ anticipé.
Steyn, peu affecté par cette rumeur, est arrivé lundi à Paris en
provenance directe du Four Nations et il est prêt à revêtir le maillot
parisien dès le week-end prochain.
Google Translate:
In recent days a rumor reported a departure from Morne Steyn, before the end of his contract, the French stage. Blaming it on a first season where his adaptation was not complete and where Jules Plisson has been a preferred choice of coaches Parisians. A rumor that the player and his entourage held firmly deny. "There was never any formal or informal discussions between the club, the player or his representatives," we told the player's agent.
Overall, Steyn has to go even further than just the contract between the French Stadium until 2016 The player, who has spent his entire career with the Bulls, is the faithful and commitment at the Stade French may suggest there would end up his career. Anyway, for him, there was never any question of an early departure. Steyn, little affected by this rumor, arrived Monday in Paris directly from the Four Nations and is ready to take the jersey from the Paris next weekend."
