Spain team enraged by disqualification from the World Cup: “We are the clowns of rugby again”

The news of Spain’s disqualification from the 2023 Rugby World Cup had a big impact in the sports world. Indeed, it is the second consecutive time that the Iberians find themselves without the possibility of participating in the planetary event due to administrative errors.

Something that has filled the patience of many of its representatives. One of them, Guillaume Rouet, who launched a virulent criticism of his federation in an interview with a French media.

“This is outrageous, because it is something we cannot control and we are the ones who suffer the consequences. We are discouraged and very upset because for many of us this has happened twice in a row. The authorities above did not do their job “, The Spain international began by saying, referring to the penalty they suffered in 2019 for a bad alignment and which also left them out of the World Cup.

“What image will we have? Are people going to want to play for the Spanish team now? For many French people, it’s very hard to be released each time by their clubs to play for Spain. As we have finally earned some respect in the world of rugby, we are becoming clowns again with this story. it’s bad luck “, Continued the Aviron Bayonnais player.

A situation that fills the media with anger, since the player in question has never had a leading role in the team, in fact he has only played two games against the weak team of the Netherlands. “If he had been a player who had played the whole campaign, who had played all ten games and who was a very important part of the team, well, we would have understood that, but it is clear that his presence was not necessary “Launched the one who has been playing in the national team since 2014.

Asked about the general sentiment on campus, he answered bluntly. “We are quite depressed. We will be calling each other in the next few hours, but I think they will be in the same state of mind as me, which is to say very angry. It’s very sad. We have not lost on the field, where we have done the work. Leaders, unfortunately, do not. I also care about future generations “, he added.

Finally Rouet punished the actions of the Spanish Federation in the situation. “When there were the first rumors, they told us not to worry, that everything was going to be fine, that they had done everything well. The proof that it was not true is that we are already disqualified. We are very angry with the Spanish managers who are responsible for this. We see that they have not learned from their mistakes and it is very annoying “, he concluded.