Le Crunch

[Epaminondas Pules]

Brilliant from Itoje! Who of course never competes at the breakdown.

[Raggs]

Ford's kicking has been 50 50. Far from all bad.

[Digby]

more badly deserved than barely deserved

[Digby]

Ford's kicking has been 50 50. Far from all bad.

Farrell was 50/50 too until that last

[tigran]

What a farce

[Epaminondas Pules]

Fucking get in!

[WaspInWales]

Bit disappointed tbh.

Could've run down the clock a bit more.

[Epaminondas Pules]

Bit disappointed tbh.

Could've run down the clock a bit more.

[Which Tyler]

[tigran]

Bit disappointed tbh.

Could've run down the clock a bit more.

Yep, game totaly mastered by the english rookies

[francoisfou]

Didn’t realise it was sudden death. A loss but a great match. Never mind, we’ll be back with our 1st XV in the 6N!

[Spiffy]

What a fukking anticlimax - the worst player on the pitch gets to kick the winning penalty.

[Mikey Brown]

Gutted for France.

[Danno]

Was Marchant on the bench?

[tigran]

nope

[Mr Mwenda]

Gordon Bennett. Good guts from England and for me the better side for the last 60 minutes but well done France.

Lots of players with previously safe spots gonna be looking over their shoulders now, which can only be good.

BillyV had his best game for a while. Itoje was also outstanding. Farrell should stop being captain, he shouldn't be guaranteed a start

Well done 'finishers' - much better than the fluffers.

[Epaminondas Pules]

Played badly, showed great resilience, got the result. That’ll do.

Lots to work on, a good shot in the arm, but a win is a win, and a trophy is a trophy.

[JellyHead]

I think that was a highly enjoyable spectacle and the ending that this tournament deserved in these extraordinary circumstances.

[Digby]

It had tension, and that's not nothing. Still I would feel the need to apologise to any neutrals other than if you weren't watching out of some feeling you had to why on earth would you watch England?

[Puja]

Well, on the bright side, we won. We learned a bit about Will Stuart and Max Malins as good international options. Itoje and Curry continue to be ridiculously talented. That's about it.

Did no-one else notice that the French lineout from which they scored was squint? It was so crooked that the French jumper couldn't get a hand to it, let alone an English jumper, but that all seemed forgotten once Curry ran through and couldn't take the bouncing ball.

Puja

[tigran]

Well, on the bright side, we won. We learned a bit about Will Stuart and Max Malins as good international options. Itoje and Curry continue to be ridiculously talented. That's about it.

Did no-one else notice that the French lineout from which they scored was squint? It was so crooked that the French jumper couldn't get a hand to it, let alone an English jumper, but that all seemed forgotten once Curry ran through and couldn't take the bouncing ball.

Puja

On the bright side for me, a third french team was winning one minute o the end of the 80 minutes .... had it not been for a questionnable penalty against Tolofua...
Plenty of spirit from the french newbies and went in the faces of he english players with gourmandise... The fact he english played bad was of course due to the french agression

Lots of hope for the future

[Banquo]

Of all the bad things about that from England-and a win remains a win and France defended really well- is that Farrell stank the place out from shooting out in defence to gift a try, missing simple kicks, and captaining like a drain....yet will get all the plaudits.

Credit to France and Itoje.

[Mikey Brown]

Of all the bad things about that from England-and a win remains a win and France defended really well- is that Farrell stank the place out from shooting out in defence to gift a try, missing simple kicks, and captaining like a drain....yet will get all the plaudits.

Credit to France and Itoje.

He’s already the hero of the day, sadly. Modest enough in his interview because I’m sure he knows he was fucking shite (or injured) but we’re already hearing how he “nailed the ones that mattered”.

Grayson’s comment when asked if there’s ever a reason to hand over kicking duties to Ford or Daly “not if you want to win” just shows how blinded some are to this.

[Banquo]

Of all the bad things about that from England-and a win remains a win and France defended really well- is that Farrell stank the place out from shooting out in defence to gift a try, missing simple kicks, and captaining like a drain....yet will get all the plaudits.

Credit to France and Itoje.

He’s already the hero of the day, sadly. Modest enough in his interview because I’m sure he knows he was fucking shite (or injured) but we’re already hearing how he “nailed the ones that mattered”.

Grayson’s comment when asked if there’s ever a reason to hand over kicking duties to Ford or Daly “not if you want to win” just shows how blinded some are to this.

Perzackly. Mind Faz wasn’t the only thing that stank- our game plan was unbelievably stupid, badly executed and should have been stopped after 20 mins.

[Mikey Brown]

I’ll be honest my heart was racing by the end, and it was only for a France win. That felt like a Calcutta cup game.

I wonder if this will be enough to prompt a serious rethink?