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Le XV de départ : 15. Dulin, 14. Penaud, 13. Vincent, 12. Fickou, 11. Villière, 10. Jalibert, 9. Dupont, 8. Alldritt, 7. Ollivon (c), 6. Jelonch, 5. Willemse, 3. Haouas, 2. Marchand, 1. Baille

Les remplaçants : 16. Bourgarit, 17. Kolingar, 18. Atonio, 19. Taofifenua, 20. Cretin, 21. Serin, 22. Bouthier, 23. Thomas.

We have a better 2nd row and level in the centres after that its a massacre

paddy no 11 wrote:We have a better 2nd row and level in the centres after that its a massacre

Le Roux is in a rich vein of form, but I don’t particularly rate Willemse. Centres, Vincent and Fickou may surprise you. I think we’ll but it won’t be a massacre !

Thèse young half backs might be à blessing in desguise for you paddy

Quite a bit of kicking...

Half time

Too bad for the irish that Law's try hasn't been awarded

The difference in how the two teams use the ball to create space is stark.

Death to default kicking strategies!

tigran wrote:Half time

Too bad for the irish that Law's try hasn't been awarded

France are about 3mm away from taking Ireland to the cleaners here. Need to get some more points on the board

Scored a beautiful try just as I wrote that

Donny osmond wrote:Scored a beautiful try just as I wrote that

Pretty luck bounce...but they nabbed it.

Well we have l'accès some opportunités..

morepork wrote:

Donny osmond wrote:Scored a beautiful try just as I wrote that

Pretty luck bounce...but they nabbed it.

I was meaning the french try just before the Irish one, I think my feed is a few minutes behind. The Irish have been lucky but sometimes that’s what you need to get a bit of steam up

France clearly the better team but Ireland are just good enough to keep a hold of their coat tails... this has gone from a shit game to at least being intriguing

Well that was tough

tigran wrote:Well that was tough

Perhaps a bit tighter than it really needed to be but job done. France looking very very good right now, and can’t help but feel there’s still more to come.

Donny osmond wrote:

tigran wrote:Well that was tough

Perhaps a bit tighter than it really needed to be but job done. France looking very very good right now, and can’t help but feel there’s still more to come.

How do you see France Scotland ?

tigran wrote:

Donny osmond wrote:

tigran wrote:Well that was tough

Perhaps a bit tighter than it really needed to be but job done. France looking very very good right now, and can’t help but feel there’s still more to come.

How do you see France Scotland ?

Close and, for me as a Scottish fan, probably v frustrating. We have a good defence and creativity, but so do you guys and I think your forwards will have the edge over ours and probs give Dupont a decent platform to show his skills. It could be close but I expect you to have too much for us.

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Donny osmond wrote:

tigran wrote:Well that was tough

Perhaps a bit tighter than it really needed to be but job done. France looking very very good right now, and can’t help but feel there’s still more to come.

There certainly is! There are two weeks to prepare for the Scottish game and there’s work to do, the line out wobbled a bit and Shaun Edwards will want to tighten the defence, although it wasn’t bad today. The tight forwards failed to dominate today and must be improved before the 28th.

Donny osmond wrote:

tigran wrote:

Donny osmond wrote:
Perhaps a bit tighter than it really needed to be but job done. France looking very very good right now, and can’t help but feel there’s still more to come.

How do you see France Scotland ?

Close and, for me as a Scottish fan, probably v frustrating. We have a good defence and creativity, but so do you guys and I think your forwards will have the edge over ours and probs give Dupont a decent platform to show his skills. It could be close but I expect you to have too much for us.

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I'd tend to agree. I think that the French front five beat us up in a tight game and the backrow will eat us alive if it's too loose and fast. The only way I can see is winning is if we can really disrupt the lineout and get enough cheap possession for the halfbacks to keep the French moving around the field and reacting to us rather than the other way around.

francoisfou wrote:

paddy no 11 wrote:We have a better 2nd row and level in the centres after that its a massacre

Le Roux is in a rich vein of form, but I don’t particularly rate Willemse. Centres, Vincent and Fickou may surprise you. I think we’ll but it won’t be a massacre !

Why surprise? I know what they are capable of. Think I was about right centres were even and Ireland won lineout comfortably

Half backs and ability to use the ball in general was the difference

Oh and please don't throw away the slam this year

paddy no 11 wrote:

francoisfou wrote:

paddy no 11 wrote:We have a better 2nd row and level in the centres after that its a massacre

Le Roux is in a rich vein of form, but I don’t particularly rate Willemse. Centres, Vincent and Fickou may surprise you. I think we’ll but it won’t be a massacre !

Why surprise? I know what they are capable of. Think I was about right centres were even and Ireland won lineout comfortably

Half backs and ability to use the ball in general was the difference

Yes, the French lineout was poor. All in all, a good contest, but we sorely missed the spectators, and maybe the result would’ve been different with a full Landsdown Rd?

francoisfou wrote:

paddy no 11 wrote:

francoisfou wrote: Le Roux is in a rich vein of form, but I don’t particularly rate Willemse. Centres, Vincent and Fickou may surprise you. I think we’ll but it won’t be a massacre !

Why surprise? I know what they are capable of. Think I was about right centres were even and Ireland won lineout comfortably

Half backs and ability to use the ball in general was the difference

Yes, the French lineout was poor. All in all, a good contest, but we sorely missed the spectators, and maybe the result would’ve been different with a full Landsdown Rd?

Ah I wouldn't say that, France of 2 seasons ago were unfit and folded on 60 mins, this crew are different

Is fickou strong as an ox or what there seems to be nothing to him but he's never blown away

Interweb says he's 100kg which is not small in fairness

paddy no 11 wrote:Interweb says he's 100kg which is not small in fairness

He has ripped CJ Stander's ball, wich is no mean feast I guess ( pun intended only for the distorted minds....)