Could Namibia do France?

Bobalicious93

Or is that asking too much?

EdgarAllenPoo

Eh, no.

wingnut

Worth a punt (or a euro) at 900/1 on paddy powers lol. Seriously though no. Pitty Percy Montgomery declared for South Africa. He could have been a legend in his native Nambia. They might have beaten Ireland if he was on the pitch.

White Knight

Bobalicious93 wrote:

Or is that asking too much?

Bit early for drinking on a Sunday?

ninebeanrows

Never

France by 60 is the likely outcome, but you just never know in this World Cup do you!

Ghost Train

fingers crossed... but not very likely, might be useful if france fail to get a bonus point though

tolosenc

No, France are not Ireland.

padser

True, France wouldn't lose it.

However they did play pretty badly against Argentina and if they were to play badly against Namibia (say winning by 20 points or so) they could actually go into their match against us in worse shape mentally then we are.

At the moment I think our best chance lies with France imploding due to the pressure - and a bad showing against Namibia tonight could really help that

mental07

We wish! France to get 6 tries

pd101

No, I'd say France by 50, but no more.

purple'n'gold

Bobalicious93 wrote:

Or is that asking too much?

Could Namibia do France?
No

kinaldo

Anyone know where I could find an online stream for this?

beglee

Bobalicious93 wrote:

Or is that asking too much?

2 tries in 10min for France, i think that answers your question

kleefarr

obl wrote:

No, France are not Ireland.

And Namibia are not Georgia.

Dirk Gently

Looks like the frenchies are well on their way to a bonus point

nesf

Red card for Namibia. This is going to become a massacre.

Chucky the tree

Joke of a decision. 3rd try for Namibia.

Stev_o

Chucky the tree wrote:

3rd try for Namibia.

Bit of a mistake there :rolleyes:

Right France by 60

heggie

i think the red card's fair, you can't target someones neck like that

Narcissus

Chucky the tree wrote:

Joke of a decision. 3rd try for Namibia.

France

France's strength really showing for that third try.

nacho libre

France will score 70 or 80 points.

Narcissus

heggie wrote:

i think the red card's fair, you can't target someones neck like that

It looked really vicious. It was the second high tackle he did as well.

beglee

seems a bit harsh to get a red for that high tackle. ive seen worse that didnt even get a yellow

edit: if it was his 2nd high tackle though, then thats a bit more understandable. (not paying 100% attention to the match so must have missed the 1st one)

Narcissus

There's the fourth

Creamy Goodness

it was actually his third high tackle, he was warned twice before hand.

Narcissus

Try number six.

France really hammering them.

40 - 3 at half time.

mikeruurds

France doing to Namibia what I thought Ireland would have done to them.

giddyup

Getting ridiculous now - try after try after try. Puts Ireland performances into perspective.

philstar

mikeruurds wrote:

France doing to Namibia what I thought Ireland would have done to them.

ya but Namibia are down to 14 men, and they were fresh off the blocks last week......so there:p

wishful thinking on my part

madds

France's 11th try....their 9th was run in by Chabal from the halfway line...half the Namibian team couldn't stop him!!

razorblunt

Fair dues to Namibia for eight minutes France didnt score

SantryRed

Well at least they got a try at the end:p

ironingbored

Definitely puts Ireland's difficulties against Namibia into perspective although there are a couple of mitigating circumstances such as going down to 14 men early, best player (10) going off injured, etc. However, Ireland should have been home and dry against them no matter what.

tolosenc

On the back of that, France'll beat us by 40.

nesf

Apapaia wrote:

It looked really vicious. It was the second high tackle he did as well.

I think it was perfectly fair. Tackles like that are very dangerous and the punishments for them have to match.

Marshy

obl wrote:

On the back of that, France'll beat us by 40.

I really doubt that, especially if they start Michalak. Though they ran in loads of tries, their play was still not convincing and made a lot of silly errors in the first half. The red card ended the game as any sort of contest. I think Rolland got it right. It was a dangerous tackle and Chabal seemed out of it afterwards. Another player might have been more seriously hurt.

tolosenc

I'm saying it's a possibility. Our handling errors, inability to find touch and lack of imagination ought to cancel out any mistakes France may make.

I agree that Rolland made the right decision. it was a second or third offence, personally, he was of for me on the previous one, just after the whistle.

If we're unfortunate enough to get someone sent off 20 mins in, France will put us to the sword, but if it's the other way round, we might win by 3, at most.

kevmy

Only watched the first half but I wasn't overly impressed with France. They didn't play well. Marty knocked the ball on 3 times in 10 mins. They fcuked up two long kick-offs with Michalak tossing it about badly on his own out-off-touch line, Poitrenaud kicked out on the full, they gave up a few turnover balls.

Essentially I'd give them a C- for that performance. I'd have given Ireland a D- (a bare pass).

If the Namibians had a man sent off against us we would have won by more maybe 45-10. Even playing as badly as we did.

We have to up it but to be honest I have more hope for us against France after looking at that match than before it. France still not anywhere near there best. With huge pressure on them for the Ireland game, they have to win or there out and a mentally suspect couple of players on their team I don't think it's inconceivable that we could beat them. Unlikely yes, impossible no.

nacho libre

kevmy wrote:

Only watched the first half but I wasn't overly impressed with France. They didn't play well. Marty knocked the ball on 3 times in 10 mins. They fcuked up two long kick-offs with Michalak tossing it about badly on his own out-off-touch line, Poitrenaud kicked out on the full, they gave up a few turnover balls.

Essentially I'd give them a C- for that performance. I'd have given Ireland a D- (a bare pass).

If the Namibians had a man sent off against us we would have won by more maybe 45-10. Even playing as badly as we did.

We have to up it but to be honest I have more hope for us against France after looking at that match than before it. France still not anywhere near there best. With huge pressure on them for the Ireland game, they have to win or there out and a mentally suspect couple of players on their team I don't think it's inconceivable that we could beat them. Unlikely yes, impossible no.

if France don't start well and the crowd voice their displeasure...then it's a slim possibility. Michalak tends to crack under pressure. So hopefully Leamy or one of the back row can introduce themselves to him early.
However, France rarely lose to Ireland in Paris. Also, bear in mind while there were a few errors from France, their forwards did to Namibia what Ireland's abjectly failed to do.

Marse

This result doesn't bode well for us. Kind of highlights our insufficiencies.

Narcissus

nesf wrote:

I think it was perfectly fair. Tackles like that are very dangerous and the punishments for them have to match.

Oh I totally agree. He could have seriously hurt Chabal so I think it was the right decision.

Marshy wrote:

The red card ended the game as any sort of contest.

Namibia were starting to crumble before the red card. The end result wouldn't have been far off what it was had the red card not been given.