France V Italy. Stade De France, Sun 14th,14:30. Match Thread.RTE/BBC.

toomevara

Very powerful start from France. Putting width on the game from the start. Parra and Harinordoquy both combining well for the first try. Italians may be in for a very long afternoon. 10-0 France.

Sherifu

Anyone else watching?

10 - 0

France looking very comfortable.

toomevara

Merged...great minds and all that.....;)

Podge_irl

Think the Italians could be in for a fairly long day alright. France seem to be making ground at will.

That yellow ain't gonna make like any easier for them either.

Sherifu

toomevara wrote: »

Merged...great minds and all that.....;)

tks, just saw your one after I created mine

toomevara

Yellow card Italy...jaysis France look well up for it....could be a slaughter.

toomevara

Walk in. Good stuff from France.

Sherifu

Try France, gonna be a long day alright.

jd007

Great try.

Great kick aswell

toomevara

If France maintain this intensity for the remainder, well it doesn't bear thinking about. Guess they could switch off? Italy, so good defensively, also don't seem to have bothered to turn up,

Podge_irl

Italy seem to be improving slightly - their defence is slightly less porous anyway.

I'm not a fan of Tebaldi though. Think Canavosio is the better player.

Their lineout is killing them as well.

Podge_irl

Podge_irl wrote: »

Italy seem to be improving slightly - their defence is slightly less porous anyway.

Eh.....never mind.

Sherifu

Marty again...

Harinordoquy made it.

toomevara

Sublime stuff from France. Beautiful skill, great vision and creativity. Running riot.

jd007

What a try!

thomond2006

Jesus, that was brilliant from France. All came from Poitrenaud deciding to counterattack rather than kick.

toomevara

thomond2006 wrote: »

Jesus, that was brilliant from France. All came from Poitrenaud deciding to counterattack rather than kick.

Yeah, and there was me thinking that was against the rules these days...;)

Risteard

Nick Mallet acting quickly with regard to the scrum half.

toomevara

Risteard wrote: »

Nick Mallet acting quickly with regard to the scrum half.

Poor bugger.

Risteard

Should have been a penalty to Italy there.

thomond2006

Harinordoquy steals two Italian lineouts in succession.

Looking odds on for player of the 6N IMO.

toomevara

I know this is cruel on the Azzuri, but I could watch France play like this all day long.

The Saint

Hey lads. Posted in the streams sticky but got no reply. Anyone got a stream for this? Cheers.

toomevara

Pitch is cutting up rough...

thomond2006

Parra with an Eoin Reddan kick ahead before halftime.

France only made 18 tackles in the first half, tells the whole story.

I expect France to put 20-30 more points on the board in the second hafl. particularly with the quality of substitutes to come on.

jd007

The Saint wrote: »

Hey lads. Posted in the streams sticky but got no reply. Anyone got a stream for this? Cheers.

You can watch it on the rte website.

link

The Saint

jd007 wrote: »

You can watch it on the rte website.

link

In the Middle East I'm afraid. Cheers anyway. Anyone one else got something...pleeeease!!!

toomevara

Take it to the streams thread now folks, thanks

The Saint

toomevara wrote: »

Take it to the streams thread now folks, thanks

Sorry, just wasn't getting a reply there so I figured everyone would be in here watching it.

toomevara

How good is Poitrenaud? Mouth watering stuff.

Risteard

Fantastic play by Italy there.

Aidric

Too slow from the Italians.

Ian_K

toomevara wrote: »

How good is Poitrenaud? Mouth watering stuff.

He's always been a class act but his problem is being too soft mercurial to play well away from home in the rain

toomevara

Beautiful try.

thomond2006

Andreu in for try number 4.

jd007

Just epic.

toomevara

thomond2006 wrote: »

Andreu in for try number 4.

Having a cracker this guy. Cutting them to shreds in midfield. Try France/Jauzion.

thomond2006

This is beautiful to watch.

Break by Andreu, beautiful hands to Jauzion, who touches down.

toomevara

Yachvili on for trinh-duc...Parra to out half. Odd. But I guess they can experiment such is their dominance.

Podge_irl

toomevara wrote: »

Yachvili on for trinh-duc...Parra to out half. Odd. But I guess they can experiment such is their dominance.

They could put me at outhalf at this point and still waltz it.

toomevara

Podge_irl wrote: »

They could put me at outhalf at this point and still waltz it.

Christ Johnson/England must be watching this, and quaking in those size fourteens.

Sherifu

The Italians are trying their best but going nowhere.

Aidric

There is plenty more tries in this for the French once they keep attacking them out wide.

thomond2006

Brilliant by Malzieu, another sweet offload, Lapandry gets in for the try.

toomevara

Aidric wrote: »

There is plenty more tries in this for the French once they keep attacking them out wide.

Correct...as just borne out by events on the field;). Another lovely try. Poor bloody eyeties, I feel for them...

Sherifu

46-6 :eek:

toomevara

Sherifu wrote: »

46-6 :eek:

Looks like the half century's well on the way.

thomond2006

God help monotonous England next week if France show up.

Podge_irl

Italians deserved that. They've kept plugging away. Goes to show what they can do if they stop kicking all their possession away (poorly).

toomevara

Try Italy, well done! Even though thought I spied a forward pass in the middle of it....

jd007

Not a bad try at all. Just 5/6 more now and ye're in with a chance Italy!:pac: