France Vs England

yimrsg

Saw there wasn't a thread on this so here we go.

blackhound

Should be a good game I don't think France have played to their potential thus far and England have been playing quite well and are definitely more of an attacking threat with Tuilagi back in the side.

ongarite

Not a bad start from England.

thomond2006

France:
15 Clement Poitrenaud, 14 Vincent Clerc, 13 Aurélien Rougerie, 12 Wesley Fofana, 11 Julien Malzieu, 10 Lionel Beauxis, 9 Julien Dupuy,
8 Imanol Harinordoquy, 7 Julien Bonnaire, 6 Thierry Dusautoir (c), 5 Yohann Maestri, 4 Pascal Pape, 3 Nicolas Mas, 2 Dimitri Szarzewski, 1 Jean-Baptiste Poux.

Replacements: 16 William Servat, 17 Vincent Debaty, 18 Lionel Nallet, 19 Louis Picamoles, 20 Morgan Parra, 21 Francois Trinh-Duc, 22 Maxime Mermoz.

England (revised):
15 Ben Foden, 14 Chris Ashton, 13 Manusamoa Tuilagi, 12 Brad Barritt, 11 Charlie Sharples, 10 Owen Farrell, 9 Lee Dickson,
8 Ben Morgan, 7 Chris Robshaw (c), 6 Tom Croft, 5 Geoff Parling, 4 Mouritz Botha, 3 Dan Cole, 2 Dylan Hartley, 1 Alex Corbisiero.

Replacements: 16 Rob Webber, 17 Matt Stevens, 18 Tom Palmer, 19 Phil Dowson, 20 Ben Youngs, 21 Charlie Hodgson, 22 Mike Brown.

With Beauxis at 10, France won't be flashy. I think an upset could be on here, it will be interesting to see if Farrell can handle the cauldron of Stade de France.

France have probably been the disappointment of the championship given their player depth, they need to step up their performance.

yimrsg

Hartley is scrummaging with his chest again.

Fireball07

I thought Beauxis would be kicking ahead of Dupuy... Poor drop-goal attempt from Beauxis and Dupuy's penalty was poor too.

thomond2006

Dupuy misses an attempt. Why is Beauxis not taking the kicks? He has a siege gun boot.

thomond2006

Big decision there, France try looked on.

Taco Corp

English tackling was woeful there

RuggieBear

nice finish

Fireball07

What a try!!!!!!

ongarite

Cracking tackle and then Farrell with the quick offload.

thomond2006

Sensational England try! Great work by Farrell in the buildup. Cracking finish by Tuilagi.

Spudmonkey

That was a superb try from broken play.

thomond2006

Noice conversion. 0-7

Fireball07

Looking at the replay, anyone think Poitrenaud could have done better to get across. He seemed to be almost jogging, if he was going faster, he could have got across to make a tackle about 10 metres from the line and probably would have put him into touch.

Fireball07

Beauxis takes over kicking duty, strokes it over nicely.

thomond2006

Great kick from Beauxis: 3-7

Fireball07

Another try for England!!

ongarite

****ing brilliant from England.

blackhound

Great try what an offload from Morgan

RuggieBear

wow

thomond2006

****ing hell

Class break from Morgan

hehehe have England at 12/5

Spudmonkey

French defence is woeful.

Taco Corp

Try Foden. Great break from Morgan. Terrible tackle on Foden though

ongarite

This is like a carbon copy of last week so far.

Tox56

I don't want to play this England team.

thomond2006

Morgan has got unreal pace for a guy with his big build.

thomond2006

The French defensive line has more holes than a sieve, crazy.

ongarite

England just cutting through French defense at ease. they could do a number on us next week if they do this at home.

Fireball07

Sharples looked freakishly fast chasing after that ball.

thomond2006

oooh could have been interesting had Dickson held that, French defenders would have all been offside

thomond2006

Fireball07 wrote: »

Sharples looked freakishly fast chasing after that ball.

Fastest player in the England squad apparently

Hermy

The French look slightly disinterested.

thomond2006

Brian Moore not cutting Alain Rolland any slack on the Beeb.

ongarite

Brian Moore is going to explode with rage on the BBC.

thomond2006

Unreal from Bonnaire there!

boynesider

Eddie Butler is a shockingly bad commentator and Moore is just plain annoying. Neither are up to BBC standards

ednwireland

my new england jersey doing the trick, hope france dont wake up. farrell misses wtf

thomond2006

boynesider wrote: »

Eddie Butler is a shockingly bad commentator and Moore is just plain annoying. Neither are up to BBC standards

Why?

Tox56

Moore is annoying but he often tends to know what he is talking about, at least more than some commentators.

thomond2006

Possession going back and forth!

thomond2006

That was idiotic from England. Dupuy kicks a sitter: 6-14

Tox56

Rolland is so pedantic.

Sherifu

Good game so far, Tuilagi's speed is very impressive but he needs to kick when he has to.

boynesider

thomond2006 wrote: »

boynesider wrote: »

Eddie Butler is a shockingly bad commentator and Moore is just plain annoying. Neither are up to BBC standards

Why?

You better ask him that!

thomond2006

Harinordoquy has been immense in the lineout.

Tox56

Oooh Croft has some speed on him.

thomond2006

Great turnover from Imanol.

KJY

Harinordoquay has really come into it in the last 10 minutes

irishbucsfan

thomond2006 wrote: »

Great turnover from Imanol.

How on earth was it allowed?! Not a hope was he supporting his body weight ans Rolland was 5 centimetres away from him