england v france

aimee1

was so looking forward to this, then john lacey turned up to ref it

picamoles has lost about 10-15 kg

irishbucsfan

Annkle-breaker there from Watson, lovely step.

aimee1

france very poor in defence.

https://twitter.com/EnglandRugby/status/632584298927943680

Hope he doesn't break anyone's arm

clsmooth

Watson :eek: serious gas

Guy:Incognito

Couple of really nice tries from Watson. 2nd one in particular was well worked (even if it was a bunch of pretty boy backs :-) ).

razorblunt

Watson taking his chances brilliantly.

Picamoles is like a different man. Barnes is loving him.Seems he had a lung infection.

Stheno

Jesus that guy Watson is great to watch

Stheno

Stheno wrote: »

Jesus that guy Watson is great to watch

So so dangerous in broken field.

OldRio

I see the thug Calum Clark is playing for England.

vienne86

Burgess is a big unit at 12 - brick wall defence.

smiley_face

Burgess going well, slamming into the opposition in those tackles.

vienne86

Nice to see Parra kicking again for France.

Dave_The_Sheep

Why are France changing their kit if they're the away team?

(Yeah, I'm a bit behind, have it recorded on Sky)

vienne86

Picamoles! He's everywhere, and that was some run. Looking very trim and fit!

AbusesToilets

Poor from Picamoles there, should have done better with that offload.

AbusesToilets

That should be a yellow.

smiley_face

AbusesToilets wrote: »

That should be a yellow.

Thought he took due care to allow the player come down safely and land on his feet. If he'd been reckless and let him land awkwardly it could have been red.

captbarnacles

How is that not yellow ??

razorblunt

Yellow for me. Barnes trying to impart blame on parra is pathetic.slade had eyes on parra the whole way.

Guy:Incognito

AbusesToilets wrote: »

That should be a yellow.

Refs have been way too quick in recent years with cards for even looking at players in the air. I'd be inclined to give him the benefit. He knew straight away he was wrong, plus he held him and brought him down relatively gently. Young enough player early in his career. He'll keep an eye on him in the next challenge.

vienne86

Well Burgess has got yellow now. Silly from him.

smiley_face

smiley_face wrote: »

Burgess going well, slamming into the opposition in those tackles.

And silly mistake wipes out that good work...

vienne86

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Refs have been way too quick in recent years with cards for even looking at players in the air. I'd be inclined to give him the benefit. He knew straight away he was wrong, plus he held him and brought him down relatively gently. Young enough player early in his career. He'll keep an eye on him in the next challenge.

I'm no great fan of Lacey, but I think he got that one right.

Stheno

Is Barnes Welsh?

webels

razorblunt wrote: »

Yellow for me. Barnes trying to impart blame on parra is pathetic.slade had eyes on parra the whole way.

Barnes has something against Parra alright, fairly clear.

vienne86

Stheno wrote: »

Is Barnes Welsh?

English I think.

AbusesToilets

Yea, that was as cut and dry as you can get. Clearly tackled him in the air, was not competing at all. That's been a yellow for quite some time now

razorblunt

webels wrote: »

Barnes has something against Parra alright, fairly clear.

Had another dig for burgess' card. Barnes every season applauds the likes of care and Youngs for doing likewise. That. God I won't be watching tv3!

twinytwo

vienne86 wrote: »

Burgess is a big unit at 12 - brick wall defence.

Just remember, his first game for england .... SOB (who was in the process of falling over) folded the man in half and put him on his ass with one hand. He aint that big.:cool:

razorblunt

Clive saying it wasn't a yellow. How do they keep a straight face .

vienne86

Wow some footwork by Goode.

razorblunt

Great tackle by parra there.

vienne86

Class try that from England. Jonny May took that lovely kick Goode brilliantly.

razorblunt

Great try considering they were a man down.
Dulin could have got man and ball though, he hesitated on slade.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

I hope this bloody music after every try isn't going to be a feature of the World Cup.

vienne86

What are those numbers the replacements have on their jackets, under their names? Danny Care has 1301, Dave attwood 1325.......??????

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

vienne86 wrote: »

What are those numbers the replacements have on their jackets, under their names? Danny Care has 1301, Dave attwood 1325.......??????

Is it the number of English player they are? Like Care is the 1301st player to play for England?

corny

Horrible, horrible player.

aimee1

shock horror

AbusesToilets

Callum Clarke in yellow card shock :P

vienne86

AbusesToilets wrote: »

Callum Clarke in yellow card shock :P

Well deserved yellow - that was horrible.

razorblunt

Just shows the pressure of getting into the the World Cup squad when decent guys go to lengths like that ... Oh wait it's Callum Clarke.

nehe milner skudder

That was a jean de villiers knee job in the making.
Forget about tackling in the air. This is the most dangerous thing in the game currently.The fact is was Clarke is immaterial.They are all at it and are being trained to do it.Even at modest levels of the game.
The crocodile rolls have to go.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Only surprise there was that it took so long for him to get in trouble.

OldRio

OldRio wrote: »

I see the thug Calum Clark is playing for England.

cough;)

razorblunt

Bloody hell the sub french front rows making the sub hooker look like a winger.

razorblunt

nehe milner skudder wrote: »

That was a jean de villiers knee job in the making.
Forget about tackling in the air. This is the most dangerous thing in the game currently.The fact is was Clarke is immaterial.They are all at it and are being trained to do it.Even at modest levels of the game.
The crocodile rolls have to go.

Harsh examples are the only way to go really.

Stheno

vienne86 wrote: »

Well deserved yellow - that was horrible.

What did the little monster do?

Akrasia

France are shockingly bad today. They're making England look good

corny

France forcing it the entire time. A tiny bit of patience and they'd gradually break England down.

Seem to be playing with a bit more pace than usual though.