Le Crunch. KO 16:50. Unofficial Match Thread

Losty Dublin

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This won't be pretty

kittyeater102

Ugh was so looking forward to this. Now I'm not going to bother.

Stheno

I'm shouting for France for this one

Losty Dublin

Stheno wrote: »

I'm shouting for France for this one

vienne86

Stheno wrote: »

I'm shouting for France for this one

Is anyone here going to be shouting for England????????

Stheno

vienne86 wrote: »

Is anyone here going to be shouting for England????????

There's a few English posters isn't there? The Lurker guy for one?

Anyone reckon there will be at least three yellows?

BBDBB

Mange tout! Mange tout! Mon amis

vienne86

Ah hear.....French winger taken out there.

Peregrine

Was that a shoulder charge too?

Stheno

vienne86 wrote: »

Ah hear.....French winger taken out there.

Yeah apparently refs have some unofficial rule about how many steps can be taken before it's actioned.

One is fine, two is not.

France appear to have started well

BBDBB

Good start by the french

vienne86

Lovely kick by Lopez. Great start by France.

Vital Transformation

Did Frances wingers qualify through the residency rule?

captbarnacles

Lawes buried with a Lawes style tackle

swiwi_

Love it! The French commentators calling Spedding the Springcoq.

thomond2006

Vital Transformation wrote: »

Did Frances wingers qualify through the residency rule?

Yes and their fullback as well.

Peregrine

Penalty only.

ScrubsfanChris

kittyeater102 wrote: »

Ugh was so looking forward to this. Now I'm not going to bother.

Don't know. A French win would certainly cheer me up a bit.

Yellow card for May

BBDBB

Harsh yellow for me

vienne86

Yellow - looked dangerous.

tanko

Definite yellow.

vienne86

Great kick by Lopez.....capitalising on the YC.

Vital Transformation

thomond2006 wrote: »

Yes and their fullback as well.

Would be against the rule personally but that's a discussion for another day.

vienne86

English getting tetchy.

Stheno

England are playing a bit thuggishly

BBDBB

A lot of cancelling each other out going on

thomond2006

Vital Transformation wrote: »

Would be against the rule personally but that's a discussion for another day.

Tbf to Speeding he was in France for 6 years before getting selected.

vienne86

That was a shocking lineout by France.....nearly paid dearly for it.

Teferi

Lovely bit of speed on the wing there, Ireland could do with that.

Losty Dublin

England are playing a little like Ireland were today. France haven't had to step up to to the mark just yet but they look surprisingly composed.

vienne86

Stheno wrote: »

England are playing a bit thuggishly

Shock....horror!!!!

vienne86

Hartley made a right mess of that one.....he MUST be rusty.

BBDBB

Handbags

Stheno

vienne86 wrote: »

Shock....horror!!!!

Ooooh and now handbags

I'm revising my prediction of 3 yellows, I reckon it will be more.

France are playing surprisingly well

ScrubsfanChris

Picamole looks like a completely different player in a french shirt compared to a Northampton one.

vienne86

Lopez has just demonstrated that you can't give away penalties to France today.

Stheno

Another great kick from Lopez now 9-3 to France

BBDBB

Which doesn't bode well for when they play us

vienne86

BBDBB wrote: »

Which doesn't bode well for when they play us

We don't give away many penalties.

Stheno

vienne86 wrote: »

We don't give away many penalties.

We gave away enough today

vienne86

Stheno wrote: »

We gave away enough today

I didn't think so......we made mistakes and let them turn us over a lot though.

vienne86

Ah great turnover!

Stheno

vienne86 wrote: »

I didn't think so......we made mistakes and let them turn us over a lot though.

It was four just after half time, then we'd a couple more afaik.


Anyway I digress this game is quite enjoyable.

vienne86

I'm liking this ref. Very fair and not letting anyone away with anything.

nice_guy80

Pity we didn't have this referee for Ireland V Scotland

No messing around the breakdown

vienne86

Picamoles is unbelievable.....he seems to have been in the French team for ever!

Losty Dublin

ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

Picamole looks like a completely different player in a french shirt compared to a Northampton one.

He's back to his brilliant best so far.

BBDBB

nice_guy80 wrote: »

Pity we didn't have this referee for Ireland V Scotland

No messing around the breakdown

It's a very different performance from poite, which is in the nature of the game

ScrubsfanChris

French tackling is brilliant.

Stheno

Some sloppy errors from England.

vienne86

ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

French tackling is brilliant.

They're getting up realy quickly.