6N Tournament 2018 (non-Irish TT)

stpaddy99

I foresee wales winning at twickenham better scrum better breakdown dangerous back line

prawnsambo

stpaddy99 wrote: »

I foresee wales winning at twickenham better scrum better breakdown dangerous back line

If Wales are as loose as they were against Scotland, Engalnd will punish them. Ford and Farrell are basically two sets of eyes looking for a gap and they are very quick to exploit one. It'll be a full on test of Wales' defence.

jr86

stpaddy99 wrote: »

I foresee wales winning at twickenham better scrum better breakdown dangerous back line

If that's the case it is amazing they've only beaten England once since 2013 - in a pure smash and grab

prawnsambo

jr86 wrote: »

If that's the case it is amazing they've only beaten England once since 2013 - in a pure smash and grab

To be fair, they've been a bit predictable in that period. There's a bit more to them at the moment and it's going to be interesting to see how they fare.

thomond2006

FRANCE :
Palis - Thomas, Lamerat, Doumayrou, Vakatawa - (o) Beauxis, (m) Machenaud
Tauleigne, Camara, Lauret - Vahaamahina, Iturria - Slimani, Guirado (cap), Poirot

Pelissie, Ben Arous, Gomes Sa, Gabrillagues, Picamoles, Serin, Belleau, Fall

Lionel Beauxis, only back in the squad for a week, starts against Scotland.

jr86

prawnsambo wrote: »

To be fair, they've been a bit predictable in that period. There's a bit more to them at the moment and it's going to be interesting to see how they fare.

But in fairness this is only based on one match - against an awful Scotland. England battered them last year too, when they were actually in the hunt for the Championship

Wales were poor for all of 2017

Buer

Christ. Lionel Beauxis. This really underlines how screwed France are for outhalves and need to keep working on bringing through a new generation.

Curious that he leapfrogs Belleau entirely who remains on the bench.

OldRio

England lodge complaint about Wales captain AWJ?

Surely this is clickbait?

Quintis

thomond2006 wrote: »

FRANCE :
Palis - Thomas, Lamerat, Doumayrou, Vakatawa - (o) Beauxis, (m) Machenaud
Tauleigne, Camara, Lauret - Vahaamahina, Iturria - Slimani, Guirado (cap), Poirot

Pelissie, Ben Arous, Gomes Sa, Gabrillagues, Picamoles, Serin, Belleau, Fall

Lionel Beauxis, only back in the squad for a week, starts against Scotland.

OldRio

OldRio wrote: »

England lodge complaint about Wales captain AWJ?

Surely this is clickbait?

hardly a complaint

"It's not great for the game and I've said something to World Rugby about it, I feel that strongly.

Bazzo

OldRio wrote: »

England lodge complaint about Wales captain AWJ?

Surely this is clickbait?

It is. Jones had a moan about him stopping Russell taking a quick conversion to ask Gauzere to check a try. Said it was disrespectful or something.

sydthebeat

Buer wrote: »

Christ. Lionel Beauxis. This really underlines how screwed France are for outhalves and need to keep working on bringing through a new generation.

Curious that he leapfrogs Belleau entirely who remains on the bench.

i think promoting Ntamack from the 20's would actually be better for France all round than bring Beauxis back.

Buer

Just some prep work from EJ to put a little pressure on the referee. Maybe not the most appropriate thing but Garces will be aware of it going into the game.

irishbucsfan

It's just classic Eddie Jones. You're right though he certainly hasn't lodged a complaint.

But what he's saying basically is that AWJ trying to stop someone taking a quick conversion is unsportsmanlike. But the whole reason you take a quick conversion in the first place is so that there's no time to review a try that might potentially be disallowed, which is just as unsportsmanlike!

Instead of complaining about AWJ here, they should consider that the whole situation is ludicrous and just make it so that tries can still be reviewed after a conversion is taken all the way up to kickoff.

OldRio

Thought as much IBF. I have to say I find Eddie Jones tiresome in the extreme.

prawnsambo

OldRio wrote: »

Thought as much IBF. I have to say I find Eddie Jones tiresome in the extreme.

Yeah, it's got to the point that he's a parody of himself and people just ignore what he's saying. He's expected to come up with some crap about whatever team England are facing and it's just white noise at this stage.

I was hoping for a draw. Now I think I almost want Wales to beat England.

No, I still want a draw. I just can't do it.

pickarooney

A draw via a 50m penalty from Patchell that lands in Eddie Jones' lap somehow?

Bazzo

pickarooney wrote: »

A draw via a 50m penalty from Patchell that lands in Eddie Jones' lap somehow?

Or maybe if it just sailed over the bar and bounced off the top of his head?

thomond2006

https://twitter.com/BoucherieOvalie/status/961937363231498240

French rugby joke/troll account nails BOD.

stpaddy99

Englands defence was all over the place in the midfield and wings. Id also add most england fans think their back row is a mess with no specialists and no billy v. They are weak at the breakdown. All their strength is the locks and 10/12 axis. With no youngs, no billy v, no haskell, no tuilagi and a loosehead who cant scrummage theyre way from the finished article

stpaddy99

stpaddy99 wrote: »

Englands defence was all over the place in the midfield and wings. Id also add most england fans think their back row is a mess with no specialists and no billy v. They are weak at the breakdown. All their strength is the locks and 10/12 axis. With no youngs, no billy v, no haskell, no tuilagi and a loosehead who cant scrummage theyre way from the finished article

I think Watson is a quality player, I'm a big fan and he'd start for Ireland.

Listening to Corbisiero on the left wing and he seriously rates Simmonds also and he seems to have gone well against Italy.

Big weekend for both teams though, England have been on a downward since their first season in my opinion, will be a defining tournament for them.

prawnsambo

thomond2006 wrote: »

https://twitter.com/BoucherieOvalie/status/961937363231498240

French rugby joke/troll account nails BOD.

To be fair, questioning Lionel Beauxis' selection shouldn't be reserved for players who've beaten the ABs.

BOD's response should be: "Hold on, I've got Tony Ward on the line and he seems to have something to say about this..."

Route1

That Wales +12 looks very appealling, Wales looked great last week and English defence looked porous enough. Wales don't fear Twickenham either, what are others thoughts on the matter?

Dog Botherer

prawnsambo wrote: »

To be fair, questioning Lionel Beauxis' selection shouldn't be reserved for players who've beaten the ABs.

BOD's response should be: "Hold on, I've got Tony Ward on the line and he seems to have something to say about this..."

A brief list of players who've (relatively) recently beaten the All Blacks, presented without comment.

Will Skelton
Freddy Burns
Fabien Barcella
Ned Hanigan
Julien Puricelli

Buer

Dog Botherer wrote: »

A brief list of players who've (relatively) recently beaten the All Blacks, presented without comment.

Will Skelton
Freddy Burns
Fabien Barcella
Ned Hanigan
Julien Puricelli

In fairness, Barcella was world class for a period before injury utterly destroyed him.

Yeah_Right

Dog Botherer wrote: »

A brief list of players who've (relatively) recently beaten the All Blacks, presented without comment.

Will Skelton
Freddy Burns
Fabien Barcella
Ned Hanigan
Julien Puricelli

You forgot Rob Kearney. Did he scored a try?

stephen_n

Route1 wrote: »

That Wales +12 looks very appealling, Wales looked great last week and English defence looked porous enough. Wales don't fear Twickenham either, what are others thoughts on the matter?

Wales won’t get anywhere near the sort of go forward ball or possession the Scots afforded them. England’s lack of quality backrow might impact on their ability to slow down Welsh ball, but I’d still expect them to do better than Scotland.

ongarite

HP ruled out for Wales.

Scythica

ongarite wrote: »

HP ruled out for Wales.

I'm in a quandary as to whether tell others in my other fantasy league this information