France vs England Sat 10 Mar 4:30

rebel girl 15

Could be a second here!

gazump123

Someone on the English team deserved a yellow after giving away 3 different penalties in under a minute.

razorblunt

Loving the baggy jersey on the French 8.

rebel girl 15

Argh 4 on 2 and they don't convert!

Beechwoodspark

Allez Les Bleus

Vital Transformation

The high tackle was the third rapid fire penalty England conceded too, after two advantages.

no.8

MadYaker wrote:

LOL delighted for the brits

You shouldn't comment here. Makes little to no sense, that comment of yours. Yellow card

Diabhal Beag

The best 10 minutes of French international rugby against a top side in many a year.

rebel girl 15

Ford again - should have put the French guy into touch, but was passive in the tackle until Farrell got there

razorblunt

This is what I dislike about no backs in commentary. POC can’t articulate what went wrong with the overlap, essentially may shot up, meaning Guirado had to take it on further.

no.8

no.8 wrote: »

You shouldn't comment here. Makes little to no sense, that comment of yours. Yellow card

I hope you are joking/being sarcastic

Squidgy Black

French scrum is getting absolutely minced.

Ulysses Gaze

There is no chance in Hell that this England team is winning the World Cup next year.

GiftofGab

France have the worst scrum i have ever seen in the six nations

dublinman1990

That penalty to England makes things worse for France. Not good.

showpony1

title in the bag for Ireland another 25 mins of England running into brick walls ive never seen a worse performance from them

Clegg

There's going to be a lot of discussion about England's backrow and why they're struggling at the ruck time. But it's not just them that's the problem, it's the entire pack that's struggling. If you look at Ireland's pack every single player strong in that area and they're coached to know whose job it is to enter a ruck in whatever circumstance. I don't see that with England.

ednwireland

Was it with England same against Scotland getting pushed off the ball in the ruck its like they don't know how to play.

Dick phelan

FFS France

no.8

Deleted User wrote:

I hope you are joking/being sarcastic

Referring to MadYakers comment

mangobob

Subpopulus wrote: »

Listening to Shane Byrne co-comentating is like listening to your opinionated and slightly jarred mate in the pub.

I guess I'm the only one who doesn't mind his commentary. He is certainly not a brilliant commentator, but I just like the guy lol.

Zzippy

Subpopulus wrote: »

Listening to Shane Byrne co-comentating is like listening to your opinionated and slightly jarred mate in the pub.

Slightly?

Hurrache

MadYaker wrote: »

LOL delighted for the brits

Just England. Scotland and Wales are probably happy to see them scored against

bloodless_coup

Brian Moore always says the same thing about slow motion replays

no.8

no.8 wrote: »

Referring to MadYakers comment

I know! That is what I mean!:)

razorblunt

Peyper hasn’t really called much himself, played on when Bonneval was down a few feet from a ruck, missed the high tackle and now the push.


Ready the Moore Meltdown Klaxon!!

Vital Transformation

The French crowd are great when you can get them going.

Beechwoodspark

doylefe wrote: »

Brian Moore always says the same thing about slow motion replays

Not watching bbc but was it something about looking worse in slo mo lol

Beechwoodspark

Vital Transformation wrote: »

The French crowd are great when you can get them going.

They love beating the English possibly even more so than us

razorblunt

Grab the popcorn Sinkler is on.

bloodless_coup

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Not watching bbc but was it something about looking worse in slo mo lol

When the BBC aren't in control of the broadcast, he complains about the slow motion being an attempt by the French to be artsy.

Beechwoodspark

England Quite one dimensional in attack

PHG

What dors the grass spell in the pic? Appropriate?

Dick phelan

France really messed up not converting the 4 on 2, had they done so would have been game over

kilns

Ford is such a liability for England Farrell now into 10 where he should be

fitz

France look way more likely to score.
If this is the English side that turns up next week, we'll punish them.

MJohnston

France are great at sleight of hand offloads

Beechwoodspark

Great kick

VinLieger

Anyone want to bet england will call for the bonus points to be removed?

dublinman1990

Great 3 points from France. England need at least 2 tries to win with 17 minutes on the clock.

fitz

VinLieger wrote: »

Anyone want to bet england will call for the bonus points to be removed?

Would be the least surprising thing ever.

kilns

Jones will have a jibe about bonus points I’m sure I’m the build up to next week

Subpopulus

mangobob wrote: »

I guess I'm the only one who doesn't mind his commentary. He is certainly not a brilliant commentator, but I just like the guy lol.

When he isn't pointing out the obvious or making banal statements with no bearing on the game, he's usually saying things that are incorrect, mis-naming players, not understanding the rules etc. etc.

Few weeks ago he didn't seem to be aware that you can kick penalties to touch after the clock has gone red.

Normally I expect a co-commentator to be offering tactical insights that stem from a life spent playing professional rugby but mostly he says the sort of ordinary stuff a regular rugby fan would say.

Gonad

Jesus Paul O Connell really sucking those English Tiths on bbc commentary ..

Beechwoodspark

Keep on truckin it up the middle England.

MadYaker

I dunno, in a way I’d nearly prefer England to win this one. If they lose this and lose to us next week that’ll be 3 losses in a row and they haven’t lost a game in twickers since 2012. I think they’ll be pissed off and out for redemption next week.

Getting some perspective on that opening fixture here.

Burkie1203

dublinman1990 wrote: »

Great 3 points from France. England need at least 2 tries to win with 17 minutes on the clock.

England need 4 tries

mangobob

Subpopulus wrote: »

When he isn't pointing out the obvious or making banal statements with no bearing on the game, he's usually saying things that are incorrect, mis-naming players, not understanding the rules etc. etc.

Few weeks ago he didn't seem to be aware that you can kick penalties to touch after the clock has gone red.

Normally I expect a co-commentator to be offering tactical insights that stem from a life spent playing professional rugby but mostly he says the sort of ordinary stuff a regular rugby fan would say.

Yeah but apart from all of that I think he is grand :pac:

Beechwoodspark

kilns wrote: »

Jones will have a jibe about bonus points I’m sure I’m the build up to next week

Let him on. He’s a wind up merchant best ignored.