6 Nations 2019 Build Up thread

penybont exile

Roof irrelevant .....

Airport pints as flight delayed

Gonna be good tomorrow.

molloyjh

penybont exile wrote: »

Roof irrelevant .....

Airport pints as flight delayed

Gonna be good tomorrow.

Start as you mean to go on.

pickarooney

Dupont has done more in 5 minutes than the other SHs in two matches.

bilston

The French TV director was hopeless there...probably deliberately so!

ionadnapóca

pickarooney wrote: »

Dupont has done more in 5 minutes than the other SHs in two matches.

He looks Test quality
Nice pass
Great step
And that’s not a knock on!

ionadnapóca

Their Back!!
Lovely FB play

bilston

You see with some of the talent coming through in France, if they actually got a decent coaching team in place they'd be deadly.

ionadnapóca

bilston wrote: »

You see with some of the talent coming through in France, if they actually got a decent coaching team in place they'd be deadly.

Joe

griffinlee

laidlaw is just soooooo slow, completely opposite to the type of rugby scotland want to play with high tempo glasgow style. laidlaw is like a snail rocking up to the rucks..

bilston

ionadnapokot wrote: »

Joe

I think I saw a tweet from BOD along those lines a week or two ago.

But with Dupont, Ntamack, Penaud, Ramos, Fickou (albeit a lot more established) and Carbonel to come through as well they have some frightening attacking talent in the backs. They just need a bit of structure defensively without taking away from their flair.

We're seeing a bit of a rebirth in Toulouse this year, maybe that can be passed on to France as well.

accensi0n

Is leading with the forearm or elbow not illegal?

testtech05

accensi0n wrote: »

Is leading with the forearm or elbow not illegal?

Was surprised it wasn't checked thought it should have been a yellow.

Burkie1203

testtech05 wrote: »

Was surprised it wasn't checked thought it should have been a yellow.

Ref says TMO checked it

ionadnapóca

bilston wrote: »

I think I saw a tweet from BOD along those lines a week or two ago.

But with Dupont, Ntamack, Penaud, Ramos, Fickou (albeit a lot more established) and Carbonel to come through as well they have some frightening attacking talent in the backs. They just need a bit of structure defensively without taking away from their flair.

We're seeing a bit of a rebirth in Toulouse this year, maybe that can be passed on to France as well.

And Marchand!
Not forgetting Chat....or Baptiste-Serin!
The talent available is staggering
But performances are just amateurish

bilston

Ah glorious

testtech05

Burkie1203 wrote: »

Ref says TMO checked it

Oh sorry didn't catch that. Surprised but I only saw from one angle.

Larbre34

Nae gonnae count unfortunately.

ionadnapóca

bilston wrote: »

Ah glorious

Pity

bilston

Ah sometimes I hate the TMO...even if it's the correct call

testtech05

That's a great score
Correction would be but for the knock on!!

Itssoeasy

Should have been ten all and it looks like France will be 17-3 up.

Edit: maybe not.

bilston

ionadnapokot wrote: »

And Marchand!
Not forgetting Chat....or Baptiste-Serin!
The talent available is staggering
But performances are just amateurish

What's happened to Serin? He's someone I was really impressed with a year or so ago

pickarooney

bilston wrote: »

What's happened to Serin? He's someone I was really impressed with a year or so ago

He's on the bench, coming back from a fairly poor year performance wise.

ionadnapóca

bilston wrote: »

What's happened to Serin? He's someone I was really impressed with a year or so ago

Not sure
His pass is something to behold

thomond2006

https://touch.boards.ie/thread/2057958804/3/#post109505390

Match thread for France vs. Scotland.

That French try is nailed on try of the tournament - special.

Buer

bilston wrote: »

You see with some of the talent coming through in France, if they actually got a decent coaching team in place they'd be deadly.

They produce more talent still than any other nation in the northern hemisphere. Every year there are two or three guys who would be in the Irish 23 based on natural talent.

They have absolutely no idea what to do with them though or how to nurture and manage their talent. Their selection policies and lack of structures just crush and isolate those guys.

ionadnapóca

glasso wrote: »

That French try is nailed on try of the tournament - special.

Eh!!!!! Spoke too soon!
Bastareaud with a chip over the top!!!!!!

Thrashssacre

https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/47388295

Feel a bit sorry for them, I really can’t see who would take them be it in club rugby or international. Just not enough money in it for any of the competitions to be interested. I also don’t see a way for them to get their decent players back from Abroad to make a club side competitive and the pro 14 can not afford any more teams that are uncompetitive.

Eod100

Thrashssacre wrote: »

https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/47388295

Feel a bit sorry for them, I really can’t see who would take them be it in club rugby or international. Just not enough money in it for any of the competitions to be interested. I also don’t see a way for them to get their decent players back from Abroad to make a club side competitive and the pro 14 can not afford any more teams that are uncompetitive.

I know they're in the Rugby Europe Championship but guess they're looking for something at club level as 6N won't change to allow them to break into the 6N.

A play-off for promotion/relegation between winners of REC and last-placed 6N could be interesting, but not sure if winner of REC would beat last placed in 6N and would it be fairest way to do it. But I don't think there's any appetite for that either way.