England France 6 Nations thread

troyzer

Where do France go from here?

Movementarian

troyzer wrote: »

Where do France go from here?

Knowing our luck, straight into a massive performance boost right before they play us at home!

Burkie1203

troyzer wrote: »

Where do France go from here?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_Europe_International_Championships

Guy:Incognito

Basteraud would be better off moving in to prop.

troyzer

Burkie1203 wrote: »

troyzer wrote: »

Where do France go from here?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_Europe_International_Championships

Lol.

Buer

troyzer wrote: »

Where do France go from here?

CDG most likely but I suppose it could be Beauvais.

Time will tell.

Utah_Saint

troyzer wrote: »

Where do France go from here?

Rugby Europe international championship

joseywhales

There's 20 minutes left .....

Gidea

glasso wrote: »

sort of ironic as France had amongst the earliest adoption of foreign players for the national team - Tony Marsh remember him?

played 21 caps 2001 to 2004

Further googling Shows that Bernard Laporte made the selection policy rule...but also handed Tony Marsh his first cap. :pac::pac:

troyzer

troyzer wrote: »

Where do France go from here?

They need to remove Bernard Laporte from any involvement within the sport at any level.

gooch2k9

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Basteraud would be better off moving in to prop.

There was something about him moving positions if he wants a future with France in Le Figaro or Le Monde this week. Not sure which I only read the headline.

troyzer

France have actually looked a bit better in attack recently.

They're exploiting England's line speed quite well with cut backs. If they were actually playing for something they might be getting a few line breaks.

Burkie1203

troyzer wrote: »

Lol.

Scotland could beat them in 2 weeks.

Ireland should beat them

They are lucky they have Italy last but if Italy have anywhere near full strength side they could beat them

The Rape of Lucretia

troyzer wrote: »

Where do France go from here?

Bof, looks like the view of most of their players.

England's kicking game over last two games has been absolutely perfect. Youngs, Farrell and Daly all making good decisions and executing well too.

joseywhales

Ogara would do well against this English team. A precise kicking game could hurt them.

troyzer

Farrell surely for man of the match.

The Rape of Lucretia

troyzer wrote: »

Farrell surely for man of the match.

May be not.

conor678

i fancy Italy to do the French especially as the game is in Italy this year (pretty sure it is)

OldRio

So Eddie Jones has made England into Ireland 2018. Interesting.

Pussyhands

6 Nations is fairly ****e when Italy and France are in this shape...Scotland haven't even gotten much better either.

I do miss the days of France being good.

Vital Transformation

Looked like Fickou carried that back.

Naos

How classy is Nigel.

Wailin

OldRio wrote: »

So Eddie Jones has made England into Ireland 2018. Interesting.

No he hasn't. They look a far more formidable side than Ireland 2018.

lawred2

[Deleted User] wrote: »

England's kicking game over last two games has been absolutely perfect. Youngs, Farrell and Daly all making good decisions and executing well too.

Yeah it has very good but in both games they were kicking into varying degrees of disorganised back fields (France obviously much more disorganised then Ireland).. it makes it look much smarter.

FrancieBrady

Wailin wrote: »

No he hasn't. They look a far more formidable side than Ireland 2018.

Against an off form Irish side and truly despairing French side. Settle down!

vienne86

May gets MOTM. Had to be him or Farrell.

troyzer

Curry is somehow missing the number on the back of his jersey.

gooch2k9

troyzer wrote: »

Curry is somehow missing the number on the back of his jersey.

Pissed blood all over his first one so they got him one out of Penneys.

fitz

[Deleted User] wrote: »

England's kicking game over last two games has been absolutely perfect. Youngs, Farrell and Daly all making good decisions and executing well too.

Farrell has so much time.
Half backs in form, making good decisions behind an aggressive, effective pack, with great chasing from the backs when they kick. It's very similar to what we've been doing so well up until the last couple of games.

troyzer

Poor kick by Dupont.

OldRio

Wailin wrote: »

No he hasn't. They look a far more formidable side than Ireland 2018.

What?
It's a paste and copy job but they are only two games into these tactics.

Bastareaud has really stunk the place out.

troyzer

Have France ever gone winless since Italy joined?

maddness

So it wasn’t a one off last week, England are genuine contenders for the World Cup now

Akrasia

Well this has been a turgid weekend of 6 nations Rugby. Only one team look to be in any kind of good form at the moment

joseywhales

It's a long year ahead maybe it's a good sign that the northern hemisphere **** the bed this early, they might finally peak mid tournament

maddness

maddness wrote: »

So it wasn’t a one off last week, England are genuine contenders for the World Cup now

Wales were fairly poor last week and beat this French outfit comfortably away from home.

France were worse again this week and England didn't have to get out of second gear.

Last week was a big statement from England - this week was a big statement from France.

Bridge93

While I agree with the overall sentiment, in what world did wales win comfortably last week in Paris?

FrancieBrady

Still impossible to judge where England are really. They should have put 60- 70 point on that disgrace of a team out there.
They look good, but they need to be up against slightly stiffer opposition to truly assess them.

Wailin

FrancieBrady wrote: »

Still impossible to judge where England are really. They should have put 60- 70 point on that disgrace of a team out there.
They look good, but they need to be up against slightly stiffer opposition to truly assess them.

Like Ireland? Will Ireland destroy France like that? I don't think so.

FrancieBrady

Wailin wrote: »

Like Ireland? Will Ireland destroy France like that? I don't think so.

I don't think France could possibly be as bad again. And yes, in form and at our best we would inflict a score like that. England should have scored a lot more but made plenty of mistakes and butchered a good few scores too.
Point is, we don't know how good they are.

awec

FrancieBrady wrote: »

Still impossible to judge where England are really. They should have put 60- 70 point on that disgrace of a team out there.
They look good, but they need to be up against slightly stiffer opposition to truly assess them.

They gave the second best team in the world a good lesson last week.

Fair to say that England are very good right now. They've hit form at the right time. They aren't sneaking victories either, that's two convincing wins on the back of dominant performances.

They'll be there or thereabouts at the World Cup. Can't see another pool stage exit for them unless their form falls off a cliff.

fitz

awec wrote: »

They gave the second best team in the world a good lesson last week.

Fair to say that England are very good right now. They've hit form at the right time. They aren't sneaking victories either, that's two convincing wins on the back of dominant performances.

They'll be there or thereabouts at the World Cup. Can't see another pool stage exit for them unless their form falls off a cliff.

Injury to Billy V and Farrell and they'll have a big drop off.

FrancieBrady

awec wrote: »

They gave the second best team in the world a good lesson last week.

Fair to say that England are very good right now. They've hit form at the right time. They aren't sneaking victories either, that's two convincing wins on the back of dominant performances.

They'll be there or thereabouts at the World Cup. Can't see another pool stage exit for them unless their form falls off a cliff.

We weren't the second best team in the world last week though Awec. Loads coming back from injury, and experiment at fullback.

I would be expecting them to figure in the WC. Never said otherwise, they are a good team, but have they made significant progress? On the basis of two handy enough games, far too early to say.

Richie_Rich89

I think Ireland actually played better last week than this. England were just so far ahead that they left Ireland in their wake.

Farrell and the Vunipolas are probably the best in the world in their respective positions right now.

Wailin

FrancieBrady wrote: »

We weren't the second best team in the world last week though Awec. Loads coming back from injury, and experiment at fullback.

I would be expecting them to figure in the WC. Never said otherwise, they are a good team, but have they made significant progress? On the basis of two handy enough games, far too early to say.

Fair enough but when can we say? If they beat Scotland and Wales people will just say they beat 2 ordinary teams (both teams do look very very ordinary).

razorblunt

joseywhales wrote: »

In fairness to ntamack his old man did the same for dricos hatrick.

Le pomme doesn't fall far from l'arbre.

ClanofLams

How Farrell didn’t get MotM I don’t know. May got three tries but two were on a plate for him and for the second one he beat his opposite man from two yards out. Thought Farrell was exceptional in everything he done.

FrancieBrady

Wailin wrote: »

Fair enough but when can we say? If they beat Scotland and Wales people will just say they beat 2 ordinary teams (both teams do look very very ordinary).

I don't know, but I would expect this England team to face far stiffer tests than the first two games. They are always going to be there or thereabouts though.
Put to the test will they come up short as has been the case? Who knows.