France vs Wales match thread, Sat 20th March 8pm

thomond2006

France:
15-Brice Dulin, 14-Damian Penaud, 13-Virimi Vakatawa, 12-Gael Fickou, 11-Teddy Thomas, 10-Matthieu Jalibert, 9-Antoine Dupont;
1-Cyril Baille, 2-Julian Marchand, 3-Mohamed Haouas, 4-Romain Taofifenua, 5-Paul Willemse, 6-Dylan Cretin, 7-Charles Ollivon (capt), 8-Gregory Alldritt

Replacements: 16-Camille Chat, 17-Jean-Baptiste Gros, 18-Uini Atonio, 19-Swan Rebbadj, 20-Anthony Jelonch, 21-Baptiste Serin, 22-Romain Ntamack, 23-Arthur Vincent

Wales:
15-Liam Williams, 14-Louis Rees-Zammit, 13-George North, 12-Jonathan Davies, 11-Josh Adams, 10-Dan Biggar, 9-Gareth Davies;
1-Wyn Jones, 2-Ken Owens, 3-Tomas Francis, 4-Adam Beard, 5-Alun Wyn Jones (captain), 6-Josh Navidi, 7-Justin Tipuric, 8-Taulupe Faletau

Replacements: 16-Elliot Dee, 17-Nicky Smith, 18-Leon Brown, 19-Cory Hill, 20-James Botham, 21-Tomos Williams, 22-Callum Sheedy, 23- Willis Halaholo.

France looking to keep their slim title hopes alive after their late collapse against England. Can Wales complete one of the more absurd Grand Slam seasons we've seen?

thomond2006

France going down the line early.

randomname2005

Hoping for a great game. Not sure who I want to win. Fingers crossed it doesn't come down to ref decisions

bilston

Penaud might be in trouble

Edit - or not...thought he led with a forearm

UAEguy2020

Two teams, two completely different narratives depending on the result, if France won they are the dominant side in the 6N, if Wales win all of a sudden it’s a close championship between4-5 teams...

thomond2006

Trysaver from Ollivon.

blackwhite

Barnes’ communication is just so good there - talks through the process very well

razorblunt

Dan Biggar on the crash ball for a try.

Hammer Archer

Both Welsh scrum feeds straight to the no. 7.
Cracking game so far.

Clegg

You'd be fuming at Gareth Davies if you were Welsh.

Awful kick.

ongarite

Great try.
This could be a massive score for both teams

bilston

Clegg wrote: »

You'd be fuming at Gareth Davies if you were Welsh.

Awful kick.

What was he doing? Is he left footed?

flazio

If France win this, expect the Welsh team to buy some Scottish jerseys and work on their Scottish accents

PhlegmyMoses

France are a joy to watch

razorblunt

Cretin switched off for a second on the line there, was slow to get down.

ongarite

**** me, I've no idea who will win this game.

2 tries each with both looking like they can score pretty easily

thomond2006

****ing hell, this game is madness.

DellyBelly

Wales are fantastic.. Never panic and keep coming..

ednwireland

19 mins 4 tries mad

Dave_The_Sheep

This game is nuts.

UAEguy2020

That right there is why Wales are on for the slam, 2 attacks, 2 tries. We could learn a thing or two when it comes to taking our chances...

razorblunt

This looks to be a game that has a drop goal and blocked drop goal in it.

selous

The commentator on TV3, every O is pronounced ooh,
its under the poohsts
jones - joohns
blow - bloohw
row roohw
flipping annoying when ya start hearing it, I cant unhear it....... just as well its a good match


And Matt Williams isnt on the panel woohoo......(Alf Stewart )

dublinman1990

I think this game will go down to the wire. Each team is playing to their strengths so far and it shows. It is a wonderful game that should produce a fair outcome.

randomname2005

dublinman1990 wrote: »

I think this game will go down to the wire. Each team is playing to their strengths so far and it shows. It is a wonderful game that should produce a fair outcome.

Wales will pull ahead before half time and never look back

Dave_The_Sheep

Can't see Wales not winning this, based on the first 25 minutes.

GreeBo

Flipping hell, I'm going to need to pause this every 15 mins just to take a breather!

randomname2005

Hmm, did the Welsh ball carrier move his elbow into the tackler's head?

GreeBo

randomname2005 wrote: »

Hmm, did the Welsh ball carrier move his elbow into the tackler's head?

Ah but the French guy didn't drop dead on the spot so no foul apparently! :rolleyes:

flazio

selous wrote: »

The commentator on TV3, every O is pronounced ooh,
its under the poohsts
jones - joohns
blow - bloohw
row roohw
flipping annoying when ya start hearing it, I cant unhear it....... just as well its a good match


And Matt Williams isnt on the panel woohoo......(Alf Stewart )

The guys on Virgin Media aren't much better :rolleyes:

eclipsechaser

randomname2005 wrote: »

Hmm, did the Welsh ball carrier move his elbow into the tackler's head?

Looked like a clear chicken wing while running into the tackler. Lifted the elbow into the outhalf's face.

Boscoirl

selous wrote: »

The commentator on TV3, every O is pronounced ooh,
its under the poohsts
jones - joohns
blow - bloohw
row roohw
flipping annoying when ya start hearing it, I cant unhear it....... just as well its a good match


And Matt Williams isnt on the panel woohoo......(Alf Stewart )

I had to change to BBC

razorblunt

George North was straight off feet there and I think he may have had a tucked arm.

Larbre34

Wales will never stick this pace. The ball in play stats must be near off the scale

Bazzo

My Spidey senses tell me that Brian Moore has a slight problem with crooked lineouts.

A-Train

Who is doing co-comms on Virgin Media?

dublinman1990

It's very finely balanced at 17 pts each. They've showed great composure to not let their guard down. 2nd half should be a cracker.

sydthebeat

A-Train wrote: »

Who is doing co-comms on Virgin Media?

Sounds like reggie?

Paul Smeenus

What a game!

A-Train

sydthebeat wrote: »

Sounds like reggie?

Yeah I think you’re correct. I couldn’t place the voice.

randomname2005

razorblunt wrote: »

George North was straight off feet there and I think he may have had a tucked arm.

Didn't notice, but a few things already that in would like to see again

Bluwave

I half want the team in red to be British at the end of this.


And the other half wants the French to throw it around in a manner that only they can.

Bluwave

The French back 3 couldn’t catch covid in a nursing home

irelandrover

How is that not a high tackle.

Clegg

I think the French have held that up.

Ref might want to have a look at the grounding.

Burkie1203

Welsh 9 played the ball when off his feet

Hurrache

Didn't look grounded either.

Vital Transformation

He grounded it. Try, I think.

Bazzo

Didn't we try these exact kicking tactics against France and have them mop it up?

Begs the question whether our accuracy of kicking or kick chase(or both) was the difference

A-Train

That looks held up

clsmooth

Clegg wrote: »

I think the French have held that up.

Ref might want to have a look at the grounding.

Brilliant defence.