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Match preview & thread: FRA vs IRE (Sat Feb 3, 1645)

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  • #362
    munsterlegend
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,633 ✭✭✭munsterlegend


    France so indisciplined. They give away such easy penalties right in front of the posts. It's just lazy most of the time.


  • #363
    bilston
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,124 ✭✭✭✭bilston


    Henderson and Ryan are going very well. Although we miss Toner in the maul.


  • #364
    dublinman1990
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,210 ✭✭✭dublinman1990


    Luckily for us; France looked like they were asleep with that offside.

    12-3 to Ireland. Lovely. :D


  • #365
    ScrubsfanChris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,599 ✭✭✭ScrubsfanChris


    Looks like Ireland are going for the "death by a thousand cuts" strategy


  • #366
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 55,668 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    MJohnston wrote: »
    I just don't know how you look at this French team playing and think that we need to take more risks. They will heavily punish us.

    Based on what?


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  • #367
    Burkie1203
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,790 ✭✭✭✭Burkie1203


    Come on Nigel. YC for persistent penalties


  • #368
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 20,606 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    ScrubsfanChris wrote: »
    Looks like Ireland are going for the "death by a thousand cuts" strategy

    Usually how we beat France. France are all very good players and every one of them is working their socks off. We're much more comfortable, it's going to open up.


  • #369
    its_phil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,442 ✭✭✭its_phil


    The French are killing themselves


  • #370
    Beechwoodspark
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,175 ✭✭✭✭Beechwoodspark


    France need to be punished for these basic silly stupid penalties.


  • #371
    LuckyGent88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,150 ✭✭✭✭LuckyGent88


    French inexperience really coming through now. The game is their for us to finish off. Hopefully all this pressure will pay off shortly


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  • #372
    MattD
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,013 ✭✭✭MattD


    France need to get Vahaamina off if they want to avoid going a man down.


  • #373
    its_phil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,442 ✭✭✭its_phil


    Kearneys ribs are going to be killing him tomorrow. About 4 big hits on him


  • #374
    dublinman1990
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,210 ✭✭✭dublinman1990


    This is really good from Ireland here. Keep up the phases lads.


  • #375
    MJohnston
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,900 ✭✭✭✭MJohnston


    awec wrote: »
    Based on what?

    They're very quick up in the line to defend, very physical at the breakdown, and if an attacker gets isolated even for a second it'll be easy turnover.

    That's before you mention the fact that if they intercept something loose, some of their lads will take too many defenders to deal with successfully.


  • #376
    The Talking Bread
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,037 ✭✭✭✭The Talking Bread


    Furlong !!!!


  • #377
    Burkie1203
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,790 ✭✭✭✭Burkie1203


    Dumb by murray. Had a chance to clear so clear it


  • #378
    Jack Kanoff
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,119 ✭✭✭Jack Kanoff


    Now... Did you see that? Stander gets the ball...makes 3m and it takes 2-3 men to put him down every time...
    it saps french energy...that's what he does..and does well... Furlong tried it..made no ground..and had the ball ripped from his grasp.... Stander does this so well and it's not always recognised


  • #379
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 55,668 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    All came from a very poor play by Furlong.


  • #380
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 20,606 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I'm really trying not to get overly exuberant about James Ryan but that tackle was right out of O'Connell's performance against Australia one November a few years ago. Exceptional.


  • #381
    Chex LeMeneux
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 116 ✭✭Chex LeMeneux


    Three times we've had possession stripped up front.


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  • #382
    Losty Dublin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,301 ✭✭✭✭Losty Dublin


    The Talking Bread wrote: »
    Furlong !!!!

    He was fairly ripped. Could have done with support to protect him. Other than that he was fair game.


  • #383
    baas baa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 590 ✭✭✭baas baa


    Both French penalties came after we were deep in their 22 and turned the ball over.


  • #384
    munsterlegend
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,633 ✭✭✭munsterlegend


    Don't want them within a score in the last 10 minutes. We are so pedestrian and easy to read in their 22 like against wales last year.


  • #385
    munsterlegend
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,633 ✭✭✭munsterlegend


    Murray has many strengths but the speed of passing sometimes gives defences far too much time.


  • #386
    PTH2009
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,681 ✭✭✭✭PTH2009


    We're going to lose this game


  • #387
    Rory Narrow Scholar
    Posts: 10,091 ✭✭✭✭ Rory Narrow Scholar


    PTH2009 wrote: »
    We're going to lose this game

    French line speed has to drop at some point they must be bate


  • #388
    Camilo Creamy Flame
    Posts: 13,104 ✭✭✭✭ Camilo Creamy Flame


    PTH2009 wrote: »
    We're going to lose this game

    Yeah.


  • #389
    fullstop
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 12,174 ✭✭✭✭fullstop


    PTH2009 wrote: »
    We're going to lose this game

    I have that niggling feeling as well, it's gone very scrappy now


  • #390
    baas baa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 590 ✭✭✭baas baa


    Nice invention to get going forward. Then a couple of phases of one out runners and then a telegraphed loop play.


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  • #391
    leakyboots
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,488 ✭✭✭leakyboots


    Jack Kanoff wrote: »
    Now... Did you see that? Stander gets the ball...makes 3m and it takes 2-3 men to put him down every time...
    it saps french energy...that's what he does..and does well... Furlong tried it..made no ground..and had the ball ripped from his grasp.... Stander does this so well and it's not always recognised

    He's getting through truckloads. And for people saying he's one dimensional, he passed 3 times in the first half, our 7 didn't pass once in his time on the pitch


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