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

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    #362
    MJohnston
    Registered Users Posts: 10,561 ✭✭✭✭MJohnston


    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.


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    #363
    munsterlegend
    Registered Users Posts: 6,162 ✭✭✭munsterlegend


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


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    #364
    bilston
    Registered Users Posts: 17,769 ✭✭✭✭bilston


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


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    #365
    dublinman1990
    Registered Users Posts: 8,389 ✭✭✭dublinman1990


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

    12-3 to Ireland. Lovely. :D


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    #366
    ScrubsfanChris
    Registered Users Posts: 8,599 ✭✭✭ScrubsfanChris


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


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    #367
    awec
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    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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    #368
    Burkie1203
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    Come on Nigel. YC for persistent penalties


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    #369
    [Deleted User]
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    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.


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    #370
    its_phil
    Registered Users Posts: 5,442 ✭✭✭its_phil


    The French are killing themselves


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    #371
    Beechwoodspark
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    France need to be punished for these basic silly stupid penalties.


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    #372
    LuckyGent88
    Registered Users 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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    #373
    MattD
    Registered Users Posts: 1,010 ✭✭✭MattD


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


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    #374
    its_phil
    Registered Users Posts: 5,442 ✭✭✭its_phil


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


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    #375
    dublinman1990
    Registered Users Posts: 8,389 ✭✭✭dublinman1990


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


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    #376
    MJohnston
    Registered Users Posts: 10,561 ✭✭✭✭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.


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    #377
    The Talking Bread
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    Furlong !!!!


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    #378
    Burkie1203
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    Dumb by murray. Had a chance to clear so clear it


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    #379
    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


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    #380
    awec
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    All came from a very poor play by Furlong.


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    #381
    [Deleted User]
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    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.


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    #382
    Chex LeMeneux
    Registered Users Posts: 116 ✭✭Chex LeMeneux


    Three times we've had possession stripped up front.


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    #383
    Losty Dublin
    Registered Users Posts: 13,062 ✭✭✭✭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.


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    #384
    baas baa
    Registered Users Posts: 589 ✭✭✭baas baa


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


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    #385
    munsterlegend
    Registered Users Posts: 6,162 ✭✭✭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.


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    #386
    munsterlegend
    Registered Users Posts: 6,162 ✭✭✭munsterlegend


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


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    #387
    PTH2009
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    We're going to lose this game


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    #388
    nerd69
    Registered Users Posts: 9,826 ✭✭✭nerd69


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

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


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    #389
    Interested Observer
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    PTH2009 wrote: »
    We're going to lose this game

    Yeah.


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    #390
    fullstop
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    PTH2009 wrote: »
    We're going to lose this game

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


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    #391
    baas baa
    Registered Users Posts: 589 ✭✭✭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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