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The Wooden Spoon

  • 23-02-2019 2:13pm
    #1
    Registered Users Posts: 12,894 ✭✭✭✭Losty Dublin


    Live on BBC1 and VM1.

    France: 15-Ramos, 14-Penaud, 13-Bastareaud, 12-Fickou, 11-Huget, 10-Ntamack, 9-Dupont; 1-Poirot, 2-Guirado (captain), 3-Bamba, 4-Vahaamahina, 5-Lambey, 6-Lauret, 7-Iturria, 8-Picamoles.

    Replacements: 16-Chat, 17-Falgoux, 18-Aldegheri, 19-Willemse, 20-Alldritt, 21-Serin, 22-Belleau, 23-Medard

    Scotland: 15-Kinghorn, 14-Seymour, 13-Grigg, 12-Johnson, 11-Maitland, 10-Horne, 9-Laidlaw (captain); 1-Dell, 2-McInally, 3-Berghan, 4-Gilchrist, 5-Gray, 6-Bradbury, 7-Ritchie 8-Strauss.

    Replacements: 16-Brown, 17-Allan, 18-Fagerson, 19-Toolis, 20-Graham, 21-Price, 22-Hastings, 23-Graham.

    France have too much quality on field to drop this. However every France team of late have had too much quality on field and have dropped it. Scotland are great at the short game but so too are France so the penalty count may be be high. I'd expect this one to be depending on the kicker on this regard and I've a wee bit more faith in Scottish kicking than French kicking.

    I'm guessing Scotland to edge this, around the region of a 21-17 win.


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Comments

  • Subscribers Posts: 40,722 ✭✭✭✭sydthebeat


    Two quick penalties against France

    They may have the players but they need the structure and discipline


  • Registered Users Posts: 6,054 ✭✭✭D.Q


    Anyone know why BBC don't have the ref mic feed? They didn't last week either


  • Registered Users Posts: 17,073 ✭✭✭✭vienne86


    Nice handling by France.


  • Registered Users Posts: 45,433 ✭✭✭✭thomond2006


    Dupont is sensational.


  • Registered Users Posts: 45,433 ✭✭✭✭thomond2006


    Dupont is sensational.

    Shut up thomond.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 8,599 ✭✭✭ScrubsfanChris


    I'm not entirely sure about that, might have been a knock on but surely you have to be 100% sure to overturn the on field decision?


  • Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 34,942 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    What's with the thread title? Italy aren't playing a d Scotland beat them.


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,525 ✭✭✭kilns


    I'm not entirely sure about that, might have been a knock on but surely you have to be 100% sure to overturn the on field decision?

    Sir Nigel is there lead his guiding hand to the decision ðŸ˜


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,525 ✭✭✭kilns


    Two awful teams


  • Registered Users Posts: 45,433 ✭✭✭✭thomond2006


    kilns wrote: »
    Two awful teams

    It could make for a good game actually.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 14,967 ✭✭✭✭The Lost Sheep


    Great score.


  • Registered Users Posts: 10,977 ✭✭✭✭Burkie1203


    Wow. Just wow


  • Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 34,942 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Furlongesque from Bastareaud


  • Registered Users Posts: 17,073 ✭✭✭✭vienne86


    Some glimpses of good French play......they should be a couple of tries ahead though - have to make those chances count.


  • Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 34,942 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    100% Toulouse


  • Registered Users Posts: 17,073 ✭✭✭✭vienne86


    That was a great try - great to watch France when they do that!


  • Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 34,942 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Freddie M with hair plugs?


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,667 ✭✭✭ionadnapokot


    What a great tackle from Guirado!
    Impressive how Horne able to get over that


  • Registered Users Posts: 17,073 ✭✭✭✭vienne86


    Lord above.....that was poor from Laidlaw.


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,525 ✭✭✭kilns


    France have some great inviduals but collectively are a mess. I wonder how they would perform with Schmidt coaching them


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  • Registered Users Posts: 12,267 ✭✭✭✭AdamD


    Ref riding France a bit


  • Registered Users Posts: 10,361 ✭✭✭✭DDC1990


    TMO calls a HIA for Guirado, but ignores the forearm to the head that caused the HIA.


  • Registered Users Posts: 17,073 ✭✭✭✭vienne86


    Ah that was classy.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,294 ✭✭✭MaybeMaybe


    I don't understand the French attitude to head knocks, what is their problem ffs


  • Registered Users Posts: 8,599 ✭✭✭ScrubsfanChris


    DDC1990 wrote: »
    TMO calls a HIA for Guirado, but ignores the forearm to the head that caused the HIA.
    That's the call of the sideline doctor surely? why would the TMO say a player needed to be checked?


  • Registered Users Posts: 10,361 ✭✭✭✭DDC1990


    That's the call of the sideline doctor surely? why would the TMO say a player needed to be checked?

    You are right of course. Being stupid and forgot that the ref is hooked up to the sideline as well as TMO.


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


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


  • Registered Users Posts: 12,894 ✭✭✭✭Losty Dublin


    There's a lot of promise from both teams here, but it's as if they clearly don't want to do anything else. France are impressing me a little more but when Scotland ran at this they were flimsy looking.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,544 ✭✭✭Marengo


    Sublime!


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  • Registered Users Posts: 45,433 ✭✭✭✭thomond2006


    Bastareaud shows anything is possible in life.


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