6N 2025: England v France
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England are becoming a pretty likeable side. Lots of passion with minimal dick-headed-ness.
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@Victor-Meldrew Shame about Itoje, but the rest are okay.
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@sparky said in 6N 2025: England v France:
@Victor-Meldrew Shame about Itoje, but the rest are okay.
Marcus, even the name smells of piston wristed gibbon.
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@game_film said in 6N 2025: England v France:
@sparky Cam Roigard would have caught that.
Couldn’t have
He’d have been on the bench
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@MiketheSnow Not anymore!
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@game_film said in 6N 2025: England v France:
@MiketheSnow Not anymore!
Maybe not for NZ
But he’d be riding the pine behind DuPont
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Well enjoyed that game, and thought at times it got chaotic as buggery, kind of unlike England . Like @mariner4life I enjoy games that go that way for a while. It's where players stand up and get counted I think. Was a bloody good advert for game all together, well I thought.
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@Bones said in 6N 2025: England v France:
Fuck yes Beckenham! Take your SE hatred to the tip @Catogrande
Nope. It’s just you.
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A really exciting game, especially for the neutral. I was watching it in a bar in France with some decent french guys, all of us applauding any good play and shouting at the TV when our side fucked up and it’s fair to say that they shouted more than me, which makes me feel that France lost the game rather than we won it. Notwithstanding a bloody good fight back.
I still see little structure in England’s game plan and look back to last year’s game v Ireland and think “is this another false dawn”?
On the positive side of things there were some good individual performances; Chessum made his mark and carried very well. George made a mockery of my view that he cannot be an impact player anymore, but for me the biggest positive was the dropping of the replacement by numbers strategy that we’ve seen far too often. Let’s hope that continues.
Unlucky France, you did more than enough to win but tits do not make hands. Another day and you’d have been 20 point winners.
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A good game in the end but the constant stoppages, in the 1st half especially, are a blight on the game. England mainly at fault for players going to ground with an "injury". It's funny how the shot clock for conversions has affected the goal kickers when they are forced to rush their routine. No excuses.
The Georgian work experience ref still has no idea at the breakdown. Players entered ruck from the side or from offside repeatedly. Comical to see players metres in front at kickoffs too.
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First half watched. France bombing some tries. Dupont demonstrating even to the NH scribes that he's less then mortal which an inability to catch with the line open, loopy hospital passes etc.
Interminable stoppages in play.
It seems to me that once WR determine you're a project, you simply have a free ticket to more Tests. Case in point wheelbarrow with an A from Georgia who cares naught about supporting one's bodyweight, or not penalising props falling on their face.
I'm off to put another undercoat on a wall. I might also watch it dry.
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Well I thought it was immense fun. Considering how open the game was it was weird how long it took for either side to score.
France definitely bombed more opportunities but England harassed them all day and they felt the pressure (not easy being favourites every week is it Frogs?).
Loved England's belief, even though they look much better from broken field than when they have to construct an attack.
France's plan is so basic but when they do it right, it's incredibly hard to stop.Fun, open, chaotic game, and I felt happy for the English when they got that win.
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Tale of two halves. Thoroughly entertaining last 25mins. Superbly constructed try by England to win in the end.
France will be ruing what could have been a comfortable win at Twickenham.
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England have gained the Raeburn Shield. @Davesofthunder
