6N - France v Ireland

Bovidae

Both 6:2 benches.

akan004

Very average looking Irish backline.

Machpants

Very average looking Irish backline.

Harsh
15 Hugo Keenan, 14 Calvin Nash, 13 Robbie Henshaw, 12 Bundee Aki, 11 James Lowe, 10 Jack Crowley, 9 Jamison Gibson-Park

Duluth

How much of a step down is Crowley? I haven't paid much attention to him

mariner4life

@Machpants said in 6N - France v Ireland:

@akan004 said in 6N - France v Ireland:

Very average looking Irish backline.

Harsh
15 Hugo Keenan, 14 Calvin Nash, 13 Robbie Henshaw, 12 Bundee Aki, 11 James Lowe, 10 Jack Crowley, 9 Jamison Gibson-Park

Keenan is really good fullback and IMO their most dangerous back. Calling it average is really strange.

mariner4life

this is a pretty decent introduction to rugby for 2024 for M4L

akan004

@Machpants said in 6N - France v Ireland:

@akan004 said in 6N - France v Ireland:

Very average looking Irish backline.

Harsh
15 Hugo Keenan, 14 Calvin Nash, 13 Robbie Henshaw, 12 Bundee Aki, 11 James Lowe, 10 Jack Crowley, 9 Jamison Gibson-Park

Henshaw hasn't been good in a long time, Crowley is a huge step down from Sexton and Nash is unproven. Keenan, Aki and Gibson-Park are class of course. Perhaps not average but definitely weaker than what they have been fielding over the last few years.

booboo

No Mack Hansen?

Catogrande

@booboo

Injured

booboo

@Catogrande ta

sparky

Pumped for this. France to win by a single score.

sparky

Ireland with a lively start. Penalty right in front. 3-0 after 7 minutes.

sparky

Yellow card for Willemse and it's going to the bunker. That could easily be upgraded to a Red.

sparky

Game over after 8 minutes. Marseille crowd left silent.

akan004

Rugby sucks these days. Another yellow/red for an innocuous rugby incident.

stodders

@sparky Cane got a red for less. In a World Cup final.

sparky

@sparky said in 6N - France v Ireland:

Game over after 8 minutes. Marseilles crowd left silent.

@akan004 said in 6N - France v Ireland:

Rugby sucks these days. Another yellow/red for an innocuous rugby incident.

There needs to be something in between a Red and a Yellow Card. Otherwise no one will watch this game in ten years time.

stodders

@sparky there is. Red card, 20 mins without the player, then allow a new player to come on.

Billy Tell

A whole 10 minutes to get the bunker and a card. Plus ça change…

sparky

@stodders said in 6N - France v Ireland:

@sparky there is. Red card, 20 mins without the player, then allow a new player to come on.

But not in the Six Nations, other northern Hemisphere Rugby or the World Cup.

The Silver Fern

6N - France v Ireland