France v England

[taniwharugby]

French defence making thier pack look as effective as ours

[Bones]

Not flash by the French defender. Should've done a Hollywood for obstruction

[Toddy]

Two rucks in a row Underhill has just dived straight over off his feet in front of the ref who yells play on.

[taniwharugby]

@toddy an extremely poor passage of play for England too, panic and headless chook stuff

[taniwharugby]

really dislike that rule!!

[sparky]

France heading for a well-deserved Grand Slam. Outstanding Rugby from them again. Some team this.

[Billy Tell]

Would have given motm to one of the French back row.

[MajorRage]

@billy-tell said in France v England:

Would have given motm to one of the French back row.

Agree. Dupont is awesome and played brilliantly but he gets watched so much everything he does is noticed and mentioned.

[Bovidae]

Is Alldritt the best no.8 around? He is for me.

[Billy Tell]

Reckon France is the only NH side that has a realistic chance for 2023. I’d say them SA NZ and you can never rule out the Aussies. Ireland would have to get past France or us in any case.

[Catogrande]

Well done Les Crapauds. Well deserved and so good to watch.

Aside from the rather annoying fact that they are much better than us the other important moments in the game we’re I feel the Teflon hands the French had in the first half. 2 or was it 3 butchered tries. Could have been ugly. The Nowell/Jaminet penalty issue - I felt sanity prevailed but was holding my breath. The threebiggest fuck ups for England? The failure to give new blood a chance over the last 15 months or so. Bizarre selections and the failure to secure the services of Shaun Edwards for the umpteenth time.

[taniwharugby]

for me it was the French defence, continuity and cohesion between forwards and backs that makes them look slick along with that drive to get that extra yard with ball in hand, knowing your support players will be there on your shoulder.

England on the other hand, alot of thier play seemed ineffective and directionless, alot of aimless and poor kicks, in part due to the French defence, but think they lacked patience as well.

[pakman]

I didn’t think England were that bad. But France are a very strong team all round.

Bien jouée!

[Nepia]

So, Marchant beat more defenders in this match than his entire stint with the Blues right!

Good to have a strong France again.

[MiketheSnow]

@bovidae said in France v England:

Is Alldritt the best no.8 around? He is for me.

Faletau kept him quiet last week

[Crucial]

Itoje is the England weathervane.
If you can stop him getting his arrogance levels up he goes into his shell and when England look to him for inspiration he is a ghost of the player he can sometimes be.
Eddie knows this which is why he encourages him to be a cock. When he can't because he has nothing to be cocky about the he is very average.

Edit: mentioning Eddie, are the press out for blood yet?

[Old Samurai Jack]

@billy-tell At this stage, NZ is nowhere near it. France, Ireland, and maybe SA. Next layer England, NZ, and Aussie.

[NTA]

Watching now, knowing the result. 28 minutes in.

France have butchered at least 2 tries and given up possession within 30m of the line another couple of times with England stretched.

[Machpants]

Marcus Smith is so over rated, he's a headless chook. Dmac of the North, with more kicking. Dupont is under rated, he's just so good! 😜

[NTA]

@machpants said in France v England:

Marcus Smith is so over rated, he's a headless chook. Dmac of the North, with more kicking.

I think he needs more time and a better pack with a game plan. The problem is English nuffies have built him up too much.

He's not as shit as Furbank.