France v Scotland
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Sunday 13 August 2023, k/o 7.05am NZT (Saturday 12 August 2023, k/o 9.05pm local time)
Stade Geoffroy Guichard, Saint-EtienneReferee: Nic Berry (RA)
Assistant Referee 1: Karl Dickson (RFU)
Assistant Referee 2: Adam Leal (RFU)
TMO: Tom Foley (RFU)Not in Sky's tv guide yet, but I assume it's on Sky Sport 1.
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This will be very interesting
If Scotland pick a second string they'll get murdered
If they pick a full strength side which gets easily beaten then that throws their RWC plans into turmoil
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There's some average players in that French team. Scotland should knock over a selection with a spine of no-names like Alldritt, DuPont & Ntamack.
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@antipodean Not to mention over the hill geriatrics like Fickou.
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This slipped by me and most I'd suggest
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/66442579
What an absolute joke
The guy is an absolute cun*
Three match ban with the third match replaced by a 'speed awareness course', sorry I meant 'coaching intervention programme' so he is available for the SA match in the RWC
This cun* will learn nothing from that 'programme'
He learned nothing from this action and RC
Makes my blood boil
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Virtually identical transgressions. Serial offender and he gets two games?
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@MiketheSnow I think it was Josh Dickson who came back from a ban and the "speed awareness course" in super rugby, waltzed on the field and made his first action a shoulder to the head.
If you want it to stop, punish them properly.
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Scotland:
15 Blair Kinghorn, 14 Kyle Steyn, 13 Huw Jones, 12 Sione Tuipulotu, 11 Duhan van der Merwe, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Ali Price, 8 Jack Dempsey, 7 Rory Darge, 6 Jamie Ritchie (c), 5 Grant Gilchrist, 4 Richie Gray, 3 WP Nel, 2 George Turner, 1 Pierre Schoeman
Replacements: 16 Stuart McInally, 17 Rory Sutherland, 18 Javan Sebastian, 19 Scott Cummings, 20 Sam Skinner, 21 Josh Bayliss, 22 George Horne, 23 Ollie Smith -
@pakman said in France v Scotland:
Scotland noticeably weaker when branch comes on.
Is this an obscure Dunsinane hill reference?
Bring me no more reports; let them fly all:
Till Birnam wood remove to Dunsinane,Oh, bench? As you were.
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Really looking forward to this game, and after the Eng v Wales stodgy appetiser am hoping it doesn’t disappoint.
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One of the commentators described the teams as playing with power, passion and panache. Struck me as 3 elements missing from the Eng Wales game. Listen to the French belt out their anthem!!! love it 😍
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Russell’s chip ended Scotland’s chance to steal this
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That didn’t age well