RWC warmup - France v Fiji -

[Daffy Jaffy]

France:
15 Melvyn Jaminet, 14 Louis Bielle-Biarrey, 13 Arthur Vincent, 12 Jonathan Danty, 11 Yoram Moefana, 10 Antoine Hastoy, 9 Maxime Lucu, 8 Gregory Alldritt (c), 7 Dylan Cretin, 6 Francois Cros, 5 Paul Willemse, 4 Florian Verhaeghe, 3 Uini Atonio, 2 Peato Mauvaka, 1 Reda Wardi
Replacements: 16 Pierre Bourgarit, 17 Jean-Baptiste Gros, 18 Thomas Laclayat, 19 Bastien Chalureau, 20 Thibaud Flament, 21 Sekou Macalou, 22 Baptiste Serin, 23 Matthieu Jalibert

Date: Saturday, August 19
Venue: Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes
Kick-off: 21:05 local (20:05 BST, 19:05 GMT)
Referee: Nika Amashukeli (Georgia)
Assistant Referees: Andrea Piardi (Italy), Federico Vedovelli (Italy)
TMO: Ian Tempest (England)

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Sunday 20 August 2023, kick-off 7.05am NZT

Live on Sky Sport 1.

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[Tordah]

I'm not quite up to date with Northern squads. Is this a B team for France? I recognize very few names.

[MiketheSnow]

A- / B+

[Tordah]

Thanks. Their openside sure has an unfortunate name.

[booboo]

@Tordah said in RWC warmup - France v Fiji -:

Thanks. Their openside sure has an unfortunate name.

Lacking iodine?

@booboo said in The thread of learning something new every day:

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[MiketheSnow]

Great first half

Plenty of running and tough nosed defence from both sides

Muntz is a real find for Fiji at fly half

Another great refereeing performance from the Georgian

Based on his ‘take no shit’ approach last week in dishing out the cards, this match has been a joy to watch

No bullshit, no skullduggery

More of the same please

France 21-10 Fiji
Halftime

[MiketheSnow]

Great patience from Fiji

Fra 24-17 Fiji
52 mins

[MiketheSnow]

Fiji are fit

[MiketheSnow]

France steal an interception against the run of play

Gut punch to Fiji

Fra 31-17 Fiji
60 mins

[taniwharugby]

@MiketheSnow love some of thier passes, such slight of hand, but things just falling away at the moment since that intercept.

[MiketheSnow]

@taniwharugby said in RWC warmup - France v Fiji -:

@MiketheSnow love some of thier passes, such slight of hand, but things just falling away at the moment since that intercept.

Trying too hard

[taniwharugby]

@MiketheSnow missing alot of 1st up tackles too, but covering well

[taniwharugby]

hope refs are consistent with that call for taking players beyond the ruck

[MiketheSnow]

Great defence from France

That’s the match

[taniwharugby]

@MiketheSnow ounce of luck and a bit more accuracy, Fiji could have taken this.

[MiketheSnow]

@taniwharugby said in RWC warmup - France v Fiji -:

@MiketheSnow ounce of luck and a bit more accuracy, Fiji could have taken this.

Definitely