France vs England

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France

France: Jaminet; Penaud, Fickou, Danty, Villiere; Ntamack, Dupont (capt); Baille, Marchand, Atonio, Woki, Willemse, Cros, Alldritt, Jelonch.

Replacements: Mauvaka, Gros, Haouas, Flament, Taofifenua, Cretin, Lucu, Ramos.

vs England

15. George Furbank

14. Freddie Steward

13. Joe Marchant

12. Henry Slade

11. Jack Nowell

10. Marcus Smith

9. Ben Youngs

1. Ellis Genge

2. Jamie George

3. Will Stuart

4. Maro Itoje

5. Nick Isiekwe

6. Courtney Lawes

7. Sam Underhill

8. Sam Simmonds

Finishers

16. Nic Dolly (Leicester Tigers, 1 cap)

17. Joe Marler

18. Kyle Sinckler

19. Ollie Chessum

20. Alex Dombrandt

21. Harry Randall

22. George Ford

23. Elliot Daly

Kick-off: 8:00pm

Referee: Jaco Peyper (SARU)

Assistant Referee 1: Mike Adamson (SRU)

Assistant Referee 2: Frank Murphy (IRFU)

TMO: Marius Jonker (SARU)

Surely a knock on?!

Ouch. Doesn't get better on second viewing either. Think Eddie will get Kinghorn on at half time...?

Ouch. Doesn't get better on second viewing either. Think Eddie will get Kinghorn on at half time...?

BigGee wrote:That was a risky kick from Smith

= Daft

Think Jones needs to be bold and make subs at half time. Get Randall on get dombrandt on for Simmonds and get Chessum on for Isiekwe move Lawes to lock.

England at the moment have no answer to France playing structure. you might say it is men against boys so far.

EnglishReign wrote:Surely a knock on?!

Looked like it to me - France really don't need helping like that

In my opinion we’re trying too hard to play like France. We’re actually doing pretty well at disrupting their play but then we don’t keep it simple when we run it back.

Should have been a red for the clear out on Genge. It most other stadiums it would have been replayed on the big screens.... not in France though

There looked to be several knock ons there that were worth a look

There was a knock on and accidental offside in the lead up to that try but I’ve come to accept there will be match-defining decisions against England every week.

No 7&1/2 wrote:Think Jones needs to be bold and make subs at half time. Get Randall on get dombrandt on for Simmonds and get Chessum on for Isiekwe move Lawes to lock.

I'd get Dombrandt on for Isiekwe, Lawes to lock. Subbing Simmonds this early with Underhill just back risks losing cover.

Randall for Youngs and Ford for Smith as well for me. I think England need pace at 9 and control at 10 with how brutal France are around the breakdown. Both starting halfbacks have been really poor.

RDW wrote:There looked to be several knock ons there that were worth a look

Yep at least two for me

king_carlos wrote:

No 7&1/2 wrote:Think Jones needs to be bold and make subs at half time. Get Randall on get dombrandt on for Simmonds and get Chessum on for Isiekwe move Lawes to lock.

I'd get Dombrandt on for Isiekwe, Lawes to lock. Subbing Simmonds this early with Underhill just back risks losing cover.

Randall for Youngs and Ford for Smith as well for me. I think England need pace at 9 and control at 10 with how brutal France are around the breakdown. Both starting halfbacks have been really poor.

You don't take your best fly half off though when you need to chase the game.

And Nowell should have seen yellow and the one england turnover was hands on the ground.

it all evens out ( usually :-) )

TJ wrote:And Nowell should have seen yellow and the one england turnover was hands on the ground.

it all evens out ( usually :-)  )

Tbf most for the turnovers have been hands on the floor. If the ref accepts that you play to it.

It's all ok....EddIe will unleash his World Cup plans in the summer...France are a busted flush already......

TJ wrote:And Nowell should have seen yellow and the one england turnover was hands on the ground.

it all evens out ( usually :-)  )

Like the majority of Frances turnovers.

GeordieFalcon wrote:It's all ok....EddIe will unleash his World Cup plans in the summer...France are a busted flush already......

Those plans that nobody can guess, even the players.

nathan wrote:

TJ wrote:And Nowell should have seen yellow and the one england turnover was hands on the ground.

it all evens out ( usually :-)  )

Like the majority of Frances turnovers.

Seems the SH refs have an unusual interpretation ...

No 7&1/2 wrote:

king_carlos wrote:

No 7&1/2 wrote:Think Jones needs to be bold and make subs at half time. Get Randall on get dombrandt on for Simmonds and get Chessum on for Isiekwe move Lawes to lock.

I'd get Dombrandt on for Isiekwe, Lawes to lock. Subbing Simmonds this early with Underhill just back risks losing cover.

Randall for Youngs and Ford for Smith as well for me. I think England need pace at 9 and control at 10 with how brutal France are around the breakdown. Both starting halfbacks have been really poor.

You don't take your best fly half off though when you need to chase the game.

When his contribution has largely been taking it to the line regardless of others being in more space and a kick that makes 2022 Finn Russell look like Dan Carter had a baby with Wilkinson yon can.

I rate Smith and want him starting but he's still on a learning curve and has been poor.

Hopefully he can play to closer to his ability in the second half.

king_carlos wrote:

No 7&1/2 wrote:

king_carlos wrote:

No 7&1/2 wrote:Think Jones needs to be bold and make subs at half time. Get Randall on get dombrandt on for Simmonds and get Chessum on for Isiekwe move Lawes to lock.

I'd get Dombrandt on for Isiekwe, Lawes to lock. Subbing Simmonds this early with Underhill just back risks losing cover.

Randall for Youngs and Ford for Smith as well for me. I think England need pace at 9 and control at 10 with how brutal France are around the breakdown. Both starting halfbacks have been really poor.

You don't take your best fly half off though when you need to chase the game.

When his contribution has largely been taking it to the line regardless of others being in more space and a kick that makes 2022 Finn Russell look like Dan Carter had a baby with Wilkinson yon can.

I rate Smith and want him starting but he's still on a learning curve and has been poor.

Hopefully he can play to closer to his ability in the second half.

Its our only hope with the backline as it is. Hopefully some pushover tries too!

England are missing some big carriers...Genge ( and Stuart actually)doing brilliant but he cant do it on his own....

We have too many lightweight speedsters

Shame there that Lawes had to check from the very basic pass.

That knock on gets spotted obvs

Great opportunity. Terrible touch finder. Poor lineout drill. No go forward against a set defence.

Sums up the tournament in many ways.

Nice.

Lovely finish

Well that was pretty good

Boy did England need that. Great line from Marchant. He's had a very good final 2 rounds.

That's more like it

What a line from Marchant....

Great conversion. More like it.

king_carlos wrote:Boy did England need that. Great line from Marchant. He's had a very good final 2 rounds.

Best me to it

Marchant definitely looking better over the last two games

Briliant try by England.

Classy from Marchant and then we actually hit some offensive rucks. Neat finish by Steward to finish it off.

A better box kick as well. Something clicking perhaps.

Beautiful box kick from Youngs and Jaminet gets dumped into touch. Maybe that try is the confidence booster we need.

4 good things on the bounce. Try, conversion, kick chase, lineout.

Just keep building that momentum.

Just let us play ref

The nside ball can be a weapon but can't be that telegraphed.
Running an inside ball like that is just sending a runner into the drifting pillar from the previous ruck. That's u14s playing touch in the warmup type rugby. Abject.

That's forward!,,

Peyper couldn't spot a knock-on or a forward pass to save his life ... if it's France that is

Jones back to not using subs again?

No 7&1/2 wrote:Jones back to not using subs again?

All about the WC....

GeordieFalcon wrote:

No 7&1/2 wrote:Jones back to not using subs again?

All about the WC....

Well it's roll the dice time now.

Great try by Dupont.

Looked like head knock for Isiekwe on one of those slow mos. Surprised he's not getting a HIA.

Thats the game, congrats France. Obviously its Dupont that seals it.