6N: England vs France Match Day Thread, Sat 23 Feb 5pm; BBC/RTÉ

keith16

Goode is absolutely solid, if not unspectacular at full back.

.ak

Parra been MoTM so far.

Tox56

Trinh-Duc taking too much on himself

Artful_Badger

Parra needs to be told to stop messing about lookin for penalties.

duckysauce

para having a great game unreal player

keith16

Artful_Badger wrote: »

Parra needs to be told to stop messing about lookin for penalties.

He's always whinging. Like any good scrum-half I suppose

Fofana is awesome.

space_man

French pride has been hurt. They are a totally different proposition this week.

duckysauce

Artful_Badger wrote: »

Parra needs to be told to stop messing about lookin for penalties.

that is the one bad point of his game

.ak

Artful_Badger wrote: »

Parra needs to be told to stop messing about lookin for penalties.

Why? It's in the SH playbook. :pac:

Swiwi

keith16 wrote: »

Goode is absolutely solid, if not unspectacular at full back.

Yep, never out of position.

P_1

Fofana has been immense so far

decisions

That was a crunching hit from laws.

duckysauce

.ak wrote: »

Why? It's in the SH playbook. :pac:

and he is french :pac::pac::pac:

.ak

Fofana really is such joy to watch.

Swiwi

.ak wrote: »

Why? It's in the SH playbook. :pac:

Southern Hemisphere...I don't think so

duckysauce

P_1 wrote: »

Fofana has been immense so far

amazing feet

duckysauce

ahhhhhhhhhhh

Artful_Badger

keith16 wrote: »

He's always whinging. Like any good scrum-half I suppose

Fofana is awesome.

He took a bullet at one stage and went down holding his face soccer style. Whining is one thing but he's taking the piss .

Swiwi

Thomond, I know you rate the other French halfback, but surely you agree that Parra is so much better, non?

thomond2006

England by 1-7

Fofana and Picamoles have been outstanding.

Time to see if England can hack it mentally now, France have turned up in a major way.

keith16

Artful_Badger wrote: »

He took a bullet at one stage and went down holding his face soccer style. Whining is one thing but he's taking the piss .

I saw that, he doesn't win too many fans doing stuff like that.

thomond2006

England by 1-7

Swiwi wrote: »

Thomond, I know you rate the other French halfback, but surely you agree that Parra is so much better, non?

Parra is probably better but Machenaud was playing well before the tournament.

irishbucsfan

France by 1-7

.ak wrote: »

Joubert is defo doing France no favours. England off their feet at every ruck.

I thought France were doing the same thing early in the half though. I think it suits both teams in this game.

France making some really stupid errors on the ground. Particularly clearing the tackle area... it's a SH ref ffs

.ak

Swiwi wrote: »

Southern Hemisphere...I don't think so

Scrumhalf, ofcourse.

space_man

can France sustain this intensity and passion?

twinytwo

.ak wrote: »

Cracking game so far. I'm loving the personal battle between Huget and Farrell, which Farrell appears to be losing!

Farrell's actually losing the plot...

Bit of pressure on him finally, showing his class with all the bitchy stuff off the ball.

thomond2006

England by 1-7

twinytwo wrote: »

Bit of pressure on him finally, showing his class with all the bitchy stuff off the ball.

He was at a lot of it against Munster IIRC.

duckysauce

twinytwo wrote: »

Bit of pressure on him finally, showing his class with all the bitchy stuff off the ball.

yep classy guy , hope he loses the plot properly next half

blackdog2

Anyone watching BBC, D'allaglio looked like he was about to eat Castaignede!!!

pickarooney

twinytwo wrote: »

Bit of pressure on him finally, showing his class with all the bitchy stuff off the ball.

Picamoles' trip on him made me laugh.

Deliverance XXV

Nothing new with Farrell. Touches of class mixed with complete idiocy. Great match.

robinph

ednwireland wrote: »

laura wright

inverdale reckoned she needed something thermal on under that

anyway to the rugby

She plays rugby so is surely still a valid topic of discussion.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2283170/The-soprano-scrum-Student-singing-national-anthem-Twickenham-equally-home-opera-house-muddy-field.html

Irlandczyk

duckysauce wrote: »

yep classy guy , hope he loses the plot properly next half

Huget has been really getting under his skin for the entire first half, here's hoping for more in the second half! I know it's easy to be out shadowed by the sheer class of Picamoles and Fofana in that half, but it must be said, Huget has played well so far.

Ardillaun

Credit to England. They look mediocre but they are just one point behind. Great discipline. Where would we be against a French performance like that?

I would have thought Fofana is more like a 13 than a 12. Whatever about that, I'd rank him as the world's best attacking centre. Basta looks a little ponderous esp. compared to Tuilagi. French back three are really firing - beautiful catch by Clerc from a kick, Fall is up on the English after every kick and Huget looks like he will break through the English line at some point.

Swiwi

.ak wrote: »

Scrumhalf, ofcourse.

You mean half-back

keith16

pickarooney wrote: »

Picamoles' trip on him made me laugh.

I missed that in real time, it looked like he just threw himself at Huget.

19543261

England by 1-7

robinph wrote: »

She plays rugby so is surely still a valid topic of discussion.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2283170/The-soprano-scrum-Student-singing-national-anthem-Twickenham-equally-home-opera-house-muddy-field.html

What a beast

space_man

twinytwo wrote: »

Bit of pressure on him finally, showing his class with all the bitchy stuff off the ball.

speaking of Farrell i would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the Irish ladies on a superb triple crown win.:D

Ardillaun

Farrell should leave the niggling to others. He's not got the temperament for it and they can't afford to lose him.

Swiwi

twinytwo wrote: »

Bit of pressure on him finally, showing his class with all the bitchy stuff off the ball.

Still nailing his kicks, though

Fireball07

Missed the first 30 or so mins, that try from Fofana was simply sublime. One of the best individual tries I've seen in a long time.

Anyone

Great shove

Swiwi

Domingo is one hell of a scrummager...another PSA mystery as to why he's only being selected now.

thomond2006

England by 1-7

terrible kick from Morgan

P_1

Poor kick

Fireball07

Great scrum but really poor kick from Parra, never looked like going over.

Swiwi

Ouch...feel like I'm watching Piri Weepu in RWC '11 final with that kicking from Parra...

Where's Stéphane Donald when you need him...

Tox56

Feckin Parra, couldn't miss against Leinster

Fofana is eveywhere

mattser

Fireball07 wrote: »

Missed the first 30 or so mins, that try from Fofana was simply sublime. One of the best individual tries I've seen in a long time.

The attempted tackles were abysmal. Made it look better than it actually was.

thomond2006

England by 1-7

Basteraud is static when he's getting the ball...