France vs Wales match thread, Sat 20th March 8pm

tanko

The look on Alun Wyn Jones face is priceless.

Vital Transformation

Moore saying France shouldn't get a shot at playing Scotland for breaking Covid rules. Sour git.

martingriff

Don't count you luck yet. Scotland to win next week.

Unbelievable game

4Ad

Delighted..
Cynical Wales...

fullstop

Commentator clueless there saying that kick doesn’t matter in the championship. Of course it does if it comes down to points difference

mangobob

My heart was thumping almost as hard as if it was Ireland playing. Unreal finish to that game. Holy sh*t.

Burkie1203

Vital Transformation wrote: »

Moore saying France shouldn't get a shot at playing Scotland for breaking Covid rules. Sour git.

He is right though. They shouldn't.

jammiedodgers

Ah lads, pity we couldn't be watching that in a pub. Hopefully next year's Super Saturday is just as entertaining.

ctrl-alt-delete

Vital Transformation wrote: »

Moore saying France shouldn't get a shot at playing Scotland for breaking Covid rules. Sour git.

Sour grapes indeed, the French are going to make a beautiful wine from theirs.

4 Putt

The ill discipline by Irish, Scottish and French players with the red cards had helped Wales so much.. And then tonight the last 10 mins of the game there, Wales had there lack of discipline, Liam Williams was so stupid with his yellow card.. So funny😂😂😂

martingriff

GreeBo wrote: »

Can't believe it finished 14 v 14, unreal, especially with 2 Welsh in the bin.

It didn't Wales with 2 yellows

RugbyLover123

The decision making for the last 2 passes was brilliant. Not skip passing, basic but brilliant.

blackcard

I never thought I could enjoy matches without crowds but today was brilliant

molloyjh

I f-ing love Super Saturday. Its the best day of the year.

LuckyGent88

That was such a mad game. Ridiculous.

That miss conversion could end up making a difference. France +41, Wales +61. 20 points difference would've only been 16 with the conversion.

BonnieSituation

You love to see it.

thomond2006

Super Saturday delivered. Magnificent.

Kermit.de.frog

Delighted with that. Wales are a cynical dirty team and France deserved it anyway.

RugbyLover123

RugbyLover123 wrote: »

The decision making for the last 2 passes was brilliant. Not skip passing, basic but brilliant.

Simple stuff. Works well 15v14, works even better 14v13.

Strumms

fitz wrote: »

Justice!!!

Totally.. more serious cynical Welsh play and agin a referee seemingly blind.... especially in those last 5 minutes.

Blackheath

Liam Williams what was he thinking???

Akrasia

Maddest end to the maddest 6 nations ever

And yeah I know it’s not even over yet. What will happen on Friday??

mangobob

The great thing about that result is that the Scotland game is not a dead rubber. Something to tune in for.

Allez les bleus indeed.

razorblunt

garv123 wrote: »

Disallow that quick!!!!!

They tried, it was under review.

Richard Hillman

Everyone loves a happy ending

PhlegmyMoses

jammiedodgers wrote: »

Ah lads, pity we couldn't be watching that in a pub. Hopefully next year's Super Saturday is just as entertaining.

Defo next year fella. We will be watching the autumn internationals in the pub

eigrod

World rugby need to have a long look at that scenario where a team can commit 5 yellow card offences during 5 separate advantage phases in defence and get away with every one of them because the final offence is committed by the attacking team. It’s ridiculous. That and stop the clock on scrum resets.

kilns

No sympathy for Wales today

France have alot of improving to do though

Hurrache

RugbyLover123 wrote: »

The decision making for the last 2 passes was brilliant. Not skip passing, basic but brilliant.

Yeah, they were held very well to pull the Welsh in before releasing instead of rushing it out wide as quick as possible.

clsmooth

Wales will rue Liam Williams’ stupid yellow. On one hand you have to feel for Wales but on the other they got every conceivable piece of luck and were extremely cynical in the last 10 mins and even with 2 yellows they got away lightly.

Surprised ‘Barnesy’ wasn’t called on to check that last pass :eek:

thebaz

Thankfully rugby won out - great day of rugby. goodnight

Hammer Archer

That missed conversion could be crucial, if I'm not mistaken. France have to beat Scotland by more than 20 points (with a bonus point) to win the championship. Had that gone over, a win by more than 16 would have sufficed.

vienne86

martingriff wrote: »

It didn't Wales with 2 yellows

+ Lukey and Barnsey on their side.

razorblunt

Watching it on BBC was a gamble but it’s paid off. Jonathan Davies was very fair it has to be said, Brian Moore is crying because Scotland didn’t get a walkover vs France, Jamie Roberts saying “france didn’t play until the red card” and now praising Pearce for enforcing the 5 second rule.

Ah bliss, trés bien.


Shout out for the sneaky swinging arm attempted tackle by the Welsh sun scrum half on Dulin there too.

PhlegmyMoses

clsmooth wrote: »

Wales will rue Liam Williams’ stupid yellow. On one hand you have to feel for Wales but on the other they got every conceivable piece of luck and were extremely cynical in the last 10 mins and even with 2 yellows they got away lightly.

Surprised ‘Barnesy’ wasn’t called on to check that last pass :eek:

Williams could have gone earlier because he was lying all over rucks before the French Red. He is a great player but also a brain injury at times. Had the Welsh held their discipline, who knows where that all ends up

Burkie1203

eigrod wrote: »

World rugby need to have a long look at that scenario where a team can commit 5 yellow card offences during 5 separate advantage phases in defence and get away with every one of them because the final offence is committed by the attacking team. It’s ridiculous. That and stop the clock on scrum resets.

Only way to depower defences is automatic cards after 5 pens, then every 3 thereafter. Obviously foul play is dealt with differently too but it means its equally applied across the board.

Pen advantage counts.

Bluwave

martingriff wrote: »

Don't count you luck yet. Scotland to win next week.

Is Barnes starting at 10?

Wearing of The Green

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Delighted with that. Wales are a cynical dirty team and France deserved it anyway.

Cynical, not dirty.

Dirty is Genge on Johnny Sexton.

Hurrache

"Luke Pearse was great at slowing the game down", errmm

GreeBo

martingriff wrote: »

It didn't Wales with 2 yellows

Erm, this is awkward, but the ref was playing for Wales...

martingriff

clsmooth wrote: »

Wales will rue Liam Williams’ stupid yellow. On one hand you have to feel for Wales but on the other they got every conceivable piece of luck and were extremely cynical in the last 10 mins and even with 2 yellows they got away lightly.

Surprised ‘Barnesy’ wasn’t called on to check that last pass :eek:

Because refs are not on Wales payroll no matter what people believe

bilston

Happy Wales didn't win a GS...BUT...I do feel bad for Alun Wyn Jones.

Great ending. A crazy last 15 minutes or so

Clegg

Thought Pearce and Barnes were mostly excellent with their officiating. Not a problem with the sending off as it was a neck roll and eye gouge. Maybe could have binned another Welsh player near the end but apart from that they got the big calls correct.

typhoony

PhlegmyMoses wrote: »

Williams could have gone earlier because he was lying all over rucks before the French Red. He is a great player but also a brain injury at times. Had the Welsh held their discipline, who knows where that all ends up

He's got away with so many indiscetions throughout his career i'm glad that finally one of them cost his team a grandslam and possibly the championship, I remember at a Connacht game he dropped the shoulder on one of our players on the ground, i was stood 20 metres away and it was a dirty cheap shot when the play was over, i never liked him since

GreeBo

To be fair you can't blame Wales for playing the ref.
The only way this stops is if the refs penalize them, its like slow play in golf, verbal warnings are useless.

Dave_The_Sheep

Man, that must be gutting for the Welsh fans. I mean, we've had disappointments, that France score against Scotland in 2007, NZ 2013, but I think losing the game like that with a slam on the line would be orders of magnitude worse. Genuine sympathy there.

Fair play to France though, to stick in it like that after the red card and the frustration in having a score knocked off when potentially Wales could have seen yellow, great work from them.

Raving_Magic

What an amazing ending!

Now next question can France get a BP and beat Scotland by 21 points next week?

Still seems a hard task no?

martingriff

GreeBo wrote: »

Erm, this is awkward, but the ref was playing for Wales...

Ì know lol