ENG vs FRA - Match Thread - Team announcement, Chat & Banter etc...

[HERSH]

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Last 10 meetings

26 Feb 2011 England 17 - 9 France
20 Mar 2010 France 12 - 10 England
15 Mar 2009 England 34 - 10 France
23 Feb 2008 France 13 - 24 England
13 Oct 2007 France 9 - 14 England -RWC
18 Aug 2007 France 22 - 9 England
11 Aug 2007 England 15 - 21 France
11 Mar 2007 England 26 - 18 France
12 Mar 2006 France 31 - 6 England
13 Feb 2005 England 17 - 18 France

ENGLAND - 5 Wins - FRANCE - 5 Wins

England

1 Matt Stevens
2 Steve Thompson
3 Dan Cole
4 Louis Deacon
5 Tom Palmer
6 Tom Croft
7 Lewis Moody
8 Nick Easter
9 Ben Youngs
10 Jonny Wilkinson
11 Mark Cueto
12 Toby Flood
13 Manu Tuilagi
14 Chris Ashton
15 Ben Foden

Replacements

16 Dylan Hartley
17 Alex Corbisiero
18 Courtney Lawes
19 Simon Shaw
20 James Haskell
21 Richard Wigglesworth
22 Matt Banahan



France

1 Jean-Baptiste Poux
2 William Servat
3 Nicolas Mas
4 Pascal Pape
5 Lionel Nallet
6 Thierry Dusautoir
7 Julien Bonnaire
8 Imanol Harinordoquy
9 Dimitri Yachvili
10 Morgan Parra
11 Alexis Palisson
12 Maxime Mermoz
13 Aurélien Rougerie
14 Vincent Clerc
15 Maxime Médard

Replacements

16 Dimitri Szarzewski
17 Fabien Barcella
18 Julien Pierre
19 Louis Picamoles
20 Francois Trinh-Duc
21 David Marty
22 Cédric Heymans

[Cowshot]

Cheerio guys.

[Gatts]

They will, but it is very early doors. If Eng don't ship a try in the next 10-15 the French tend to get frustrated and then the English structure will tell. Just hope this 10/12 combo doesn't make Eng lateral against a very scramble French defence...no carrier until Tuilagi

[eirebilly]

This will be very tight as France start to look very fluent

[Gatts]

keep your powder dry england.

[mystiroakey]

frrance doing ok here- great kicking- like a flat 6 iron

[Gatts]

Does or does not Lievremont look like a fecking Musketeer?

[TheGreyGhost]

You put the kosh on that Oakey.

[mystiroakey]

why we giving awy these pens- we had the flaming ball- lol

they are battering us.

[MarcusHalberstram]

France look up for this!

Allez les bleu!

[Portnoy]

Mas is mushing Stevens - in the Gallic sense.

[Guest]

well, France have decided they want to play rugby today.

[Pete C (Kiwireddevil)]

Magic Clerc!

[mystiroakey]

i feel sick

[TheGreyGhost]

Oh dear. Cowshot, stay behind the sofa.

[MarcusHalberstram]

Wonderful try!!!!

[rodders]

Yeah I don't want to say I told you so but this match is going exactly as I expected.

Unfortunately the Ireland v Wales one did too.......

[TheGreyGhost]

Did Ashton just tackle Foden?

[Gatts]

so this is the match they turned up.

[Pal Joey]

yeah, a little more urgency perhaps... nice try by Clerc.

[MarcusHalberstram]

Phil Vickery is to rugby commentary what Ian Wright is to football commentary.

[Guest]

better by England, going through the phases.

They just need to calm themselves, keep their composure, be patient.

[Gatts]

see how eng playing deeper because they have no carrier at 12. Must score now

[Gatts]

confusion at 10/12

[Guest]

great break by Tuilagi but what a tackle by Yachvilli.

[Pete C (Kiwireddevil)]

France played in the opening minutes like they did vs NZ - difference is this time they've scored.

[mystiroakey]

flood you flaming stupid boy. keep possesion and terriotory- penaltys come.

thankyou you manu!! maybe our only hope

[Gatts]

you need haskell

[Guest]

was just thinking the same thing Kiwi.

[TheGreyGhost]

France are going to get caught out down the narrow side. They're always a man short. That's the area NZ and Tonga exploited them in.

England need to smarten up and look for the gaps. You can't rely on the crash ball working all day.

[Il Gialloblu]

Does anybody have a link to somewhere I can watch this?

No ITV in China.

Cheers.

[Gatts]

Does anybody have a link to somewhere I can watch this?

No ITV in China.

Cheers.

try koisports

[Irish Curry]

Medard!!

[Guest]

what a try, Medard!!!

[TheGreyGhost]

England need to be very careful with that endless stream of penalties 5 meters out. Luckily almost they conceded a try there, or they'd likely be down to 14 men already.

[Breadvan]

I had a funny feeling this could happen....

[perand25]

Good god we are so Poopie

[mystiroakey]

get haskel on

[Cymroglan]

Englands defence is very poor today.

[HammerofThunor]

I understand we can't pass. That's just a skill set we don't seem to have but why do they play like retards? Giving away pointless, stupid penalties?

[Gatts]

England need to be very careful with that endless stream of penalties 5 meters out. Luckily almost they conceded a try there, or they'd likely be down to 14 men already.

I have just figured it out. You are Steve Walsh.

[Guest]

England look stunned. They need to regroup asap, because if you give the French a lead they become rampant. Wales saw this to their cost in the 6N's where they absolutely smashed us off the pitch.

[perand25]

Une sac de merde

[rodders]

Yup I can't belive so few saw this coming? Wheres biltong, he called it too .

Beware france when they are rubbish, it's when they are best.

[TheGreyGhost]

I reckon Vickery is going to sub himself on shortly.

[Gatts]

It is England. It really isn't over yet

[Pete C (Kiwireddevil)]

Hmmm, do you think Pallison kicked away the ball after scoring so the conversion could use a different one? . It didn't help mind you.

[PJHolybloke]

Well I'm not in the least bit surprised, England need 10 points before halftime, and if 1 point were a possibility - they wouldn't get that.

The biggest halftime turnaround in WC history is 13 points.

[Taylorman]

France look to be the wales of this match.
Making all the play.

[Il Gialloblu]

Does anybody have a link to somewhere I can watch this?

No ITV in China.

Cheers.

try koisports

Cheers mate.

[mystiroakey]

we cant even catch- let alone pass

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