France vs Ireland match thread.

[Biltong]

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France: C Poitrenaud (Toulouse), V Clerc (Toulouse), A Rougerie (Clermont Auvergne), W Fofana (Clermont Auvergne), J Malzieu (Clermont Auvergne), F Trinh-Duc (Montpellier), M Parra (Clermont Auvergne), JB Poux (Toulouse), D Szarzewski (Stade Francais), N Mas (Perpignan), P Pape (Stade Francais), Y Maestri (Toulouse), T Dusautoir (Toulouse), J Bonnaire (Clermont Auvergne), I Harinordoquy (Biarritz)

Replacements: W Servat (Toulouse), V Debaty (Clermont Auvergne), L Nallet (Racing Metro), L Picamoles (Toulouse), J Dupuy (Stade Francais), L Beauxis (Toulouse), M Mermoz (Perpignan)

Ireland: R Kearney (Leinster); T Bowe (Ospreys), K Earls (Munster), G D'Arcy (Leinster), A Trimble (Ulster); J Sexton (Leinster), C Murray (Munster); C Healy (Leinster), R Best (Ulster), M Ross (Leinster), D O'Callaghan (Munster), P O'Connell (Munster), S Ferris (Ulster), S O'Brien (Leinster), J Heaslip (Leinster)

Replacements: S Cronin (Leinster), T Court (Ulster), D Ryan (Munster), P O'Mahony (Munster), E Reddan (Leinster), R O'Gara (Munster), F McFadden (Leinster)


After a nice exhausting weekend by the dam, I am at least back early enough to watch this match.

Irealand is up against it, but the French have not yet played a team in great form so this one might go either way.

Good luck to me Irish mates.

Of course I will be supporting the boys in green.

[wales606]

Ireland need more points for all this possession and territory, because France will come back into this.

You don't see an international match end with 70+% territory + possession to one team - France will get there chance and Ireland need to be ruthless now.

[eirebilly]

Pearson is not doing Ireland any favors

[ChequeredJersey]

I agree with Moore

[Cari]

Biltong - well I do anyway (as long as they're not playing Wales)

[WillyGilly]

Great turnover.

And then poor scrum. Brian Moore just made excellent points.

[ChequeredJersey]

uh oh

[mystiroakey]

oh this is gonna be a thriller

[Golden]

What an offload from trinh duc!

[Cari]

Good grief!!! Hold on Ireland, don't let them over. French penalty....will they go for the corner or points?

[wales606]

Ireland need more points for all this possession and territory, because France will come back into this.

You don't see an international match end with 70+% territory + possession to one team - France will get there chance and Ireland need to be ruthless now.

Told you...

[eirebilly]

Asking for a yellow card Szarzewski? Disgusting.

[ultra]

France only seem to be interested going forward.....irish tackling not so great....why they lost to wales. Keep it tight fellas!! Look the better up frotn

[ChequeredJersey]

It's against France- quite a few Home Nations supporters will be supporting Ireland

[WillyGilly]

SOB needs to make Francois TD his bitch. Not let him offload like that.

[Cari]

Parra going for the points then....should be straight forward.

3 - 7.

[Gibson]

Try saved. Pen will do. Its all about percentages.

Our scrum needs to steady.

[eirebilly]

I will take the three points there, could have been worse

[maestegmafia]

does any one have a link as BBC US is not working here at the moment

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/tv/bbc_one

I am in the Caribbean and iPlayer only works in the UK

[Chunky Norwich]

Where was Heaslip then? He was absolutely anonymous while the French were camped on the Irish line.

He's standing in the centre as I type.

[dublin_dave]

and there out of nothing one class offload and in deep trouble.

we do need to play aswell as defend. need some ball. come on boys. need some ball in their half.

[Gibson]

Now lads. Get in to em!

[Cari]

Agreed Billy. Ireland need to be careful though...they were lucky there.

Healy's like an animal!

[rodders]

After all the talk we have the same negative rubbish as last week. Slow ball...kicking the ball away....France are here for the taking but we're to negative to see it.....

[Golden]

Good pressure.

3 Points please

[ultra]

forget parisse....much as i want ireland to do this, harinodaquey is the best 8 playing the game in the word at the moment....

[eirebilly]

Come on sexytoes

[rodders]

Come on Sexton lad.... bring Reddan NOW!

[Chunky Norwich]

forget parisse....much as i want ireland to do this, harinodaquey is the best 8 playing the game in the word at the moment....

Parisse is a thug. Read and HariN are much better

[Cari]

does any one have a link as BBC US is not working here at the moment

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/tv/bbc_one

I am in the Caribbean and iPlayer only works in the UK

Check your PM

good boy Sexytoes!

3 - 10.

[eirebilly]

Yeah rodders, i would bring Reddan on at half time

[thebluesmancometh]

Big Trevsbigmac

You know Butler speaks french and is merely pronouncing the names correctly don't you?!

[Cari]

Come on Sexton lad.... bring Reddan NOW!

You'e been posting around Gibbo too long!

Tommy's gonna score again I can feel it....he would've run that in no problem.

[dublin_dave]

our linespeed is phenomenal. jaysus. actually a chance that

[eirebilly]

So close Tommy

[WillyGilly]

Ooooh tommy

[rodders]

Ah Bowe was nearly away again! This is a very poor French side.....

[Cari]

Oh I don't know, the French scrum is very good.

[eirebilly]

Scrum is appalling today

[Chunky Norwich]

Were the Irish in the stadium "shushing" the French crowd for booing the kicker then? After all the boos that rang out at the end of the Ire v Wal match?

Disgraceful hypocrits.

[rodders]

Ahhhhhh!!!!! ..... and we've let them back in it again!!!!!

[WillyGilly]

Balls that's a poor scrum.

[Gibson]

does any one have a link as BBC US is not working here at the moment

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/tv/bbc_one

I am in the Caribbean and iPlayer only works in the UK

Maesteg mate. Read your PM.

[Biltong]

It seems Bowe has been taking interception for dummies class from Habana.

Next week is phase two, interception masterclass for non dummies, otherwise that intercpet attempt would have worked.

[wales606]

This French side has shown nothing this 6Ns

Whats the bet they turn it on in Cardiff though :/

[Hookisms and Hyperbole]

Mike Ross is getting hammered in the scrums. France are playing very very poorly, though I am happy to see that some of our weak play in defence has been looked at from the Wales match. I worry if the game opens up then the backline shooting up will create gaps for the French to exploit

[Cari]

Huge kick for Parra...just makes it over.

6 - 10.

[rodders]

If we lose against this shower Kidney should go today....this is dire so far...the plan seems to be to defend for 80min.....

[Cari]

Oh Trimby...unlucky

[rodders]

Rubbish.

[Cari]

If we lose against this shower Kidney should go today....this is dire so far...the plan seems to be to defend for 80min.....

Don't panic. Ireland are capable of beating them, even if the scrum is shaky.

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