France v England - Paris - 01/02/2014

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French XXIII

1. T Domingo 2. B Kayser 3. N Mas
4. A Flanquart 5. P Pape
6. Y Nyanga 7. B Le Roux 8. L Picamoles
9. J-M Doussin 10. J Plisson
12. W Fofana 13. M Basteraud
11. M Medard 15. B Dulin 14. Y Huget

16. D Sarzewski 17. Y Forestier 18. R Slimani 19. Y Maestri 20. A Burban 21. D Chouly 22. M Machenaud 23. G Fickou

England XXIII

1. J Marler
2. D Hartley
3. D Cole
4. J Launchbury
5. C Lawes
6. T Wood
7. C Robshaw
8. B Vunipola
9. D Care
10. O Farrell
11. J May
12. B Twelvetrees
13. L Burrell
14. J Nowell
15. M Brown

16. T Youngs 17. M Vunipola 18. H Thomas 19. D Attwood 20. B Morgan 21. L Dickson 22. B Barritt 23. A Goode

Eddie Butler just ruined the weekend for me.

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Come on France you can do it and beat those English

VIVA LA FRANCE

I picked England by 5-6, they just seem a more solid team. That said, France can move the ball and the ground doesn't look that bad...

  see you are suffering the same way, yappysnap.

Butler is the most embarrassing thing to do with England rugby.

Steffan wrote:Come on France you can do it and beat those English

VIVA LA FRANCE

cardiff are playing football and fighting dam hard to get a brilliant win from behind and all you care about is England rugby union   

Go Care!!!

Looks like a pure power game to me. Massive crunch up front and god knows what will happen. I have no idea at all how our backline will function, or the French. Fofana may be the difference between the sides.

mystiroakey wrote:cardiff are playing football and fighting dam hard to get a brilliant win from behind and all you care about is England rugby union   

Im watching the game while posting

Cardiff are so lucky to still be in the lead but thats relegation level football for you

Yeah me to. Glad zaha is playing though. He has been influential.. BUt oh my god they have thrown the kitchen sink at ya last 15

The more I see them the more I like the idea of this Twelvetrees/Burrell partnership. Could be awesometasticular!

WHAT IS WITH EXETER PLAYERS AND THEIR MULLETS??   

I look forward to see Twelvetrees

Hmm. Reckon Butler is edged out by Stuart Barnes commentary...   

Twelvetrees I've liked since his Tigers days. Don't know why he hasn't been in the England setup before.

Why is Andy Nicol at the Fra-Eng game??

Nervy now

(praying I haven't jinxed him with my comment...  )

Its bleedin cold in Paris right now, hope no injuries for either side in the opening few minutes play.

France by 9

stomachs churning now... lol

Oh good Moore is commentating. At least if it all goes jubblies up I can giggle at him losing it.

I wonder if Care and Nowell have some kind of competition going on

i think France will either be really good or really bad. Hoping for the latter.

nathan wrote:stomachs churning now... lol

+1

Come on England

whats going with the sound

Well bugger me!!!

Ha well that couldn't have gone worse!!

 

yappysnap wrote:

nathan wrote:stomachs churning now... lol

+1

+1

Almost a record for earliest try?

What a start!

The last thing England want is for the French to get confidence...

moore must of got lost

Que Moore having a winge

One day before I die I'd like to see us sort out restarts.

Omg... Turned it on and they are 5-0 up..

Much better continuity from England.

Wings looking sharp. Vunipola looking up for it

They are missing ashtons tackling now    

Ice Man

Ice Man

. We should have gone for the try. Silly England

Nowell having a bad time of it so far

The French are certainly putting England under some pressure.

Finally we can live the dream and have Goode play on the wing.

So we have an advantage and end up with a disadvantage.. Clueless

England the author of their own misfortunes. Keep it tight and drive, lads. Please.

Yea surely that wasn't an advantage, a 5m attacking lineout to France....

mystiroakey wrote:So we have an advantage and end up with a disadvantage.. Clueless

Owens was quite clear that Advantage was over, Farrell was under no pressure and simply sliced the kick. Owens was 100% spot on there.