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

My mistake Brown gets to live the dream and go to wing.

Vunipola is having some game, really like him a lot.

England backs just dont look like they know where they should be standing in defence. Funny that since theyve had an entire 2 weeks to train together

Not blaming the ref. blaming England nachos

The French are well up for this. Attacking everything on the ground.

Danny Care- Box kicking extraordinaire

Good to see laws playing.. Great line out take..

Excellent line out steal by Lawes

yappysnap wrote:My mistake Brown gets to live the dream and go to wing.

its turning more into a recurring nightmare for him

Goode made a urine up of that

Why kick there, plenty of numbers

Why kick there 36?

SHUT UP Moore!

The whole French line were up ready to defend and there was no one covering. Kick was the best choice unless England are suddenly going to play like the AB'S

i think we're trying to offload too much

Now that was a stupid kick!!!!

WHERE'S ASHTON!

Wow... lucky bounce!

Wtf just happened.

Oh dear god

England are being done here, French flair is back...

Haha! England killed by the bounce of the ball and some impressive backs play

Goode showing everyone why he shouldn't be playing Int rugby. Running like a child after the bully with his ball.

Ah come on boys...

yappysnap wrote:Goode showing everyone why he shouldn't be playing Int rugby. Running like a child after the bully with his ball.

no mention of robshaw handing the ball over?

Oh dear not good for England. Hopefully they get better cause not a fan of cricket.

Hard to believe there is a worse set of backs in international rugby right now than England's. We are terrible. Pack punches some holes, ball goes to the backs who promptly lose it and we lose points...and repeat.

This is not looking very good for England. France getting the bounce of the ball. But France leading, could be a long day at the office for England.

What about the penalty for offside, ref?

England's handling is very poor and they keep kicking away good attacking ball

Keep it in the forwards. Drive drive drive drive THEN release. ffs.

nathan wrote:

yappysnap wrote:Goode showing everyone why he shouldn't be playing Int rugby. Running like a child after the bully with his ball.

no mention of robshaw handing the ball over?

It was Wood and he can hardly be blamed for the try when his mistake was 4 phases back.

Absolutely dire. That cross field kick from Farrell just a perfect demonstration of how clueless we are in attack.

Our back three couldn't organise a urine up in a brewery let alone deal with a kick through. Two soft tries conceded. First Brown flat footed in no man's land, second he blocks then stands there with his hands in the air rather than playing on. Goode tackling like a boy against men and Nowell is looking very much the raw youngster.

Our worst player so far is Wood. Idiotic poor pass gives a turnover in our own 22 and then taking the ball into contact isolated chancing or causing turnovers.

Compared to the last games this is fast. England unlucky but France look really good

It was late, but he was slipping. Well managed by Owens

Jesus Englands defence is hopeless.

TMO for handbags... Whats next

Owens being his usual excellent self.

RugbyFan182 wrote:Oh dear not good for England. Hopefully they get better cause not a fan of cricket.

Not much going well there either...   

Great start from the French. Even better to see this open attacking rugby.

formerly known as Sam wrote:Absolutely dire. That cross field kick from Farrell just a perfect demonstration of how clueless we are in attack.

Our back three couldn't organise a urine up in a brewery let alone deal with a kick through. Two soft tries conceded. First Brown flat footed in no man's land, second he blocks then stands there with his hands in the air rather than playing on. Goode tackling like a boy against men and Nowell is looking very much the raw youngster.

Our worst player so far is Wood. Idiotic poor pass gives a turnover in our own 22 and then taking the ball into contact isolated chancing or causing turnovers.

Pretty much sums everything up there.

Can any England backs catch the fricking ball?

England should simply stop kicking

Looks like May has a broken nose

England need to get some cohesion in the backs. Farrell is doing his best but he is being placed under way too much pressure.

May off for good? Poopie beans.

How can Ashton get through 30 odd games without a scratch while May, Yarde and Wade all get injured the moment they look at the England jersey???

Lancaster looks like hes just been caught by his wife peeing in the bathroom sink

hmmmm, looks like the french scrum pulled away

Oh great work again by Lawes

Need to work on that breakdown

Just about to ask what happened to Jonny May and they showed him in the crowd with his nose touching his ear

Oh great we're stuck with Goode

yappysnap wrote:May off for good? Poopie beans.

How can Ashton get through 30 odd games without a scratch while May, Yarde and Wade all get injured the moment they look at the England jersey???

he is superman