Champions elect France v Italy live

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France    
15 Brice Dulin
14 Yoann Huget
13 Mathieu Bastareaud
12 Wesley Fofana
11 Hugo Bonneval
10 Jules Plisson
9 Jean-Marc Doussain
1 Thomas Domingo
2 Dimitri Szarzewski
3 Nicolas Mas
4 Pascal Pape
5 Yoann Maestri
6 Yannick Nyanga Kabasele
7 Bernard le Roux
8 Louis Picamoles
Replacements
16 Benjamin Kayser
17 Yannick Forestier
18 Rabah Slimani
19 Sebastien Vahaamahina
20 Damien Chouly
21 Maxime Machenaud
22 Francois Trinh-Duc
23 Gael Fickou

Italy   
15 Luke McLean
14 Tommaso Iannone
13 Michele Campagnaro
12 Gonzalo Garcia
11 Leonardo Sarto
10 Tommaso Allan
9 Edoardo Gori
1 Alberto de Marchi
2 Leonardo Ghiraldini
3 Martin Castrogiovanni
4 Quintin Geldenhuys
5 Joshua Furno
6 Francesco Minto
7 Mauro Bergamasco
8 Sergio Parisse
Replacements
16 Davide Giazzon
17 Michele Rizzo
18 Lorenzo Cittadini
19 Marco Bortolami
20 Alessandro Zanni
21 Tobias Botes
22 Luciano Orquera
23 Angelo Esposito

The result is clear but not the margin.

France by 33 imo

ALPanorak wrote:Fofana is just one of those rugby players who are pure class. Such a swift and elusive runner with a strong core. Standout 12 in world rugby methinks

yes...but easy...this is Italy here. They may have beaten France last year...but that wasn't too hard last year.

Excellent defence by France there. Playing better this 2nd half that in the previous 3 halves this 6N.

Parisse complaining about France's ability to get players in the road to disrupt attacks.

The French commentary are calling it a clever tactic

A good few minutes from Italy. Should be a try

Looks like he has been held up or just short

Loooks like his own hand.

Held up by his own arm?

Why can't Italy always use the ball like that! Playing with a lot more freedom here and they are so much better.

Held himself up  

Are France just doing a defensive training session though now that they've wrapped up the game?

Big scrum now.

Come in ref, jesus

Stupid from both teams.

Could be a double yellow card.

The TMO is having a fantastic game! .....  

Double red   

Frak awesome! now the 6N's has properly started!

They'll need to go to the TMO to confirm 80 minutes have expired.

It's hard to know just how good France are...because it's easy to see how bad Italy certainly are.

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SecretFly wrote:They'll need to go to the TMO to confirm 80 minutes have expired.

  

Italy have played with pride and passion and no little commitment. Spirtle* for Scotland methinks


* wooden porridge stirring implement for those who don't know

SecretFly wrote:It's hard to know just how good France are...because it's easy to see how bad Italy certainly are.

Italy slightly not as worse than Scotland, we know France are slightly not as overated as England from their encounter.

You can only beat whos infront of you etc.

Anyway Italy cant be that bad they gave Wales a run for their money and Wales...oh are utter bobbins this year.

So in summary its definitely a devalued 6 nations if Ireland win. Hope Ive cleared that up for you.

Finally the try for Italy

About time

As their ever bee a time in the 6ns when 2 red cards have been given at the same time?

I cannot remember a time when it as happend.

TJ wrote:Italy have played with pride and passion and no little commitment.  Spirtle* for Scotland methinks


* wooden porridge stirring implement for those who don't know

It's all very well puffing and panting around a field for 80 minutes (and I'm not being smug, Ireland were doing it last year)... but they were never in this game even with committment aplenty.  Scotland settle down and play with more concentration of execution rather than the passion they had filled themselves for England and there is no reason they can't pull off a win.

From 40-60 mins by France was the best rugby of this 6N, that was some good rugby.

SecretFly wrote:

TJ wrote:Italy have played with pride and passion and no little commitment.  Spirtle* for Scotland methinks


* wooden porridge stirring implement for those who don't know

It's all very well puffing and panting around a field for 80 minutes (and I'm not being smug, Ireland were doing it last year)... but they were never in this game even with committment aplenty.  Scotland settle down and play with more concentration of execution rather than the passion they had filled themselves for England and there is no reason they can't pull off a win.

The advantage Scotland have is that they are still to play Wales.

Peter Seabiscuit Wheeler wrote:

SecretFly wrote:It's hard to know just how good France are...because it's easy to see how bad Italy certainly are.

Italy slightly not as worse than Scotland, we know France are slightly not as overated as England from their encounter.

You can only beat whos infront of you etc.

Anyway Italy cant be that bad they gave Wales a run for their money and Wales...oh are utter bobbins this year.

So in summary its definitely a devalued 6 nations if Ireland win. Hope Ive cleared that up for you.

Of course.... it shall be devalued if we win. Even I'll devalue the 6N if we win...it'll be minds on the WC then

majesticimperialman wrote:As their ever bee a time in the 6ns when 2 red cards have been given at the same time?

I cannot remember a time when it as happend.

Willie Duggan and Geoff Wheel in Cardiff (1977). First players sent of in the five nations.

"Scottish referee Norman Sanson sent off Wales's Geoff Wheel and Ireland's Willie Duggan for fighting during Wales' 25-9 Five Nations victory in Cardiff. It was the first time that anyone had been dismissed in a Championship match, but Wales fared the better with 14 men as tries from JPR Williams, Gerald Davies and Clive Burgess secured victory. "I didn't know what that was about," Wheel told The Independent. "I wasn't involved with Willie Duggan at all. I didn't even see what he was supposed to have done. We even had a bit of a laugh about it on the sideline. We definitely got the best of it. He was having a really good game at the back of the line-out. Willie was a great character and an exceptionally good player. I don't know what he got sent off for but they ended up losing their best player and we won the game easily enough." - http://www.espnscrum.com/onthisday/rugby/story/108074.html

Duggan's take was he wasn't sent of but asked to leave by the ref, to which he apparently replied "sure, I'm buggered anyway" or words to that effect.