Ireland V France

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IRELAND v FRANCE
14 February 2015
KO: 17:00
Aviva Stadium, Dublin

Referee: Wayne Barnes (RFU)
AR1: Nigel Owens (WRU)
AR2: Stuart Berry (SARU)
TMO: Graham Hughes (RFU)

IRELAND

15 Rob Kearney
14 Tommy Bowe
13 Jared Payne
12 Robbie Henshaw
11 Simon Zebo
10 Johnny Sexton
9 Conor Murray

1 Jack McGrath
2 Rory Best
3 Mike Ross
4 Devin Toner
5 Paul O'Connell (c)
6 Peter O'Mahony
7 Sean O'Brien
8 Jamie Heaslip

16 Sean Cronin, 17 Cian Healy, 18 Martin Moore, 19 Iain Henderson, 20 Jordi Murphy, 21 Isaac Boss, 22 Ian Madigan, 23 Felix Jones

FRANCE

15 Scott Spedding
14 Yoann Huget
13 Mathieu Bastareaud
12 Wesley Fofana
11 Teddy Thomas
10 Camille Lopez
9 Rory Kockott

1 Eddy Ben Arous
2 Guilhem Guirado
3 Rabah Slimani
4 Pascal Papé
5 Yoann Maestri
6 Thierry Dusautoir (c)
7 Bernard Le Roux
8 Damien Chouly

16 Benjamin Kayser, 17 Uini Atonio, 18 Vincent Debaty, 19 Romain Taofifenua, 20 Loann Goujon, 21 Morgan Parra, 22 Rémi Talès, 23 Rémi Lamerat

*****
This is an interesting battle, and very much a case of brains v brawn.
French flair is long gone, they now rely on the likes of Bastareaud and their pack of overweight lumps to get over the line.
Ireland are very much a team of robots, Joe gives instructions on how to dismantle a team like IKEA gives instructions on how to make a cupboard. With the right personnel in Sexton, SOB and the likes of Heaslip at the helm, they should be able to devour the French fatties like they're the last square of a Kinder Bueno.
All logic points to an Irish victory, but as so often happens the French defy logic.

In the old days you Just get on with it and dish out your own justice at the next breakdown.

Men were men

TightHEAD wrote:And the Oscar goes too?

Top class performance alright,he even went off just to follow through with it,Daniel Day Lewis can watch out.

TightHEAD wrote:In the old days you Just get on with it and dish out your own justice at the next breakdown.

Men were men

Maybe it's an ethical thing. If you break a law you SHOULD get caught. No bias. That's across the board.

Barnes for MOTM behind Sexton.

This has been a pretty dull game.

When was the last time France failed to score a try in back to back matches???

If he did indeed break the law!

50/50 IMO, just get on with it and don't scream at the Ref. Can't stand play acting that's why I don't watch football anymore.

How did Ireland get that line out throw after they knocked it into touch?

Thank God for that, this match was absolutely killing me.

Oh a TRY!

Look at that, France finally spread it wide a bit and score.

My question now becomes invalid

France's barbarian army get on the board.

The Saint wrote:France's barbarian army get on the board.

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whocares wrote:

The Saint wrote:France's barbarian army get on the board.

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France's barbarian army get on the score board, via a try to one of their barbarians.

Irish hands all over the ball all the time is killing me!

The Saint wrote:

whocares wrote:

The Saint wrote:France's barbarian army get on the board.

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France's barbarian army get on the score board, via a try to one of their barbarians.

You are embarassing yourself saint. Just check Romain Taofifenua biography on wilipedia...

Barnes blocked Cronin's defence, so how was it scrum to France? His interference benefited them!

whocares wrote:

The Saint wrote:

whocares wrote:

The Saint wrote:France's barbarian army get on the board.

?

France's barbarian army get on the score board, via a try to one of their barbarians.

You are embarassing yourself saint. Just check Romain Taofifenua biography on wilipedia...

I checked it elsewhere, using Wikipedia would be an insult to my intelligence. But yeah, apologies for my ignorance. What about all your other South Africans, etc though? Less said about your vicious clubs the better.

Barnes just plays the crowd

Well done Henderson

TightHEAD wrote:Irish hands all over the ball all the time is killing me!

Both sides making pretty liberal use of the way referees interpret being on your feet these days too.

POC you crafty so and so!

Haven't watched it all, but Barnes bottled that call. Should have been a France penalty.

Sexton gets yet another MOTM!

Well that's 80mins wasted!

Dull

Zebo, what a tackle at the end

Too bad France. Better send more scouts to South Africa and Samoa so you can get some more players.

The Saint wrote:Too bad France. Better send more scouts to South Africa and Samoa so you can get some more players.

You scoundrel

France daft going towards touch well done Ireland a hard fought battle. These games are getting harder but not better.

Well done Ireland - I hate watching Barnes ref a match, about all you can say is that his interpretations ruin it for both sides equally.

Well done Ireland. Never easy against the French. You're still on for a GS. The game v England will be HUGE!

Nachos Jones wrote:Well done Henderson

He was great when he came on. I'm pretty sure he'll be in the 2017 Lions boiler-room with Jonny Gray.

TightHEAD wrote:And the Oscar goes too?

You're an idiot, TightHEAD.

The Saint wrote:

whocares wrote:

The Saint wrote:

whocares wrote:

The Saint wrote:France's barbarian army get on the board.

?

France's barbarian army get on the score board, via a try to one of their barbarians.

You are embarassing yourself saint. Just check Romain Taofifenua biography on wilipedia...

I checked it elsewhere, using Wikipedia would be an insult to my intelligence. But yeah, apologies for my ignorance. What about all your other South Africans, etc though? Less said about your vicious clubs the better.

Thr only one I have an issue with is Kockott. The other ones have been here for long enough to be considered as French than I am. Its opportunistic poaching allright but clearly not as bad as organised poaching (Anscombe anyone ) if I go by Biltong scale of Poaching

Anyway well done Ireland not sure why they went awol in the last 10 minutes... Almost got my draw prediction right...

Tough old game. Heart was in the mouth for the final 15.

Anyway, Ireland won

Munchkin wrote:

TightHEAD wrote:And the Oscar goes too?

You're an idiot, TightHEAD.

No need for that, he influenced the ref on a 50/50 call, it was like watching Chelsea!

TightHEAD wrote:

Munchkin wrote:

TightHEAD wrote:And the Oscar goes too?

You're an idiot, TightHEAD.

No need for that, he influenced the ref on a 50/50 call, it was like watching Chelsea!

Like I said, you're an idiot, but then you're so stupid you won't understand the truth of that. I will leave you to your trolling though. It's what gives you a sense of purpose after all, and I wouldn't want to deny you that.

Ireland won

whocares wrote:

The Saint wrote:

whocares wrote:

The Saint wrote:

whocares wrote:

The Saint wrote:France's barbarian army get on the board.

?

France's barbarian army get on the score board, via a try to one of their barbarians.

You are embarassing yourself saint. Just check Romain Taofifenua biography on wilipedia...

I checked it elsewhere, using Wikipedia would be an insult to my intelligence. But yeah, apologies for my ignorance. What about all your other South Africans, etc though? Less said about your vicious clubs the better.

Thr only one I have an issue with is Kockott. The other ones have been here for long enough to be considered as French than I am. Its opportunistic poaching allright but clearly not as bad as organised poaching (Anscombe anyone ) if I go by Biltong scale of Poaching

Anyway well done Ireland not sure why they went awol in the last 10 minutes... Almost got my draw prediction right...

Cheeky bugger! If there's a loophole there's a way, and that's the main issue.

Ireland good for their win - looked very strong in 1st half. French looked a rabble until the game kind of fell apart in final quarter.

Right, there have been at least 4 reports made about comments on this thread in the past hour or so.  Now rather than wield the big stick and threaten bans, I'm simply going to ask you to read the following link, and then ask yourself the question as to whether or not you feel that bickering over the internet is really the way to go.

http://blog.rugbyunited.info/2015/02/putting-rugby-in-perspective-by-pete-osborn-of-rugbyli

TightHEAD wrote:

Munchkin wrote:

TightHEAD wrote:And the Oscar goes too?

You're an idiot, TightHEAD.

No need for that, he influenced the ref on a 50/50 call, it was like watching Chelsea!

It wasn't a 50/50 call. The rise of the knee was not a continuation of his stride. Any fool can see it was intentional. And as such it was rightly punished. Do you agree with punishing lawbreakers tightHEAD????

clivemcl wrote:

TightHEAD wrote:

Munchkin wrote:

TightHEAD wrote:And the Oscar goes too?

You're an idiot, TightHEAD.

No need for that, he influenced the ref on a 50/50 call, it was like watching Chelsea!

It wasn't a 50/50 call. The  rise of the knee was not a continuation of his stride. Any fool can see it was intentional. And as such it was rightly punished. Do you agree with punishing lawbreakers tightHEAD????

I wouldn't get into a debate with him, Clive. He's trolling, and not with the effort.

whocares wrote:

The Saint wrote:

whocares wrote:

The Saint wrote:

whocares wrote:

The Saint wrote:France's barbarian army get on the board.

?

France's barbarian army get on the score board, via a try to one of their barbarians.

You are embarassing yourself saint. Just check Romain Taofifenua biography on wilipedia...

I checked it elsewhere, using Wikipedia would be an insult to my intelligence. But yeah, apologies for my ignorance. What about all your other South Africans, etc though? Less said about your vicious clubs the better.

Thr only one I have an issue with is Kockott. The other ones have been here for long enough to be considered as French than I am. Its opportunistic poaching allright but clearly not as bad as organised poaching (Anscombe anyone ) if I go by Biltong scale of Poaching

Anyway well done Ireland not sure why they went awol in the last 10 minutes... Almost got my draw prediction right...

I am no fan of imports but Anscombe's mother is Welsh! but I prefer Welsh players coming through Welsh clubs.

I thought personal insults were going to be stamped on?

Pape was hard done by as the ref was influenced by the Irish player.
Just get on with it and play the game

clivemcl wrote:

TightHEAD wrote:

Munchkin wrote:

TightHEAD wrote:And the Oscar goes too?

You're an idiot, TightHEAD.

No need for that, he influenced the ref on a 50/50 call, it was like watching Chelsea!

It wasn't a 50/50 call. The  rise of the knee was not a continuation of his stride. Any fool can see it was intentional. And as such it was rightly punished. Do you agree with punishing lawbreakers tightHEAD????

clivemcl, as an Irish fan, it looked very close to me. It was dangerous play but I am unsure about the intent myself. If it was, as Barnes said, intentional then a red card was the minimum in my opinion. I just didn't think it was intentional and the game should have just restarted. It really hurt Heaslip though.

For what its worth it didn't look intentional to me and we can't all agree on this or look at them the same way BUT what I can't understand is after the ref decided it was intentional and dangerous then it should have been a red if that was the case.

[quote="TightHEAD"]I thought personal insults were going to be stamped on?

Pape was hard done by as the ref was influenced by the Irish player.
Just get on with it and play the game[/quote

No after last Friday they are to be tolerated because it suits the english on here.

clivemcl wrote:

TightHEAD wrote:

Munchkin wrote:

TightHEAD wrote:And the Oscar goes too?

You're an idiot, TightHEAD.

No need for that, he influenced the ref on a 50/50 call, it was like watching Chelsea!

It wasn't a 50/50 call. The  rise of the knee was not a continuation of his stride. Any fool can see it was intentional. And as such it was rightly punished. Do you agree with punishing lawbreakers tightHEAD????

He was hard done by, you have no proof that he intended to knee him and I doubt you are an expert in running strides!

Quite a disappointing performance. If Sexton hadn't completely butchered a great chance we could have finished the French off with 25 minutes to go. As happens so often, we control most of the match only to completely lose it in the last quarter. We couldn't have complained if France got the draw.

I think Pape is just daft, does that kind of thing regularly as some forwards tend to. Not an excuse in any way.