Super Saturday, Game 3: England v France

by **George Carlin** Mon 16 Mar 2015, 2:53 pm

First topic message reminder :

ENGLAND v FRANCE
Saturday 21 March 2015
KO: 17:00
Twickenham Stadium

Referee: Steve Walsh (ARU)
AR1: John Lacey (IRFU)
AR2: Leighton Hodges (WRU)
TMO: Ben Skeen (NZR)

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A. Teams

ENGLAND
Super Saturday, Game 3: England v France - Page 4 Keira-11

Super Saturday, Game 3: England v France - Page 4 Keira-11

15. Mike Brown (Harlequins, 36 caps)
14. Anthony Watson (Bath Rugby, 8 caps)
13. Jonathan Joseph (Bath Rugby, 10 caps)
12. Luther Burrell (Northampton Saints, 11 caps)
11. Jack Nowell (Exeter Chiefs, 7 caps)
10. George Ford (Bath Rugby, 10 caps)
09. Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers, 46 caps)

01. Joe Marler (Harlequins, 30 caps)
02. Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints, 65 caps)
03. Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers, 49 caps)
04. Geoff Parling (Leicester Tigers, 22 caps)
05. Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints, 37 caps)
06. James Haskell (Wasps, 57 caps)
07. Chris Robshaw (captain, Harlequins, 36 caps)
08. Billy Vunipola (Saracens, 16 caps)

16. Tom Youngs (Leicester Tigers, 21 caps)
17. Mako Vunipola (Saracens, 19 caps)
18. Kieran Brookes (Newcastle Falcons, 9 caps)
19. Nick Easter (Harlequins, 50 caps)
20. Tom Wood (Northampton Saints, 35 caps)
21. Richard Wigglesworth (Saracens, 20 caps)
22. Danny Cipriani (Sale Sharks, 11 caps)
23. Billy Twelvetrees (Gloucester Rugby, 19 caps)

FRANCE
Super Saturday, Game 3: England v France - Page 4 Marion10

Super Saturday, Game 3: England v France - Page 4 Marion10

15 Scott Spedding, 14 Yoann Huget, 13 Gaël Fickou, 12 Maxime Mermoz, 11 Noa Nakaitaci, 10 Jules Plisson, 9 Sébastian Tillous-Borde, 8 Loann Goujon, 7 Bernard le Roux, 6 Thierry Dusautoir (c), 5 Yoann Maestri, 4 Alexandre Flanquart, 3 Nicolas Mas, 2 Guilhem Guirado, 1 Vincent Debaty.

Replacements: 16 Benjamin Kayser, 17 Rabah Slimani, 18 Uini Atonio, 19 Romain Taofifenua, 20 Damien Chouly, 21 Rory Kockott, 22 Rémi Talès, 23 Mathieu Bastareaud.

B. Head to Head

85 Played 85

45 Wins 33

33 Losses 45

7 Draws 7

147 Tries 135

78 Conversions 77

151 Penalties 90

22 Drop Goals 33

1,218 Points 1,036

by **Notch** Sat 21 Mar 2015, 5:10 pm

This is shambolic from France....

by Cardiff Dave Sat 21 Mar 2015, 5:10 pm

Steffan wrote:This day is getting worse...

Not joining in the Swing lows Steff?

by Steffan Sat 21 Mar 2015, 5:10 pm

What the hell are France doing

by nathan Sat 21 Mar 2015, 5:10 pm

two opportunities we have fecked up already

by TightHEAD Sat 21 Mar 2015, 5:10 pm

Wasting chances again!

by nathan Sat 21 Mar 2015, 5:12 pm

i wonder if we'll keep france in this game with stupid penalties

by TightHEAD Sat 21 Mar 2015, 5:12 pm

We don't seem to learn!

by Cardiff Dave Sat 21 Mar 2015, 5:14 pm

Steffan wrote:What the hell are France doing

Being French or pretending to be Scottish. Take your pick.

by Geordie Sat 21 Mar 2015, 5:14 pm

Our kicking is still poor and aimless

by TightHEAD Sat 21 Mar 2015, 5:15 pm

Bad bad bad

by nathan Sat 21 Mar 2015, 5:15 pm

there we go......

congratulations Ireland

by BamBam Sat 21 Mar 2015, 5:15 pm

Oh goodie

by quinsforever Sat 21 Mar 2015, 5:16 pm

youngs. what a plodder.

by Geordie Sat 21 Mar 2015, 5:16 pm

Oh dear god. We make it easy for teams don't we

by whocares Sat 21 Mar 2015, 5:16 pm

Decent penalty from joffrey baratheon

by nathan Sat 21 Mar 2015, 5:16 pm

quinsforever wrote:youngs. what a plodder.

eh? it was Cole

by whocares Sat 21 Mar 2015, 5:16 pm

Haha thanks Courtney

by majesticimperialman Sat 21 Mar 2015, 5:16 pm

England keep playing like this we lose and deserve so.

by TightHEAD Sat 21 Mar 2015, 5:17 pm

Oh dear Mr youngs !

by quinsforever Sat 21 Mar 2015, 5:17 pm

nathan wrote:
quinsforever wrote:youngs. what a plodder.

eh? it was Cole

was youngs who fumbled in the ruck and made the dumb choice to go right

by **Notch** Sat 21 Mar 2015, 5:18 pm

England had numbers there, wrong option taken.

by Barney McGrew did it Sat 21 Mar 2015, 5:18 pm

Schoolboy level handling by England - third is looking too rich for us.

Mind you France are as bad.

by The Saint Sat 21 Mar 2015, 5:18 pm

Time for that anyone but England attitude no, normal service resumed Wink

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by nathan Sat 21 Mar 2015, 5:19 pm

quinsforever wrote:
nathan wrote:
quinsforever wrote:youngs. what a plodder.

eh? it was Cole
was youngs who fumbled in the ruck and made the dumb choice to go right

ah thought you meant for chasing back. But it was also Lawes who couldn't catch it.

by **Notch** Sat 21 Mar 2015, 5:19 pm

See if he's gone over the dead ball line here...

by Nachos Jones_1 Sat 21 Mar 2015, 5:19 pm

Jaysus England Shocked

by nathan Sat 21 Mar 2015, 5:19 pm

did he seriously just do that?

by BamBam Sat 21 Mar 2015, 5:19 pm

Any of those comparing France to the earlier losing teams care to retract Wink

by Golden Sat 21 Mar 2015, 5:20 pm

what a plonker

by TightHEAD Sat 21 Mar 2015, 5:20 pm

He put his foot out

by nathan Sat 21 Mar 2015, 5:20 pm

lol, lucky boy!

by Guest Sat 21 Mar 2015, 5:20 pm

Oh wow

by nathan Sat 21 Mar 2015, 5:20 pm

he's dropped it!

by TightHEAD Sat 21 Mar 2015, 5:20 pm

Drops it

by Guest Sat 21 Mar 2015, 5:21 pm

by Pete330v2 Sat 21 Mar 2015, 5:21 pm

Oui Oui Ouiiiiiiiii !!!!!!

But what a plonker

by quinsforever Sat 21 Mar 2015, 5:21 pm

nathan wrote:
quinsforever wrote:
nathan wrote:
quinsforever wrote:youngs. what a plodder.

eh? it was Cole
was youngs who fumbled in the ruck and made the dumb choice to go right

ah thought you meant for chasing back. But it was also Lawes who couldn't catch it.

true.

by TightHEAD Sat 21 Mar 2015, 5:21 pm

Rubbish he didn't ground it he dropped it cheers tmo

by majesticimperialman Sat 21 Mar 2015, 5:21 pm

France have turned up then

by Nachos Jones_1 Sat 21 Mar 2015, 5:21 pm

That was bleedin close, very luck for France. Thought he lost that.

by nathan Sat 21 Mar 2015, 5:22 pm

hmmmm, looked like he dropped it but to be honest its that close its a 50/50

by **Notch** Sat 21 Mar 2015, 5:22 pm

No he didn't but he might have dropped it picard

Lucky, lucky boy. Imagine that wasn't given and the points difference is less than five points. Jeez-oh.

by tigertattie Sat 21 Mar 2015, 5:22 pm

Lol. He dropped that

by Geordie Sat 21 Mar 2015, 5:22 pm

Title to Dublin

by Hood83 Sat 21 Mar 2015, 5:23 pm

quinsforever wrote:
nathan wrote:
quinsforever wrote:youngs. what a plodder.

eh? it was Cole
was youngs who fumbled in the ruck and made the dumb choice to go right

I'm waiting for people to finally admit he's actually just not very good...

by Geordie Sat 21 Mar 2015, 5:23 pm

Wtf are England playing at!!!!!!!!

Pathetic

by Duty281 Sat 21 Mar 2015, 5:23 pm

Awful decision. But England deserve that for their errors.

by **Notch** Sat 21 Mar 2015, 5:23 pm

So, how many tries have been scored so far?

2 for Italy, 4 for Ireland, 2 for France, 1 for Scotland, 1 for England and... many for Wales?

by nathan Sat 21 Mar 2015, 5:23 pm

GeordieFalcon wrote:Title to Dublin

yep! Congratulations Ireland.

by TightHEAD Sat 21 Mar 2015, 5:23 pm

We have lost our heads, this is where you need a stone minded captain and let's face it Robshaw isn't that man.

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