Super Saturday, Game 3: England v France

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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
 
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

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

Loving it.... vive la france

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

Cardiff Dave wrote:

Steffan wrote:What the hell are France doing

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

Definitely French by the look of it.

Notch wrote: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?

8 for Wales

Not going to matter but he definitely dropped the ball.

lol, some England fans are fickle. Things arent going your way and you want to chuck the whole team out the window

I have this weird urge for France to win by 18+. No idea why. Edit: Nathan, now that is fickle.

Congrats to ireland

6 handling errors in 20 minutes just isnt good enough

What a strange final day to the 6N

we are making france look good here. it was too obvious that england were going to try to run everything. boneheadedly obvious. lancaster is not a tactically astute coach unfortunately for us.

It was worth dropping Attwood for lightweight parling then SL.

i think england still win this.

England are shell-shocked. They are playing so poorly. Composure is what's needed from them, Robshaw has a job to do now.

TightHEAD wrote:It was worth dropping Attwood for lightweight parling then SL.

Whats parling done wrong exactly?

France are cutting the english backs to shreds. Watson in particular is badly exposed on that wing.

SL isn't the right man for the job now but too late for the rwc to do anything about it.

quinsforever wrote:i think england still win this.

The game or the championship?

Notch wrote:

quinsforever wrote:i think england still win this.

The game or the championship?

Mistakes made!

TightHEAD wrote:SL isn't the right man for the job now but too late for the rwc to do anything about it.

he always said he would be aiming for 2019 its just our unrealistic fans

Rory_Gallagher wrote:France are cutting the english backs to shreds. Watson in particular is badly exposed on that wing.

He was already exposed against Scotland.

So many forward passes by England ...

I think we're missing Barritt in there for defensive leadership. Burrell is gash.

TightHEAD wrote:SL isn't the right man for the job now but too late for the rwc to do anything about it.

agreed.

and unfortunately, robshaw has repeatedly shown he is not the man for mid-game tactically correct decisions either. so we arent going to make up for bomber with our current onfield leadership.

Nothing wrong with that

huget. what a gigantic pu55y.

nothing wrong with that, its in slow mo

Lawes at it again...

That's not late from Lawes, that was a hell of a hit.

Absolutely fine. Great hit

You almost thought that Lawes was going to be pinged for being too good at tackling.

This TMO is a man sausage

Notch wrote:You almost thought that Lawes was going to be pinged for being too good at tackling.

Thats a cheap shot, could have been a red card.

VinceWLB wrote:

Notch wrote:You almost thought that Lawes was going to be pinged for being too good at tackling.

Thats a cheap shot, could have been a red card.

dont be silly lol

Ouef!

Cracking tackle. How was that a cheap shots....because its England?

This kiwi tmo is a tool.

Well, based on what I saw I respectfully disagree... I wouldn't exactly be adverse to seeing some cards for England either.

VinceWLB wrote:

Notch wrote:You almost thought that Lawes was going to be pinged for being too good at tackling.

Thats a cheap shot, could have been a red card.

what a tube you are. frencch commentator, ref, tmo all think it was a good hit.

Great officiating there, nothing at all wrong.

thats got to be the biggest legal tackle ive seen

Good call Nige.

Should've been red. Owens has that wrong. Lawes is a thug and he knew just what he was doing. By the letter of the law he's taken a player off his feet, tipping over horizontal and driven him head first.

Shocking decision for England at Twickenham - nothing new there!

I think Lawes was committed there

Superb tackle by Lawes.

French cowards having a go while Lawes was on the floor.

GeordieFalcon wrote:Cracking tackle. How was that a cheap shots....because its England?  

This kiwi tmo is a tool.

Late hit when opponent isn't looking = cheap shot.

TheRugbyMaster wrote:Should've been red. Owens has that wrong. Lawes is a thug and he knew just what he was doing. By the letter of the law he's taken a player off his feet, tipping over horizontal and driven him head first.

Shocking decision for England at Twickenham - nothing new there!

TightHEAD wrote:This TMO is a man sausage

he certainly sounds a bit pedantic and self-important. usually its the ref who says "i have a decision" not the tmo...

TheRugbyMaster wrote:Should've been red. Owens has that wrong. Lawes is a thug and he knew just what he was doing. By the letter of the law he's taken a player off his feet, tipping over horizontal and driven him head first.

Shocking decision for England at Twickenham - nothing new there!

You're deluded.

TheRugbyMaster wrote:Should've been red. Owens has that wrong. Lawes is a thug and he knew just what he was doing. By the letter of the law he's taken a player off his feet, tipping over horizontal and driven him head first.

Shocking decision for England at Twickenham - nothing new there!

Not congratulating Wales for being 6N champions any more eh Ghostie

Lawes - what an absolute monster in the tackle. All halfbacks will fear his name on the opposition team sheet.

VinceWLB wrote:

GeordieFalcon wrote:Cracking tackle. How was that a cheap shots....because its England?  

This kiwi tmo is a tool.

Late hit when opponent isn't looking = cheap shot.

Looks like the TMO isn't the only one!