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

France offside with a simple clearance now... if you didn't laugh you'd cry!

See

Frak sake, thats Haskells fault the dim wit

How did the Frak prop keep up with that Fijiian

And now they score a length of the field try.

I'm done. Thats it. I'm done- rugby doesn't make sense any more!

Cant take my eyes off this game

What are peoples thoughts on Watson?

Is there a defence in this game, shame these games today were not the start of the 6N

back up to we need 15 then

Currently averaging just over seven tries a game today.

As ever, the Ireland game was the dullest with only a meagre five tries in the game

A prop finishes a try the length of the field!

Easter could do some damage with his offloading game here

dont think we'll do this

There was a transfer forward to Robshaw.

our quick tap pens havent really worked. and owens doesnt seem to know the difference between 5m and 10m so maybe its best to kick them for the lineout from now on

Proper barbarians game with the intensity on top!

Oh gawd, Cips is on now... Just what France and Ireland need...

Why are we bringing cips on??

We're never going to win by 26 points. Great game.

If we can stop these stupid unforced errors we might get out of our world cup group after all.

Cips is on for everyone who has a hard on for him

cips on the wing?

Mike Brown on the wing always works so well..

This game is nuts

try again!

we now need 9 points!

Oooh he dropped that...

Dropped the ball where is the TMO/ref

bet no-one picked these scores in the 6ns prediction game!

maestri needs a yellow. repeated infringements. only prob is, every time he infringes we score so he gets let off!

I hope these two teams bring a defence for the World Cup!

48-30.

Anything can happen.

Did he drop that?

England will make it

Brookes man basic error

glamorganalun wrote:There was a transfer forward to Robshaw.

And ? It's only an offence if it's passed forward.

whocares wrote:England will make it

nope, we still have a forward in the bin so tfrance will push this over.

dumb, dumb, dumb.

Thank feck for that

This game is ridiculous

nathan wrote:

whocares wrote:England will make it

nope, we still have a forward in the bin so tfrance will push this over.

You score with a man down. You will score again.

brookes. you stupid f**king idiot.

GeordieFalcon wrote:This game is ridiculous

game of 7's

Has there ever been a hundred point cumulative total in a Five/Six Nations game not featuring Scotland or Italy?

come on Wood

11 tries they should sack the defence coaches, if France had a kicker this would be very close.

Brown would of ran that back, i think its a mistake having cips at full back

Had Haskell not got binned, I'd have fancied our chances. He must have seriously hurt his world cup chances. Such a penalty machine.

French kickers will win a title for England yet.

We need to bring a defensive coach. What is farrell doing

cmon easter!

we're still third!!

french 4 and 5. awful impeding. they are both gassed. owens needs to reach into the pocket. then we will have a proper last 10 minutes.

everyone looks knackered now