6 Nations France v Italy - 23/2/18

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Umm what can you say, looks like the wooden spoon game.

Friday night KO, about as exciting as it gets.

Feel free to discuss the game or anything else you want to chat about, most of us will be elsewhere discussing import matters.



France: Bonneval, Fall, Bastareaud, Doumayrou, Grosso, Beauxis, Machenaud; Poirot, Guirado (captain), Slimani, Gabrillagues, Vahaamahina, Lauret, Camara, Tauleigne.
Replacements: Pelissie, Priso, Gomes Sa, Taofifenua, Galletier, Couilloud, Trinh-Duc, Fickou.

Italy: Minozzi, Benvenuti, Boni, Castello, Bellini, Allan, Violi; Lovotti, Ghiraldini, Ferrari, Zanni, Budd, Negri, Mbanda, Parisse (captain).
Replacements: Bigi, Quaglio, Pasquali, Biagi, Ruzza, Gori, Canna, Hayward.

Bastareaud looks healthier now than he did when he first arrived on the scene.

SecretFly wrote:

GeordieFalcon wrote:Well I'm starting to look for pins to stick in my eyes..im thinking it might be more exciting than this game.

Oh come on Geordie.  You must have a lot of eye damage after three weeks of the 6N so far.

true mate

How many chances are they going to blow.

How did France fluff that one?!

France today remind me of Scotland some four or five years ago.  Can do everything except cleanly get those tries over the line. Every bloody attempt gets fluffed.

Is there anything worse than a drop goal with a free ball from easily kickable penalty range?

Its all pish!

Mexican wave - bad sign!

Okay..it has officially become a mess now. Chaos theory with a capital C.

Finally a bit of interplay, inside support running...and started with a bit of magic by Basteraud.

GeordieFalcon wrote:Finally a bit of interplay, inside support running...and started with a bit of magic by Basteraud.

Tied up 3 and got the offload off. Easiest MOTM ever.

Scottrf wrote:

GeordieFalcon wrote:Finally a bit of interplay, inside support running...and started with a bit of magic by Basteraud.

Tied up 3 and got the offload off. Easiest MOTM ever.

Completely agree Scott.

As I mentioned before, I'm really not a fan of his, but credit where its due...he's been stand out today, in an admittedly poor game.

But apparently he has been impressive all season.

Hmmm, some of these French boys will be delighted their comrades had a bit of a controversial night out in Scotland. Whatever about the accuracy, the coach will have to reward them and it might be a whole different France developing.

Ah this is woeful.

The coach may well bring some of the party guys back for the next game

Bastareaud letting his team down tonight. He's got to be dropped.

MOTM Basteraud.

So one of the worst Tier 1 performances ever and Italy lose by over 3 converted tries. Why are they here? Don't care about the rebuilding nonsense, they've been in the 6N for nearly 2 decades.

Alright they help out my predictions a bit...

I need Italy to score to get the scoreline more in keeping with my prediction...... Come on Parisse!

Ha! They bloody did it.

I predict a short game tonight for Wayne...130 minutes.

Seriously? Tap and go after a minute's deliberation??

Thank god that's finished

Well I enjoyed that!

Well you must be on the jack daniels or rum then Oracle....

Scottrf wrote:

GeordieFalcon wrote:Finally a bit of interplay, inside support running...and started with a bit of magic by Basteraud.

Tied up 3 and got the offload off. Easiest MOTM ever.

I really hope Tuilagi finally makes it back to the top level. I have fond memories of a game where he was up against Basteraud and basically took the piss all afternoon

GeordieFalcon wrote:Well you must be on the jack daniels or rum then Oracle....

I’ve had a few glasses of red!

I know there were loads of mistakes but I still enjoyed it. Maybe it’s just better than my usual Friday night viewing, such as Dragons v Zebre

I enjoyed it too.... but of course I also tried the pin in the eye trick to intensify the feeling.

The only thing more boring than that 2nd half was Joe Worsley. He...was...so...dullllllllll

SecretFly wrote:I enjoyed it too.... but of course I also tried the pin in the eye trick to intensify the feeling.

SecretFly wrote:Ha!  They bloody did it.

Messed my prediction up - I had France by 25 ...

Nice win for France. Played some good rugby. Italy was poor though.
Thought this was the game Italy might of had a chance of winning to be honest.