[2015 RWC] Warm Up Match: France vs England (22/08/2015)

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Cmac quick say David Seymour should be in!

 

[HenryChinaski]

Patchey: everything has gone wrong so far, good you're not watching it. We've had zero possession compounded with lots of penalties at the breakdown and a poor lineout. Some bad handling too. Worrying

 

[goodNumber10]

Ford playing himself out of the test team here.

Not earning the right to play at all.

 

[ncurd]

Now we can't even scrumage. ..

 

[HenryChinaski]

Add to that our scrum just got destroyed

 

[goodNumber10]

The team is not earning the right, I mean.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Cmac quick say David Seymour should be in!

As good as that would be, I think Lund would be the better option - more like the flank that Lancaster wants, and is the much better lineout operator, and with a non-jumper at 8 and a barely-jumper at 7 that's something you'd want.


12 - 0, 26 minutes.

Bring on Jamie George and Danny Cipriani at halftime.

 

[McTallshort]

Set piece is a sack of ****

 

[ratsapprentice]

Might see Youngs in the blood bin

 

[TheSaffycen]

12-0 25 mins gone. French forward pack are destroying our team.

 

[91jmay]

Jamie George should come on now. **** waiting till half time, Youngs has been appalling. He is meant to be good in the loose but his sole contribution there was falling over.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Jesus titty ****ing Christ, that stat is insane.
Tackles Made:
France: 4
England: 54

 

[ShonH]

Everyone chastised me for commenting on the forwards last week stating that few if any were starters and the performance was not indicative of the real team. Looks like the leopard did not change its spots. Now what?

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

You have to hope it is stiffness.

Lawes isn't a lineout general and you isn't a top lineout thrower it isn't working.

 

[ncurd]

Everyone chastised me for commenting on the forwards last week stating that few if any were starters and the performance was not indicative of the real team. Looks like the leopard did not change its spots. Now what?

Yeah but these guys are playing worse than last week's team...

 

[ratsapprentice]

What?

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Has Ford ever been a halfway-line+ kicker?
He was WELL short then

 

[The Jones Boy]

Early days boys don't throw the towel in yet, Cipriano will change everything.
The pitch looks ropey, it's cutting up like a Leamington.

 

[ncurd]

Has Ford ever been a halfway-line+ kicker?
He was WELL short then

Nope but he probably had more chance making it than Youngs hitting his man in the line out.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Is this stiffness or what?