well all I can say is I'm utterly disappointed. The second half was reassuring. Wales continued with their 'blitz defense' and played it well and consistantly, but France looked a little less stuck-up on attack, some good movements and a lot of bad luck and very stupid moves. Basta missing the pass there 5m from the line, Papé throwing the ball into the crowd in stead of an open Bonneval on the extreme wing. Good breaks but then smt silly.....typically the bad French side. When France play bad, they're not utter shhit. They've got something going on but then there's this absolute constant of an impending mistake bound to occur eventually.

The scrums were no good, and I don't know if yellow to the Jenkins-Mas side was the thing to do...Domingo looked good against an on-form Adam Jones, Jones looked uncomfortable the whole way, and his post-scrum reactions were quite agitated.

Eh, if you're gonna lose a game, doesn't matter if it's by 5 or by 20. I'm not concerned because I knew the limits of this french side: penalty kicking is a problem without Parra or Michalak, we've got quality on attack but we're not the AB, our defense is good but then we'll commit stupid penalties so the score inflates, and we're still lacking chemistry. None of that was a mystery.

Given the first two matches, I'm still happy about France so far. They need a punch right in the face every once in a while, better now than when it's too late. We didn't deserve a Grand Slam this year anyways, in light of this performance; so an objective french fan can't feel too bad. I still feel we'll win in MF and Ireland at home is of course within our grasp.

A bump on the road...

about Wales: they played very intense Rugby but not of the finest quality. They were alright but not great. Sure we can take quite a bit from this match.