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2014 Six Nations: France vs England (Round 1)
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<blockquote data-quote="Big Ewis" data-source="post: 621144" data-attributes="member: 57076"><p>stamina was good, but we need to inflate our guys. Especially the flankers. I don't know what state Dusautoir is going to be in when he returns, but if we could get a couple of guys in the 110kgs at 6 and 7 we'd really be very hard to beat. If we had even that dimension in our game. Lightness in the rucks has been a problem for us our last two matches, most clearly. Dusautoir and Lauret are great tackler/fetchers but are just simply too light, and had a very hard time against the Boks last November. Is B.Le Roux a solution ? Nyanga was awesome, but isn't the tackler-fetcher specialist type flanker. Chouly isn't the grunty type we need either, and Picamoles is amazing but in a different quality.</p><p>Like, I don't know wtf England did to Joe Marler, but he looks literally pumped up, inflated. Muscles sticking out from his arms, shoulders, pecs...</p><p>As I've been saying, we're constantly, constantly under-weight, and it has and will continue to catch up to us despite our laudable ability to fight through it. </p><p></p><p>What if we meet the Boks in the RWC ? We just don't have the grittiness/ruggedness that, say, the 2009 France vs Boks side had. And you praise the "couillus" a lot. We need more sheer weight at the breakdown in the rucks, and more roughness around the edges. I think with a bit of that, our team solidifying, and our attack cementing gradually, we'll really be one hell of a team. But I don't know if we'll ever get the power needed in the third row. PSA had eluded to that before though...</p><p></p><p>Bernard Le Roux, being a South African, if the only one who fits that image so far: tackler-fetcher, weighty flanker (115kg) but besides that good game against the Auckland Blues, I haven't seen much of him that's impressed me. And maybe Burban if he returns to form. It's just not in the French style, and thank God for Picamoles, and I'm impatient to see how Gillian Galan from Toulouse turns out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Big Ewis, post: 621144, member: 57076"] stamina was good, but we need to inflate our guys. Especially the flankers. I don't know what state Dusautoir is going to be in when he returns, but if we could get a couple of guys in the 110kgs at 6 and 7 we'd really be very hard to beat. If we had even that dimension in our game. Lightness in the rucks has been a problem for us our last two matches, most clearly. Dusautoir and Lauret are great tackler/fetchers but are just simply too light, and had a very hard time against the Boks last November. Is B.Le Roux a solution ? Nyanga was awesome, but isn't the tackler-fetcher specialist type flanker. Chouly isn't the grunty type we need either, and Picamoles is amazing but in a different quality. Like, I don't know wtf England did to Joe Marler, but he looks literally pumped up, inflated. Muscles sticking out from his arms, shoulders, pecs... As I've been saying, we're constantly, constantly under-weight, and it has and will continue to catch up to us despite our laudable ability to fight through it. What if we meet the Boks in the RWC ? We just don't have the grittiness/ruggedness that, say, the 2009 France vs Boks side had. And you praise the "couillus" a lot. We need more sheer weight at the breakdown in the rucks, and more roughness around the edges. I think with a bit of that, our team solidifying, and our attack cementing gradually, we'll really be one hell of a team. But I don't know if we'll ever get the power needed in the third row. PSA had eluded to that before though... Bernard Le Roux, being a South African, if the only one who fits that image so far: tackler-fetcher, weighty flanker (115kg) but besides that good game against the Auckland Blues, I haven't seen much of him that's impressed me. And maybe Burban if he returns to form. It's just not in the French style, and thank God for Picamoles, and I'm impatient to see how Gillian Galan from Toulouse turns out. [/QUOTE]
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