[2015 Six Nations] England vs France (Round 5)

[ncurd]

Just over an hour to go probably won't post much during the match.

27 points feels like too much I know this England side can do it but think it's incredibly unlikely!

 

[Tony Manx]

So now we know.....England have to play out of their skins and better than they have for a many a game!!

They need to take every opportunity and not be afraid to bring Cipriani on with 20 to go.....they will need to keep it tight for the first twenty or so and keep the scoreboard ticking over meanwhile! If they start to try and play an expansive game from the off, and they make mistakes, their confidence will be eroded and that of the French will be enhanced!!! A score for France is a nail in the English coffin.......as surely as every time your foot goes on the car brake you are burning money!!!!

It is now between Ireland and England and I do not really mind who wins but would like to see England win to prove all the pundits wrong in having Ireland as the out and out favourites at the start of this tournament!!! Id did not see them that way....joint maybe but not clear!!

At least Jiffy is not being politically correct, like every other one, by saying Italy and Scotland were poor.............they have been for nearly all matches this season!!

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

Leaking those tries against Italy and failing to finish against Scotland really coming back to haunt us now.

 

[ncurd]

Last time we beat France by a sufficient margin was in a warm up match for the 2003 world cup...yeah really not going to happen!

 

[Mrs. Peter Quinn]

We haven't been the best team in the championship and therefore I'm surprisingly cool about the outcome of this game. On balance we've been roughly equal with Wales, so 2nd or 3rd seems fair to me.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Just over an hour to go probably won't post much during the match.!

Well at least that is one major win already.

 

[ncurd]

Just a quick look at rules for equal points difference should it happen. We'll win as it goes on tries and we already have 3 more than Ireland!

 

[bw245]

Who's the referee?

 

[ncurd]

Tigs

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Who's the referee?

Owens I belive.

 

[Tony Manx]

Who's the referee?

Was going to be Walsh but now Owens!

 

[Chistera]

Damn, Owens.

 

[ncurd]

BBC do we really need a montage of our second places to 'close but no cigar'. Who said they were bias for us again?

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

80 minutes of pure sexual tension between George Ford and Jules Plisson to end with Jules finishing all over England's try line!

 

[UlsterRugby2012]

I think it's more significant which England turns up instead of France. If England play at their full potential I don't believe it will even matter what France turns up. & I'll be very nervous over here!

 

[goodNumber10]

England need to take everything on offer, not going for tries go for pressure and build the score with penalties it's the only chance they've got, because France will defend like mentalists today..

 

[bw245]

Was going to be Walsh but now Owens!

Good. Love Owens.

 

[Tony Manx]

Interesting that there was so little time between the Italy and Scotland matches but we have 40 minutes of waffling from so called pundits to wind us up for the England match!! Just who organised the kick off times??

I reckon it would be pretty good that, instead of repeating extracts from matches of 20 years ago, they got a ref on who could speak about what we can expect from the match ref by way of his known interpretation of the laws and what he tends to dwell on!

 

[Chistera]

England need to take everything on offer, not going for tries go for pressure and build the score with penalties it's the only chance they've got, because France will defend like mentalists today..

France has only conceded two tries in four games, England won't have the luxury of wasting any scoring opportunities this time around.

 

[bw245]

RTE are letting the panel speak over the english anthem. Arrogant.

 

[ruggabee]

RTE are letting the panel speak over the english anthem. Arrogant.

Racist.