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France v England

Don't hold your breath, he loves the sound of his voice too much not to be mouthing off for the sake of it, that and his general dislike of England is never a good thing to have with a ref going into a match.
 
Get Vainakolo involved!!!
The only time he's gonna get the ball is when France accidentally give it to him!

Let him run some angles in the midfield.
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*Suddenly, RC hears a faint and quivering voice, a Yorkshire accent from the direction of France*

...Neeeeever!

EDIT: And it seems normal service is about to be resumed...
 
French try and they certainly looked very dangerous as that ball was going through the back line.
 
Great intensity until then ! But we're doing too much faults... like good old France...

Parra/Trinh-Duc are quite good imo, good surprise.
 
French mistakes continue to dog them as Wilkinson stretches the lead back to six points.

EDIT: Aaaeeeeoooo! I'm going nuts here. Bliss, anger, dispair, repeat...is this what its like to be Irish I wonder?
 
FRANCE RESTART THE GAME AND FAIL TO KICK IT FURTHER THAN TEN METRES. ENGLAND AND FRENCH PLAYERS EDGE TOWARDS IT.
Brian Moore: Not ten [metres] don't touch it!
ENGLAND PLAYER PROCEEDS TO TOUCH IT. FRENCH PLAYERS WINS BALL BACK.
Brian: You halfwit!

:lol:

Brilliant.
 
Balshaw Makes YET another mistake!!!

Good Job Sackey was there to clear up!!!
 
*weeps bitter, bitter tears of frustration at the continued hindering prescence of Iain Balshaw*

I'm frankly embarrassed that he shares the same name spelling at the man I am honoured to call my best friead (Iain from Harlow).
 
Not a great game of rugby to be fair, spoiled becasue of poor french tv camera work and Butler and Moore!
 
The French need to learn how to use TV Cameras, This is making me dizzier than when I watched Cloverfield....
 
To say the camera-work is awful is an understatement. Bloody hell and I thought the BBC were poor...
 
Why Sackey is so much hated out here ? He's everywhere on the field, scores tries at almost each game he plays... ok he's not as spectacular as Clerc or Habana but he's more than solid.

Anyway I must admit that picking a team without a true goalkicker was arrogant, especially against a tough defense like England's one.
 
Sackey has been playing a blinder so far, he is improving with every game and soon, I'd like to think that Jason Robinson will be proud...

....Clerc meanwhile: *sprints for the touchline* "WITH ME BROTHERS! WITH ME AND INTO TOUCH!" I like Clerc and I like France's idea of running rugby but running to the touchlines is bloody stupid!

EDIT: And the first half is over. Engrossing. Both teams are at least running the ball and I will be thinking that Gatland and Edwards will be watching this is immense interest. The uber experienced Welsh backs will be rubbing their hands now they're seeing an increasingly fallible French back line.

Now.

Please.

PLEASE!!!

KEEP IT GOING IN THE 2nd HALF! FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!
 
Well we go into Half Time with the lead, but it means nothing when we usually implode in the second half...

Why the ball is not being given to Lesley I don't know... the guy can run through mountains, and smash the little french fellas to kingdom come...

Good first half, great game to watch, some very good performances being put in by the England Squad...

The French do look very dangerous when they get the ball to the backs...
 
I'd forgotten Balshaw was even playing till his little intervention, thankfully though Sackey cleaned up the mess, he's been impressive so far.

Will England be able to keep it going for the 80 or will they have their 60 minute implosion, on the flip side will Lièvremont lose the plot with his use of the subs like he did against Ireland. It's fascinatingly poised, just needs a bit more spark imo.
 
Very frightening. Parra not so bad and able to manage pressure and adapt his game to the latest circumstances.
Clerc and heymans are so much waited...

6 points behind, I was afraid it would have been more. So a lot of hope for the latest 20 min if we continue to increase the game level as we did in first half
 

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