As my friend said to me a few hours ago, France played badly because England made them play badly. France showed good back play in the last two matches, England's defence prevented that, our flankers were everywhere and France's breaks were cut down quickly. And throughout more than half of the match, Englands forwards completely dominated Frances. Every time a ruck formed, our forwards poured over it and made it difficult for France to serve whilst securing the ball for Wiggles. The scrums towards the end were ridiculous.

EDIT: One example of England causing France to play bad, France decided to run the ball from their own try line.. fair enough, not clever.. but.. England's defence a.k.a. Noon's tackle on Heymans I think.. lead to a try.

Even France's 'amazing' back three ran the ball into touch more than made breaks. When Rougerie went off.. 'I don't know why he's upset he's played crap' (Brian Moore). LOL that made me laugh. And some people say Lievrement doesn't care that much about winning, only wants to give younger players a sesh for the next WC....  If you weren't mad would you call someone a clown? http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/7261624.stm