France vs Scotland - 16/03/2013

[irelandfan123]

Opp well there is Hogg defensively finally challenged lol Lions stake is going down during this match

 

[Tony Manx]

Well done Debaty!!! But what you expect from a prop..............

re Michalak, this continued support to a player playing absolute crap in the back line must come from Lagisquet not PSA as the former is supposedly the backs coach being an ex winger, who, as manager of Biarritz believed, and was enormously obstinate in it, that the backs should not have the ball so what doe he know.............

Good try from Fofana and France have been on top for so long that it was inevitable.

PS I will concede that our Freddie can kick his goals!!

 

[SelimNiai]

So it takes 65 minutes or so for the French to realise that "Mon dieu, we can play ze rrugby after all"

 

[Tony Manx]

So it takes 65 minutes or so for the French to realise that "Mon dieu, we can play ze rrugby after all"

Make that 365 minutes.....................

 

[big ginger 8]

So now we're in wooden spoon territory.

 

[ratsapprentice]

Floodgates are groaning ominously...

 

[big ginger 8]

Matt Scott....

 

[SelimNiai]

That try was more French than the French tries

 

[Big Ewis]

wow. Scored two quick tries exactly like we all (the french) wanted. Picture PERFECT. Got me thinkin of the final drop goal heroically kicked and made by TD or some no.9/10 to get EXACTLY the +17 we needed. You're fkers french, XV, toooooootally had me there !!!...

Oh and...FFFFFFFFFFFUKK YOU VISSER !!!!!
nice try though...

Okay. 23 points scored in a half, and two nice tries. There was "something" there with the ease we scored them....maybe that "something" can be grasped and gathered consistently in June ??....
We get the spoon, too bad would have been so much fun to avoid that. I bet the Irish all ejaculated instantaneously when they saw Visser on that run !

 

[j'nuh]

I hope Michalak gets a long, long ban.

 

[Amobokoboko]

WAs a very good second half. Heartbreaking stuff by Scotland that they couldn't score that last try. But a good campaign anyway.

 

[jaunard06]

Worst french team I've seen since I watch rugby, Lievremont and his players sent us in WC final, nothing of that kind will happen in 2015. Wooden spoon totally deserved, PSA will be there until the next WC, but so are all the guys at the FFR that are actually responsible for that sh.t, for many years now. Need to shake up all this from the bottom to the top !

 

[Big Ewis]

^ yes I think we're the worst right now. I haven't personally seen a worse French side ever.

 

[barthelemy]

I hope Michalak gets a long, long ban.

I hope you said the same thing for O'Driscoll putting his foot happily on the italian guy. Cause I think it is worse. But I guess from a british perspective the french player is always a little bit more barbarian than any other anglo-saxon nations and always deserve a longer ban, we are used to it, it is kind of automatic gesture towards the french. France was kind of use to receive some red cards on a regular basis during the 90s, that was also a quite automatic gesture from the anglo-saxon referees at that time but, in this last 10 years, the new thing of the anglo-saxons to punish the French have been very long bans. Always longer bans than any other nation players.

Otherwise, really awfull match from the french, I'm quite sad we won cause now Saint andre is happy with this result. The worst first half in very long time I have seen from the french team. 30 minutes of scrums for 10 minutes of real play. The french players were like almost dead physically after 30 minutes of only scrums, I do not know where it is coming from. They could not adapt to the situation, they had to wait the half time to start to change their mind. Everything was slow, parra, Machenaud, Michalak, incredibly slow. The forwards do not know anymore simple things like pick and go. It is very sad for the french rugby, very sad.

And even playing the crappiest rugby ever, we succeed in winning this game, That says a lot about the day we will start to play rugby.

So it takes 365 minutes or so for the French to realise that "Mon dieu, we can play ze rrugby after all"

I think you have summarize the french performance of this 6th nations.

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

Fofana vs Scott was an unbelievable battle yesterday, they really put it up to each other, Fofana was so dangerous but Scott didn't allow him much room to work with at all and he only really got away when Scott was at the breakdown. Scott showed his class again and that break to set up Visser's try was fantastic, the two best 12's of the championship for me.

What did Michalak do, I missed that.

 

[barthelemy]

Also, Visser try is a big joke, there was an obvious obstruction which permitted the scots to break the french back line.

But it seems that some prefer to see only the "Fantastic" end of this action rather that why the scots could break the french back line so easily...

At least this try permits the irish to not finish last

 

[Big Ewis]

So it takes 65 minutes or so for the French to realise that "Mon dieu, we can play ze rrugby after all"

HEYYY !!!!......ahhhh, whatever, after what your national side did yesterday you can probably go on insulting my mother openly if you want

 

[igorBastia]

65 minutes,!!! you are generous: "By God, et si on commencait a playing zeu RRRuggby after all we are not on hollydays, but oui are playing ze tournament of the 6 Nation". You are right to laugh on us!! May be one day ....the frog will be transformed in a good rugby player.
I'm not kind, they ware not to bad too.

 

[j'nuh]

What did Michalak do, I missed that.

If you have access to the full game, the events happen in-game from 42:53 (replays from 43:30). Machenaud kicks up-field from the base of the ruck, and Stuart Hogg, who isn't the receiver, runs a slight "blocking line" (by which I mean, one of those lines where it's legal because you're holding your run, but it is essentially obstruction and highly frustrating to the opposition) against the kick-chasers, specifically Michalak. In response, Michalak strikes Hogg around the back of the head sending him to the floor. At this point, Michalak loses interest in the game - despite the ball being mere yards away from Michalak and in Scottish hands, he's more interested in going for Hogg. You can see him throw punches at 43:12 and then about 43:25 he goes to (attempts to?) strike Hogg repeatedly. From the camera shots, it seemed as if Hogg only protected his face and never retaliated.

I hope you said the same thing for O'Driscoll putting his foot happily on the italian guy. Cause I think it is worse. But I guess from a british perspective the french player is always a little bit more barbarian than any other anglo-saxon nations and always deserve a longer ban, we are used to it, it is kind of automatic gesture towards the french.

Jumping to conclusions...

I think that BOD should be banned, just as I think Michalak should. However, I want Michalak to be banned more than I want BOD to be banned because I dislike Michalak more. I did lose a bit of respect for BOD for that incident, but I hold him in high esteem so I feel a little averse to wanting him banned. I still think he should be, mind.

 

[Big Ewis]

But I guess from a british perspective the french player is always a little bit more barbarian than any other anglo-saxon nations and always deserve a longer ban, we are used to it, it is kind of automatic gesture towards the french.

!!!!!!!! barthelemy, my friend !!...euhm...please, there's only one "anglo-saxon nation" (and that's well enough as it is ! ) the rest are "British nations" if you will, or Celtic...NOT ANGLO-SAXON !!! :lol: