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<blockquote data-quote="Big Ewis" data-source="post: 625358" data-attributes="member: 57076">Ireland scored their only try on a maul last year in Dublin vs us. Ireland needs to watch the Wales game and analyze, not so much our weaknesses per se, but our inability to use our strengths rather.e.g.: Picamoles isn&#039;t a French weakness. But using Picamoles to carry and look for the individual exploit all by himself - isolate him quickly like Wales did, put him down and win a TO ball or bring him out to touch with a couple of big guys.Be ferocious at the breakdown and expect penalties to come eventually. English style. This French team doesn&#039;t have enough chemistry so that they can rely on any form of solidarity atm, and someone like PapÃ© or whoever will eventually try smt stupid and Ireland in their many phases will eventually have Sexton with a nice shot at goal.Defend hard like they did against Wales in particular. France will just throw waves of individual talents at Ireland: isolate, take down and use O&#039;Mahony and Healy and PO&#039;C and co to get those turnovers.Ireland has looked alright even last year in the scrum against us, and we were really on form in 2013 there. Shouldn&#039;t be a major issue here.France need to really step it up if they want to protect their home. A bit of a fluke worked against England, good, but it may very well not here. And Ireland will have a huge heart as always, but also good efficiency this year.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Big Ewis, post: 625358, member: 57076"] Ireland scored their only try on a maul last year in Dublin vs us. Ireland needs to watch the Wales game and analyze, not so much our weaknesses per se, but our inability to use our strengths rather. e.g.: Picamoles isn't a French weakness. But using Picamoles to carry and look for the individual exploit all by himself - isolate him quickly like Wales did, put him down and win a TO ball or bring him out to touch with a couple of big guys. Be ferocious at the breakdown and [U]expect[/U] penalties to come eventually. English style. This French team doesn't have enough chemistry so that they can rely on any form of solidarity atm, and someone like PapÃ© or whoever will eventually try smt stupid and Ireland in their many phases will eventually have Sexton with a nice shot at goal. Defend hard like they did against Wales in particular. France will just throw waves of individual talents at Ireland: isolate, take down and use O'Mahony and Healy and PO'C and co to get those turnovers. Ireland has looked alright even last year in the scrum against us, and we were really on form in 2013 there. Shouldn't be a major issue here. France need to really step it up if they want to protect their home. A bit of a fluke worked against England, good, but it may very well not here. And Ireland will have a huge heart as always, but also good efficiency this year. [/QUOTE]

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