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1. After a big win over Ireland the french will be overconfident and will try to play "rugby champagne" the problem for them is that the Welsh will do the same as it is their only weapon -> plenty of space for the Welsh backline.[/b]
Time to put an end to this big cliché. Nothing very champagnish has been seen from us in recent times. This died with Laporte and when you look at the way we win games now, it's more about repetitive hammering than anything else.
The french do have a habit of losing some games unexpectedly, but that's a luxury only good teams can have, teams that are expected to win or at least come close almost every game against other NH teams. If you look at the past 10 years in the 6N, we have been the most consistent team, winning it 4 times with 2 grand slams.
The hammering we took against England last year is supposed to be an example of how France are inconsistent. Although very disturbing, these kinds of non-matches have happened to every team bar the ABs, only if it had been Wales or Ireland nobody would have made such a fuss about it. The final score was 34-10, just about the score between France and Ireland this year, and I don't hear anybody saying the Irish are inconsistent. They admit they lost against a better team on that day, just as we did.
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2. The french "vietcong" fly half is very limited[/b]
That, apart from being racist, is absolutely not true. It's particularly worrying from an Irish fan seing how he schooled your big star O'Gara last week and was MotM.
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3. Bastardeau and Jauzion are two stupid concrete mixers whereas Roberts is a intelligent concrete mixer[/b]
There again, Bastareaud making BOD his ***** in the last game and Jauzion scoring a try make me think your opinion is a little bit biased here.
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But the french can target a shaky welsh lineout without Wyn Jones. The welsh pack is solid and will front up against the "the fromage qi pu"[/b]
I'd say it's about the contrary. Our lineout is the big concern we have, not particularly effective against Scotland and we lost 1/3 of our throws against Ireland. That's why we called Bonnaire back and we will need him. Our pack on the other hand is our big strength.
And if you want to insult us by using stupid clichés at least spell them right.
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France are not unbeatable.[/b]
Far from it. And I think the welsh have the edge here with home advantage and a point to prove after two weird performances.
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The french always think that they're over the rest of the world look at Sarkosy.[/b]
Now come on what does
that have to do with rugby?
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