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Gobsmacking performance by England, congratulations. NZ were dominated in every facet of play.

It smells like 2003 all over again !

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sockwithaticket wrote: Can't recall him being thuggish in other matches. Dumb and giving away stupid pens around the breakdown, yes.

Penalty machine yes, thuggish no...

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franch fan wrote: 2 of them were just huge miracles if we are honest.
One should have probably lost to Fidji in pool stages and finished last in the 6N before that RWC and the other lost to f**king Tonga in pool stages ffs!

By that token we could argue we deserved a final in 1995.

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28 years old. International rugby has not been his friend. International rugby has not been a friend for any Frenchman of that generation. Guilhem Guirado, 33 times our captain and the heck of a great player at his peak, has not won a single trophy with his country. Such drought is unprecedented in...

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Claims he had announced to the staff, prior to start of the RWC, his intention to retire after this RWC. Needs an operation to his arm apparently (to remove the elbow, maybe?). Anyway, it's both a sad decision - he is only 28 - and the right decision. He's the 4th Frenchman to retire at this RWC so ...

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The French team and public should direct their ire towards the twat who left them a man down for 25min. Leave the French alone will you? Vahaa is getting his huge share of criticism and frankly that picture of Peyper, if true, although reported in our media causes little turmoil. Overall his reffin...

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The 21 was Tomos Williams, a really good scrum half who plays for the Cardiff Blues. Navidi could well have been injured he did come off soon after I think. He has missed a couple of tackles this tournament so I don't know if its a bit of a chronic issue. It feels like we are missing Faletau, he is...

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Petrus wrote: Ok.Now lets make his life miserable. Boo him everytime he comes on a rugby field, send him back in the bush like Murdoch, the all black prop...

I don't think he will be given a hard time, and he remains a very useful club player. But he won't change.

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Probably Slimani would not have agreed with you. Our scrum would have still held against that Welsh scrum. Maybe Lambey would have not scored the (superb) try Vahaa scored early on, but I'd still have fancied our chances higher with him on the pitch. History will remember that Vahaamina killed our ...

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No !! we don't need those useless games, I'd do away with the 3rd place play-off too.

Too many games played all year-round already, the Top14 has been running since the start of the RWC.

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Thanks. I don't get to watch the Top14, just remember him from his exploits in the 6N. Seemed very good. Yes he is very gifted. One question on my side : was Navidi injured when he missed that tackle which led to the second French try? what's the thought about your backrow in general, who've been t...

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bessantj wrote:One question I have been meaning to ask. Where is Teddy Thomas? Is he injured or has his form gone off a cliff?

Not injured, played yesterday with Racing. I'd say lack of work ethics in general had him out of the squad...

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Petrus wrote: OK. Lets go with Lambey and Veraeghe so. Or Maestri ?

How I wish we'd have started that quarter-final with Iturria or Lambey instead of Vahaamina.

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I am probably the only one to say that he should be back, after a deserved suspension. He will never do it again, and I never liked in my life a wolf pack chasing an individual. No one is chasing him, we French are not like that, and he must be the saddest man on earth. But at 27 and after a lot of...

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I have never blamed France for Warburton's RC and feel the same way about this match. Both results must have been horrible to bear for the losers, and such an awful way to leave the tournament, I can confirm! For the 3rd time this RWC I was prepared to accept defeat gracefully, and slightly embarra...

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I thought the England v France game in the round robins would be a pure coin toss as to who would win, whatever arrogant crap Lord Bald was coming out with. But winning or losing that battle didn't actually matter a shit unless you're concerned with avoiding NZ. Then it's better to lose it and come...

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Wendigo7 wrote:Does Vaha get dropped going forward?

Whats being said in the papers?

He's obviously being lambasted. We're changing coach, so I guess the dust will settle and they will decide. I for one don't think he will change, he's a penalty liability with no brains.

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The French will rue not packing down with a no.8 on two attacking scrums in the final 10 mins, one hot on attack and one on their own tryline. NZ teams would bring in a backline player and pack them down on the flank, or play a flanker short. Really hard to control the ball without a no.8 and they ...

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At the end of the day, French could feel much more dejected. Imagine if, like ireland, we had beaten NZ twice in the last 3 years, won a grand slam in 2018, be number 1 in world ranking (never happened to France) and be on the way home like the awful french team :uhoh: :uhoh: ? I expected nothing g...

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Are you sure Ramos is a world class full back ? I hope so, but.... No I am not sure. Just like I am not sure for N'tamack, although more and more hopeful for the latter who shows great composure under pressure. Ramos has great vision and offers a lot from deep with ball in hand, I like his runs he ...

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My point is more general one rather a good or bad game. A country such as Fr, with all its resources should have more options than a guy way past his best. No one of our strong positions, but we have Thomas Ramos (who was in the squad...) who is young and brings a lot of value at the position. We'r...

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Crash_12 wrote:Ntamack’s departure was a bigger blow than the red card I think, the French attack fell off a cliff.

The kid's got class, he?

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Amazing skills by the Japanese... this is just great.

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The talent in France right now, possibly exceeds all others. If you can just get a system and a coach to glue them togaether France could dominate. I disagree. We have more talent in the generation coming us vs the previous one which was probably the worst in our History. We may be able to get back...

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Thanks. I thought we played our best game in years and did rugby proud. We did have some brilliant moments, but also solidity at set pieces, good rucking. We were dominating overall. Until our lock ruined it. Unforgiveable. Wales can be better than what you showed today, but don't underestimate the ...

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Very magnanimous of you but the score that beat you was not a score ergo Peyper made a hames of it. They were several top-pros watching at the video, there might a forward pass but it is extremely narrow. If they decided against it they're probably right. In nay case there were 5mn to go still and ...

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I think that's a delusional view. You were saved from being embarrassed by England by the weather, and that was the worst I've seen Wales play in the last 5 years over 80 minutes and you still managed to lose to them. You under-estimate the quality of the side the Welsh faced today, and let's just ...

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CrazyIslander wrote:They were robbed by the ref.

Pyper had a very good game. We lost because mostly because one player is a basketcase and let his team down.

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Although we have a backline who can match most of the top teams, our pack has been and still is overall totally useless. The way Wales scored their second try is a testament to that. Our forwards had a great game today. It was tought in the end one man down and so many of our better players leaving...

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No you didn't, that's complete kak. You were frankly awful. Some stupid decisions, even excluding Vaahaamahina. Yes there were wrong decisions but overall, unless you're blind, we played at a very high level and dominated a very solid Welsh side. We had a final in us. N'tamack, Fickou, Vakatawa - w...

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The main problem there is not what he did, it has happened to far better players than him in the past. The real problem in first place is that he has been a starter for so long at second row for such a top rugby country and one who pride itself so much for their forward play. That shows again how m...

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Agree. Wales lucky to be playing France. What was that idiot thinking, throwing a friggin elbow into a wash player, geez the French. No I don't think Wales were lucky, they played one of the better team of the quarters that every one under-estimated. That first half was quite something by France. W...

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It goes without saying that the best team lost. Got to feel for France. Wales never did enough to win, but on the other hand, did enough to be in contention (obviously the red played a big part in that, although given how France v Wales games go, its well within the realms of plausible supposition ...

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France was much better over that game, we played amazing rugby at times, solid set pieces, superior backs, great tries. First Welsh try is a gift and very, very lucky the way the ball ends up at his feet surrounded by slow forwards. 2 posts on goal-kicks. Should have scored at least one more try in ...

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We played fantastic rugby and deserved the win. That French team is much better than we all thought, us French fans included. They had a final in them.

Let down by one player, now words to qualify him.

I guess the mockers are having us pay back for the 2011 SF.

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The media made it all about the forward pass. The fans in the know put it down to Barnes freezing on the big stage. France survived the final 60 minutes with 75% All Black possession and never gave away a penalty. It's a game that hasn't been played before or since. It defies belief. What? it's a c...

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LandOTurk wrote:
TheFrog wrote: This time, Vahaamahina won't throw a Hail Mary pass.
He isn't playing?

He recently converted to islam.

Wales by 22

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Eng v Aus: 23 - 17

NZ v Ire : 33 - 10

Wal v Fra : 19 - 9

SA v Jap : 27 - 15

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The more I think about it, the more I realise that a massive rich country like France should batter Wales (which is no more than two trees, a field and a couple of chairs) to a fücking pulp. France by 30, anything less would be a total disaster for them. Wales are the NZ of Europe, they're crap at ...

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Laurent wrote:A spot of good news.

Penaud is fit

Wales by 5

Dupont is fit too

It's a draw

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