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fonzeee wrote: You guys don't have babysitters?

not 5 million of them I'm afraid.

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I would have assumed they'd still be "working", just recording classes and grading remotely through online tools and applications...didn't some poster say something about his young children's schools continuing in this way? Can't remember who Sure, you also expect 8 years old to cook and watch afte...

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I understand that lock-downs are necessary to prevent a spike in infections, which would lead to much higher mortality rates as the hospitals can't cope with same. However, won't we have to continually go through lock-down cycles until a vaccine is found - i.e. what will stop exponential infection ...

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Except we see that Italy's rate of infected people is still growing at the same rate as everywhere else, despite closing schools 10 days ago, so it's possible that the UKs advisors, who said it's not as helpful as you'd imagine, are right. There is a lag effect since the beginning of this CV-crisis...

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Closing schools is a very reasonable first step with pretty minimal negative economic repercussions, if any exist at all. I am convinced it is the right thing to do - actually at least a week too late in France IMO - but the economic repercussions are just huge. With the employment rate of women it...

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The result will be the same, just further down the line. It's not going to go away because you lock down. Lock down is to delay it so you can treat people. Early strong measures such as what Taiwan or Singapore did, will reduce the number of deaths for people who would otherwise live 10 or 15 more ...

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Thanks Echo, good read and this is exactly what I am thinking. I think our politicians, for fear of destroying the economy, have avoided strong measures but the result may be worse. Great read indeed and I feel the same. Need to follow the examples of Singapore, HK or even South Korea although they...

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Wrong decision, Haouas will lose temper again, he should have gone (in fact, they should have never let him in to start with if they knew this temper issue).

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How is it "nothing like the standard flu"? The Black Plague is nothing like the flu. Brain cancer is nothing like the flu. But you do realize the coronaviruses actually cause the standard flu and even just a cold, right? Basically every description I've read said that COVID-19 has "flu like symptom...

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I think everyone needs to settle down a bit. Yes, it's a pandemic but ffs it's basically just a flu. In fact with an estimated mortality rate of about 3.4% (the vast majority of that being people who are already compromised health-wise and elderly) and an estimated reporting rate of about 1-in-5 it...

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I spent this morning trawling the Internet and the medical consensus seems to be coalescing around a real 1% death rate. That's of all cases, not just diagnosed ones. Currently in the United States it's about 4% but they're resisting testing. So the big question is how many people get it over what ...

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What the f*ck happens on Maitland's try? ball goes wide and it's 3 vs 3, then I see Jalibert spirinting inside to cover the same man as the defender inside him (Vakatawa?), creating a 2 vs 1 overlap leaving the sole Bouthier in defense and a certain try. What happened? sounds too big a mistake to be...

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Discipline aside (ie playing with 14 men) the set scrum seems to be one of the main problem areas. Yesterday, combined with losing the ball forward (eg Dupont, Ntmack etc) this handed the initiative to the deserving Scots - giving away attacking positions and also coughing up penalties and free kic...

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If I was going to start getting into it properly with the kids, what's a good place to start? I'm not going to ever want to be a major collector or anything, just looking for a good base game. Buy in a shop sufficient amount of cards from the current extensions, what is referred to as "Standard" - ...

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Well, what a crap game we played... A word on Haouas first: out he goes and for a long time I hope, same brain f*rt as Vahhaamina. Merde. We started very unlucky with Cros who just tackles low and did not deserve YC I feel, then losing N'tamack. Jalibert had a horrible game, he made incredible defen...

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Used to be a big fan of Magic The Gathering when it started during my Uni years, played through Revised to Ice Age included then dropped out. Entered into a few tournaments at the time, before it went pro. The sold most of my valuable cards which included 2 Moxes :(( Went back into it 3 years ago wi...

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A bit late but well done Scots, deserved win.

We bottled that game from the get-go, this young French still has a lot to learn and improve upon...

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Agree with this. He is a talented player but Ntamack is much more mature and composed. Romain doesn't know pressure. Yeah but he did have a couple of awful games for ST recently - vs Toulon at home and away at SF. He still lacks consistency I find, but it's a very difficult position and he still is...

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1) The ABs. That's not entirely true. The ABs kick intelligently to play the game in the right areas. They don't play an Ireland type game of 100% kick for field position. No way would you see the ABs kick much away when they were in possession anywhere near half way. The ABs use kicking as an offe...

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I am not sure we need a game plan based on possession; the All Blacks have not had a possession game for quite a while and they're lethal. Being clinic in our execution is what matters most. Yet, we have seen very positive attacking moves, it started at the World Cup, remember the Wales game or even...

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So they called Ngandebe in the 28 …

7 Toulousains in the list + Baille out for 6 weeks …

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Da iawn diolch wrote: It really doesn't take much to get French fans excited, does it?

a win in Cardiff will do

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Personally I wouldn't object with South Africa joigning the 6 nations, but I'm afraid it would be the first step to create a global competition, which I don't want. I would, it's a bad idea. No other nation should join the 6N, it's a closed European competition and that's great as it is, still not ...

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TheFrog wrote: Ngambede and Retiere have been called before him. May be they should be tested first?

Yes Retière should, he probably has more potential than Tauzin. Not sure about Ngamdebe, not seen enough of him.

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That leap into the corner to score against Racing was as good a finish as you'll get. I don't think he is the best reader of a game yet. Let's see how he develops, he's no Penaud for sure and it might be a stretch to test him at international level, on the other hand we don't have a luxury of candi...

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What do you think of Castets? I find him impressive, any idea why the Toulouse staff plays him at LH while he was originally a TH? More and more impressed by Castets, not sure why he changed position though. He had a very good game yesterday against Montpellier, wouldn't be surprised if he's called...

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Dje28 wrote: Tauzin is prone to brainfarts but mostly in attack, I've never seen him have defensive meltdowns like Huget.

He's much better than Huget: fierce defender, very good running lines, finishing skills.

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And in terms of scoring we must be close to 100% with great efficiency from close range, which is a nice change. 11 tries in 3 games, that is almost 4 tries per game, an amazing performance given the last years misery. We do score from close range, and we are able to sustain long assaults on our tr...

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Then Leroux. He is the power engine in the tackles. Tackles a lot, most of the time beyond the advantage line and often offensive tackles who gain ground. He is key to help the French keep the opposition under pressure. Finally Paul Willemse. Our scrum is average at best. Without him it would be we...

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I'm rather impressed with him too. Now I haven't followed him at SF so maybe he started his revival there with a change of air, but in that French XV he just seems so solid and yet remains a threat with the running lines that made him look so good years ago. Thought he flattered to deceive in his l...

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That's the problem, non? It has been sh*t for much longer than that (other than some of Mackay/Ellis era) precisely because defence requires and embodies attributes that the Fre are no good at - hard work - fitness - mental fortitude - team work No coincidence then that it's always been sh*t when F...

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Andy, you could well be right - France might be decent and the margins at that level are very tight. However, my concern is that I don’t think are very good. They’ve some defensive organisation and appetite now and a smattering of decent players but they’re still fragile, unfit and prone to pressur...

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Salut à tous, God it feels bloody good to win. Away, in such a tough location as Cardiff. It's been a long time, more or less a decade. We have known better French teams in the past but we have something going here, with a new generation of players and an impressive coaching team. Very dedicated. Fr...

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Bézy to ASM is really crap news and I am not sure it is a good move for him, he has enjoyed a lot of playtime over the past two seasons. He will continue to share n°9 with Parra who is a huge figure at the club, whereas at least in ST he plays half the time, Dupont sometimes moves to 10 and Dupont w...

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I dislike that French refs tend to allow for an incredibly messy breakdown which has the knock on effect of making attack much more difficult in an era of the game when defences don't need much help to get on top. Not sure how that ties into your nonsense there. those calls are always extremely tou...

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Incredible to see the sheer hatred for Garces, or for any ref at that level to be honest. There seems to be something very specific when it comes to French refs, Garces in particular, that the Anglos seem to loath, as if being ruled by someone not from their culture and even worse, French, was impos...

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The English were so brilliant, I just don't comprehend how they could produce such a crap final game. How can they scrum get slaughtered in that fashion? I'd never seen that happening to an English scrum ever before. Total mystery, best guess is that Coles is not up to par but it cannot be enough to...

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This player is a gem, I'd love for France to have a lock with half his skills. He's been excellent ever since he started playing for England, but today he left his mark in rugby's History. He was outstanding. Both English flankers, Underhill and Curry, also had an outstanding game and shut down the ...

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TheFrog wrote:So, how many of our boys would have been worthy substitute for the English players today?

Dupont and maybe Penaud. Definitely none of the forwards would make it on the bench.

The English, our auld enemies, have been absolutely amazing today. Hope they go and win it, what a superb team.

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I think the All Blacks fans should not underestimate the incredible level at which that England team has played today (and lately to be honest). True, NZ looked helpless and without a clue as they almost never do; but it was due to the sheer class of the players they had in front of them who dominat...

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