A nice slap across the chops of the French.
Great kick by Smith. Ten minutes of English dominance to start the second half.
Fickou is like BOD in there
France badly needed that penalty. England had them seriously on the ropes.
The ref needs to fuck out of the way.
That should seal it for France. Dupont.
Marcus Smith is no Jonny Wilkinson on restarts.
France are brilliant at the breakdown. From 1 to 15 they are targeting the steal at every ruck. Unbelievably effective
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Marcus Smith is not a good man to use a penalty advantage
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Not really his fault. More a reflection of the coaching.
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The Drop Out is a massive rule change
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That would have been a 5 metre scrum previously wouldnāt it?
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And an English try probably
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Iād say this game plan makes him sick
Yes it would.
Theyve fantastic playsers and Jones is a clever guy. It makes little sense. The South Africa defeat has fucked his head style wise. I always thought Eddie Jones would have a stint with Ireland.
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Youād wonder is he holding a bit back for the World Cup but heās a combustible character as well. He could be gone next week.
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England still have a lot to unleash for the World Cup. A lot of players from 2019 arenāt currently in the team and that team had a good age profile.
Theyāre in the same place they were at this point in 2018, maybe better. Theyāll have savage depth.
Very possibly, I think heās a top coach
You think thatās and itās fair but there seems to be a lot of bad blood too. I havenāt delved into it much and others would know more but Iād say the Saracenās thing left a lot of bad blood. That 2019 team has a good age profile but they had a lot of miles up too. Itās hard to know but England should definitely be much better than they are at the moment.