Looked flat as a pancake to me. Even if it was forward the next play was another French scrum on their own line and a similar scenario. Once they had done the inevitable and Gabrillagues, another dopey lock, had given away the penalty in midfield they were done. They could have won simply by avoiding penalties but that is not the French way.
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He really does, you know
There is something very shifty about him
Iām not a fan of this at all.
The draw has always been rigged to keep the traditional big teams on top. Argentina got screwed for years when they dared to beat Ireland and had to keep doing it.
The provincial rugby fans in this country are a ridiculous bunch. I spoke to a Munster season ticket holder a couple of weeks ago. The chap in his 50s and had never even heard of Zinzan Brooke. Doesnāt stop him being an expert on rugby every day of the week and thatās the type of incessant bullshit we are constantly subjected to in this country.
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That answers that then.
Eben Etzebeth safely separated from any black team mates in the anthem line up there
How long more is this tired bullshit going to go on? Very few teams could have beaten nz yesterday so holding up not reaching a semi final some sort of decisive barometer is ridiculous.
Irelands performance yesterday was putrid though, schmidt can take some criticism for that but theres only so much he can do. You can only bring a horse to water. Ireland didnāt perform in quarters before he was there, and played better than ever before during his term.
Tomura has started very poorly
Oh dear
The Japanese players were pushed out of the way there like Mike Catt was by Jonah Lomu in 1995
Christ, he wouldnāt tackle a crossword.
Fair enough
Ireland shit the togs in the first half yesterday. They came out scared, lost the plays in the first few minutes and then immediately collapsed. They had nothing to lose but they and no warrior spirit at all. Irelandās defence in the first half just spontaneously combusted. Captain Rory Best and Coach Schmidt must take most of the blame.
This year it was NZ playing unreal rugby at the quarter final stage, the time before that it was Argentina playing unreal rugby at the quarter final stage and before that it was Wales. Why is it never Ireland?
Basically the media gives the players get unreal hype when they play well and blanket excuses when they donāt.
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What exactly has Andy Farrell done to earn the top job?
Good question.
If have preferred us try get Lancaster but Farrell isnāt a bad punt. Heās been with English setup, lions setup, obviously ours at a national level but has also done a lot of spade work with provinces, taking training that I know of a few times with Munster.
Guy is a serious competitor so heās not a shout.
Should have been a red.
Black fella very lucky not to be sent off there
Jaysus
Sam Warburton was sent off for less
I suppose you couldnāt risk giving a tier 2 team a fair shake.
Blacks who play for a higher Tier 1 team are more privileged than other blacks
That saffer looks more paddy than half us on here
Leitch will probably get sent off for that