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  • CrucialC Offline
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    France tried so hard to lose that. Couldn't even get that right.

    Howzitgoin' Eddie?

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    Looking forward to EJ comment .... think England were more shit today than France fantastic

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    I’d just like to say

    Woo hoo.

    3 6N championships in 5 years. We might actually be getting somewhere.

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    England nobbled by the Auld Alliance in this comp.

    Commentators saying ' hey, it's only two games, our win % is still high'. Cant wait until it becomes three in a row next week.

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    Woldn't be surprised if they lose all three tests in SA.

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    What chance of an Irish grand slam next week at Twickers?

    Will be getting up for that for sure. Disclaimer - significant Irish Heritage.

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    ... and Eddie is true to form starting to have the wheels come off a coupel of years in. I think he's an abrasive micro manager, which works in the short term, but becomes massively irritating in the medium term. Just about every team he has coached have wound up parting ways, usually quite vigorously. World cup suddenly looks very close, and also a long way away 🙂

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    What surprises me is that he has made very little Cha be in playing style. Plodding behemoths with the odd talented runner that gets the odd opportunity.
    Once teams work out how to face up to the bully the effectiveness lessens.

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    I expect these losses are down to the focus on a game in November rather than taking it one game at a time.

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    @taniwharugby said in 6N 2018:

    I expect these losses are down to the focus on a game in November rather than taking it one game at a time.

    Is that the game between the 1st and 2nd* ranked teams in the world on 11 November?

    (*Disclaimer this may only last for 6 days but intend toextract the max from it.)

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    @pot-hale said in 6N 2018:

    @taniwharugby said in 6N 2018:

    I expect these losses are down to the focus on a game in November rather than taking it one game at a time.

    Is that the game between the 1st and 2nd* ranked teams in the world on 11 November?

    (*Disclaimer this may only last for 6 days but intend toextract the max from it.)

    Ha, didn't realise the slip down had happened but I guess losing to Scotland and France eats a chunk of points.

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    @crucial said in 6N 2018:

    France tried so hard to lose that. Couldn't even get that right.

    Yep. I thought it was going to be a repeat of the Ireland game.

    I only saw the last 20 mins but Peyper was very lax at the breakdown.

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    @taniwharugby said in 6N 2018:

    I expect these losses are down to the focus on a game in November rather than taking it one game at a time.

    I don't really think that plays into it. If they were trying different things or players I could believe that was the case but this is simply a team that has a stale style and a lack of on field vision.
    I'm not writing them off though, they are still good enough to beat good teams but they aren't the scary juggernaut they were being made out to be.

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    @crucial was a tongue in cheek comment...

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    @taniwharugby Fair enough. Could have just as easily been serious..
    I'm sure I'll hear that one from plenty of locals in the coming months.

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    Wow, England just got beaten by France in the womens 6N! France now topping the women's table.

    England had beaten France in the U20s earlier this weekend. France has the first spot on that table because of a huge points differential.

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    What a match.

    Thank God it was France. No other team could have done so much to shoot themselves in the foot and still win it.

    Deserved. The May try should have been whistled back for Itoje infringing in the line out.

    Without that score we wouldn't have had the drama.

    For sale

    A skip

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    @pot-hale said in 6N 2018:

    I’d just like to say

    Woo hoo.

    3 6N championships in 5 years. We might actually be getting somewhere.

    Enjoy PH. Well deserved 6N winners. Played the best rugby so far and by some margin. I'm just hoping we turn up at Twickenham and spoil the party just a little bit for you, but I'm not confident.

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    @majorrage said in 6N 2018:

    Looking forward to EJ comment .... think England were more shit today than France fantastic

    Yep, we were dogshit until very late on. Lost out at the breakdown (again) and lost all our momentum in attack from either handling errors or more often poor discipline. If you can't build pressure it tends to come back at you.

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    @catogrande said in 6N 2018:

    @pot-hale said in 6N 2018:

    I’d just like to say

    Woo hoo.

    3 6N championships in 5 years. We might actually be getting somewhere.

    Enjoy PH. Well deserved 6N winners. Played the best rugby so far and by some margin. I'm just hoping we turn up at Twickenham and spoil the party just a little bit for you, but I'm not confident.

    Cheers Cato. It’s been a bit of a rollercoaster given the very fine margin of the French match. Commiserations for your boys but I suspect they’ll be well up for this match with a point to prove especially with the strong record at home in Twickenham. Should be a great craic weekend.

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