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  • sparkyS

    England XV Vs France XV

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    @Catogrande Think they technically do left and right flankers, so a bit different.

  • DuluthD

    France v Scotland

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    CatograndeC

    @Dodge

    Because “grow the game”.

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    6N 2025 Scotland vs Wales

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    MajorRageM

    @MiketheSnow tmo was correct but I don’t like the law.

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    6N 2025 Ireland vs France

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    Eddie Jones  /  Mar 11  /  Six Nations Eddie Jones: Le Bomb squad criticism 'plain daft', Ireland sorely missed their 'glitter man' and the 'elephant in the room' regarding Antoine Dupont Eddie Jones: Le Bomb squad criticism 'plain daft', Ireland sorely missed their 'glitter man' and the 'elephant in the room' regarding Antoine Dupont

    Planet Rugby welcomes back one of the world's leading coaching minds, Eddie Jones, to examine the key battlegrounds from the Six Nations weekend.

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    6N 2025 Italy v France

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    sparkyS

    What a rout:

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    6N 2025: England v France

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    @Dodge said in 6N 2025: England v France:

    They butchered some chances but by the same token, it was nice to see some dogged scramble defence - how Sleightholme got across to force the ball inside from BB is a mystery to me.

    It was a mystery to Moefana, too

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  • MiketheSnowM

    6N 2025 : France v Wales

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    @Jet said in 6N 2025 : France v Wales:

    @Dan54 said in 6N 2025 : France v Wales:

    @Jet said in 6N 2025 : France v Wales:

    @Dan54 said in 6N 2025 : France v Wales:

    I have personally reckoned that any team using the pod system are illegal 5/10 times. France seem to be pushing it, and I put it down to how game has changed. Just know when I played you tried to never have a team mate with the ball behind you as you would get pinged for offside. I did think some of the French ones were extreme, even for whats allowed these days.

    Ireland dined out on it for years during their recent golden age. Players ahead of ball carriers all over the place masquerading as bodies in motion.

    It’s no wonder a geriatric sexton had an arm chair ride in his latter years.

    He was basically walking around out there.

    Yep we weren't adverse to using it either, don't know any team that was. Though some seemed to overdo it I agree.

    I think rugby peaked around 2003-2007. The 05 lions tour was Rugby as I liked it.

    Maybe I’m getting old (40) but the current overly busy refs, and skullduggery such as this du Pont stuff does nothing for me.

    I preferred when backs were backs, forwards were forwards, and you could have a bit of a “sort out” without being sent off.

    The TMO is a good addition for adjudicating on whether a try is scored but going back a couple of phases to see something technical that was missed leaves me cold.

    Camel. Horse. Committee. Etc

    TLDR : “games gone”

    Old at 40??? But genuinely mate I perhaps 30 years older, but I agree wholeheartedly.

  • DuluthD

    France v Argentina

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    SmutsS

    Love him and his nickname - Le bip-bip

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    All Blacks v France

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    nostrildamusN

    That drop by Ioane, coachkiller.

  • CatograndeC

    6N France v England

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    Oh and Ramos is a turnstyle

  • DuluthD

    6N Wales v France

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    MiketheSnowM

    @Machpants said in 6N Wales v France:

    @MiketheSnow said in 6N Wales v France:

    France by 2-6.

    Sadly close to France by 26 😞

    We gifted at least 14 points and momentum

  • DuluthD

    6N France v Italy

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    @African-Monkey said in 6N France v Italy:

    So what's going on with France?

    Their Sevens team seem to be improving

  • DuluthD

    6N - Scotland v France

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    @MajorRage said in 6N - Scotland v France:

    @voodoo said in 6N - Scotland v France:

    @NTA said in 6N - Scotland v France:

    Scotland should have won that game twice over in the first half but didn't take advantage of a France looking very Old French without Dupont and Ntamack.

    Yeah the last decision is going to be talked about, but don't put it in the ref's hands.

    Christ I hate that line of thinking. The old “the ref didn’t cost us, we should have have put it away earlier”. It makes no sense. They did what they had to do to be in a position to win the game and the TMO screwed them. Both teams made mistakes prior to then, it’s called “sport”

    No, this is a good point which is on the players.

    Same point applies to lions 3 in 2017, and from a personal point of view, missing out my marathon time by 23 seconds.

    Re TMO. His call was correct following protocols. He has to overturn the ref. Evidence wasn’t 100% conclusive.

    Thanks, but you’re wrong on both counts

  • DuluthD

    6N - France v Ireland

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    @Daffy-Jaffy said in 6N - France v Ireland:

    Great interview

    No bullshit

  • StargazerS

    Black Ferns v France (WXV1 2023)

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    worldrugby.org Independent Disciplinary Committee decision: Chryss Viliko (New Zealand) | World Rugby Independent Disciplinary Committee decision: Chryss Viliko (New Zealand) | World Rugby

    New Zealand’s Chryss Viliko attended an independent Disciplinary Committee hearing for an offence contrary to Law 9.20(a) (dangerous charging in a ruck or maul) in New Zealand’s WXV 1 match against France on 20 October. The player was suspended for two matches subject to the successful completion...

  • DuluthD

    RWC QF: France v South Africa

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    @nostrildamus said in RWC QF: France v South Africa:

    @canefan said in RWC QF: France v South Africa:

    @nostrildamus said in RWC QF: France v South Africa:

    @pakman said in RWC QF: France v South Africa:

    Mark Donlon  /  Mar 11  /  The Lineout World Rugby identify FIVE refereeing mistakes from controversial France-South Africa clash World Rugby identify FIVE refereeing mistakes from controversial France-South Africa clash

    World Rugby have admitted to five mistakes in the Rugby World Cup quarter-final match between France and South Africa following referee Ben O'Keeffe's

    3-2 errors, a card each, nearly balances out?

    Do they want go back and run the rule over Wayne Barnes' performance in the 2007 France/ABs match?

    I doubt it but would be a popular move by some Kiwis 🙂
    Was this WR refereeing report a leak or a public release?

    Alleged leak, no proof. Might well be fake

  • DuluthD

    RWC Week 5: France v Italy

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    antipodeanA

    I don't consider being genial while making error after error constitutes a good referee.

  • DuluthD

    RWC Week 3: France v Namibia

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    CatograndeC

    Ah. Good one.

  • DuluthD

    RWC Week 2: France v Uruguay

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    boobooB

    @MiketheSnow
    https://thesilverfern.com/post/751-thrilling-to-start-week-two-fra-v-uru/

  • DuluthD

    RWC Week 1: France v All Blacks

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    I decided to re-watch this game to have a closer look at the lineouts. As per previous comments about not using Vaa'i as a lineout target, he was used as a lifter with one of the locks to lift the other lock. Examples being the first lineout of the game, and the lineout after Mo'unga made the try-saving tackle on Penaud. That pod worked well because of the extra height of the lifters. What was of more concern was how little the ABs challenged the French lineout. On one of the few occasions we did, the French lost the ball.

    Christie wasn't the only ginga who had a shocker. Newell made de Groot look co-ordinated trying to roll away from a tackle. Zero impact.

    Beauden actually played well for 60 mins until he and Mo'unga thought that the best option when chasing the game was to kick the ball away.

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