France A against the rosbiffs

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Here is the squad

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interesting team
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New match, where dis?
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Hal Jordan wrote: Fri Jun 20, 2025 5:03 pm New match, where dis?
Twickenham tomorrow afternoon 15.15.

on l'equipe channel in france
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Anyone know where it’s on in the UK?
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Lady P wrote: Sat Jun 21, 2025 1:02 pm Anyone know where it’s on in the UK?
Rugbypass for free
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Thanks ASMO!
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Hollie Davidson reffing, that’ll upset Torq
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Anyone else kicked off with message "to many requests"
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Stranger wrote: Sat Jun 21, 2025 2:36 pm Anyone else kicked off with message "to many requests"
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Stranger wrote: Sat Jun 21, 2025 2:36 pm Anyone else kicked off with message "to many requests"
Yup, can't get logged in.
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was just coming on to post a link. Thanks
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Feyi-Waboso's unsurprisingly looked off the pace all match. That's an awful tackle and should be a straight red. Let's see how this stacks up against the instruction to refs to find mitigation.
geordie_6 wrote: Sat Jun 21, 2025 2:45 pm https://www.youtube.com/live/RQnc5KQ8ww ... V7Jc_WWopa

England Rugby have it on YouTube.
Maybe it's just my internet connection, but picture quality is rubbish. Rugbystreams is pretty good.
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Crazy attempt at a tackle, and deserves a red all day long.
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sockwithaticket wrote: Sat Jun 21, 2025 2:55 pm Feyi-Waboso's unsurprisingly looked off the pace all match. That's an awful tackle and should be a straight red. Let's see how this stacks up against the instruction to refs to find mitigation.
geordie_6 wrote: Sat Jun 21, 2025 2:45 pm https://www.youtube.com/live/RQnc5KQ8ww ... V7Jc_WWopa

England Rugby have it on YouTube.
Maybe it's just my internet connection, but picture quality is rubbish. Rugbystreams is pretty good.
You can change the quality on YouTube on the setting icon
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Took nearly an hour to finish that half.

Quite enjoyable. Better than the Lions match last night.

* At least there's no Sweaties whining about English players here as well.
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Brainless from IFW.
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I'm sorry but that YC for France is bollocks.
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Kawazaki wrote: Sat Jun 21, 2025 3:42 pm I'm sorry but that YC for France is bollocks.
Holly......
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Torquemada 1420 wrote: Sat Jun 21, 2025 3:45 pm
Kawazaki wrote: Sat Jun 21, 2025 3:42 pm I'm sorry but that YC for France is bollocks.
Holly......
Upgraded to red by the bunker. You will need to find somebody else to blame.
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It was hardly a yellow
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Dinsdale Piranha wrote: Sat Jun 21, 2025 3:48 pm
Torquemada 1420 wrote: Sat Jun 21, 2025 3:45 pm
Kawazaki wrote: Sat Jun 21, 2025 3:42 pm I'm sorry but that YC for France is bollocks.
Holly......
Upgraded to red by the bunker. You will need to find somebody else to blame.

Both decision are farcical.

We won't have a game if these morons win control. It was a nothing incident.
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Haven't watched a full game of men's top-flight rugby in a while. See the live stream in my feed. Under 10 mins into this and... "Riiiight, that's why I stopped watching." I noticed the head contact even before the replay, but also why was George allowed to just lay there and grab the ball? That should be an immediate penalty. French player shouldn't have done it, but to be fair, only George's head was above the parapet of the tackled player's body. He shouldn't be asked, in a sense, by this widespread ref mentality to look the other way for the sake of continuity, to sort out someone deliberately killing quick ball. And we don't want players standing off every other breakdown like this going "Ref, penalty!?"
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Niegs wrote: Sat Jun 21, 2025 3:50 pm Haven't watched a full game of men's top-flight rugby in a while. See the live stream in my feed. Under 10 mins into this and... "Riiiight, that's why I stopped watching." I noticed the head contact even before the replay, but also why was George allowed to just lay there and grab the ball? That should be an immediate penalty. French player shouldn't have done it, but to be fair, only George's head was above the parapet of the tackled player's body. He shouldn't be asked, in a sense, by this widespread ref mentality to look the other way for the sake of continuity, to sort out someone deliberately killing quick ball. And we don't want players standing off every other breakdown like this going "Ref, penalty!?"

It's bollocks. I guarantee Jamie George wouldn't have mentioned it if England had scored instead of France.

It's bollocks and it's destroying the game.
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That's an obvious YC and PT against Davidson for bringing that maul down. So obvious.
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Kawazaki wrote: Sat Jun 21, 2025 3:59 pm That's an obvious YC and PT against Davidson for bringing that maul down. So obvious.
That's how I saw it.
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Totally deserved win for the French. They got rinsed by the referee.
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Kawazaki wrote: Sat Jun 21, 2025 4:18 pm Totally deserved win for the French. They got rinsed by the referee.
Cheers I despise her she has been shafting the french ladies for long enough.

Any way not a great game but a good result for a scratch team
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Fuck me!! England do it again
I stopped watching with 5 to go and England 12 points ahead, get home andthey've lost!!!!
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Last quarter cost us - negative impact off the bench, bar that walk in from Dombrandt, plus Scabbers questionable bench compositions ran out of luck as the backline got depleted.

It was pretty loose and erratic as these "XV" matches usually are. France deserved it though just about, got the rough end of a few decisions I thought.
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Decent enough game at the stadium tbh, no complaints with French win as their red was soft as fudge and Eng card was lucky

Probably the most fanny I’ve seen at a game as a percentage ever - glad I have my Sunnos on as next to wife

Wasn’t too sunny in the end , maybe ten mins max during the game, hot but mostly overcast.


On ninth cider so bit pissed tbh
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How long has the Tup been the Royal Oak ?!
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Yeeb wrote: Sat Jun 21, 2025 5:39 pm How long has the Tup been the Royal Oak ?!
Surely The White Swan is the place to be on a day like this?
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laurent wrote: Sat Jun 21, 2025 4:23 pm
Kawazaki wrote: Sat Jun 21, 2025 4:18 pm Totally deserved win for the French. They got rinsed by the referee.

Cheers I despise her she has been shafting the french ladies for long enough.


Any way not a great game but a good result for a scratch team
No. She's wonderful according to our Scottish friends.

Did anyone else notice Ford's conversion for the Willis try went over the 60 secs...... clearly Holly didn't.

Torygraph
The bunker official deemed Woki’s action as always illegal, so the punishment was upgraded from the on-field yellow card, but how that indiscretion was deemed to be equal in severity to Feyi-Waboso’s we shall never know.
As an aside, I've never seen a player get a zero rating but that's what Feyi-Waboso got from PR :lol:

As for RugbyPass: piece of sh*t kept logging me out.
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For France, good to see Le Garrec play like he can rather than the half arsed rubbish he's dished up for Racing all season.
Jauneau: like I've said, he's the 2nd best SH in France.

Guillard was superb.
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Torquemada 1420 wrote: Sat Jun 21, 2025 8:48 pm
As an aside, I've never seen a player get a zero rating but that's what Feyi-Waboso got from PR :lol:

As for RugbyPass: piece of sh*t kept logging me out.
Almost like picking a guy who hasn't played for months is a stupid fucking idea and training camps, despite what some coaches seem to think, are not adequate for getting guys who aren't match fit up to speed.
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sockwithaticket wrote: Sat Jun 21, 2025 10:47 pm
Torquemada 1420 wrote: Sat Jun 21, 2025 8:48 pm
As an aside, I've never seen a player get a zero rating but that's what Feyi-Waboso got from PR :lol:

As for RugbyPass: piece of sh*t kept logging me out.
Almost like picking a guy who hasn't played for months is a stupid fucking idea and training camps, despite what some coaches seem to think, are not adequate for getting guys who aren't match fit up to speed.
I'd agree if you believe the match mattered. I assume Borthwick felt it was worth risking the result for the fans and other 20 odd players to allow the lad a shot of making the Eng tour (Lions seemed far fetched for me). Personally, I'm not a fan of this. If it's a testimonial or Baabaas, fine. Galthie did the same giving Slimani an outing.
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Torquemada 1420 wrote: Sun Jun 22, 2025 7:47 am
sockwithaticket wrote: Sat Jun 21, 2025 10:47 pm
Torquemada 1420 wrote: Sat Jun 21, 2025 8:48 pm
As an aside, I've never seen a player get a zero rating but that's what Feyi-Waboso got from PR :lol:

As for RugbyPass: piece of sh*t kept logging me out.
Almost like picking a guy who hasn't played for months is a stupid fucking idea and training camps, despite what some coaches seem to think, are not adequate for getting guys who aren't match fit up to speed.
I'd agree if you believe the match mattered. I assume Borthwick felt it was worth risking the result for the fans and other 20 odd players to allow the lad a shot of making the Eng tour (Lions seemed far fetched for me). Personally, I'm not a fan of this. If it's a testimonial or Baabaas, fine. Galthie did the same giving Slimani an outing.
The England tour squad has already been picked and all these guys are in it. They might have been playing for pecking order, but they were all due to go to Argentina. Feyi-Waboso, of course, has now managed to play his way off that tour because there's no good reason he doesn't pick up a ban. It'll be paltry two weeks (6 week entry, halved for previous good record and managing to say sorry convincingly at the hearing, minus another week for 'tackle school'), but it'll rule him out.
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Torquemada 1420 wrote: Sat Jun 21, 2025 8:48 pm
laurent wrote: Sat Jun 21, 2025 4:23 pm
Kawazaki wrote: Sat Jun 21, 2025 4:18 pm Totally deserved win for the French. They got rinsed by the referee.

Cheers I despise her she has been shafting the french ladies for long enough.


Any way not a great game but a good result for a scratch team
No. She's wonderful according to our Scottish friends.

Did anyone else notice Ford's conversion for the Willis try went over the 60 secs...... clearly Holly didn't.

Torygraph
The bunker official deemed Woki’s action as always illegal, so the punishment was upgraded from the on-field yellow card, but how that indiscretion was deemed to be equal in severity to Feyi-Waboso’s we shall never know.
As an aside, I've never seen a player get a zero rating but that's what Feyi-Waboso got from PR :lol:

As for RugbyPass: piece of sh*t kept logging me out.
Yep this was noticed in the stadium, all we thought was that the clock had started early as there didn’t appear to be any rush from her or Ford. No frenchies seemed to notice either so #shrugs
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