2023 Six Nations

[Torquemada 1420]

[Insane_Homer]

Eesh....

[fishfoodie]

[tc27]

Oh christ

[Tichtheid]

Great choice from Fickou, France have been sublime

[Paddington Bear]

We’ll be lucky not to ship 60 here

[Margin__Walker]

That was shite from Dombrant. Had an absolute age to get closer to Penaud there before it landed

[Sandstorm]

10-48
73 mins

[Torquemada 1420]

That was shite from Dombrant. Had an absolute age to get closer to Penaud there before it landed

I thought he dud extraordinarily well to almost get in the tap tackle.

[Sandstorm]

Glorious!!!!

50 up

[Torquemada 1420]

Steward is so f**king slow, he's a total liability in open space.

[PCPhil]

We’re a rabble. Official.

[Margin__Walker]

That was shite from Dombrant. Had an absolute age to get closer to Penaud there before it landed

I thought he dud extraordinarily well to almost get in the tap tackle.

It was when the ball was in the air not after. Needed to get close to him

[Tichtheid]

Oh dear

[Oxbow]

That was shite from Dombrant. Had an absolute age to get closer to Penaud there before it landed

I thought he dud extraordinarily well to almost get in the tap tackle.

It was when the ball was in the air not after. Needed to get close to him

Dombrandt has looked ponderous all game.

[Tichtheid]

The French coaches were stifling laughs there

[fishfoodie]

Leg. Swept.

[I like neeps]

Eddie didn't die for this!

[petej]

I thought he dud extraordinarily well to almost get in the tap tackle.

It was when the ball was in the air not after. Needed to get close to him

Dombrandt has looked ponderous all game.

to be fair he is playing in the backs as we are missing a back.

[Torquemada 1420]

Dombrandt has looked ponderous all game.

Yes, but he has no chance against Penaud.

[robmatic]

Steward is so f**king slow, he's a total liability in open space.

He can catch a high ball though, which apparently makes him world class.

[Hal Jordan]

Knock.on as we desperately try to salvage anything sums up the game for England.

Not even second best.

[LenCohen]

Aye alright Lawrence

[Torquemada 1420]

If Smith had been in Blue, this would have been 70+

[Sandstorm]

Played France. Flawless.

[Tichtheid]

France were absolutely outstanding, from 1 to 23

[Paddington Bear]

France utterly dominant, can’t deny. England plumbed depths previously unplumbed. Chastening stuff

[Jim Lahey]

Only caught parts of the game but that English pack got absolutely manshamed outside of the lineout.

Lethal from the French.

[Oxbow]

Ah well. Steward was okay. Saw both the good (massively ups the pace) and the bad (can try to take too much on himself when chasing a game) of Mitchell. And that's about it. Congratulations France.

[tc27]

Holy mother of god.

France are a very good side but England absolutely capitulated

[Torquemada 1420]

France were absolutely outstanding, from 1 to 23

There was some stuff in the press before the game about a best combined 15 and I thought "Utter bollox, there isn't a single Eng fwd who'd make the Fre team".

As someone said earlier, fwds win the game and if you are bested in every position from 1-9, you will be hammered.

[Margin__Walker]

Fair play, completely outplayed.

I make that England's worst ever defeat. The only two worst by margin were severely understrength touring teams to OZ (98) and SA (07). This one was full strength at home.

[JM2K6]

It was when the ball was in the air not after. Needed to get close to him

Dombrandt has looked ponderous all game.

to be fair he is playing in the backs as we are missing a back.

He did awfully there but he also carried the most of anyone in the pack and made the most tackles of anyone on the pitch - fair to say he was knackered at that point regardless of how poorly he'd played


Absolute horror show from England, right from the start it was an absolute disaster. Just across the board appalling. One of the most humiliating results and doubly painful as I'd believed our pack was heading in the right direction. An absolute shitshow of errors, attitude, tactics, discipline, defence - you name it we fucked it for the full 80.

Made the u20s last night look good.

Not sure where England go from here, the guys in charge have no real experience to fall back on and our supposed areas of strength were brutally exposed. Just so bad that your choice is ignore it and pretend it didn't happen, or make sweeping changes in all areas. There's no hiding from just how bad that was in all areas.

[tc27]

I think we just have yo treat it as a freak result against an absurdly good side and try and move on.

Of course this isnt true but facing the truth isnt going to help us either.

[JM2K6]

I don't really understand how with a week off that team looks so second best in attitude, fitness, desire, energy, etc etc. Did they spend a week getting stoned?

[PCPhil]

I think we just have yo treat it as a freak result against an absurdly good side and try and move on.

Of course this isnt true but facing the truth isnt going to help us either.

We lost against Scotland at home. Hammered by France. We visit Dublin next so we get a better idea then.

[Paddington Bear]

I think we just have yo treat it as a freak result against an absurdly good side and try and move on.

Of course this isnt true but facing the truth isnt going to help us either.

We lost against Scotland at home. Hammered by France. We visit Dublin next so we get a better idea then.

Sure we lost to Scotland but we were the better side for much of that game, Scotland only took back the lead with a couple of mins to go and we had a final shot in their 22. Not comparable to what’s just happened

[Torquemada 1420]

I am often critical of Dupont as in think he is overrated. Not this championship as he has been consistently very very good

You really are in LaLa land if you think Dupont is overrated.

We discussed this before and we agreed I was right. It's good to see he has listened to me though I will say commentators are still guilty of blowing their load at the slightest hint of him doing anything. I reserve the right to say he is shite again very soon

Actually, I think you have a point if the commentators are the benchmark. But we all know they mostly talk sh*t.

[Torquemada 1420]

Ollivon with 11 trys in 24 tests I think. Extraordinary record.

[Tichtheid]

Does Woki strengthen that pack?