Official France v Ireland Thread

[Uncle fester]

Impressive debut by McCarthy.

Inclined to give away some dumb penalties but he is very very powerful.

[Slick]

Is. Crowley always this inconsistent (that seems like the wrong word), does some absolutely terrible stuff then follows up with something sublime. Love his confidence

He's really young and a babe in international terms. Some mistakes are to be expected.

I’m really enjoying watching him

[Gumboot]

Ireland are going to win the grand slam, no question in my mind. Scotland are their next closest, and Ireland will beat them with something to spare.

What about England??

[Blackmac]

Impressive debut by McCarthy.

Inclined to give away some dumb penalties but he is very very playful.

What's his background. He looks farmer strong.

[Slick]

Had a feeling the WC would have knocked the stuffing out of France, they are very poor

How much prep time do France get for the 1st match? They have always tended to have less preparation time than the likes of Ireland.

Maybe, but they look mentally gone

[Hal Jordan]

Ireland are going to win the grand slam, no question in my mind. Scotland are their next closest, and Ireland will beat them with something to spare.

What about England??

What about England?

[petej]

See my previous comment...sans Dupont they are rudderless

Ireland, I mean.

Agree re France, though. They look ragged.

Ireland are going to win the grand slam, no question in my mind. Scotland are their next closest, and Ireland will beat them with something to spare.

Inclined to agree. The pro game structure is so good and the emphasis on recruiting the best coaches at regional level as well, they aren't going to drop off.

[ASMO]

Ireland are going to win the grand slam, no question in my mind. Scotland are their next closest, and Ireland will beat them with something to spare.

What about England??

LOL

[Tichtheid]

Ireland have totally controlled the pace of the game to suit their situation. They’ve also controlled where the game has been played

[fishfoodie]

Ireland have totally controlled the pace of the game to suit their situation. They’ve also controlled where the game has been played

They've fairly fucked everyone predictions for this round anyway

[Tichtheid]

I can hardly believe there have been so many holes in the French defensive line, but it's not been great from Fickou and his troops.

[Slick]

Ireland are going to win the grand slam, no question in my mind. Scotland are their next closest, and Ireland will beat them with something to spare.

What about England??

Yeah, England will beat them at home

[JM2K6]

Is. Crowley always this inconsistent (that seems like the wrong word), does some absolutely terrible stuff then follows up with something sublime. Love his confidence

He's really young and a babe in international terms. Some mistakes are to be expected.

I’m really enjoying watching him

He's been pretty good and the only reason I'm taking against him at all is because Miles Harrison seems to find it outstanding that the mid 20s player with nearly 50 appearances for Munster making his 12th appearance for Ireland hasn't played like an 18 year old in his first senior game...

Ireland far more professional than France, who seemed bothered for about half an hour in this game. Both sides will improve but you'd expect Ireland to maintain a higher standard. Well played in the end.

[petej]

Really makes the world cup bed shitting inexcusable.

[tc27]

Takes nothing away from Ireland to say France are a shambles.

[Blackmac]

Those fucking corn rows.

[Gumboot]

Takes nothing away from Ireland to say France are a shambles.

Yep, they've been woeful.

Very good win for Ireland, though.

[JM2K6]

Those fucking corn rows.

It's a tossup between those and Porter's 5 penalties given away for the worst Irish display of the night

[Tichtheid]

Congrats Ireland, by far the better team.

By a mile actually.

[Gumboot]

When's Dupont due back?

[Slick]

Well that was a bit of a damp squib.

Well done Ireland, did what you needed to do.

Quite looking forward to France coming to Murrayfield next week now. Grand Slam showdown on the last week

[S/Lt_Phillips]

Very solid display from Ireland. France really didn't push them very hard at all. Didn't seem to miss Sexton much! Which will probably worry all the other teams in the competition.

[JM2K6]

When's Dupont due back?

After the Olympics

[petej]

When's Dupont due back?

After the Olympics.

[Uncle fester]

Takes nothing away from Ireland to say France are a shambles.

Yeah, they are a rabble.
Even Wales would beat them.

[laurent]

That was a rare display of ineptitude .

well done My green brethren.

[BnM]

Obviously nothing was learned from the 80s if the mullet can come back.

[Tichtheid]

Obviously nothing was learned from the 80s if the mullet can come back.

If we don't learn from history we are doomed to repeat it.

[Gumboot]

When's Dupont due back?

After the Olympics

Oh yeah, I'd completely forgotten about that.

[sefton]

Tonight proved one thing, how the Irish team were psychologically too weak in the RWC.

[Uncle fester]

Tonight proved one thing, how the Irish team were psychologically too weak in the RWC.

Try again after the weekend seft.

[Paddington Bear]

Absolute manshaming. An untouched Irish consecutive grand slam would make the world cup even more amusing.

Ireland are playing at a level well above what the rest of us can manage, and I’m convinced a huge amount of it is cohesion and coaching, rather than a raw talent gap. Very frustrating that England can never move the ball at that pace and quality.

[Blackmac]

Well that was a bit of a damp squib.

Well done Ireland, did what you needed to do.

Quite looking forward to France coming to Murrayfield next week now. Grand Slam showdown on the last week

Aaaah, you said it. Why did you need to fucking say it??????

[_Os_]

Irelands running/passing and variations at the lineout/maul, were both very good and looked like where they were at the RWC.

France only played for about 20 minutes. Hard to tell if it was more they didn't turn up or Ireland made them look bad, they were poor but I'm leaning towards the latter.

[Biffer]

Meh. Ireland only scored one try against fifteen men, Scotland for the slam

[fishfoodie]

Picture of the weekend MoTM Joe gives his medal to his brother Andrew

[C69]

Tonight proved one thing, how the Irish team were psychologically too weak in the RWC.

Try again after the weekend seft.

Fair point really. Never won a knock out game at the RWC.
Psychologically fragile.

[Gumboot]

Tonight proved one thing, how the Irish team were psychologically too weak in the RWC.

Try again after the weekend seft.

Fair point really. Never won a knock out game at the RWC.
Psychologically fragile.

The QF went down to the wire. Ireland would've won that game against any other side in the world on the day, imho.

They got beaten, just, but that's hardly an example of psycho fragility, imho.

[Gumboot]

Nothing like our clueless 2007 QF capitulation, for example.

[SaintK]

Picture of the weekend MoTM Joe gives his medal to his brother Andrew

Brilliant