Poor defence anticipation by McIntosh,
but sincerely, u can't really blame him on the action. His tackle intent became a reckless shoulder charge as soon as he saw the ball wasn't here.
Waw. just discovering the "let's abuse parra" comments party.
a bit pathetic isn't it? ;)
Whatever, Ranger wasn't at 10 meters but Parra reacted with silly manners. So he will swallow it and assume his ban, such like Picamoles will learn to hide his frustration by watching scotland-france on tv.
Papé is definetly thug-potential. After 15 years of carrer, he never achieved to control his nerves. I was quite annoyed by his behaviour last friday, always running and shouting after Rolland... Rather to be cold-blood, he installed an injustice feeling through his players...
Knowing that Dusautoir will be back in june and will be the indiscutable leader for the RWC 2015.. it would be interesting to see Saint-André test guys like Swarzweski, Nyanga or even Parra. Noisy caporal, i'm pretty sure Parra would be much more responsible in a captain position
Dear krip,
only blame Rolland to justify the french poor performance isn't true.
we all know that Wales had built their game thx to very weird Rolland decisions, but, France didn't find the right answers to come back and slowly lose their nerves.
Dear Phil,
u're right on Papé. the guy often forgets he's captain, but as long as dusautoir is injured... And u're wrong on Fickou, Wales wasn't a match for the beauty. Scotland will be a better playground for him.
Quite agree with many comments over here.
It was a painful and boring game to watch wether u're french or welsh.
Not astonished by Wales answer. They promise physical contact, and the words were well traduced in big heavy North and Robert charges, solid scrummaging and Warburton perfect 80 minutes performance.
But like said before, the reds weren't so extraordinary and quite helped by a poor french side and some dodgy decisions. à suivre vs an improving England.
On les bleus, much could be said. I'm quite annoyed by St-andré calendar excuses as players didn't lose the physical battle, they were just poor on basics... at a certain point, i stopped to count the french knock-ons... Just look at the 1st welsh try.
I won't even talk about the absence of plan B in the 2nd half. Why France attack from every corner of the pitch when they should have taken time to inverse the pressure?
Doussain and Plisson were also catastrophic in their choices and penalty attempts. Parra injury return will may bring more 'consistency', a weird word which can't be really translated in french.
A last word on Rolland, "the famous public ennemy of Wales" :)
In France, we say a good wine improves with time, well, this logic didn't fit with this referee. What a way to quit the game: Slowing the game for both teams, Ridiculous way to manage the scrums (wales was always pushing before introduction), abusive use of the video ref, yellow card of Picamoles stays an enigma, the list is long.
A match to forget for France, to not forget for Wales, Let's forget Rolland,
Well. you achieved to combine 3 very weird conclusions.
-The incident is a non-incident, soft "headbutt" vs slap in the face, who really care? Owens took the good decision to concentrate himslef on the game than on 2 spoiled brats
-It changed the game? Nop
-France is now favorite to win this 6N? Absolutely not.
- Did u smoke Murrayfield grass? ;)
I was in the stadium yesterday, and i must say the ambiance on the 3rd try of Fickou was just immense. a mix of relief and impatience.
More than the result, most important to recall is that the crunch is that england and France can play a great brand of rugby. Both teams could have deserve to win.. France first minutes were monumental, England fightback was full of control... but they didn't make the good choice to win the game, u know the end, when les bleus finally dare a piece of magic from their 22, big balls.
France is far to be a finished article, nearly narcoleptic during 30-40 minutes, but they stopped the defeat spiral. Now St-André must install the team and dare to confirm youngsters (plisson, doussain, fickou, bonneval, bruni...)
England is still a young team with all the positive aspects seen during the match, but they lacked experience at crucial times. be assured they'll be ready for 2015 if they can find out some leaders
At first sight, like many, i found hard to justify any intent
But after few slow-motion, u can see Evans foot searching and going for mccarthy head, 2 or 3 times
So despite this long video ref decision, i guess the red card was justified
For the ban, it will depend of Evans defence
Jamie Mackintosh off the ball shoulder shot on Richie McCaw
Poor defence anticipation by McIntosh,
but sincerely, u can't really blame him on the action. His tackle intent became a reckless shoulder charge as soon as he saw the ball wasn't here.
Let's take ur 3 points on penalty and move on.
1 Week, 13 Hours ago
Morgan Parra banned for two weeks for head butt on Rene Ranger
Waw. just discovering the "let's abuse parra" comments party.
a bit pathetic isn't it? ;)
Whatever, Ranger wasn't at 10 meters but Parra reacted with silly manners. So he will swallow it and assume his ban, such like Picamoles will learn to hide his frustration by watching scotland-france on tv.
1 Week, 13 Hours ago
Morgan Parra banned for two weeks for head butt on Rene Ranger
Reading the number of people who seemed to like your "quality" comment, it just proves RD blog threads are falling in quality...
More seriously, Parra had a stupid reaction and will assume his ban, so will do Picamoles who should learn to hide his frustration
1 Week, 13 Hours ago
Wales bounce back with strong win over France in Cardiff
Interesting debate on the french captaincy
Papé is definetly thug-potential. After 15 years of carrer, he never achieved to control his nerves. I was quite annoyed by his behaviour last friday, always running and shouting after Rolland... Rather to be cold-blood, he installed an injustice feeling through his players...
Knowing that Dusautoir will be back in june and will be the indiscutable leader for the RWC 2015.. it would be interesting to see Saint-André test guys like Swarzweski, Nyanga or even Parra. Noisy caporal, i'm pretty sure Parra would be much more responsible in a captain position
1 Week, 4 Days ago
Wales bounce back with strong win over France in Cardiff
Dear krip,
only blame Rolland to justify the french poor performance isn't true.
we all know that Wales had built their game thx to very weird Rolland decisions, but, France didn't find the right answers to come back and slowly lose their nerves.
Dear Phil,
u're right on Papé. the guy often forgets he's captain, but as long as dusautoir is injured... And u're wrong on Fickou, Wales wasn't a match for the beauty. Scotland will be a better playground for him.
1 Week, 4 Days ago
Wales bounce back with strong win over France in Cardiff
Quite agree with many comments over here.
It was a painful and boring game to watch wether u're french or welsh.
Not astonished by Wales answer. They promise physical contact, and the words were well traduced in big heavy North and Robert charges, solid scrummaging and Warburton perfect 80 minutes performance.
But like said before, the reds weren't so extraordinary and quite helped by a poor french side and some dodgy decisions. à suivre vs an improving England.
On les bleus, much could be said. I'm quite annoyed by St-andré calendar excuses as players didn't lose the physical battle, they were just poor on basics... at a certain point, i stopped to count the french knock-ons... Just look at the 1st welsh try.
I won't even talk about the absence of plan B in the 2nd half. Why France attack from every corner of the pitch when they should have taken time to inverse the pressure?
Doussain and Plisson were also catastrophic in their choices and penalty attempts. Parra injury return will may bring more 'consistency', a weird word which can't be really translated in french.
A last word on Rolland, "the famous public ennemy of Wales" :)
In France, we say a good wine improves with time, well, this logic didn't fit with this referee. What a way to quit the game: Slowing the game for both teams, Ridiculous way to manage the scrums (wales was always pushing before introduction), abusive use of the video ref, yellow card of Picamoles stays an enigma, the list is long.
A match to forget for France, to not forget for Wales, Let's forget Rolland,
1 Week, 5 Days ago
Friday Funnies - Nigel Owens tells off Mike Brown and Yoann Huget
Well. you achieved to combine 3 very weird conclusions.
-The incident is a non-incident, soft "headbutt" vs slap in the face, who really care? Owens took the good decision to concentrate himslef on the game than on 2 spoiled brats
-It changed the game? Nop
-France is now favorite to win this 6N? Absolutely not.
- Did u smoke Murrayfield grass? ;)
4 Weeks, 10 Hours ago
France snatch victory from England in Six Nations thriller in Paris
I was in the stadium yesterday, and i must say the ambiance on the 3rd try of Fickou was just immense. a mix of relief and impatience.
More than the result, most important to recall is that the crunch is that england and France can play a great brand of rugby. Both teams could have deserve to win.. France first minutes were monumental, England fightback was full of control... but they didn't make the good choice to win the game, u know the end, when les bleus finally dare a piece of magic from their 22, big balls.
France is far to be a finished article, nearly narcoleptic during 30-40 minutes, but they stopped the defeat spiral. Now St-André must install the team and dare to confirm youngsters (plisson, doussain, fickou, bonneval, bruni...)
England is still a young team with all the positive aspects seen during the match, but they lacked experience at crucial times. be assured they'll be ready for 2015 if they can find out some leaders
1 Month, 2 Days ago
Toulon chairman Mourad Boudjellal on building the champion club
wrong on mcallister >> doussain is now the kicker
still wrong on steyn >> plisson won his place
1 Month, 6 Days ago
Ian Evans facing suspension after red card for stamp on Mike McCarthy
At first sight, like many, i found hard to justify any intent
But after few slow-motion, u can see Evans foot searching and going for mccarthy head, 2 or 3 times
So despite this long video ref decision, i guess the red card was justified
For the ban, it will depend of Evans defence
1 Month, 2 Weeks ago