France vs Wallabies, EOYT 2010

[cyclopath]

Be careful what you wish for. There are several hundred thousand cousie bros across the dutch who have yet to forgive Barnes for his efforts in the Darkness vs Frogs in RWC 07.

Lawrence has been "interesting" this year. Barnes (sorry to my kiwi mates) has been OK.

I really wonder if the referees have been given guidance to be dickheads and inconsistent at scrums and the tackle.

Is this PO'Bs doing?

Technically, since PO'B does four-fifths of fuck all of any use, it probably isn't.

 

[Scarfman]

Have you guys seen the French destroy the Argie scrum? I almost soiled myself.

Let's hope James and Ben are made of sterner stuff.

 

[Hugh Jarse]

It is that je ne said quoi that we get from the Frogs that is so hard to understand.

 

[MrMouse]

Nearly Disco's team:

1. Slipper
2. Moore
3. Alexander
4. Simmons
5. Sharpe
6. Rocky
7. Pocock
8. McCalman
9. Genia
10. Cooper
11. Mitchell
12. Barnes
13. AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper)
14. Turner
15. Beale

16.TPN 17.Robinson 18.Chisolm 19. Hodgson 20. Burgess 21. Giteau 22. JOC (James O'Connor)

We can win, it will depend on patience, phase play and a bit on reffing.

 

[dobduff11]

1. Slipper
2. Moore
3. Alexander
4. Simmons
5. Sharpe
6. Rocky
7. Pocock
8. McCalman
9. Genia
10. Cooper
11. Mitchell
12. JOC (James O'Connor)
13. AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper)
14. Turner
15. Beale

16.TPN 17.Robinson 18.Chisolm 19. Hodgson 20. Burgess 21. Giteau 22. McCabe

 

[Hugh Jarse]

Would a broken nose rule The Golden Slipper out of contention for next weekend?

 

[Brumby Jack]

Nah, it'll save him smelling the stench that is our scrum and/or B Lawrence

 

[Hugh Jarse]

Presume both teams to be announced on Thursday night (our time).

 

[ChargerWA]

1. Slipper
2. Moore
3. Alexander
4. Simmons
5. Sharpe (C)
6. Angry Rocky
7. Pocock
8. Hogson
9. Burgess
10. Cooper
11. Mitchell
12. Barnes
13. AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper)
14. Turner
15. Beale

16. TPN, 17. Robinson, 18. Chisolm, 19. McCalman, 20. Genia (on at 55), 21. A Finger (if not sent home yet?), 22. JOC (James O'Connor)

 

[Groucho]

The hard thing I find with the French is that I haven't seen enough of them recently to gauge how they are going at the moment. We know what they are capable of and on their home track we've traditionally had difficulty with them. They, from memory, have a big and pretty mean pack, though I don't reckon their backs are lethal as in times gone past. I think they play a more pragmatic style of footy than they are traditionally known for these days. That probably works against a bit I reckon, given that they will opt for points in a lot of cases. If we aren't accurate at the breakdown and have a solid scrum, we could lose like we did against England.

They played every bit as badly as us in the backs against Argentina. Worse.

 

[Hugh Jarse]

I also didn't think much about the overall French performance against the Argies, but it looked bloody tough up front.

The French always reserve the right to surprise with an absolute left field act of supreme brilliance. This makes them very dangerous, you can not play that if it is in front of you.

We need to go into this game with at least a Plan A, Plan B and Plan C, and a good means of communicating to all when the plan is to change.

 

[The_Brown_Hornet]

Against the French you can really only play your own kind of game. They can be so mercurial that there's really no defence against it.

I mean, they can do this:

[video=youtube;zGcdjenXlLk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGcdjenXlLk[/video]

How do you defend that?

 

[MrMouse]

By smashing his arse into touch in any one of four pretty piss poor missed tackles I guess... But I take your point

 

[Hugh Jarse]

That pass at 0:15s seemed a bit sus.

Was The Darknesses favourite referee (Barnsey) the referee that day as well? :lmao:

 

[jason]

Frog squad announced:

Forwards: Thomas Domingo (Clermont), Jerome Schuster (Perpignan), Luc Ducalcon (Castres), Nicolas Mas (Perpignan), Guilhem Guirado (Perpignan), Wiliam Servat (Stade Toulousain), Lionel Nallet (Racing-Métro), Julien Pierre (Clermont), Jerome Thion (Biarritz), Fulgence Ouedraogo (Montpellier), Julien Bonnaire (Clermont), Thierry Dusautoir (Stade Toulousain, capt.), Sebastien Chabal (Racing-Metro).

Backs: Morgan Parra (Clermont), Dimitri Yachvili (Biarritz), Damien Traille (Biarritz), Fabrice Estebanez (Brive), Yannick Jauzion (Stade Toulousain), Aurelien Rougerie (Clermont), Marc Andreu (Castres), Yoann Huget (Bayonne), Alexis Palisson (Brive), Jerome Porical (Perpignan).

No Harinordoquy in the 22 - very surprising. He had an immense 6 nations and Heineken Cup last season so unless he's been injured/in very poor form lately?

 

[qwerty51]

Dropped from the 23 I read

 

[Joe Mac]

I really hope we can do a number on the frogs although nothing except a major thrashing will make this tour a success in my eyes after witnessing the England match.

 

[qwerty51]

I agree, let's hope it's a performance similar to the one the ABs produced last time

 

[fatprop]

1. Slipper
2. Moore
3. Alexander
4. Simmons
5. Sharpe
6. Rocky
7. Pocock
8. McCalman
9. Genia
10. Cooper
11. Mitchell
12. Barnes
13. AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper)
14. JOC (James O'Connor)
15. Beale

16.TPN
17.Robinson
18.Chisolm
19. Hodgson
20. Burgess
21. Giteau
22. Turner

 

[vidiot]

I mean, they can do this:

<french guy runs down line to score>

How do you defend that?

I'd back JOC (James O'Connor) and Mitchell to miss those tackles 9 times out of ten. But Cooper would have been all over him like a school girl in a slapfest.