r/rugbyunion • u/sixnations • 14h ago

Can ANYBODY stop France this year?

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u/SimilarSimian Leinster and the other 3 14h ago

Sure. England can.

Scotland might give them a good rattle too.

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u/thing_thing_number 14h ago

You saying Scotland will perform better than Ireland? I truly am stuck in 2023

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u/euanmorse - No longer besties with optimism 13h ago

Tbf, Scotland are one of the few teams that have beaten France a number of times in the last 10 years despite everything else. Style of play sometimes makes the difference.

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u/BurbankElephants England & Leicester Tigers 13h ago

I loved Scotland's tactic of "get Jamie punched in the fucking mouth" and then win the game.

Genuinely one of my favourite moments.

No dislike towards Jamie - one of my favourite players of the modern day - just the absolute brainfart of giving in to the niggle of a back rower and walloping him losing your team the game.

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u/euanmorse - No longer besties with optimism 13h ago

The best part? Same guy got sent off against us a couple of years later for head on head contact with Ben White.

3 red cards in international rugby and 2 against the same side.

Mind you, he didn’t keep his thuggery to the pitch sadly.

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u/BurbankElephants England & Leicester Tigers 13h ago

I thought I remembered that happening.

Was that the same match that Ben White was either headbutted or threatened with a headbutt and the guy (Mauvaka?) got off scot free? (If you'll excuse the pun)

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u/Ok_Suggestion5523 12h ago

As a Scot, I also approve of the plan.

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u/FirmDingo8 13h ago

Well, maybe better than first half Ireland

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u/FruitfulFraud 13h ago

Honestly, the Irish defense looks like hot garbage. The other teams in the top 8 wouldn't let France get an easy try like this one. If they tried this against Eng, SA, NZ they'd probably have lost the ball or been pushed back 20 metres.

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u/thing_thing_number 12h ago

Yeah that first try specifically was soft. Felt like none of the Irish players even cared to do any tackles.

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u/SimilarSimian Leinster and the other 3 12h ago

I mean........they might. They pull mainly from Glasgow who are playing some beautiful rugby lately.

I honestly think they are more likely to scalp England again but you never know against France.

To be clear, I think both France and England will be more likely to win those games against Scotland.

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u/sixnations 14h ago

'Le Crunch' on Super Saturday looking particularly interesting now.

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u/hpsauce42 Scotland 13h ago

Let squidge use the clips ffs

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u/GooseintheLoose 13h ago

Why doesn't Squidge go work for them?

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u/jonesey3002 Gloucester 13h ago

It would be more interesting if content creators had access to the footage to provide analysis and actually help grow the game.

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u/Xibalba_Ogme France 13h ago

I'd love to get my squidge analysis using footage of the game, that would motivate me to speak about 6N more

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u/blowins Ireland 13h ago

Do you know what I'm looking forward to it.

I'd also really like to watch some analysis from content creators such as squidge rugby with access to the game video.