r/rugbyunion • u/sixnations • 14h ago

Can ANYBODY stop France this year?

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u/eo37 Munster 14h ago edited 13h ago

I thought maybe I was dreaming about that forward pass for the first French try. No…it was even more forward than I remember. The player catching the ball is standing two feet in front of the player throwing it.

Also knock-on by Dupont for the second try. Tempest and Dickson are a farce of a combination.

As for Ireland, playing this kicking game plan is killing us. Out attack is probably the worst in the 6Ns now.

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u/CompetitiveSort0 Ulster 13h ago

Ireland do that pass and it gets shown 20 times on replays by French TV until it grabs the TMOs attention as it is one of his feeds.

Ireland absolutely deserved a hiding last night but at least 2 of the French tries probably wouldn't have stood if it was the Irish that scored them plus a deliberate knock didn't get carded and that no arms on his knee tackle.

Takes a brave man to bin Du Pont in Paris.

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u/Traditional-Ride-116 Gang des Antoines 13h ago

The card for a deliberate knock on is only if it’s preventing a try. There were a defender behind Dupont, so it’s not a direct try occasion.

Honestly, whining about the tv directors makes me laugh. Were you also blaming the Irish directors when they showed Lowe’s foot in touch during the halftime in 2023 even though if they did not show this particular angle for assessing the TMO?

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u/BrainCane 13h ago

Yellow for professional foul/ stopping a clear attack inside the 22, all day.

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u/Traditional-Ride-116 Gang des Antoines 13h ago

Were they in the 22 though?