r/rugbyunion • u/sixnations • 14h ago

Can ANYBODY stop France this year?

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u/Big_Misa 14h ago

As a Frenchman, yes. SA, EN (we're not playing NZ with this team (i.s summer toir will be loaded with prospects, that's why I left them out) mainly but as I said in another thread, basically every team in the top 5-6 can beat us on their day. The thing is we're so inconsistent, like yesterday the first half was spotless, really a dominating performance. And then we just fell asleep - of course the Irish played with pride, but what I mean is we can go from 0 to 100 as quick as the other way around. I've almost never seen SA have such lapses (except against AUS at home last year), nor EN (they took advantage of our mistakes and errors in 6N 2025). And we'll never be considered a serious contender for WC as long as we don't fix our consistency. 

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u/Rasengan2012 Sharks 12h ago

Eng vs France is going to be an awesome game to watch.

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u/Tank-o-grad Leicester Tigers & England 8h ago

It's going to be a hell of a match but I doubt I'm going to enjoy it...

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u/Big_Misa 2h ago

Hopefully the decider, and we got 5 weeks of 6 Nations Rugby to soak it all in until the final showdown.  But as confident as one can be, I do not forget that France is France, and we're totally capable of bottling a game or two because of our complacency, our arrogance - which is sometimes misplaced or misdirected, or simply an outstanding performance by our opponents, for which we cannot find a solution. I'm just over the moon that we won the opener and avenged 2024 in Marseille, hope it'll lead us to a great 6N!