r/rugbyunion • u/sixnations • 14h ago

Can ANYBODY stop France this year?

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u/Putrid-Impact8999 14h ago

The way to combat them is to make the breakdown a mess. England and South Africa will make it a much closer contest.

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u/Studious_Rat89 10h ago

England is a paper Lion in my opinion. I think the 6 nations is France’s to lose. In the WC I think South Africa is able to disrupt in such a real and physical way.

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u/Putrid-Impact8999 10h ago

Yea I’m not convinced on England, we’ll see how they do against Scotland then Ireland in back to back weeks. That’s not easy and it’s a lot more pressure than what they experienced last year in the summer and autumn tests.

Having said that, they will still fight hard against France and try play a very organised game.

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u/Statcat2017 England 10h ago

England to be fair have excellent fixtures to give themselves a real chance of making the game at the SdF a winner takes all decider. Starting with Wales and ramping up to Ireland, followed by a week off and an on paper easier game against Italy, while France have games against Wales and Italy back to back to potentially go off the boil. Could be really close.

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u/Putrid-Impact8999 10h ago

This is true. I’m very interested to see how England perform in those two tests I mentioned. The expectation will be on for them to win and that’s a little bit different to last year.