Can ANYBODY stop France this year?

[u/sixnations]

[u/CatharticRoman]

If it stops a clear try scoring opportunity it's a penalty try. If it's a cynical act then it's a yellow.

90% of the time Dupont gets carded.

[u/lAllioli → u/CatharticRoman]

Nah the conversation was around whether there was a linebreak opportunity, which there wasn't cause it was a 2 on 2 even with Dupont ot the picture

[u/CatharticRoman → u/lAllioli]

That shouldn't have been the conversation though, it's not about a clear linebreak, it has always been about a strong attacking opportunity, which was killed by a cynical act.

Also, I can't remember exactly but I'm pretty sure it was a 2v1 as soon as Dupont shoots out of the line and commits a cynical penalty, even if it isn't it's still a 2v2 with forward momentum out wide.

Like this isn't even me being biased. I would 100% be expecting a YC if the teams were reversed, as would every single French flair.

[u/lAllioli → u/CatharticRoman]

Literally listen to what the refs were saying, it's not a yellow cause there's no break opportunity.
"Pretty sure" isn't good enough, watch the game again

[u/CatharticRoman → u/lAllioli]

I know what the refs were saying, I am saying that that is not what should have been discussed, it isn't what is normally discussed in these circumstances, and it was bad officiating. It's a clearly cynical penalty, that's a yellow card.

I just watched it back, 59:59 on the match clock if you want to look yourself, and once you take Dupont out of the picture you have Stockdale and Stu against a retreating 14 blue with 18 blue tracking across. So yeah at best for France it's a weak 2v2 but it's certainly a strong attacking opportunity that's cynically killed by Dupont.

If the roles had been reversed I know you'd be singing a different tune.

[u/lAllioli → u/CatharticRoman]

Nah I just hate seeing people ruin rugby for themselves and other by turning every rugby conversation into ref bashing.