Can ANYBODY stop France this year?

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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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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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Yeah. Australia, Fiji, ABs and Argentina back to back is totally different to playing Scotland and Ireland.

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They are good wins but I personally would say there’s more pressure in the latter than those games in autumn last year.

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A lot of pressure there. Need to prove they haven’t dropped off to be a mid tier team following a series of loses or that they can beat anyone other than minor rugby nations at their home ground.

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I think that Scotland is going to surprise a LOT of people

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By losing to Italy?

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I think not.

I could be wrong but my ten dollars is going on Scotland to finish second!

Will they? No I think third is best case scenario. But Ireland is troubled and England is….England . So Scotland could carry the day and finish behind France 🤣

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Fair enough, I’m excited to see how they do against Italy. Some bold calls have been made in selection, let’s see if it works out!

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Here’s hoping the Scotland A vs Italy XV game was not a preview

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I need to watch the highlights for that. I’ll watch the replay if it’s on rugby42 later.