6N 2025 Ireland vs France

[Machpants]

Le Rassie goes 7:1 split. They'll be fired up by the 'injustice' of recent judiciary decisions (Ringrose got to count a club game towards ban, Ntamack wasn't allowed to)

France: 15 Thomas Ramos, 14 Damian Penaud, 13 Pierre-Louis Barassi, 12 Yoram Moefana, 11 Louis Bielle-Biarrey, 10 Romain Ntamack, 9 Antoine Dupont (c), 8 Gregory Alldritt, 7 Paul Boudehent, 6 Francois Cros, 5 Mickaël Guillard, 4 Thibaud Flament, 3 Uini Atonio, 2 Peato Mauvaka, 1 Jean-Baptiste Gros
Replacements: 16 Julien Marchand, 17 Cyril Baille, 18 Dorian Aldegheri, 19 Emmanuel Meafou, 20 Hugo Auradou, 21 Oscar Jegou, 22 Anthony Jelonch, 23 Maxime Lucu

Ireland: 15 Hugo Keenan, 14 Jamie Osborne, 13 Robbie Henshaw, 12 Bundee Aki, 11 James Lowe, 10 Sam Prendergast, 9 Jamison Gibson-Park, 8 Caelan Doris (c), 7 Josh van der Flier, 6 Peter O’Mahony, 5 Tadhg Beirne, 4 Joe McCarthy, 3 Finlay Bealham, 2 Dan Sheehan, 1 Andrew Porter
Replacements: 16 Rob Herring, 17 Cian Healy, 18 Thomas Clarkson, 19 James Ryan, 20 Jack Conan, 21 Ryan Baird, 22 Conor Murray, 23 Jack Crowley

Referee: Angus Gardner (Australia)
Assistant referees: Matthew Carley (England), Christophe Ridley (England)
TMO: Ian Tempest (England)

[booboo]

@Machpants said in 6N 2025 Ireland vs France:

Le Rassie goes 7:1 split.

Am I right that the Spuds have gone 6:2?

[MiketheSnow]

Could go either way

And that could come down Angus

[Machpants]

@booboo said in 6N 2025 Ireland vs France:

@Machpants said in 6N 2025 Ireland vs France:

Le Rassie goes 7:1 split.

Am I right that the Spuds have gone 6:2?

Yup

[booboo]

Forwards determine who wins and loses.

[Victor Meldrew]

Watching the lead-up on TV and commentators saying its 50/50 as to who's the best 9 in the world - Du Pont or JGP. Morons. We all know Cam Roigard's the best there's ever been - and that's after less than 10 caps.

[The Irishman]

Lowe out.....Fuuuuuck!

[Victor Meldrew]

Has there been a longer dignitaries and anthems build-up in Rugby?

Just get on with the game, FFS.

Edit: 20 minutes so far and we can't start the game as some fuckwit is still singing

[Billy Tell]

The country of fair play with a cynical YC.

[pooler fan]

McCarthy is a good prospect but that's a brain dead yellow card. Dumb AF.

[Victor Meldrew]

@Billy-Tell said in 6N 2025 Ireland vs France:

The country of fair play with a cynical YC.

Dumb as fuck

[Billy Tell]

Love that French winger. A pure winger with lethal speed.

[Victor Meldrew]

That was some cross-field kick...

[Billy Tell]

Time for Jason stantham to step up here.

[pooler fan]

POM with 2 no arm tackles so far, he'll be having an enforced rest if he keeps this up.

[Billy Tell]

Really don’t see why Mike rates prendergast. Just seems to shovel ball on. I’m not seeing lions 10.

[Jet]

That pen for Ireland is bullshit.

Irish runners beyond the ball contacting and being tackled by French defenders.

A bug bear of mine with them for years.

[The Irishman]

@Billy-Tell said in 6N 2025 Ireland vs France:

Really don’t see why Mike rates prendergast. Just seems to shovel ball on. I’m not seeing lions 10.

He still has a lot of experience to gain, but yeah, I agree based on today's showing so far. Hopefully Crowley will come on to calm things down early second half.

[MajorPom]

Ireland look clueless with the ball.

They have tended to power on in the second half tho, so should be confident

[Billy Tell]

Might be head high here. From the fair play country.