France v Ireland

Catogrande

Big call from Galthie. Dupont subbed.

sparky

Irish penalty. They go for goal rather than the corner. Over. 27-24 to France with ten minutes to go.

sparky

Jaminet with the winning try for France. 32-24 with kick to come. Three minutes to go.

nzzp

@sparky said in France v Ireland:

Jaminet with the winning try for France. 32-24 with kick to come. Three minutes to go.

my stream is behind, waiting to see if it is awarded.

Rocks in the head from an irish defender anyway - went to ground, elbows on the deck, scooped the ball. Clear penalty

sparky

Officials looking at this again and again and again. French crowd not happy about this and booing very loudly.

nzzp

@sparky said in France v Ireland:

Officials looking at this again and again and again. French crowd mot happy about this and booing very loudly.

yeah, it's crazy thatyou drop on the ball you carry, but if your arm is under it and you can't see clearly it could be ruled out. TMO baby - just award in real time and let it run

sparky

@sparky said in France v Ireland:

Jaminet with the winning try for France. 32-24 with kick to come. Three minutes to go.

No try. Ridiculous decision. French crowd not happy at all.

nzzp

@sparky said in France v Ireland:

@sparky said in France v Ireland:

Jaminet with the winning try for France. 32-24 with kick to come. Three minutes to go.

No try. Ridiculous decision. French crowd not happy at all.

I'm not happy either, would be spitting if it was my team. FFS.

sparky

Penalty instead. Knocked over. 30-24 with two minutes to go.

nzzp

@sparky said in France v Ireland:

Penalty instead. Knocked over. 30-24 with two minutes to go.

if that decision costs them the game ...

sparky

Ireland knock on. France with the ball with less than a minute to go.

sparky

Ball out. France win 30-24.

Impressive from them, again.

nzzp

@sparky said in France v Ireland:

Ball out. France win 30-24.

Impressive from them, again.

Only caught the last few minutes. They throw passes like the ABs used to - bullets. Creates space and time. Great to watch, allez le bleus

akan004

30 seconds to go and he kicks it away. Wtf.

Bovidae

A decent watch but this shows how Ireland's discipline is dependent on the ref. I thought Gardner had a good game and tried to let the game flow.

The Irish commentator seemed to have an infatuation with 19 stone men.

cgrant

The French forwards were impressive and won most of the collisions. They showed Foster what level of physicality is required to win a game against the top NH nations.

Catogrande

I like, to one degree or another, most of the pundits, although all have an annoying element but by fuck the Scots and Irish pundits do like to big up their own guys. . Case in point today, Andy Nichol: here comes the child-man. His musculature is incredible. WTF?

MiketheSnow

Cracking match

Steven Harris

Firstly ,it was great to see the worlds best official Angus Gardiner in action , the way he managed the players in and around the breakdown was superb and also taking control of what looked like a nothing penalty and overturning it for some obstruction from Bundee Aki that was called by the AR.
On the game , always thought despite the Irish battling back to within a point , the French had the game in the bag..great breakdown work saw some superb counter rucking and fierce linespeed pressure on the Irish ball carriers saw handling errors ..
A really enjoyable watch.

Machpants

@nzzp said in France v Ireland:

@sparky said in France v Ireland:

@sparky said in France v Ireland:

Jaminet with the winning try for France. 32-24 with kick to come. Three minutes to go.

No try. Ridiculous decision. French crowd not happy at all.

I'm not happy either, would be spitting if it was my team. FFS.

Totally the right call. Ref called held up in real time, TMO confirmed. Gardner was on song most of the match

The Silver Fern

France v Ireland