France v Scotland

[MiketheSnow]

This will be very interesting

If Scotland pick a second string they'll get murdered

If they pick a full strength side which gets easily beaten then that throws their RWC plans into turmoil

[antipodean]

There's some average players in that French team. Scotland should knock over a selection with a spine of no-names like Alldritt, DuPont & Ntamack.

[Bones]

@antipodean Not to mention over the hill geriatrics like Fickou.

[antipodean]

@Bones Yep, useless the lot of them

[MiketheSnow]

This slipped by me and most I'd suggest

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/66442579

What an absolute joke

The guy is an absolute cun*

Three match ban with the third match replaced by a 'speed awareness course', sorry I meant 'coaching intervention programme' so he is available for the SA match in the RWC

This cun* will learn nothing from that 'programme'

He learned nothing from this action and RC

Makes my blood boil

[Catogrande]

@MiketheSnow

Virtually identical transgressions. Serial offender and he gets two games?

[Bones]

@MiketheSnow I think it was Josh Dickson who came back from a ban and the "speed awareness course" in super rugby, waltzed on the field and made his first action a shoulder to the head.

If you want it to stop, punish them properly.

[Daffy Jaffy]

Scotland:
15 Blair Kinghorn, 14 Kyle Steyn, 13 Huw Jones, 12 Sione Tuipulotu, 11 Duhan van der Merwe, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Ali Price, 8 Jack Dempsey, 7 Rory Darge, 6 Jamie Ritchie (c), 5 Grant Gilchrist, 4 Richie Gray, 3 WP Nel, 2 George Turner, 1 Pierre Schoeman
Replacements: 16 Stuart McInally, 17 Rory Sutherland, 18 Javan Sebastian, 19 Scott Cummings, 20 Sam Skinner, 21 Josh Bayliss, 22 George Horne, 23 Ollie Smith

[pakman]

Scotland noticeably weaker when branch comes on. France not much.

[nostrildamus]

@pakman said in France v Scotland:

Scotland noticeably weaker when branch comes on.

Is this an obscure Dunsinane hill reference?

Bring me no more reports; let them fly all:
Till Birnam wood remove to Dunsinane,

Oh, bench? As you were.

[allblacksfan2]

Really looking forward to this game, and after the Eng v Wales stodgy appetiser am hoping it doesn’t disappoint.

[allblacksfan2]

One of the commentators described the teams as playing with power, passion and panache. Struck me as 3 elements missing from the Eng Wales game. Listen to the French belt out their anthem!!! love it

[KiwiMurph]

Terrific try Scotland

[Bones]

Ramos has brilliantly finished off making France into a brilliant team over the last year or so.

[KiwiMurph]

Nervous times ahead for Ntamack - his knee didn't look great.

[MiketheSnow]

Russell’s chip ended Scotland’s chance to steal this

[MiketheSnow]

That didn’t age well

[KiwiMurph]

Scotland score some banger tries

[Victor Meldrew]

Cracking match this. Way better than the Wales - Pom game.

[Frank]

Scotland don't look half bad.
Knocking either Ireland or South Africa out in the pool stages would be so so sweet.