Darce in IT today.France still have more individual brilliance than Ireland, Wales and England but it keeps getting lost in their system.
Also compares Man United under Jose to France under Brunel.
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Darce in IT today.France still have more individual brilliance than Ireland, Wales and England but it keeps getting lost in their system.
Did he clash heads with parisse? Two high profile concussion absences playing in between 6 nations gamesneill_m wrote:Finn Russell ruled out for Scotland after suffering concussion playing for Racing at the weekend.
Finn Russell got a head knock through attempting to tackle a Toulouse player, coming from his right, with his right shoulder. The Toulouse player's right knee clipped Russell's right temple with his right knee. A classic "wrong shoulder tackle".neill_m wrote:Finn Russell ruled out for Scotland after suffering concussion playing for Racing at the weekend.
Last time they won in Twickenham was 1983. Anyone on either team who was alive back then?neill_m wrote:Didn't realise the last time Scotland won in Paris, it was in the 5N (1999)!
Interesting call at 10 Anscombe starting over Biggar. Gatland know what he is doing I suppose but for me he isn't as physical or as solid kicking penalties as biggar. The english will probably go after anscombe from kick off.neill_m wrote:Wales Team:
Liam Williams (Saracens); George North (Ospreys), Jonathan Davies (Scarlets), Hadleigh Parkes (Scarlets), Josh Adams (Worcester); Gareth Anscombe (Cardiff Blues), Gareth Davies (Scarlets); Rob Evans (Scarlets), Ken Owens (Scarlets), Tomas Francis (Exeter), Cory Hill (Dragons), Alun Wyn Jones (Ospreys, captain), Josh Navidi (Cardiff Blues), Justin Tipuric (Ospreys), Ross Moriarty (Dragons).
Elliot Dee (Dragons), Nicky Smith (Ospreys), Dillon Lewis (Cardiff Blues), Adam Beard (Ospreys), Aaron Wainwright (Dragons), Aled Davies (Ospreys), Dan Biggar (Northampton), Owen Watkin (Ospreys).
I really don't rate Anscombe at all and surprised Gatland started Anscombe against France. But Biggar went off injured last week after 20-something minutes for Northampton, so that might have played a part this week.MylesNaGapoleen wrote:Interesting call at 10 Anscombe starting over Biggar. Gatland know what he is doing I suppose but for me he isn't as physical or as solid kicking penalties as biggar. The english will probably go after anscombe from kick off.neill_m wrote:Wales Team:
Liam Williams (Saracens); George North (Ospreys), Jonathan Davies (Scarlets), Hadleigh Parkes (Scarlets), Josh Adams (Worcester); Gareth Anscombe (Cardiff Blues), Gareth Davies (Scarlets); Rob Evans (Scarlets), Ken Owens (Scarlets), Tomas Francis (Exeter), Cory Hill (Dragons), Alun Wyn Jones (Ospreys, captain), Josh Navidi (Cardiff Blues), Justin Tipuric (Ospreys), Ross Moriarty (Dragons).
Elliot Dee (Dragons), Nicky Smith (Ospreys), Dillon Lewis (Cardiff Blues), Adam Beard (Ospreys), Aaron Wainwright (Dragons), Aled Davies (Ospreys), Dan Biggar (Northampton), Owen Watkin (Ospreys).
So hoping the Welsh can cause an upset here.
For the answer look at who Gattie has selected at FB specifically and his back three in general.dropkick wrote:Should be interesting to see how Gatland deals with the England kicking game. He's had a few weeks to figure out how to deal with it. Wales are usually one of the best defensive teams in the world.
If England continue to be successful with their kicking game, it could potentially change rugby for the better as a way to nullify the rush defence.
He will also have identified the space out wide which Ireland failed to exploit. Wales are good at getting the ball out there and North is just ridiculous in those situations.dropkick wrote:Should be interesting to see how Gatland deals with the England kicking game. He's had a few weeks to figure out how to deal with it. Wales are usually one of the best defensive teams in the world.
If England continue to be successful with their kicking game, it could potentially change rugby for the better as a way to nullify the rush defence.
The rush defence is probably the main contributor to concussions or certainly a major one.dropkick wrote:Should be interesting to see how Gatland deals with the England kicking game. He's had a few weeks to figure out how to deal with it. Wales are usually one of the best defensive teams in the world.
If England continue to be successful with their kicking game, it could potentially change rugby for the better as a way to nullify the rush defence.