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[2014 EOYT] France vs Australia
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<blockquote data-quote="Big Ewis" data-source="post: 689633" data-attributes="member: 57076"><p>Very hard to sit through those last 10 min, when I saw that last break I thought they were going for it for sure but what's won us the whole game occurred again, quality defense. I'm very happy because we really deserved to win this, and had we lost the dominant team for 80min wouldn't have been represented in the score. </p><p></p><p>The bad part of my post: Australia got extremely lucky with the ref. High tackles, a shoulder charge, a debatable late tackle, the dangerous tackle letting go, Skelton under Chouly on the lineout...at least one yellow should've found its way in the Aussie side.</p><p></p><p>So far looking at this new look France for two tests, we've found some attacking back, couldn't see much of it in the 2nd half here as it was essentially an ultra-tight 'must-win' atmosphere settled at the tee. </p><p>But along with the defense, the breakdown...I'd rather lose a game that looks like this than win games that looked like what we did in Australia/at the 6N.</p><p></p><p>Individualls:</p><p>Camille Lopez, again, is one of the best FH's in the world atm but was obviously not comfortable (pressure playing a big team at home ? Plans unclear from staff ?) and although he was magnificent from the tee, he made a ton of bad decisions (despite some fantastic found touches) which he'd never make a tenth of for Clermont. He'll get better as it goes, still young and following PSA's incompetent strategies I think has got him confused.</p><p>STB and Kockott have given us what Parra hasn't. A real intent to play quick ball out the rucks and inject int'l caliber pace.</p><p></p><p>Our pack was excellent, and I'm confident Slimani+Atonio on the TH can get us the job done, and Menini and Chiocci seem to hold up well. They're not exactly prime Barcella, Marconnet, Milloud, Domingo or Faure but it's a new era and France doesn't seem to produce em as brutal as it used to...all good things come to an end.</p><p></p><p>Defense won us the game. Very glad with the result, we managed 30 points on Aus. Too bad it came this close in the end...don't think it reflects the global sentiment of the game.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Big Ewis, post: 689633, member: 57076"] Very hard to sit through those last 10 min, when I saw that last break I thought they were going for it for sure but what's won us the whole game occurred again, quality defense. I'm very happy because we really deserved to win this, and had we lost the dominant team for 80min wouldn't have been represented in the score. The bad part of my post: Australia got extremely lucky with the ref. High tackles, a shoulder charge, a debatable late tackle, the dangerous tackle letting go, Skelton under Chouly on the lineout...at least one yellow should've found its way in the Aussie side. So far looking at this new look France for two tests, we've found some attacking back, couldn't see much of it in the 2nd half here as it was essentially an ultra-tight 'must-win' atmosphere settled at the tee. But along with the defense, the breakdown...I'd rather lose a game that looks like this than win games that looked like what we did in Australia/at the 6N. Individualls: Camille Lopez, again, is one of the best FH's in the world atm but was obviously not comfortable (pressure playing a big team at home ? Plans unclear from staff ?) and although he was magnificent from the tee, he made a ton of bad decisions (despite some fantastic found touches) which he'd never make a tenth of for Clermont. He'll get better as it goes, still young and following PSA's incompetent strategies I think has got him confused. STB and Kockott have given us what Parra hasn't. A real intent to play quick ball out the rucks and inject int'l caliber pace. Our pack was excellent, and I'm confident Slimani+Atonio on the TH can get us the job done, and Menini and Chiocci seem to hold up well. They're not exactly prime Barcella, Marconnet, Milloud, Domingo or Faure but it's a new era and France doesn't seem to produce em as brutal as it used to...all good things come to an end. Defense won us the game. Very glad with the result, we managed 30 points on Aus. Too bad it came this close in the end...don't think it reflects the global sentiment of the game. [/QUOTE]
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