[2022 Six Nations] Wales vs France (11/03/22)

[TRF_Olyy]

Basham is a small little man

Takes one to know one

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

Takes one to know one

Life's about perspective

 

[BrokenWing]

His great grandad (or something like that) was some Welsh bare knuckle boxer who once killed a guy in a fight, apparently.

He once punched a man so hard, his legs turned into trombones. (That's a very obscure reference)

 

[Jakedood]

Penaud out with Covid, and Taoififenua's absence has brought back to a 5-3 bench, but other than that its a full strength France team
Wales have seemingly gone with heft and brute force but unsure if that can manage the delicate interplay of this French team, in particular their ability to find soft shoulders and offload, and attacking them with runners off 9 & 10 with that pack will be hard up the gut...

Could be ominous, weather depending in Cardiff.. another big potential issue is can Wales get their back 3 involved, the French line speed is so good

 

[Becca]

Just saw that DuPont was out too…..

 

[Not Mike Brown's Sock]

Just saw that DuPont was out too…..

Is he? I can't see anything to that end?

 

[die_mole]

Dupont missed training yesterday but is still planning on playing this weekend.
edit: apparently he hurt his elbow after a blow to his very impressive biceps. I will be monitoring this situation carefully

Penaud is a blow though.

 

[AWJ5GOAT]

Great to see the GOAT AWJ back in camp with the lads today!! Beating the French will be a tricky task. Will be an exciting watch tmrw Dewch ymlaen Cymru!

 

[Welsh Exile]

Think we'll either lose by 30 or win by 3.

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

Disappointed I won't get to see this. One of my favourite fixtures in the tournament. Hoping for a Wales win, saturday's game becomes huge in that case, but not at all expecting it.

 

[HamJan]

Interesting to see Wales online's player ratings, they scored Biggar and N'Tamack the same. Whenever I think that Mark Orders has embarrassed himself as much as he possibly can, he surprises me.

 

[ncurd]

they scored Biggar and N'Tamack the same

**** me...can amy Welsh fan work out the logic leaps this took? Like we joke about Wales Online and we know its stupidly wrong but they usually have decency of scoring clearly better players 0.5 points behind.

 

[Welsh Exile]

The biggest joke is the best winger in world rugby only getting a mere 8/10.

 

[MikeTheNative]

**** me...can amy Welsh fan work out the logic leaps this took? Like we joke about Wales Online and we know its stupidly wrong but they usually have decency of scoring clearly better players 0.5 points behind.

It's stupid but get's you to click on it when otherwise you wouldn't have I suppose.

 

[die_mole]

Are people talking **** about biggar? I won't stand (and then flop) for this.

 

[Bruce_ma gooshvili]

Purely to back up my pre-tournament prediction.

Wales by 6

 

[ncurd]

Purely to back up my pre-tournament prediction.

Wales by 6

Are the Welsh even that optmisitic?

 

[BenniMarco]

France by 9.

Hard to predict though, I'm front of our own fans we have often done very well in the past but it's hard to see past a side reminiscent of the all blacks not winning, unless they capitulate (which is unlikely with the talent on offer).

Anything less than 7 point loss is alright.

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

France by 2 scores, unless they decide to participate in the traditional sport of hitting a Welsh player in the head and getting sent off.

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

I see the WRU have ****** the ticket pricing? Might not be a sellout