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2024 Guinness Six Nations
[2023 Six Nations] England v France 11 March 2023. Kickoff 16:45
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<blockquote data-quote="dullonien" data-source="post: 1123630" data-attributes="member: 13739"><p>That's a really tough one to process for England, there were a lot of mediocre performances by England players, but not many were really poor as you'd maybe expect with a drubbing like that. </p><p></p><p>France were just sensational in everything they did. Their kicking game was sublime, as was their work at the breakdown. They have an awesome blend of power and mobility up front which England couldn't cope with.</p><p></p><p>The really impressive thing is that Ntamack didn't even properly get into the game at 10, they almost didn't need him, with Dupont, Ramos and Fikou running thd show yesterday. I said at the time that losing to Ireland was good for France and I think this showed it.</p><p></p><p>England are in a tough place, and like Wales the WC is going to come too soon. But with the player numbers they have I don't see it being a long term issue. Not at all sure about Borthwick though, like Pivac I don't think the one ***le success is a true representation of his abilities.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dullonien, post: 1123630, member: 13739"] That's a really tough one to process for England, there were a lot of mediocre performances by England players, but not many were really poor as you'd maybe expect with a drubbing like that. France were just sensational in everything they did. Their kicking game was sublime, as was their work at the breakdown. They have an awesome blend of power and mobility up front which England couldn't cope with. The really impressive thing is that Ntamack didn't even properly get into the game at 10, they almost didn't need him, with Dupont, Ramos and Fikou running thd show yesterday. I said at the time that losing to Ireland was good for France and I think this showed it. England are in a tough place, and like Wales the WC is going to come too soon. But with the player numbers they have I don't see it being a long term issue. Not at all sure about Borthwick though, like Pivac I don't think the one ***le success is a true representation of his abilities. [/QUOTE]
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