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EOYT: France vs Samoa, 24/11/2012
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<blockquote data-quote="jaunard06" data-source="post: 539477" data-attributes="member: 56207"><p>That was a very tense and unpredictable match as I expected. Samoa played superbly, but I believe they were a little bit too tired at the end, this brought on their side a little bit more indiscipline and allowed us the win.</p><p>France had a slight edge on the bench, and this made probably the difference.</p><p>Samoa kept the ball but our defense was heroic, if we can hold off Samoa this way then we can expect to behave well for the upcoming 6N !</p><p>Usually we would have lost such a game following a physical collapse but we improved a lot in this area, now we can really compte with SH teams on a regular fashion and not just once or twice...</p><p></p><p>Our lineout and mauls were excellent, scrummaging was on par with Samoa despite being "one man down" (in weight !), but on rucks Samoa reigned all over the match which was expectable given their physical strength and speed. Technically they also improved a lot in this area of play, this is how they beat Wales which is IMO the best NH team for that. But we didn't commited to many fouls and replaced correctly after each ruck so that's really good.</p><p></p><p>I was really stressed and after the beginnning of the 2nd half thought Samoa was in for another win but now I'm really, really happy of the result ! I feared that match much more than the 2 others and it seems I was right, Samoa was from far the best team of France's autumn your.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jaunard06, post: 539477, member: 56207"] That was a very tense and unpredictable match as I expected. Samoa played superbly, but I believe they were a little bit too tired at the end, this brought on their side a little bit more indiscipline and allowed us the win. France had a slight edge on the bench, and this made probably the difference. Samoa kept the ball but our defense was heroic, if we can hold off Samoa this way then we can expect to behave well for the upcoming 6N ! Usually we would have lost such a game following a physical collapse but we improved a lot in this area, now we can really compte with SH teams on a regular fashion and not just once or twice... Our lineout and mauls were excellent, scrummaging was on par with Samoa despite being "one man down" (in weight !), but on rucks Samoa reigned all over the match which was expectable given their physical strength and speed. Technically they also improved a lot in this area of play, this is how they beat Wales which is IMO the best NH team for that. But we didn't commited to many fouls and replaced correctly after each ruck so that's really good. I was really stressed and after the beginnning of the 2nd half thought Samoa was in for another win but now I'm really, really happy of the result ! I feared that match much more than the 2 others and it seems I was right, Samoa was from far the best team of France's autumn your. [/QUOTE]
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