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Ireland vs France - 20/08/2011 - RWC Warm Up
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<blockquote data-quote="Logorrhea" data-source="post: 433875" data-attributes="member: 43061"><p>Thought the French were pretty impressive to be honest. Not in a traditional French sense, but the physicl power the displayed across the park was seriously impressive.</p><p></p><p>Some of the Irish team played quite well. The likes of Healy, Heaslip, O'Brien, O'Connell all looked to be on form but as a team, a unit, the Irish were physically dominated. The French owned the breakdown (more due to the power of their backs then their backrow), and we lived off shite ball as a result. O'Leary made the shite ball, shiter and everything else outside of him was nullified. </p><p></p><p>I wouldnt judge the Irish backline on this, but I would certainly question the likes of O'Callaghans (pointless I know, he does invisible stuff), and Jennings performance. Simply not good enough. </p><p></p><p>As for the French, I was seriously impressed with the physicality. From 1-15 they are the only team that could physically dominate New Zealand and South Africa. There wasnt too much flair but **** me they beat the shite out of the Irish pack, and that hasnt happened in a long time. Massive strength in depth, Heymans oozed class, Rougerie looked pretty good, very physical with decent enough hands for his first game back. </p><p></p><p>France, dispite Lievermont, are looking pretty good.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Logorrhea, post: 433875, member: 43061"] Thought the French were pretty impressive to be honest. Not in a traditional French sense, but the physicl power the displayed across the park was seriously impressive. Some of the Irish team played quite well. The likes of Healy, Heaslip, O'Brien, O'Connell all looked to be on form but as a team, a unit, the Irish were physically dominated. The French owned the breakdown (more due to the power of their backs then their backrow), and we lived off shite ball as a result. O'Leary made the shite ball, shiter and everything else outside of him was nullified. I wouldnt judge the Irish backline on this, but I would certainly question the likes of O'Callaghans (pointless I know, he does invisible stuff), and Jennings performance. Simply not good enough. As for the French, I was seriously impressed with the physicality. From 1-15 they are the only team that could physically dominate New Zealand and South Africa. There wasnt too much flair but **** me they beat the shite out of the Irish pack, and that hasnt happened in a long time. Massive strength in depth, Heymans oozed class, Rougerie looked pretty good, very physical with decent enough hands for his first game back. France, dispite Lievermont, are looking pretty good. [/QUOTE]
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