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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,645
    Excellent game. It's nice to see Wales coming onto the ball with pace which is something I spent years screaming for under Gatland. What's concerning is that France are level with very few opportunities, they really are dangerous. Slight concern with the scrum too, it's odd to be so solid on your own ball but come under pressure on the opposition ball. Luke Pearce is really helping dictate the pace of the game, best referee out there now.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,645
    ddraver said:

    ...at least English rugby can do something...

    He was born in Pontypool though, I watch rugby with his uncle (think he's lived most of his life in England though).
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,551
    Comes down to mistakes for me. The Welsh look the stronger but any mistakes will be punished. No mistakes, grand slam.
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  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,617
    Best Welsh performance for a long time, but very lucky with the third try as there was a French hand under the ball throughout.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,734
    Pross said:

    ddraver said:

    ...at least English rugby can do something...

    He was born in Pontypool though, I watch rugby with his uncle (think he's lived most of his life in England though).
    RFU trained then, I assume...
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  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,617
    It's Wales's slam to lose now.
    10 points up with 21 minutes to go.
    Can someone shoot Butler and Jiffy though?
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,617
    French no 5 red carded.
    3rd one in favour of Wales....

    Wales gave away 3 penalties in the movement, and on a warning.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,734
    I don't care anymore, this is just killing the game...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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  • johngti
    johngti Posts: 2,508
    Dorset_Boy said:

    French no 5 red carded.
    3rd one in favour of Wales....

    Wales gave away 3 penalties in the movement, and on a warning.

    So you’d excuse the fingers in the eye then?
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,617
    johngti said:

    Dorset_Boy said:

    French no 5 red carded.
    3rd one in favour of Wales....

    Wales gave away 3 penalties in the movement, and on a warning.

    So you’d excuse the fingers in the eye then?
    No, it's a red under the laws, but Wales should have had a yellow too - offside, neck roll, not rolling away, all in the move.

  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,551
    Dorset_Boy said:

    French no 5 red carded.
    3rd one in favour of Wales....

    Wales gave away 3 penalties in the movement, and on a warning.

    They weren't warned till after the "try".
    Let's see. Who saw a Welsh grand slam coming during that first game in Dublin?
    I'll be very surprised if even the most ardent of Welsh fans did.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,734
    Gonna be 7s soon...
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  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,617
    Wales two yellows.
    France have a man advantage!
  • johngti
    johngti Posts: 2,508
    Defeat from the jaws of victory?
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,617
    Looks like the French had possibly scored, but not reviewed.
    Yet another penalty against wales in the red zone.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,734
    Oh my word....
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,734
    I...err....what just happened?
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  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,617
    Wow!
    What an ending!

    Devastating for Wales.
    AWJ was out on his feet for the last 10 minutes.
    Wales's ill discipline catches them out, and their luck runs out.
  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,838
    Hilarious
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,551
    Jesus!
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  • johngti
    johngti Posts: 2,508
    Great game. France deserved winners
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,617
    How many times did Wales hold the French up over the line?

    Still the best Wales have played for a long time.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,645
    Poor substitutions cost that. There's times where changing by the clock isn't appropriate and today was one of them. Some very poor kicking in the second half put them under pressure when the high kicks had been a good tactic. That cost them tries due to the pressure it out them back under. Not sure what Liam Williams did to get his yellow.
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,617
    Pross said:

    Poor substitutions cost that. There's times where changing by the clock isn't appropriate and today was one of them. Some very poor kicking in the second half put them under pressure when the high kicks had been a good tactic. That cost them tries due to the pressure it out them back under. Not sure what Liam Williams did to get his yellow.

    Cumulative penalties and LW dived off his feet to kill French ball.

  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,645
    That final penalty annoyed me. They were doing exactly the right thing with little pick and drives and AWJ just flopped over the top for no reason. It probably only needed two more phases. Now I know how it feels to be a Scotland rugby fan
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,734
    edited March 2021
    Ah well, there you go.
    Still a triple crown and whatnot.

    France now know what they have to do: score 4 tries and 20 points more than Scotland.
    The post match panel think that the red card was spot on and that Wales should have had a penalty try.
    So yes, Wales luck definitely ran out.
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  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,617
    Pross said:

    That final penalty annoyed me. They were doing exactly the right thing with little pick and drives and AWJ just flopped over the top for no reason. It probably only needed two more phases. Now I know how it feels to be a Scotland rugby fan

    I don't think AWJ had the energy left to stay on his feet in the dying minutes. We was walking everywhere and struggling to get onside.

  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,293
    Where's all the whining? 'Snot fair etc. Oh yeah, wasn't Ingerlaand. 😉
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,645
    It was an odd game throughout as Wales probably played the best hour of rugby I've seen from them in years but France kept in touch whilst living on scraps. Taking Biggar off was a mistake to me, he was controlling the game really well.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,734
    orraloon said:

    Where's all the whining? 'Snot fair etc. Oh yeah, wasn't Ingerlaand. 😉

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