England V France

goodaine · Post by **goodaine** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 12:28 pm

France squad to face England, Saturday 11 August:

Backs: C Poitrenaud; A Rougerie, C Heymans, V Clerc, D Marty, Y Jauzion, D Skrela, F Michalak, P Mignoni, J-B Elissalde

Forwards: R Martin, Y Nyanga, S Betsen, J Bonnaire, S Chabal, J Thion, F Pelous, D Szarzewski, R Ibanez, J-B Poux, P de Villiers, O Milloud

goodaine · Post by **goodaine** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 12:30 pm

goodaine · Post by **goodaine** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 12:32 pm

England team to play France at Twickenham, Saturday 11 August:

Abendanon (Bath), Sackey (Wasps), Noon (Newcastle), Catt (London Irish, capt) Lewsey (Wasps), Barkley (Bath), Perry (Bristol); Sheridan (Sale), Regan (Bristol), Stevens (Bath), Shaw (Wasps), Kay (Leicester), Haskell (Wasps), Moody (Leicester,) Dallaglio (Wasps). Replacements: Mears (Bath), Vickery (Wasps), Corry (Leicester), Worsley (Wasps), Gomarsall (Harlequins), Wilkinson (Newcastle), Cipriani (Wasps)

Rooster · Post by **Rooster** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 1:17 pm

They won't stick 60 points on that French team

goodaine · Post by **goodaine** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 1:25 pm

Hope they get slaughtered

browner · Post by **browner** » Sat Aug 11, 2007 7:23 pm

Much better game than the Irish.

Bish bash bosh made very little impression against the French but i think they're improving all the time.

World cup has come too early for them.

'Les Blues' are going to be hard to beat on their home turf.

jamesie · Post by **jamesie** » Sat Aug 11, 2007 7:33 pm

browner wrote:'Les Blues'

'Les Bleus'

thought england done OK. says a lot that dallaglio and catt we're englands best players... they tried to have a plan B but it didn't really have any depth...

froggies weren't particularly convincing... reckon they had adapted their game for england's plan A tho

bogboy · Post by **bogboy** » Sat Aug 11, 2007 9:07 pm

not greatly impressed by les croakers

England looked as bad as ever behind the scrum which again looks one paced

Les croakers appear to relie on a few key players like Betson and chaval playing in the second row

Thats one mobile second row forward but it provides pace to the pack as a whole by playing 4 backrow forwards ie a front 4 and a back four instead of front 5

craftynick · Post by **craftynick** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 2:31 pm

sorry if im just being blind but can anyone tell me what time this is on on Saturday

Lanzaman · Post by **Lanzaman** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 2:50 pm

Looks like:

Wales v Argies - 14.30 - bbc1

Fra v Eng - 20.00 hrs - sky sports 2

Rooster · Post by **Rooster** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 5:14 pm

Insect bite brings down giant prop Sheridan
LONDON (Reuters) - Giant England prop Andrew Sheridan has been ruled out of Saturday's World Cup warm-up against France in Marseille by an infected insect bite.

The 119 kg, 1.95-metre forward was admitted to hospital on Sunday night and is on intravenous antibiotics, the Rugby Football Union said in a statement.

Sheridan had been expected to play on Saturday as coach Brian Ashton has said he will play his strongest XV - a selection he was due to name later on Tuesday.

Englands huge powerhouse prop taken out by a mozzie

mikerob · Post by **mikerob** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 5:25 pm

Rooster wrote:
Englands huge powerhouse prop taken out by a mozzie

Sure it wasn't a radioactive spider?

Spiderpig, spiderpig, does whatever a spiderpig does....

browner · Post by **browner** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 5:27 pm

ahhhhhhh.................Homer.

Lanzaman · Post by **Lanzaman** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 7:22 pm

mikerob wrote:
Sure it wasn't a radioactive spider?

Spiderpig, spiderpig, does whatever a spiderpig does....

s'pose a spider would make it more relevant for the Webb ellis trophy ...

pwrmoore · Post by **pwrmoore** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 9:57 pm

Maybe their spin doctors are at it again

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