Australia versus France Nations Champs 2026

Cumon Ozzie!!!!!!!!

Man I wish we had Lucu

France probably gonna start like a house on fire

Saualii makes a sweet 50/22...but the TMO pulls them back for a high tackle :/

Howzit Plummie. Big test for Aussie.

Jeez the Aussie goal line defence look shaky. France over already. Meafou is a unit.

France score in the 3rd minute through Meafou

0-7 France

Can the Ozzies live with this French pack?

Howzit Paks

I see you were on the AB game. Thats dedication

Ozzie playing some ball but pass forward

France should walk over Ozzie...free kick

Nice hands by after the tap

And now Australia get a free kick at scrum time.

2 scrums and 2 Free kicks

It can't carry on like this. Scrums are becoming more irrelevant with every game that passes.

Aussie over. Let's go boys.

Ozzie score!

Nice note from the lineout and they muscle it over in the end.

7-7

Game on

3rd scrum

Reset

Ozzie pushing France back on their own put it...interesting!

Good Aussie defense forcing the cheap surrender through Ntamack's kick.

This time Ntamack's kick gets France the try. Bit soft in the end. Aussie will have to keep the scoreboard ticking, France have some powerful carriers and they'll wear the Aussie defence down.

What a finish!!!

Oz caught napping there

7-12 France

I have a feeling Oz can win this

lol the Valentini bus is full boys

Wright with a brilliant 50-22!

Pinpoint

Wright with the 50-22 after a breathless passage of play. French hand getting the way of an Aussie pass.

They're checking head on head by France

Probably a yellow

Yeah, it's yellow.

Oz have a penalty on the French line

This will give them some steam

Head on head and ref gets a call of penalty only from his other eyes. Man these TMOs. Ref goes with yellow.

Another dominant scrum and free kick. Can't scrum again. Such bullshit.

Fraser over anyway, go Aussie. 14-12

Here we go, Oz have a scrum and France a man short in the scrum.

...and France give away a free kick.

4 fucking scrum in this game and 3 free kicks!

Seriously, how the fucking fuck is this what rugby has become!?!?!?!?!?,!?!?!,???

Ozzie score anyway

Suck it France

14-12 Ozzie

5th scrum now

Let me guess, the ref will give a penalty now because knows it's been a farce

Yep Penalty...Ozzie running under advantage

Oz kinda lateral in attack, just drifting themselves out of options.

Kak kick by Meredith, gives Jelly a chance to kick it right back to the Oz tryline. Wright with another 50-22 saves it though, what a kick.

Another brilliant 50/22 from Wright!

That was a massive one

Ozzie all over France, penalty advantage on the French 5m

Sua gets it to Jorgie wide but he just loses it as he tries a tough touchdown. So close.

Sua making things happen around him today, good to see after a poor outing last week.

Haha, Oz maul destroys the French, try. 21-12. Fuck them up boys.

And Ozzie score again haha

This is starting to look like what Scotland did to them

21-12 Ozzie

France just don't pose the same threat without LeBeep.

Brilliant defensive play by McReight

LOL, what is this rugby man. Holy shit, thrills from one end to the other.

Go on Paks...put words to that passage of play 😀

Haha, French fluff their maul. Ribbit.

Well that went by in the blink of an eye. Absolute entertainment, well done to both sides.

France could take 3 there but opt for an attacking lineout.

That 3 would have put them within a score of Oz...but they turn it down in favour of playing rugby.

How do I hate and respect them this much at the same time?

Recap of the scrums thus far...

5 scrums;
3 Free Kicks
1 Penalty

That's 3 ruined/gamed scrums.

I wonder if it's beginning to dawn on people how damaging this is to the identity of the game.