13-12 to France after 54 mins!

N ot sure if it;s just complacency but France look bog ordinary.

Game over. The Frogs couldn't even get a bonus point . . . against Uruguay!

27-12 might sound comfortable enough but at the end of the day they beat a minnow rugby n ation by 3 tries to 2.

And the All Blacks lost to this lot? Bring it, Froggies and Kiwis!

Uruguay had there chances to win this game they just made mistakes at critical moments. At least they tried to play positive rugb y, the French were living off the mistakes Uruguay made.

Good on Uruguay - good for their game

Well it’s now apparent that the only Red Cards are going to be given to England….

Whole of New Zealand were jumping for Uruguay... shucks next time baby. 

 As per normal thinking wnt out of th e window.   Effectively Uruguay played the  French "B" team.   The starting line-up only had 4 of the players who played ag ainstthe AB's.   That idicates a missing element in F Rench Rugb - ie lack f depth.    

Urugauy should be conratulated on their achievement though.  Here we have a team of amateurs fom Uruguay putting up a good show,

A tier 2 team with a strong pack can disrupt at the source. Attack orientated teams are the easiest to disrupt. What does this mean for France? Not a whole lot. 

Sad but true Deus. We have seen already that a strong set piece & defense can thwart a good attacking team. Unless the attacking team scores early & puts scoreboard pressure on them. Teams like SA can dominate territory & their defense forces mistakes. Rolling mauls & kick for field position plus taking field goals seems to be the most successful approach.

France had better not get any more injuries or they will be in big trouble. 

It's looking like this RWC is wide open with refs and injuries possibly playing a critical role. Look at that absurd red Curry got. 

What does this mean for France? Not a whole lot.

It means they got what they wanted.

A RCW is 7 game long, they managed to skip one game for the first and most of the second side (this was a C team)

The schedule is somehow interesting: next game NA, week off, IT and then quarter finals.

NA is weaker than UR and this C team had one game to gel in.

There is the potential to skip one more game. Reducing the number of games played to five if going to the final.

That noted, three weeks off may be hard to handle for certain players who will request playing against NA to remain game fit.

Game against NA will probably feature a B team as regular starters want to play.

Or FR is all in and considers that the game against IT is enough as a warming up platform for the quarter finals. That would give a large edge in freshness.

The Bok defence doesn't create opportunities, sadly. Those days are long since gone. The Boks require free space. This cycle of rugby post 2015 is very much more open and has gotten progressively more open. The Boks are not very good at anything right now, but can run at open space very fast. They take advantage of poor defending on the outside. As quality of defending improves, they'll go from mediocre to the abyss in no time. 

"The Bok defence doesn't create opportunities, sadly."

Deus, defence in the red zone can create penalties and then 3 points. 

Deus, defence in the red zone can create penalties and then 3 points. 

Yes, it can. Reference examples of the Boks really pressuring with their defence. 

It's funny. Those calling others stupid can never answer the most basic of questions or provide any level of analytical info on any phase of the game, at even the most basic level. They still think of first receiver as 10, and second receiver as "the 12 position", that 13 always interacts with 12, and other such non sense. They can't discern basic patterns or roles. These are the same people who thought Schalk played flyhalf, and that Willemse played 10 against New Zealand. Very basic errors, yet they call others stupid. Interesting. I've never seen the likes of Saddex, Mrs Searle or Guppy provide any evidence for anything they say. They regurgitate what the media tells them and pretend they called it early. When they do try to fly solo, it's always an embarrassing gaff. 

Lemur...even the Mighty Schulk sees the light....

Where is this the case? Draht, it's that simple. Show me where this is the case. I have always challenged the blowhard for details and the very best they come up with is "x said y therefore it's true because I feel that's right despite the people who say it isn't true, because I don't feel it's right". Nobody has ever been able to refute a single thing I have ever posted. The difference is doing one's homework and lining those ducks in a row. A faulty foundation can never stand up to scrutiny. Ende. 

"Nobody has ever been able to refute a single thing I have ever posted."

LMAO!

Talk about lacking in self-awareness . . . and this same self-important clown calls other people narcissists.

Well then Mrs Searle, the floor is yours. What have you refuted? Keep in mind that your don't make rugby posts. Your closest contribution would be that Notshe is Bok of the century.