Comments on: Rugby Union: France Beat England 12-10 to Win RBS 6 Nations 2010 Grand Slam

By: Editor

Editor — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:25:32 +0000

“Apart from this evening, France have been a runaway success in this tournament, as their points difference will attest, and their Grand Slam provides Ireland, England, Wales, Scotland and Italy something to aim for next year: all of those teams have indicated that they are capable of winning matches against any of the other five nations, so France can expect an even tougher battle next time round.”

This article is about the Six Nations. I agree that France (and the rest) have something to find on South Africa and, in particular, New Zealand. But we’ll be dealing with those teams in the Tri Nations in 3 months or so. Not now.

Have a look at this one here for some small examination of the south vs north argument, which is largely irrelevant until 2011: http://theglobalherald.com/rugby-union-autumn-international-roundup/1246/

By: CanalSO

CanalSO — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 04:08:07 +0000

The better team won! good game though xD

By: The Realist

The Realist — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 03:42:14 +0000

Wake up and smell your roses! Not one piece of media out of the UK acknowledges just how poorly the English team have performed in the tournament and just how consistently well the French team has performed. Their consistency over the entire competition got them home. The referee was right to penalize what was poor scrummaging by the English front row – period.

None of this will matter by next year in the World Cup year and both the two teams in the final and the other four in the 6 nations tournament will need to find a couple of other gears in their engines to compete with the top southern hemisphere teams.

The Realist

By: Jim

Jim — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:44:14 +0000

Yes yes – being an Englishman – yes I’m dissapointed I think we played well especially in the 2nd half and are kicking ourselves we gave away so many penalities – France did not break through once