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Saint-Andre messing around with his half-backs. Think this helps England slightly myself.
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France: 15 Clement Poitrenaud, 14 Vincent Clerc, 13 Aurelien Rougerie, 12 Wesley Fofana, 11 Julien Malzieu, 10 Lionel Beauxis, 9 Julien Dupuy, 8 Imanol Harinordoquy, 7 Julien Bonnaire, 6 Thierry Dusautoir (c), 5 Yohann Maestri, 4 Pascal Pape, 3 Nicolas Mas, 2 Dimitri Szarzewski, 1 Jean-Baptiste Poux.
Replacements: 16 William Servat, 17 Vincent Debaty, 18 Lionel Nallet, 19 Louis Picamoles, 20 Morgan Parra, 21 Francois Trinh-Duc, 22 Maxime Mermoz. Date: Sunday, 11 March Venue: Stade de France, Paris Kick-off: 16:00 (15.00 GMT) Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland) Assistant referees: Nigel Owens (Wales), John Lacey (Ireland) Television match official: Jim Yuille (Scotland) |
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England unchanged
England: Ben Foden; Chris Ashton, Manu Tuilagi, Brad Barritt, David Strettle; Owen Farrell, Lee Dickson; Alex Corbisiero, Dylan Hartley, Dan Cole; Mouritz Botha, Geoff Parling; Tom Croft, Chris Robshaw, Ben Morgan. Replacements: Rob Webber, Matt Stevens, Tom Palmer, Phil Dowson, Ben Youngs, Charlie Hodgson, Mike Brown. |
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Say wat you like about Tindall and Borthwick, I would sooner see them in the Ingerlund shirt than these two imposters
 ... http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/17320211 |
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Speaking of staying on the pitch at half time and oranges, does anyone else remember when this used to be the BIG Game of The Championship?
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eng +8 10/11
eng @ 3.8 for me france have ceased to impress |
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France to win, looking at the teamsheets they should probably cover the 8 pts hcap but the French have always had a complex with the English and they're not playing particularly well. France under 12.5 pts @ 2.46
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yeah i fancy france to but wud prefer parra on
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is it BST already?
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pacrfic picks France so that is a nailed on England win
 Besides which Farrell is playing and he has had what 1 good game and is already better than Dan Carter. |
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I'm never very good at working these things out,but I dont see how France can go off a shorter price today against England than they were against Ireland last week(When England are Favs to beat Ireland next week)
If that makes any sense  (France went off 1.5 just before kick last week) |
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Would you like to try calling a game GPT ?
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Very tempted to lump on France here. What am I misssing?
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Objectivity?
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Does seem a bit strange that an Eng team that is rated about 5/6 points worse than Ire currently is going to go off at about the same price this week. Betting on potential rather than fact I guess plus the usual money pushing Eng a few ticks lower than perhaps they should be.
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Yes, but before last week we hadn't seen France stutter to a draw against a team they were 1/3 ish to beat. That gets factored in.
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France have been very unconvincing so far -they could only manage a draw against Ireland, should have lost to Scotland and managed a laboured win against Italy.
The selection of Dupuy/Beauxis suggests they are going to rely on a kicking game and the set piece. If they don't get supremacy up front then it is hard to see where their points are coming from. |
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Mind you I laid some Eng sub 3.0 sometime before last week. Don't know what was factored into that.
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France's problem against England in recent years has been that they have made no progress at all up front and had no plan B. Maybe in Fofana they do have someone who can make a difference, but as stated they have selected half-backs that suggest that they want to bash away up front all day.
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You have just reminded me with Le Boot at 10 it is time to dust off the first scoring play 17.0 just for Fra or 15.0 either on here better just in case Farrell gets a rush of blood.
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Have backed England on the handicap myself.
With Farrell at 10 kicking the penalties think they'll keep it within a score even if they lose On the outright prices I'd probably have a nibble on Eng too rather than Les Bleus |
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Backed England outright @ 3.65 Think they should be shorter given its going to be a slugfest and Eng nearly have as much power as france.
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1.45 France? hmmm...seems big
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Neither side playing a genuine seven. Not going to be much quick ball IMO
Probably come down to a penalty shoot out |
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What do ye reckon on total match point?
Over or under 39.5 |
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Eng under 12.5 looks easily the best way to play them today - and have a bit of 25/1 13+ if you are at all nervous the unthinkable could happen
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bit of the Samoan for 1st tryscorer & off course le DG was a nice price early doors, gone for England/france as well & then it's watch the game unfold, do fancy england to kepp within the cap +7.5
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under would be my call given French discipline good eng defence and a French 10 who just loves to kick rather than setup his backs
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Everything suggests under 39 points but with the weekend I am having I will be doing the opposite. Over 39 points at evens
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England +3.5 1st H
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 Beauxis |
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This French 10 is useless FFS
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Alain "let the crowd ref" Rolland up to his tricks.
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No crossing???????
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Hands out White , hands out White ....England get the pen
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tacklers out wide shocking then!
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Looks like unders backers have got it right here. Defending better than attacking so far.
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wow
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I heard that as well in hell, no sense to it at all.
Great try that though. |
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Your not gonna stop him
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