A thread for just this match, which is likely to be the only one with much in the way of live conversation, due to time-zone issues and the national make-up of this board.
No spoilers for the other matches please. I suspect I won't be the only one getting up to watch this live, and talk about it; intending to watch the earlier matches later. Yes, I know that runs the high risk of ITV showing spoilers, but let's not increase it here as well.
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At Whangarei (surely, of all matches other than NZ v Aus, this one deserves a bigger stadium!) Ref: Joy Neville TJs: Aimee Barrett-Theron & Kat Roche TMO: Ben Whitehouse
France:
1 Annaelle Deshaye
2 Agathe Sochat
3 Clara Joyeux
4 Celine Ferer
5 Madoussou Fall
6 Charlotte Escudero
7 Marjorie Mayans
8 Romane Menager
Infante too often the first player securing at the breakdown. Needs sorting - slowing down the next phase and she’s obvs not built to best clear outs from oppo backrow.
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Just watched the replay, from what I read from the minute by minute updates I was expecting more from France. Their attack was nonexistent bar one excellent kick that caused Kildunne to hesitate. As wobbles go, this seems pretty comfortable. The French defence is heroic but it is also hanging on by the skin of its teeth.
I don't think England allowed France to be good. This England team is so good compared to everyone else. It would take a major wobble for them to walk away with anything else other than the main trophy.
Agreed, France were under constant pressure, with and without the ball, and did a fantastic job to keep us to 1 try. Quite honestly I can't see anyone else keeping England to 1 try.
They were also without their principal decision maker and principal ball carrier for the vast majority of the match, both of whom are world class.
“Following the injury sustained during the match against England, Laure Sansus suffers from a rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament of the knee. She is therefore out for the rest of the World Cup,” the French rugby federation (FFR) said in a statement.
The injury means that Sansus’s playing career is now over after she hinted towards the World Cup in New Zealand being her last tournament.
