So how did France massacre England? | Six Nations 2023 Analysis

Simply put, one of the all-time great performances. This weekend, France ripped England limb from limb as they played some breathtaking rugby to inflict the biggest away win Twickenham had ever seen, and set their World Cup hopes back alight. So how did they do it, and just what is wrong with England?
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[@fwebber13]

As an English fan, this helped me remember that I'm ⅛ French just in time for the World Cup

[@olivierpuyou3621]

😋

[@joshridgeon4777]

it certainly reminded me I’m an just english expat living here in Paris 😅

[@spongeBob77086]

as a French guy, you have made my day 😂😂

[@arno222444]

You are more than 1/8 french mate, it’s time to tell you the truth, the french accent is too charming….

[@dondiegodelavega8072]

You describe englishmen mood very well, since many decades...

[@arkadye]

I honestly thought France were going to make the score 10-66 just to remind us of last time they beat us so thoroughly on English soil.

[@VdFCatLord]

Most funny underrated comment. My hat to you sir. 🤣

[@onepiecepedia]

Wasn't the French but the Normand (who hated the French and only spoke their language because they had to trade with them)

[@VdFCatLord]

If you want to be pedantic, at this point in history, there are hardly any French anywhere. This is feudalism, people recognised themselves as belonging to whatever their local area is. They don't see themselves as French. But you are ruining the joke.

[@yohanmutin3310]

@@onepiecepediamost of the army who fought at hastings were French's... So hated you say? Got 2 or 3 books about the period if you want..

[@yooyist]

​@@yohanmutin3310 hated so much they made French the official language of their new kingdom :D

[@maximus6249]

As a welsh fan I have about 2 days left to enjoy this result

[@andremaube5069]

don't worry it will be difficult to do worse

[@surge8601]

​@@andremaube5069 and yet we probably will...

[@dulls8475]

Join us English for once in the deep valley with no way out...

[@canadiancontent352]

Take solace you could be a Canadian rugby supporter

[@dulls8475]

@@canadiancontent352 I doubt you have as many players around.

[@adamcort165]

As an England fan, my Scottish friends are laughing in my face. My Welsh friends are keeping very quiet...

[@kurtpunchesthings2411]

Hahaha yea Wales have nothing to laugh about this season beating Italy is not a Brag lol

[@sammitchinson4050]

I’m a Welsh man and I wish we could be friends so I could laugh at you about losing 53 10 in the six nations

[@WalkingCWild]

@@kurtpunchesthings2411 53-10

[@drumurrrgh]

we are well aware we're going to get absolutely battered by France, but it doesn't stop us finding England losing 53-10 at home endlessly hilarious

[@christianmccann9400]

No Irish friends .. lol

[@MtNikota]

France is like Brazil in football, not always successful, but by far the most beautiful and creative team in their way of playing rugby... Dupont is an alien, never thought someone could reach this level..

[@MisterPoppy-sc1sj]

No, we are like France.

[@KatzenjammerFuu]

@@MisterPoppy-sc1sj i'm assuming your irish in which case i'd say you play nothing like the french.

[@Alex-yq8mx]

@@KatzenjammerFuu he means french rugby is like french football

[@Alex-yq8mx]

@@KatzenjammerFuu I think

[@peter3664]

What a stupid assumption

[@kstoeb]

My wife, who only watched rugby, because she loves everything Irish, just watched a highlight video of that game, because of the sensational result (and yeah, particularly because it was England wich was devastated ;-). But afterwards she wrote to me: Now I know, how beautiful this sport can be. So France made her develop from an Ireland fan to a rugby fan. Thanks France :-)

[@linstondanan5116]

😂

[@messire9837]

Land of Ire What were you expecting? Also just you wait until Ireland these guys get to realize they were our brothers of the Franks, just like the Scots, before getting all swallowed by some beheader queen of heart sinking she was ruling Wonderland.

[@scoldexperiment1554]

...You're welcome.

[@nico5173]

Vive la France 🇫🇷

[@Pandemonis]

You're very welcome :) We like to please the ladies, even when they're not our wives ;)

[@st-ex8506]

As a Swiss, I am obviously not much of a rugby connoisseur! However, I stumbled onto this game, live, and watched it... because I had nothing else to do. It riveted me to the telly for the best part of two hours... and now I am here, trying to better understand rugby tactics from an expert!

[@adhucstat6848]

So, welcome to this new continent. Have a good fly neighbor.

[@Pandemonis]

Welcome in l'Ovalie ! Swiss recently got their best IRB ranking (27th), so if you keep invested into the game, look from above, it would be a very interesting thing ! (Of course, Switzerland is a 4th tier European nation, they have no league, but if they fund training-center and start to feed the Top 14, they could be a nuisance in 10 years) Glad you love the sport, enjoy !

[@kaufy]

"Romain Ntamack's spatial awareness makes NASA jealous!"😂

[@doomedcitadel8172]

Even as an England fan, I found myself stuck to continue watching the game, overjoyed with how France were playing.

[@guillaumeauvray6883]

Such fair play

[@kimok4716]

Kind of have the same thing with the France new zealand quarter final of 2015. Very painful but god the skills of the all blacks. The crazy thing is it could have been 80

[@Charlie-ub8vj]

Great England fan there pal

[@matbrooks7678]

Should of kept Eddie

[@davidvincent380]

I wish supporters of every sport had the same spirit !

[@comemarcon2489]

19:30 Craziest thing here is that Dupont and Ntamack are 26 and 23 years old

[@jimbo1706]

France are playing scary rugby now. My tip for the world Cup

[@joatmofa0405]

*THAT* is a very positive thing for France - it bodes well for the future of France rugby!!!

[@abe000torte]

Scariest thing is that the best Ntamack plays for the U20...

[@abe000torte]

And he's a #8

[@guillaumeroger81]

As a frenchman, we really didn't expect such a huge performance from our team ! We are very proud of our squad right now and send our best regards to england fans. It's just cycles, hope you will come back stronger very soon 󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧🤝🔥

[@kropotkine9640]

As another frenchman, I will add that we, the French, are expecting that the very soon come back of the english team will happend next Saturday in Dublin

[@npc1894]

​@@kropotkine9640 😂

[@KatzenjammerFuu]

it's all good. England are just shite just now.

[@benoitcransac2178]

ou pas

[@vinz9741]

​@@kropotkine9640 they indeed deserve a great win in Dublin to cheers up😅

[@Benboy1980]

I really enjoyed watching the French play, even as an Englishman. I think when you see a great team, that just play their game with no nonsense and don’t need to play dirty, you can just appreciate the beauty of the game.

[@axelw.5849]

Totally agree, my friend! I remember when my dad took me to see France-All Black when I was a teenager (in 2004 I think), and we (France) got beaten up pretty bad. I was disgusted, I wanted to stop watching the game, and my dad said : "enjoy watching a team at such a high level play such a beautiful game". Best advice ever!

[@benansel8481]

"He's the first person to ever score a try by grounding a Marcus Smith rather than a ball" You killed me there mate! 🤣

[@charlielatto7350]

My week old daughter decided 10 mins before the game to be sick everywhere, she was obviously just trying to save me watching it as an England fan

[@ericsamson919]

Good girl. Good english fan in the making

[@timanderson6005]

Kids are lovely.

[@ianbetts4435]

I educated my wife when dating that nothing gets in my way of an English rugby International, that was till we had kid😂🤮🤮

[@Jcoops39]

I had to do my kids bath and bedtime at halftime, never saw the second half. God blessem.

[@charlielatto7350]

@@ianbetts4435 I helped this by getting my wife into rugby as much as I am. Unfortunately my new daughter might be too young for that yet

[@adrienh2944]

I genuinely bursted out laughing at the conclusion. Thank you Squidge, great video as usual

[@cookiesenpai1641]

What did the journalist ask the player ? I got that he answered "yeah yeah we were by .. 43 points" but not the question.

[@958matt]

​@@cookiesenpai1641 just that England were well beaten today

[@michelmichel85]

Same 😂

[@cookiesenpai1641]

@@958matt oooh right, thanks!

[@ciaranbrk]

Yeah me to had a real giggle there.

[@sumboi2321]

Last time I was this early, French teams demolishing England was a horror bedtime story that parents told to misbehaving children

[@LotusEliseNZ]

England fan and France were so good to watch. I think England didn't play near their best, but I think that French performance would have shamed pretty much any other team in the world. The old "you never know which French team will turn up" adage is still as true today as it was yesteryear. A decade ago they could play really well or really badly. It's still the same today, the window has just moved and on their worst day they're just average and on their best they play rugby that defies belief with its brilliance.

[@wargey3431]

Yea it’s always been the same with the French they can beat any team on their day it’s just their day seems to turn up a lot more than it used to

[@karlclifford1176]

I think they’re much better than average on their worst days. They’re capable of beating every team in world rugby except maybe Ireland and South Africa, maybe New Zealand on their bad days

[@laurentlajoux5199]

Right, dut don't forget they in the last 18 months before defeat against Irish team in this 6 Nations tournament, they beat all teams, and made a 15 in a row victories... They started on low level this tournament because all players were really tired because if Top 14. After 2 weeks of holidays and no games in team, they play their level. And unfortunately it was against England's team.

[@sylvainrivet8987]

Nope, everything that this video shows is that it is no flair, there is work, so much work to prepare what they achieved. The point is that NOW this is totally common, MANY teams play wonderfull rugby. The key questions seems to me that you have to read the referee better than your opponents to win a game... but clearly France is able to do so aswell, which was the case only very rarely in the past.

[@natexior8408]

In some way, I wish that France could be more consistent, but in another way, the only time where they were predictable was when they were nowhere to be seen... So, I'm glad to see these moments of brillance happen again. It comes just at the right time : in a world cup year, when both England, New Zeland and South Africa have rough times. We still need both luck on our side and a high momentum to stand a chance against Ireland though.

[@erikcote9241]

As An American, I watched every match. Beyond impressed. I love this sport. The USA has a very long road ahead against 1st world countries. Love the 6 Nations, Tri Nations, and IRU. looking forward to the World Cup. Trying to learn more about this game. Thank you for the detailed analysis, it helps.

[@romainviry3185]

Welcome in the fray mate 😊 Learning rugby for a new nation would be like trying to be number one in foot US . So many details in a such lively and dynamic game Culture is everything and it needs time to fit in I ve watched a few us league games , it s actually pretty good already, big programs and foreign legion mate it grow fast

[@deeps2169]

Squidge uploading more videos than England have had midfield partnerships

[@wargey3431]

We only have 2

[@twofacesa]

I noticed it in game and didn't think much of it but the "grounding marcus smith" line absolutely nailed me

[@fredericksandelia9648]

He also tried to pick him up, for the conversion.

[@tommybreen9677]

Ollivons first try was savage, unstoppable.

[@j.r8213]

The scary thing is if France can put seven performances like last Saturday's together no one else has a chance in the World Cup we could see New Zealand first pool match loss in a world cup

[@rafflesiaandfriends]

As a new Zealander I quite agree France and Ireland are scary as f... We are just very inconsistent if we play well maybe we might have a chance I think south Africa has the same problem but at least we have time. I'm basically writing off any of the other teams this world cup.

[@IncredibleMet]

The problem with these teams is can they grind out a result where the pressure is on in a semi or in a final? No need for expansive rugby just tight, gritty playing for time and seeing who blinks first. Who makes a mistake first, who is favoured by the bounce of the egg. With bodies aching and all the celebrations to get to this point. Does France have this last requirement to lift the World Cup? Only time will tell

[@baptistebrigand5882]

no

[@joatmofa0405]

SA & NZ have 2 x *NEW* title contenders in France & Ireland! RWC23 is going to be fun (to watch too) !!!

[@naasduplessis855]

@@rafflesiaandfriends Indeed. Us South Africans and New Zealanders have got a massive challenge on our hands this World Cup. The only thing that doesn't sit well with me is that we are probably going to see the likes of England and Wales in the Semi's while there's a fairly good chance that neither SA, NZL or Scotland will be there. All because of the ridiculous draw.

[@sohtnax7809]

As a Frenchman, it was the best national team match of rugby I've witnessed so far As you said, Galthié brought together all the ingredients he always wanted & it added up really well So much fun to watch this match, it was sheer Rugby champagne, a performance i'll never forget

[@forgotten_abominations7780]

I'm a French fan, and I enjoy very much what's going on.

[@swoldetsadick]

I love the difference between football fans and rugby fans. This is the most civil comment section on the whole of internet

[@erwannthietart3602]

Tbf the violence is happening on the field between the player all in fair play, no need for the fans to fight in their stead

[@romainviry3185]

My favourite part is NTamack bossing / fending Farell before Penaud’s try. Statement

[@galatzy01]

N'Tamack looked so casual doing it like that's a normal day on the pitch...

[@jaimel88]

​​@@galatzy01 to be fair, it probably was just a normal day on the pitch for him 😅

[@philippedemonneron5278]

Oh, your words fill me with joy and pride !!! But remember how long we french fans had to wait for such a team... We had years traveling through the desert before, many years. Today, it is a pleasure to see them playing a so dynamic and inventive rugby !

[@sohtnax7809]

you said la vérité my friend As a french fan as well we have been eager to see such a prolific rugby champagne after the 10 years of disette we finally enjoy watching our team play a fantastic french flair rugby

[@joeevans5770]

The only reason I’m looking forward to Saturday as an England fan is Dan Cole’s 100th cap

[@johnbobby1092]

The same Cole who the boks destroyed in the WC final 🙄

[@dulls8475]

@@johnbobby1092 Cole was fine. Him and Marler steadied the boat but the damage had been done. Cole is past it now.

[@BirrDetonator1989]

Dan Cole isn't looking forward to it

[@Sam333x1]

@@johnbobby1092 god you’re boring

[@vinz9741]

And I'm a French supporting England got the first time❤

[@philyahh]

At what point do we need to start discussing Dupont as one of the greatest players of all time? I’ve never seen a player like him

[@scarocci7333]

We are at the point where Dupont can be seen as the best team ever.

[@tm.8399]

And unlike McCaw he doesnt need to be at the limit for an all blacks (which was offside for any other team in the world) to have an impact to the game

[@nicolaskluzek]

The French coach reminded everyone how Wales was such a strong team only 2 years ago...things go fast in sport. As a french fan, I'm super happy but want Wales and England to come back to their full strength as soon as possible as they are major rugby nations and when one major nation under perform , the whole rugby world suffers...

[@gontrandjojo9747]

Well, that's what happens when a sport is played by only a handfull of countries...

[@nicolaskluzek]

@@gontrandjojo9747 Well, look at football, it's played more widely yet the world cup winners are only a small club.

[@ChachouLP]

As a French person I just want to win the world cup ;)

[@seblefrancais3942]

Les équipes de France en ce moment survolent leurs sports respectifs : champions olympiques de handball hommes et femmes,champion olympique de volley ball hommes,médailles d’argent en basket-ball hommes et femmes en ayant battu les USA aux premier match des jeux olympiques et en perdant la finale pour 3 points si je me souviens bien ,finalistes de la coupe du monde de football,on doit en profiter pleinement de nos équipes françaises VIVE LA FRANCE 🇫🇷 ET ALLEZ LES BLEUS 🇫🇷 et j’oublie pas FABIO QUARTARARO qui est champion du monde il y a 1 ans et vice-champion du monde cette année

[@gordondarker4073]

Ye are just brilliant , isn't it great that most of your teams are thanks to ure empire

[@jonedwards8115]

I love that your analysis of France's first try took twice as long as the try itself 😂

[@thomas_corbet]

Really happy Cros is finally getting some well-deserved recognition on the international stage. He's an incredibly smart player whose rugby IQ is crucial to the balance of the French back row. One of the best loosies in the world imo.

[@ptitmut]

His tackling abilities is just spotless, he doesnt go for the physical contact, "tackling high" as Jelonch did but, straight the the legs and make the ball carrier fall really fast, with boys like danty alldrit or marchand around it might be even better to generate turnover. As a 3rd row myself i'm truly amazed by his technique and tackle efficiency!

[@romainviry3185]

Monsieur François Cros

[@aurelielilyg8254]

Re A. Dupont : "he picks Smith like he's Mack Hansen or something" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👏👌

[@BirrDetonator1989]

As an Irishman, I couldn't even say anything. That was the moment of the Championship, so cool

[@aurelielilyg8254]

@@BirrDetonator1989 Mack Hansen air running ! 🤣 No discredit nor disrespect to him as he's a super player, one of the best winger of the tournament actually (with Lowe), but this insane "tackle" on Hansen only made Super Dupont even more Super Dupont 🥳😉.

[@BirrDetonator1989]

@@aurelielilyg8254 yeah, he's pure class. Has the potential to go down as the best scrum half to ever pick up a ball.

[@galimbertino4939]

Thanks France for making England feel what it was to be Italy, at least during one game :=)

[@stormbringer2840]

Always a pleasure.

[@75001maxime]

Merci squidge. Très belle analyse.

[@alextaylor6793]

Lol I was just searching for pundits breaking down this game then boom the best break down is here. Amazing timing

[@ccuny1]

Frog who lived in the UK for several decades here. As much as I enjoyed France's performance and the record-breaking Twickenham victory, I also remember a dominating England squad that could not be stopped. Swings and roundabouts, as we say in Paris. France's winning team is just getting there, after years of second-guessing, team building and hard work. It takes time to renew and reinvent an international team. It's our time (well, Ireland's time too, to be honest), but England will be back on top eventually and give us the thrilling experiences I used to witness in Twickenham in the old days. Thanks for a great vid though.

[@thomasalegredelasoujeole9998]

When some brits thinks he’s got a funny « french surrender » joke ; I shrug and mention this match now 😄

[@bosoerjadi2838]

The only analyst (capable of) identifying some actual positives in England's game, even in the most ruthless spanking it ever received (and probably deserved). Looking forward to Squidge doing Wales the same service next week. There is no one else whom we could trust to succeed in doing so.

[@vonteflon]

*analyst. An analist is something quite different.

[@bosoerjadi2838]

@@vonteflon Yes! I sincerely meant to write analyst. Thank you. I'll edit it.

[@jacobrix5918]

Another absolutely cracking video! Love your work!

[@ThomasBarthoulot]

Best video ever, again ! So happy. Thank you so much Squidge Land

[@Skyscraper2015]

In my opinion, there is no better Rugby analyst than Squidge Rugby.

[@manupez3203]

Would love to see and Ireland France game this weekend. Feels like it was too early in the tournament. Still think Ireland would win. But boy oh boy, what a game it would be!

[@julienpiccini440]

I am French and agree with everything you said

[@08padam]

With Danty and Cros (he is so underrated) back I think it would be a completely different game. Real 50-50 in my opinion. But gosh Ireland are good

[@TrailerParkZzzz]

it was a home victory for irland like us last year for the grand slam its a 50/50 imo ^^

[@everest001]

Mate, your stuff just gets better and better.

[@christopherlynch4347]

By far the best rugby analysis going in the world.

[@leonardduport9122]

Great video. What a game. Well played France.👍

[@colstoun4762]

Ironically I think the 10 minutes after Farrell came on was the best of the smith Farrell combo we’ve seen. And they were really great and clicked.

[@StevenAlwine]

I'm glad I'm not the only person who watched that stretch of play and said, "Wow, this is some of the best movement I've seen from England in a year." I honestly believe the biggest problem with the Smith/Farrell combo is on the defensive side of the ball because, despite his best efforts otherwise, Farrell can't stop himself from playing defense like a disruptive 10 rather than a line-holding tackle absorbing center.

[@Coverdrive50]

It happened in the second half of the new zealand game too. It's almost as if that's not actually England's main issue and there's 13 other players playing

[@colstoun4762]

@steven Alwine when playing outside smith Farrell to me defends like someone who doesn’t trust his inside man. Which is interesting given he’s been statistically one of (if not the) weakest defenders this year at one point he was missing more than 25% of tackle attempts don’t know what it is now.

[@colstoun4762]

@ChrisA_No9 I think you are totally correct. JVP is struggling at this level though he’s been pretty good playing 2nd tier teams and may still come good. No one in the forwards is really having that great a time despite Willis being disruptive at times there hasn’t been a standout ball carrier defensive leader for them. I would have liked this weekend to see Smith Farrell Tuilagi with Farrell more secure having a big defensive presence outside him in the form of tuilagi

[@howzitson]

​@@StevenAlwine I wouldn't blame Farrell at all, Smith is a woeful defender, and should let himself be led instead of being inconsistent with Farrell. Who leads the English defence in general do you think? With France and Ireland it's 13... but I don't ever remember seeing Slade do similar stuff to either of them. So feels like Farrell's filling a gap he shouldn't have to.

[@saoirsedeltufo7436]

Look, your intros are always excellent but I think this may be the best yet

[@ako8357]

Such an absolute JOY of a game to watch! As always, love the insights, love the enthusiasm, very much sympathize with the desire to marry Romain Ntamack's BRILLIANT-yet-entirely-nonchalant plays lol

[@robthewalrus]

Was waiting for this video since the game ended ! Great job Hot fuzz reference at 8:20 maybe ? Icing on the cake ! Love from France and all the best to England, they'll come back stronger from this for sure. Cant wait for more epic Crunches !

[@_Just_B]

The vid we've all been waiting for haha!!

[@3loirdsa277]

Very proud of our French rugby team. It took time to re-built the team. But now I think we are ready to host the World Cup and give you guys a great show.

[@wilfredoUbatuba]

great stuff as usual, thank you Squidge

[@karlclifford1176]

I’m always amazed at the intention to detail of Squidge.

[@JCHJansen]

Hands down the best intro to a video I've ever seen, well done, hahaha!

[@rg3412]

Awesome work you did!

[@meninbike1602]

that Farell shithousery on Cros to set up Steward try was so obvious even in real time

[@alexanderzaman2216]

I LOVE your Francois Cros impression!!

[@chrisledruide789]

As a french fan since 1980, I can say that it s the best french team I ve ever seen. The Fabien Galthié s staff work is huge. Hope that we an play like that at the world cup.

[@kevinrichards6506]

Great analysis - thank you ! Much of the mainstream media analysis is nothing better than clickbait based either on existing prejudices or a focus on 20 seconds in 80 minutes

[@christianvanzijl8702]

Superb Squidge!

[@estebanmainard-sardon1003]

Love these videos

[@charlottescott7150]

I have been looking forward to this- thank you Owen brothers! France played beautiful rugby.

[@prouvencau6343]

Last time France has beaten England so hard, William the conqueror was number 9 😅 Thanks for your analysis, i enjoyed a lot Sorry for the joke 😅

[@big-papa-jimmysavillekiddy2181]

William the conqueror wasn’t French he was Norman , but yeah England did get absolutely slapped

[@big-papa-jimmysavillekiddy2181]

@kleijnee William the conqueror conquered England for Normandy not France , hence why he made the English royal banner the 3 golden lions , and by 1066 Normandy was practically an independent state , William the conqueror fought a battle against the French king and the kingdom of France at the battle of Mortemer , where he annihilated the French army , this practically made Normandy a independent state. And just because he spoke French that didn’t make him French lol 😂, Americans speak English , Australians speak English , Nigerians speak English. It doesn’t make them English , so I think it’s you who needs to cope.

[@trimad6128]

Without our past help you would probably be speaking German😉

[@tsaki_titan]

53-10 is the new 32-12, so exquisitely satisfactory 😍

[@rhyswilliams4893]

So so so much worse..

[@mikeydudley821]

As an English fan. This was so hard to watch, I had to do it in stages.

[@patrickg2120]

:) Bravo aux bleus

[@chrismouton1985]

Great analysis, as always. I had a 2nd look at the game yesterday and there were two glaring issues for England. Their defense and their forwards. Defense is hard work that the entire team needs to buy into, England didn't work hard enough. The English forwards were not abrasive or aggressive enough. So many turn-overs came from the forwards not rucking and going into contact without support. That made the game much easier for France. That being said, the French were just brilliant. They're such an intelligent team. If only the RWC pools were structured differently, as at the moment it seems as if the Final would be played in the Quarter Finals. To have the top 5 teams in the world spread across two pools is an absolute farce.

[@wargey3431]

The back row don’t seem to operate as a unit anymore when we had back hill and Dallaligo (probably butchered the spelling) if one carried the 2 were on his arse to clear out or take the offload England don’t seem to have that at the moment Smith took a beautiful quick move deep into the French line and none of the forwards supported him 10 yards out turnover rugby is a game of fine margins normally little things like that make a huge difference

[@laurencefalconer925]

Fantastic script Squidge, your videos are really excellent!

[@ThePereubu1710]

Best...ending....ever!

[@isquish]

I don't think Wales will ship as many points as England did. They're too good at keeping it tight. I didn't expect much from us this 6N - there's too much work for Borthwick to do to get his style into the game and many of the points we've conceded have had an element of that about them. France were imperious on the day. I found myself enjoying the rugby they played whilst despairing that it was vs us!

[@FormuLukeOne]

As someone who has always had a lose interest in Rugby but looking more to it since losing interest in F***ball, this is so handy to pick up things i otherwise would never know about the game. keep up the good work!

[@olivierpuyou3621]

The France team may not be the best but it's so beautiful to watch, it's sparkling, it bursts from all sides, incredible passes, crazy counter attacks. it's alive, it's sometimes righteous actions out of a demented brain and the worst part is that it works. French flair is not a legend.

[@ciaranbrk]

Oh they are one of the best and terrifying now they play like the all blacks and are so dangerous.

[@dariobalado4054]

I don't care how many times you show me Kaino opening the box of the Web Ellis cup... I just love it. Please keep it flowin'

[@albieapiatawebsitebuilder7872]

Very intelligent analysis, im an old school boy rugby player from back in the day (NZ), although they keep messing with the rules probably since its birth you understand the game very well, its a simple game made complex....

[@francoispassin4419]

I was waiting for this one :-)

[@pmewUK]

Great piece as always squidge

[@punkfloyde4352]

Cros starting to get the plaudits he deserves. An immense player, criminally underrated.

[@lenahic]

The running gag around Cros in love with rucks is the best running joke of this tournament so far, please keep it !

[@Frenchylikeshikes]

So excited for this WC. I really can't wait.

[@MartynCorby]

The timing of the advert after that 'how' is beautiful.

[@philippedevine5124]

Remember that the French coach was the halfscrum when France destroyed the Lomu Abs in 1999 semifinal world cup

[@etiennebrun8760]

Very nice analysis. Thank you

[@macfourie]

This is the best game analysis ever! I had to LOL quite a few times :-) Brilliant! Total, absolute great fun! The end is... LOLOLOL Like Jonny Wilkinson more or less put it after the game, it's not the end of the world and much is fixable but the question is the time frame to get back to "practicable glory" by the autumn... Hm. I'd love to see England up to the upcoming challenge - says a Frenchman with English relatives... :-)

[@mattfahey6501]

Man that was rough

[@jeanitarum6350]

Merci pour votre fair-play.

[@goodwin18]

"his spatial awareness makes NASA jealous" Cracking quote!

[@aramanon]

I've been spoiling people's fun when they ask if I saw the result, and I've told them I'm disappointed not surprised (plus France espescially the back row were mouth-wateringly lovely)

[@jayjayb89]

Wow what a quick upload after the match

[@hyprz5]

I saw the kickoff on tv in a pub then had to go do other things. Im glad i didn’t see any more 💀

[@tristan3981]

For the first time of my life, my frenchie's ass will support England for the last journey of this six nation. It's weird

[@letheking87]

Yes first, I was waiting for it !

[@richardmarvin3580]

"Romain Ntamack's spatial awareness makes NASA jealous..." 😂👏🏼

[@fredericksandelia9648]

This video is as good as the game it comments. Thank you. 👏

[@jondoyle44]

⭐⭐⭐7:24 Tommy Bowe cameo 😂😂😂

[@notthisprickagain8499]

I didn't notice that 🤣

[@paulbismuth10]

In this game Galthié used one of his invention/ trick ( that's what i heard) : the 15 (Ramos)switching sometimes position with the 10 like putting Farrell at 12 and Smith at 10. A variation of the two play markers in the backline. The NZ does it too, like some other. It goes back to Galthié's work as a consultant with the Pumas. I hope my informations on this topic are right. Maybe it's something like an urban myth. Anyway it worked beautifuly on that day.

[@Pandemonis]

It comes from the Colommiers method and Pierre Villepreux, fluidity between players to keep the momentum no matter what, order in chaos. You can watch the Wiggle Rugby video of "why is the french attack so frightening" that explains the history (including the staff included in the current XV du Coq : Galthié, Labit...) of this method. It has become common in many teams, but we even switch back or second rows for the 10 sometimes. (Also, you can notice that when Jalibert enters for N'Tamack, he takes the spot of 15, while Ramos becomes the 10, so it was all part of the game plan anyways ;)

[@neok1yte494]

Thankfully I was working during this game, my dad watched the entire thing in fascinated horror

[@domjuancourtleciel742]

Very complete analysis. I had not see the Daunte mistake on english try!

[@rhyswilliams4893]

Not looking forward to Wales' trip to Paris...

[@daddystu7046]

It was beautiful to watch at times. Even those little shoves that open up the gaps. They were playing a different game to the English. Lets hope they run out of steam when they play our Welsh 30-somethings!