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Nice easy warm up game for the french, like shelling pea's really. :D

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Yup

A good win for the French, and as usual Gareth Jenkins thinks that his way of doing things in Llanelli will win things for Wales.

When will he wake up and smell the stale ale.

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Ho ho ho, like you actually saw the game :D

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Watched it on the beeb Russ, it was like men against boyo's. :D

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Picture quality must have been dodgy for you then, because although we were well beaten, we didn't make it easy.

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So 34-7 at home, from a team who barely got out of fourth gear, isn't easy ? I think the dodgy picture you speak of, lies a little closer to home. :D

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I did say we were well beaten. But we didn't make it easy for them. The French are favourites for the World Cup and they played like it.

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I wonder about you sometimes Russ. :spin:

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The French might be favourites from the Northern Hemisphere contingent but I'd back NZ, SA and even Australia against them in the competition.

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And I don't think any of the home nations would beat any of those.

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History has shown that, on their day, England, Wales and Ireland can beat pretty much any team. The problem in the World Cup is stringing together a series of those days by maintaining fitness/performance/ confidence levels and avoiding injuries to key players. I can't see any of the home teams doing that and the same goes for France who are not favourites even though they'll be at home.

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The Ireland team is well dodgy currently, the match against Italy on Friday was well scary and does not inspire confidence for the world cup. Though it was brilliant to see the first Ireland match played at Ravenhill in 53 years.

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Well there's a lot to be said for a good run of form just before the tournament but the flip side is perhaps unrealistic expectation and pressure on the team. I think I'd rather be in England's situation than NZ's to be honest.

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France having a bit of a nightmare v. Argentina right now - 17-6 after 35 mins.

Think there may be riots in Paris if this carries on :)

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Wheres my F1??

Blooming rugby 7 hours tomorrow