France v England

:01:00. > :01:08.You only get one chance to make the first impression. Especially when

:01:08. > :01:12.you are going for a job. Stuart Lancaster begins his regime with a

:01:12. > :01:22.victory. But then some people give the impression of being one thing

:01:22. > :01:26.

:01:26. > :01:36.When they are something altogether different. This is when France can

:01:36. > :01:39.

:01:39. > :01:44.be dangerous. One of grants of's greatest artists was asked why he

:01:44. > :01:50.continued to paint when every stroke cost him pain. He said it

:01:50. > :02:00.was because the pain passes but the beauty remains. Is that how the

:02:00. > :02:02.

:02:02. > :02:09.What to expect from this England team? Two wins when not playing

:02:09. > :02:14.well and one defeat when playing better. Today is the acid test.

:02:14. > :02:18.France against England always has that extra edge. Last time they met

:02:18. > :02:25.was in New Zealand in the World Cup quarter final. England could have

:02:25. > :02:35.won, but France dead. Which is more than they managed last weekend

:02:35. > :02:36.

:02:36. > :02:46.against the Irish. Tommy Bowe's tries had England on the wrack. But

:02:46. > :02:51.

:02:52. > :02:58.the balance between the forwards and the backs had to change. A

:02:58. > :03:08.Sunday in Paris with boast sets of Vans unsure of what direction their

:03:08. > :03:12.teams are going in. -- fans. They have yet to lose and a Philippe

:03:12. > :03:18.Saint-Andre, but they have yet to inspire as well. There have been so

:03:18. > :03:24.many famous battles here over the years. A winger would really set up

:03:24. > :03:33.this squad for the future and it might make this man's provisional

:03:33. > :03:37.appointment permanent. It is still a bit chilly here. But ground

:03:37. > :03:45.conditions are perfect. The anticipation is high among just

:03:45. > :03:55.everybody here. Not least a monster our observers. -- not least amongst

:03:55. > :03:57.

:03:57. > :04:04.our observers. If England win today, will it Stuart Lancaster get the

:04:04. > :04:11.job? He has introduced a culture of respect for the shirt that had been

:04:11. > :04:13.lost. I do not think he is the favourite, but I would not be

:04:13. > :04:23.against Lancaster being appointed if England do well in the next

:04:23. > :04:30.games. From a French perspective, is it fair to the players are the

:04:30. > :04:40.scapegoats last week? Last week, we wanted to play at kicking game and

:04:40. > :04:44.

:04:44. > :04:50.the best two occurs were on the bench. -- kickers. Is it a boring

:04:50. > :04:55.selection today? Yes, we did not come here to play an open game, we

:04:55. > :05:02.came here to win the game which is important. What kind of a game will

:05:02. > :05:10.it be? If it is a good game, I think England will win. They are

:05:10. > :05:15.going to play a kicking game. I am disappointed with France. They soak

:05:15. > :05:22.up the pressure, and when there is a mistake, the counter. When your

:05:22. > :05:30.playing at home, I do not see the rationality behind it. Today, I

:05:30. > :05:38.think we have the best two teams. Let's reflect on what happened

:05:38. > :05:48.yesterday. The first game was at the Millennium Stadium. Wales going

:05:48. > :06:10.

:06:10. > :06:19.Julia Roberts running 35 metres -- Not a great game in Cardiff, but a

:06:19. > :06:25.really entertaining match in Dublin. Here is a Rory Best scoring the

:06:25. > :06:27.first try for Ireland. Here is Richie Gray. Look at this for a

:06:27. > :06:34.Richie Gray. Look at this for a sidestep again so the British Lions

:06:34. > :06:40.fullback. Scotland were in contention at that point. But the

:06:40. > :06:50.conversion hit the post. And then on the stroke of half-time, per is

:06:50. > :07:13.

:07:13. > :07:18.concussed, severely concussed, but I am delighted to say that he is

:07:18. > :07:28.I am delighted to say that he is much better today. Get well soon

:07:28. > :07:32.from all of us. Wales yesterday, what do you think? As we expected.

:07:32. > :07:37.The Italians played a frustrating game. We struggled to score. The

:07:37. > :07:41.opportunities came and we took them. I do not think they will be happy

:07:41. > :07:46.with their performance, they will have to pick it up for next week.

:07:46. > :07:51.But are they have not won again. The Italians have never threatened.

:07:51. > :07:59.They do not offer much in attack. It was an easy win for them

:07:59. > :08:03.eventually, but a very frustrating 60 minutes. Threat this

:08:03. > :08:07.Championship, or Wales it seemed to be getting progressively worse in

:08:07. > :08:11.their performance. I think the pressure is slowly building. I hope

:08:11. > :08:17.they can shake that next week. will have to pick their game up

:08:17. > :08:25.against France. They have got to the stage where they have to vary

:08:25. > :08:35.it a little bit. Plenty of time to talk about that at the end of the

:08:35. > :08:37.

:08:37. > :08:47.programme. Let's move on to the England side today. There are four

:08:47. > :08:49.

:08:49. > :08:54.players in the England side two of them South African-born. Mouritz

:08:54. > :08:59.Botha and Brad Barritt are the latest men to embrace the red rose.

:08:59. > :09:09.You both have a great deal in common, are you good friends?

:09:09. > :09:10.

:09:10. > :09:20.Yes, we are a good team-mate. Being together in the England camp, we

:09:20. > :09:25.

:09:25. > :09:31.have grown closer as well. I had a nose job a couple of years ago. He

:09:31. > :09:41.came flying him when I was playing a Saracens. Did you feel bad?

:09:41. > :09:42.

:09:42. > :09:48.Initially, then I got to know him. What do you think about them?

:09:48. > :09:53.can always rely on him. If you can put your body on the line, the guy

:09:53. > :10:03.next to you will respond well. You cannot always have of ball and that

:10:03. > :10:13.

:10:13. > :10:18.is another way for you to stamp He is huge in the tackle. He put

:10:18. > :10:25.his body on the line but getting around the pitch, he is very mobile.

:10:25. > :10:32.He does the extra yards that you need. You were told at one point

:10:32. > :10:42.that you would not make it as a player, how hard was it appear that

:10:42. > :10:52.-- a to hear that? I was told that I was too small. Then I got a call

:10:52. > :10:59.from a club and they were the only club to get back to me. I grab the

:10:59. > :11:03.opportunity to go to them. You had to carry on working as well. Yes, I

:11:03. > :11:13.was an officer assistant and I got made redundant. Then I was doing as

:11:13. > :11:21.best as -- asbestos removals. that phone call came from Saracens,

:11:21. > :11:31.how did that feel? I told my Boss I had to go and get my these assorted.

:11:31. > :11:34.

:11:34. > :11:41.I drove down to say. -- St Albans. I was over the moon, cheering and

:11:41. > :11:46.shouting. You have been described as the cornerstone of this new

:11:47. > :11:54.England team. That is very flattering to hear. But each guy on

:11:54. > :11:58.the team is putting in his mark. Each week, you go out there for

:11:58. > :12:03.your country, and you are being judged. You are only as good as

:12:03. > :12:09.your last game. How much does it mean to you to be standing there

:12:09. > :12:13.with England, singing the national anthem? I am so much more

:12:13. > :12:18.appreciative having had this long journey. It is amazing to see young

:12:18. > :12:24.guys coming through the Academy and playing for their country. But I

:12:24. > :12:29.know what is out there. I am just enjoying it so much more. For me,

:12:29. > :12:33.it is the proudest moment of my career. I have always had a strong

:12:33. > :12:37.allegiance to England through my family. If I can get back to the

:12:37. > :12:47.country for giving me this opportunity, it is the least I can

:12:47. > :12:47.

:12:47. > :12:54.Does it bother you the origin of the species? Not at all. You

:12:54. > :13:00.qualify legally, and that is it. Personally, I do not think it

:13:00. > :13:04.should go past your parents. I accept the laws and rules as they

:13:04. > :13:14.are. From the point of view of coaching the team, is it a man died

:13:14. > :13:21.and of England -- an indictment that if Stuart Lancaster does not

:13:21. > :13:24.go the job, that England has to go outside of England to get a coach?

:13:24. > :13:33.When you look at the professional game, you have got coaches from all

:13:33. > :13:43.around the globe. I am not sure why there is such a big thing made of

:13:43. > :13:48.

:13:48. > :13:53.it. Could you imagine France been coached by and non Frenchmen?

:13:53. > :14:02.Sorry, we have got problems with your microphone. If it someone

:14:02. > :14:06.comes, he has to be very good. were smiling there. You have got

:14:06. > :14:11.Warren Gatland, does it matter? do not think it does. Warren

:14:11. > :14:16.Gatland is doing a great job. As a coach, if you can get the best out

:14:16. > :14:24.of your players, you are doing it. At this international level,

:14:24. > :14:29.players should know what they are about. A little bit of advice here

:14:29. > :14:38.and there, yes. I think Stuart Lancaster is doing a very, very

:14:38. > :14:48.good job. It is at a revival stage. They look happy, they are very

:14:48. > :14:52.

:14:52. > :15:02.young. Why change it? If they want to bring someone in, bring in Nick

:15:02. > :15:19.

:15:19. > :15:23.great game against Wales. The back row - I want to see more from these

:15:23. > :15:28.guys, especially Croft. I want to see him running with the backs.

:15:28. > :15:36.Morgan can break the game. I would like to see more of Robshaw with

:15:36. > :15:43.the ball. The half-backs, Dickson, a little dog, gets the ball away.

:15:43. > :15:49.Farrell, so cool for a young man. I want to see him keeping the

:15:49. > :15:58.scoreboard ticking over. Tuilagi, what a monster. 17 stone! I

:15:58. > :16:07.wouldn't have wanted to face that. Sharples has been playing well for

:16:07. > :16:16.Gloucester. I want to see ash ston scoring tries -- Ashton scoring

:16:16. > :16:20.tries like we have seen him do before. What about Sharples,

:16:20. > :16:25.Jonathan? I am sure he will shine. The problem I have with both sets

:16:25. > :16:27.of backs - they have very big centres but the distribution skills

:16:27. > :16:30.centres but the distribution skills aren't great. We haven't seen a lot

:16:30. > :16:39.from the back three. With the kicking game today, maybe England

:16:39. > :16:49.will have to look at the counter- attack. So they will have to go

:16:49. > :16:49.

:16:49. > :16:56.back and help. It is going to be a very interesting game today.

:16:56. > :17:03.Foden runs back, they are on a high. On too many occasions so far, Foden

:17:03. > :17:10.has kicked it back rather than running it back. That is why we

:17:10. > :17:13.have put Beauxis at number 10. is crunch time for one man in

:17:13. > :17:18.particular today and he is with Sonia.

:17:18. > :17:21.REPORTER: This is a big game, not just for England, but for you

:17:21. > :17:25.personally. Do you view it that way? It is a big game for England.

:17:25. > :17:32.I will take myself out of the equation. We are coming to the

:17:32. > :17:41.Stade de France, I don't think France have lost here. We are

:17:41. > :17:46.looking forward to it. A big day for Charlie Sharples. How has he

:17:46. > :17:54.responded? He's been great. He's worked hard in training. He was a

:17:54. > :17:59.big, big figure in the World Cup training camp as well. His

:17:59. > :18:04.performances for Gloucester have merited it. Has this game an edge

:18:04. > :18:08.after France dumped England out of the Rugby World Cup? There's not

:18:08. > :18:12.been much reference to it. The biggest reference has been the

:18:12. > :18:15.Wales game. It is about learning the lessons from that and

:18:15. > :18:20.channelling it into this one. That is the focus of our attention. A

:18:20. > :18:23.big eye on what France have done in the first three games. A big

:18:23. > :18:33.challenge. It is great opportunity. Good luck.

:18:33. > :18:33.

:18:33. > :18:37.From the coach to the captain, we have Lawrence Dallaglio with us as

:18:37. > :18:41.our analyst. From Chris Robshaw's point of view, he's got off to a

:18:41. > :18:45.reasonable start. What extra factors has he got to contend with

:18:45. > :18:51.today? I think, you know, you are right, he has got off to a great

:18:51. > :18:57.start. I thought he played well against Sam Warburton. Clearly,

:18:57. > :19:01.he's only playing with his fifth or sixth cap today. Really, as a back

:19:01. > :19:05.row, as a captain, you want to lead from the front. For me, it is about

:19:05. > :19:10.ball carries, how much involvement he has in the match, really getting

:19:10. > :19:13.his hands on the ball and until the introduction of Ben Morgan, one

:19:13. > :19:16.thing we haven't seen from the England back row is them really

:19:17. > :19:22.challenging and breaking the game lines. We want to see him carrying

:19:22. > :19:26.the ball and being very destructive in the tackle. I used to feel if

:19:26. > :19:30.you made double figures in terms of your tackle count, and you are

:19:30. > :19:34.turning ball over, and you are carrying the ball, you will be one

:19:34. > :19:41.or two players they will be talking about after the game. Robshaw has

:19:41. > :19:44.done well with Harlequins. It is a massive game for him as captain,

:19:44. > :19:49.but also this England pack. If England are to win the game, they

:19:49. > :19:53.do have to dominate up front. Everybody else has had their say,

:19:53. > :19:57.where do you stand on Lancaster for the coaching job? I think he's done

:19:57. > :20:00.a good job. If England want to become the best team in the world,

:20:00. > :20:03.you need someone with global experience, whether that ends up

:20:03. > :20:06.being Nick Mallett or someone that perhaps the RFU are talking to

:20:06. > :20:10.outside of the people that have put their names forward. The other

:20:10. > :20:13.thing we need to consider is whoever takes the job, at the

:20:13. > :20:17.moment they are unlikely to be English unless they give it to

:20:17. > :20:20.Lancaster and you do need to retain some English people within the role.

:20:20. > :20:25.Possibly this existing coaching team, someone coming in might say,

:20:25. > :20:32."I would like to keep some of you on board." OK. We will talk more

:20:32. > :20:40.about that after the match. From the French perspective, let's talk

:20:40. > :20:50.about this team that has been underperforming by large. I must

:20:50. > :20:51.

:20:51. > :21:01.say, last week, we were talking complete and utter when we said

:21:01. > :21:04.

:21:05. > :21:12.Gallion scored three tries in his first three matches. Will Greenwood

:21:12. > :21:17.scored on their first four full internationals. -- scored on his

:21:17. > :21:27.first four full internationals. Talk us through the 15 who start

:21:27. > :21:33.

:21:33. > :21:40.Talk us through the 15 who start for the French today, Thomas.

:21:40. > :21:46.Nicolas Mas, in the scrummage. Then we have Pascal Pape with his

:21:46. > :21:54.experience. And then we have the diamond of the team, the three guys

:21:54. > :22:02.- Thierry Dusautoir, a fantastic tackler, Imanol Harinordoquy and

:22:02. > :22:12.Julien Bonnaire. Then Democratic Unionist Party and Lionel Beauxis,

:22:12. > :22:28.

:22:28. > :22:32.great experience -- then Julien Dupuy and Lionel Beauxis. That is

:22:32. > :22:34.Dupuy and Lionel Beauxis. That is the team. Here is their coach,

:22:34. > :22:39.Philippe Saint-Andre. REPORTER: It's a tough month for

:22:39. > :22:45.France, four games in as many weeks. Are you worried about fatigue?

:22:45. > :22:52.I'm not worried about fatigue. When you play the crunch against England,

:22:52. > :23:02.it is always a special game. We are very focused for the game.

:23:02. > :23:06.

:23:06. > :23:11.change at half-back, why were Dupuy and Beauxis the right men for the

:23:11. > :23:15.game? We wanted to challenge technically. In what way? England

:23:15. > :23:20.are very strong. They play quite a lot of territory. They are a young

:23:20. > :23:27.team. Also, we have some problem at the beginning of the game, so we

:23:27. > :23:32.wanted a challenge. We wanted the challenge the scrum. You say you

:23:32. > :23:37.have had a problem at the start of games, have you been starting too

:23:37. > :23:47.slowly? Yeah, starting too slowly, playing too much in our 20 metres,

:23:47. > :23:50.

:23:50. > :23:54.our kicking game was not good. England are very good on this. We

:23:54. > :24:02.can bring something in the last 20 or 30 minutes of the game.

:24:02. > :24:10.That was Sonia talking to Philippe Saint-Andre. She is now live on the

:24:10. > :24:15.touchline. The photographers are waiting for the front-page shot

:24:15. > :24:17.probably of Nicolas Sarkozy for tomorrow morning's newspapers. What

:24:17. > :24:23.performance will this team lay on for their President today? I think

:24:23. > :24:33.they will show him that they are really proud to wear the jersey and

:24:33. > :24:40.are really here to play quick rugby and be very proud against England

:24:40. > :24:44.and play the best rugby ever. We are in a presidential election,

:24:44. > :24:48.that is why Nicolas Sarkozy is there to support the French team.

:24:48. > :24:51.You once spent a whole afternoon here knocking seven bells out of

:24:51. > :25:00.Jonny Wilkinson. Do you think the French team will be doing the same

:25:00. > :25:10.to Owen Farrell? Owen Farrell is very young and talented number 10.

:25:10. > :25:11.

:25:11. > :25:17.To be fair, this Six Nations has been a bit slow. I don't think they

:25:17. > :25:20.will be rushing the defence like we did in the past. Thank you.

:25:20. > :25:26.JOHN INVERDALE: A great scarf! Jonathan, you have been desperate

:25:26. > :25:31.to say something about the French team? England raised their

:25:31. > :25:35.performance against Wales. Through certain corners of the media, they

:25:35. > :25:40.really raised their game defensively. They have done - they

:25:40. > :25:47.have improved performances per game. Against this side, they have to go

:25:47. > :25:52.up another level if they think they are going to win. There is a leader,

:25:52. > :25:55.Thierry Dusautoir. In behind Robshaw, Owen Farrell has to lead

:25:55. > :26:02.as well. Is this another stage on the learning process for him today?

:26:02. > :26:11.It is. Every game will be. You just feel this kid will take everything

:26:11. > :26:16.in his stride. What I would like to see him add to his game will be to

:26:16. > :26:26.have the confidence in giving the ball out. What a great shot that

:26:26. > :26:33.

:26:33. > :26:38.was. The two teams enter the arena. There is something about France

:26:38. > :26:41.against England. You have played in so many of these games, what is it

:26:41. > :26:49.like from an English perspective? It is a huge challenge. It is one

:26:49. > :26:54.that I loved. You didn't know what you were going to come up against.

:26:54. > :26:59.It was a special time, particularly in Paris, to try and get behind

:26:59. > :27:04.their team. It is always a special game when we play against England.

:27:04. > :27:08.It is such a place to come. The first 20 minutes, France has come

:27:08. > :27:13.to play, it is the toughest 20 minutes in international rugby. You

:27:13. > :27:23.are chasing shadows. I won't ask these two guys - who will win,

:27:23. > :27:28.

:27:28. > :27:33.Jonathan? France! He knows about rugby! Now the anthems. # God save

:27:33. > :27:36.our gracious Queen # Long live our noble Queen

:27:36. > :27:45.# God save the Queen # Send her victorious

:27:45. > :27:55.# Happy and glorious # Long to reign over us

:27:55. > :28:18.

:28:18. > :28:28.# Le jour de gloire est arrive # Contre nous de la tyrannie

:28:28. > :28:32.

:28:32. > :28:40.# L'etendard sanglant est leve # Entendez-vous dans les campagnes

:28:40. > :28:47.# Mugir ces feroces soldats # Ils viennent jusque dans vos bras

:28:47. > :28:56.# Egorger vos fils et vos compagnes # Aux armes, citoyens

:28:56. > :29:06.# Formez vos bataillons # Marchons, marchons

:29:06. > :29:25.

:29:25. > :29:35.# Qu'un sang impur warm, but certainly not frozen.

:29:35. > :29:36.

:29:36. > :29:46.France are home to England. The England team coming here to face

:29:46. > :29:53.

:29:53. > :29:58.the mighty France. Parling and Botha in the second row. The

:29:58. > :30:03.England bench - Charlie Hodgson will be the replacement outside-

:30:03. > :30:13.half. The French team nothing but the familiar there with the

:30:13. > :30:13.

:30:13. > :31:51.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 98 seconds

:31:51. > :32:01.possible exception of the young French for that high ball. That was

:32:01. > :32:09.

:32:09. > :32:19.good speed. This is where England have to put her hard work in. If

:32:19. > :32:37.

:32:37. > :32:47.the French get on top in the scrum, been evident this weekend continues.

:32:47. > :33:04.

:33:04. > :33:14.given England a very good attacking opportunity. Tom Croft was first in.

:33:14. > :33:14.

:33:14. > :34:01.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 98 seconds

:34:01. > :34:11.That is a Julien Bonnaire looking end what was an inventive passage

:34:11. > :34:11.

:34:11. > :34:21.of play for England. France have a ceiling the gaps very quickly. They

:34:21. > :34:22.

:34:22. > :34:27.were closed down very quickly. -- sealing the gaps. But England

:34:27. > :34:31.cannot afford to waste too many of those. On the other hand, there is

:34:31. > :34:41.the theory that if you can contain France for the opening 20 minutes,

:34:41. > :34:41.

:34:41. > :35:46.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 98 seconds

:35:46. > :35:56.anything will become possible. Not been in England territory. A

:35:56. > :35:56.

:35:56. > :36:45.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 98 seconds

:36:45. > :36:54.tremendous pace of hitting by more numbers him. Make sure they

:36:54. > :37:04.are immediately over the ball. France are deliberately going

:37:04. > :37:04.

:37:04. > :37:46.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 98 seconds

:37:46. > :37:56.the referee was competitive with his touch judge or making a

:37:56. > :38:18.

:38:18. > :38:28.away with a bit more than they have done. Well, it has been open enough.

:38:28. > :38:29.

:38:29. > :38:32.England have to make sure that they take away one of the French flanks.

:38:32. > :38:42.They will not do that if the make unforced errors in the mother the

:38:42. > :38:56.

:38:56. > :39:06.they just dead. -- in the manner there. England are getting an early

:39:06. > :39:22.

:39:22. > :39:32.obviously a planned move. I do not know why there was not a man on the

:39:32. > :40:08.

:40:08. > :40:15.penalising is out with the scrum. It gives you no advantage at all.

:40:15. > :40:25.It is going to be difficult for England anyway here, they cannot

:40:25. > :40:38.

:40:38. > :40:45.afford to allow France to take the for a cheeky one. The opt instead

:40:45. > :40:55.for the conventional. Not quite conventional. The right-footed

:40:55. > :41:29.

:41:29. > :41:39.but play goes on. The high tackle is penalised. Interesting line of

:41:39. > :42:00.

:42:00. > :42:05.defence is there. What do you think in the end. The referee

:42:05. > :42:15.decides. The fact is that England are under pressure again for

:42:15. > :42:15.

:42:15. > :43:22.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 98 seconds

:43:22. > :43:26.something which was of their own I agree with the decision, but not

:43:26. > :43:36.for that reason. I think Wesley Fofana turned the wrong way and did

:43:36. > :43:53.

:43:53. > :44:03.not let go of the ball. No crossing put... Nicolas Sarkozy. It is

:44:03. > :44:03.

:44:03. > :44:44.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 98 seconds

:44:44. > :44:54.election time. But he has been nothing, England take the lead at

:44:54. > :44:54.

:44:54. > :45:04.the Stade de France. I could just see who it was that Kim in I made

:45:04. > :45:13.

:45:13. > :45:21.little bit to see who made the defensive effort for England. Had a

:45:21. > :45:27.lot to do, Tuilagi. EDDIE BUTLER: Chris Ashton with the

:45:27. > :45:37.tackle, I think. That is good pace from Tuilagi. For 17 stone, yes!

:45:37. > :45:39.

:45:39. > :45:45.think he got the centre of -- got a scent of the try line and nothing

:45:45. > :45:50.was going to stop him. Thierry Dusautoir recaptured the ball, only

:45:50. > :46:00.to see it dislodged back England's way. Owen Farrell with the

:46:00. > :46:24.

:46:24. > :46:28.try. REFEREE: When I give you a mark for

:46:28. > :46:31.the penalty, don't go four or five yards past.

:46:31. > :46:41.Farrell warned from where he was taking the penalty from, I think.

:46:41. > :46:43.

:46:43. > :46:53.France are down by seven at home to England. Huge height on the restart.

:46:53. > :47:22.

:47:22. > :47:32.well. The game is aerial. Here is Charlie Sharples. Woops. That is

:47:32. > :47:32.

:47:32. > :47:37.perhaps why we have seen so much kicking. That is lazy. Here we see

:47:37. > :47:43.the ball coming out - look how many men are over there. It's a crucial

:47:43. > :47:48.hit. That more than anything was responsible for England's score. It

:47:48. > :47:54.was well finished by Tuilagi, but it was an important hit, stepping

:47:54. > :47:58.off the wing. How often do you see this happen - sides making a score

:47:58. > :48:04.and giving a shot at goal away which might negate three of the

:48:04. > :48:09.points that England have worked hard to put on the board? Mouritz

:48:09. > :48:19.Botha didn't go back round, he took a shortcut and came in from the

:48:19. > :48:22.

:48:22. > :48:30.side. If you are going to let Lionel Beauxis kick, it has to be

:48:30. > :48:35.better than that up and under. That is a very good place kick by

:48:35. > :48:39.Beauxis. Lawrence, 7-3, impressions?

:48:40. > :48:49.LAWRENCE DALLAGLIO: England up and running on the scoreboard. Tuilagi

:48:49. > :48:53.had all to do. He has Rougerie and he took a jump in the air which

:48:53. > :49:03.stopped him from getting around both ankles. Very clever from

:49:03. > :49:28.

:49:28. > :49:34.Slips out two tickles, three... Gets the pass away and England have

:49:34. > :49:38.scored! Brilliant by England! Brilliant by Ben Morgan. This is an

:49:38. > :49:44.England team that couldn't score tries, couldn't attack, and yet

:49:44. > :49:54.they have fashioned two counter- attacks. 14 points within the first,

:49:54. > :50:02.

:50:02. > :50:06.what, 16 minutes. That was Su -- superb work by Morgan. Tenacious

:50:06. > :50:16.work by Foden as well. It's the support, the commitment to get on

:50:16. > :50:16.

:50:17. > :50:24.the shoulder. Farrell again adds the two points and England two

:50:24. > :50:28.tries to the good - 14-3 here. It comes from a kick that led to

:50:28. > :50:32.trouble. If Beauxis is going to play a kicking game, he has to play

:50:32. > :50:41.a proper kicking game and not one that is going to put France into

:50:41. > :50:47.trouble. On the other side, you could say actually, as last week,

:50:47. > :50:54.the French chase of the kicks has been, at best, poor. There's Morgan

:50:54. > :51:04.again. He did ever so well. Ashton tackled. It is looking promising

:51:04. > :51:05.

:51:05. > :51:13.for England as they come forward. Brad Barritt feeds Farrell. That

:51:13. > :51:18.will do. It will. It gives England a chance to attack the French line-

:51:18. > :51:28.out. There wasn't an extra man there. And whatever happened, it

:51:28. > :51:38.

:51:38. > :51:43.makes sure England are at the right out of this? Harinordoquy catches

:51:43. > :51:49.safely. A simple move, up-and-down, but he is so quick off his feet. It

:51:49. > :51:54.is impossible to follow. He's one of the best in the world at that.

:51:54. > :51:58.How much ground has Beauxis made with that clearing kick? Not bad,

:51:58. > :52:02.but it still leaves England in a good attacking position. It leaves

:52:02. > :52:06.England where they want to be, in French territory and out of kicking

:52:06. > :52:12.range if you want to be negative. England cut the numbers in the

:52:12. > :52:16.line-out. Ben Morgan makes his way out into midfield. There he is.

:52:16. > :52:20.Between the halfway line and going back towards the ten metre line.

:52:20. > :52:30.Chris Robshaw is out there, too. That is interesting. A great start

:52:30. > :52:59.

:52:59. > :53:09.wrong with the tackling, it is the fact England are playing the

:53:09. > :53:28.

:53:28. > :53:36.runners and the angles and finding great shame from an England point

:53:36. > :53:46.of view. Dickson had, well, a clear field in front of him. I don't

:53:46. > :53:47.

:53:47. > :53:57.think Mouritz Botha is well. He is struggling. He took that in front

:53:57. > :54:04.

:54:04. > :54:09.of the goal-line. Good covering is OK.

:54:09. > :54:19.BRIAN MOORE: I'm not worried about his neck, he has no sensation in

:54:19. > :54:21.

:54:21. > :54:27.his arm. That is OK, then(!) physio is having a look at him.

:54:27. > :54:31.is a very good physio. Ben Morgan in full flow. Lawrence?

:54:31. > :54:36.LAWRENCE DALLAGLIO: If we look at the two sides of Ben Morgan, when

:54:36. > :54:39.he got the first touch of the ball here, he gets the ball and his

:54:39. > :54:44.first option is to pass the ball and Chris Ashton is standing in

:54:44. > :54:50.front of him. He has all the space to run into. All he does is pass

:54:50. > :54:55.the ball. On this occasion, England's attack peters out into

:54:55. > :55:01.nothing. This time, do what you do best, Ben, five defenders, swaps

:55:01. > :55:11.the ball and hands it over for the England try. Fantastic piece of

:55:11. > :55:13.

:55:13. > :55:16.play. EDDIE BUTLER: Morgan and Foden.

:55:16. > :55:26.England have conceded the penalty and France push them back into

:55:26. > :55:28.

:55:28. > :55:38.their own half. Still looks very ginger so me, Botha. Who is that?

:55:38. > :55:57.

:55:57. > :56:00.done throughout the whole of the Six Nations... Ooh! Terribly

:56:00. > :56:05.laboured in midfield and they end up putting the boot to it again.

:56:05. > :56:14.They had to put the boot to it because it's been sent backwards.

:56:14. > :56:24.That's forward! It was. They are not getting anywhere. That is where

:56:24. > :56:35.

:56:35. > :56:39.England are getting up in their faces. I go back to the point,

:56:39. > :56:42.Eddie, when you made the criticism of the French tackling, I don't

:56:42. > :56:46.think France have been missing their tackles, England are just

:56:46. > :56:50.playing more intelligently at the moment. I just think there is

:56:50. > :56:53.something missing from the French team at the moment, a clebg sieve

:56:53. > :56:56.confidence in defence, certainly in -- a collective confidence in

:56:56. > :57:03.defence, certainly in attack. don't seem to have a commitment to

:57:03. > :57:13.the way that France can play and using Fofana, and players like that,

:57:13. > :57:16.

:57:17. > :57:23.to get over the game line. Tell me that's not an early drive!

:57:23. > :57:28.He has said to both sides - why doesn't he penalise somebody? That

:57:28. > :57:33.is the law. Perhaps he wants a feel of who is in the ascendancy here.

:57:33. > :57:39.It is his job. He is interpreting, Brian. We need interpretation from

:57:40. > :57:49.referees. Where will that get us? It will get us into the mess we are

:57:50. > :57:58.

:57:58. > :58:02.is. What was the difference between that and the penalty he give.

:58:02. > :58:12.REFEREE: The two front rows are coming up. You have to push

:58:12. > :58:19.straight. The fro front rows are coming up. -- the two front rows

:58:19. > :58:24.are coming up. It doesn't matter to me that he can speak French

:58:24. > :58:34.fluently, it just means he gets it wrong in two languages! It adds to

:58:34. > :58:41.

:58:41. > :58:50.the confusion, Brian. Ben Morgan... Your penalty, Brian!

:58:50. > :58:57.Are the England backs running up to pat the forwards on their back for

:58:57. > :59:02.their effort there. That displays a lot of confidence, actually, by the

:59:02. > :59:08.England pack, to say they will keep their own ball and try and drive it

:59:08. > :59:18.back, which is notoriously good at scrummaging, and put them under

:59:18. > :59:36.

:59:36. > :59:43.pressure. That is attacking at the neck. Here is Owen Farrell. Off the

:59:43. > :59:47.post. Bonnaire with the catch. Follow up by Brad Barritt. That was

:59:47. > :59:55.great work by Bonnaire. He plucked that out of the air. If that looked

:59:55. > :00:05.easy, it was because he has got brilliant hands. The posts are

:00:05. > :00:05.

:00:05. > :00:49.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 98 seconds

:00:49. > :00:57.out. Too early to be too negative about some things there, but

:00:57. > :01:07.England wanted that to go over to put it two converted scores between

:01:07. > :01:13.

:01:14. > :01:23.you take the foot off the pedal in terms of pressure that you put on

:01:24. > :01:24.

:01:24. > :02:32.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 98 seconds

:02:32. > :02:42.the French, they are quite capable away. He spots the gap and is

:02:42. > :02:45.

:02:45. > :02:55.through! But France did not have the numbers. But turned over by

:02:55. > :02:55.

:02:55. > :04:18.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 98 seconds

:04:18. > :04:27.somebody must bring him down. It is the test is past. That was idiotic

:04:27. > :04:37.from England. Penalty end France's favour. He was entitled to go

:04:37. > :04:41.

:04:41. > :04:51.through with the tackle. Just wait to see what Alan that says here. --

:04:51. > :04:57.

:04:57. > :05:04.Alain Rolland. What do you make of that? Ashton is a bit out of sorts

:05:04. > :05:11.at the moment. And there he was just showing some frustration. A

:05:11. > :05:17.very unnecessary, very unprofessional. You saw how Dickson

:05:17. > :05:27.reacted as well. He could do without it and so could England.

:05:27. > :05:31.

:05:31. > :05:39.France have gone into default mode, playing their natural game. Here is

:05:39. > :05:49.the end result. The Julien Dupuy with a sitter. And it goes over and

:05:49. > :05:57.

:05:58. > :06:07.decisions. There is nothing wrong end what Aurelien Rougerie did. He

:06:08. > :06:09.

:06:09. > :06:19.had to go through the tackle. And you just stand there and say that

:06:19. > :06:33.

:06:33. > :06:39.Julien Dupuy is in no rush. He will have to speed things up now the off.

:06:39. > :06:49.From a defensive point of view, Ashton is there, the fullbacks have

:06:49. > :06:56.

:06:56. > :07:06.got the ball. I thought earlier on when the ball went left, I am

:07:06. > :07:38.

:07:38. > :07:48.pretty sure that Sharples would England suddenly have a chance to

:07:48. > :07:48.

:07:48. > :08:56.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 98 seconds

:08:56. > :09:06.on from a defensive situation. England have lost ground, but they

:09:06. > :09:44.

:09:44. > :09:47.still have the ball and they have ball from the breakdown, they have

:09:47. > :09:52.got to make their mind up as to whether or not become round the

:09:52. > :10:00.corner with enough men to free the ball, or when they take the ball in

:10:00. > :10:03.midfield, have they got enough men out wide to do that? The runner is

:10:03. > :10:08.being taken away from the support players and the French get in there

:10:08. > :10:18.and turn the ball over, which is what they have done three times now.

:10:18. > :10:18.

:10:18. > :11:21.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 98 seconds

:11:21. > :11:25.Food for thought in both coaching it went forward. That has been one

:11:25. > :11:30.of the problems for France. Their hands have not been as crisp as you

:11:30. > :11:34.would expect from a French it side. They are usually able to put those

:11:34. > :11:44.sort of chances away. Time and again, every game they have played,

:11:44. > :11:58.

:11:58. > :12:08.has not been a great weekend for the wingers. I am thinking about

:12:08. > :12:18.

:12:18. > :12:28.he does want and what he does not want. The French captain, Thierry

:12:28. > :12:35.

:12:35. > :12:39.Dusautoir, having a word with Lionel -- Lionel Beauxis. Just over

:12:39. > :12:49.two minutes left. A good chance for France are to turn and drive the

:12:49. > :13:11.

:13:11. > :13:18.scrummage. That is what they try everything down. The French crowd

:13:18. > :13:28.are annoyed because the they we are taking too long. -- they think they

:13:28. > :13:28.

:13:28. > :13:38.are taking too long. Penalty to France. A deliberate attempt to

:13:38. > :13:39.

:13:39. > :13:49.slow the ball down. And that is being penalised in this game. Which

:13:49. > :14:18.

:14:18. > :14:28.The important thing is that with two minutes to go before half-time,

:14:28. > :14:49.

:14:49. > :14:58.it will be down to... Down to a points now. Very indisciplined by

:14:58. > :15:08.England. There was enough cover. They could have looked after what

:15:08. > :15:40.

:15:40. > :15:45.Just dinks it out of play. Half- time comes. England lead 14-9.

:15:45. > :15:52.BRIAN MOORE: England will be satisfied with the lead. Were the

:15:52. > :15:57.better side for 25 minutes. Stuart Lancaster will be disappointed that

:15:57. > :16:07.they conceded some of the points back from indiscipline later on.

:16:07. > :16:11.

:16:11. > :16:14.More of the same, cut out the poor game of rugby this has been. The

:16:14. > :16:20.atmosphere from the word go, you thought there was going to be an

:16:20. > :16:26.edge and there sure was. Lee Dickson almost scoring early on.

:16:26. > :16:32.The French defence cut to shreds and Tuilagi scoring the first try

:16:32. > :16:37.for England. Then Big Ben to Baby Ben and England were two scores to

:16:37. > :16:47.the good. A bit of indiscipline allowed France to kick three

:16:47. > :16:49.

:16:49. > :16:58.penalties. Here is the score - 14-9 to England. They have only scored

:16:58. > :17:04.two tries! It means that England only have a lead of five points and

:17:05. > :17:10.you would feel they would want to be a few more points to the good.

:17:10. > :17:14.be a few more points to the good. Sonja?

:17:14. > :17:20.Before we knew where we were, France were 11 points down. Why did

:17:20. > :17:29.it take France so long to get into this game, Serge Betsen? I don't

:17:29. > :17:34.know. It is really hard since the tournament started and we don't see

:17:34. > :17:41.no movement forward in attack and defence. This is the crucial thing

:17:41. > :17:45.about speed, start well, be aggressive and play good rugby.

:17:45. > :17:49.contrast, England made the perfect start with two very quick tries.

:17:49. > :17:55.What's impressed you most so far about the attitude they have shown

:17:55. > :18:00.this game? England playing with speed, pace and they have played

:18:00. > :18:04.brilliantly. They play a rugby game in the French way. We saw the

:18:04. > :18:09.passing, the off-load, and they play very good rugby at the start

:18:09. > :18:14.and they score good two tries. momentum seems to have switched,

:18:14. > :18:19.though, towards France just as that half was coming to a conclusion.

:18:19. > :18:28.What do you expect France to do in the second half? I expect France to

:18:28. > :18:31.carry the ball, play with speed, with pace, because they are really

:18:31. > :18:37.slow. They have played with no intent and speed. I hope the second

:18:37. > :18:47.half we will see that. Thank you. JOHN INVERDALE: Even when it comes

:18:47. > :18:51.

:18:51. > :18:55.It was a half of two halves. We have said that so often during the

:18:55. > :19:03.Six Nations. One game, one team comes out the traps very quickly

:19:03. > :19:08.and the other team gets back in it. That's what's happened again?

:19:08. > :19:13.first 26 minutes were comfortable for England. They seemed like they

:19:13. > :19:17.had a great game plan. They didn't make many errors. Scored the tries.

:19:17. > :19:26.France were really under the cosh. It seems that since that penalty

:19:26. > :19:32.miss from Farrell, they have upped their tempo, got their joy of life

:19:32. > :19:37.back and they have gone for it. is compelling. We should play every

:19:37. > :19:43.game on a Sunday because all the Sunday games have been terrific!

:19:43. > :19:47.you don't want your coach, we might take him! France, talk about these

:19:47. > :19:50.half-backs. We changed the tactics, but the first two tries from

:19:50. > :19:53.England came from high balls from the French. Do we need to change

:19:53. > :19:57.the tactic? Every time we have an opportunity we try to kick, whereas

:19:57. > :20:04.when we passed the ball, that is where we are dangerous. The French

:20:04. > :20:10.were at their best when they ran with the ball. They want to play

:20:10. > :20:13.with flair and ambition. England are organise nielzed. They took

:20:13. > :20:17.their opportunities very well -- organised. They took their

:20:17. > :20:20.opportunities very well. The defensive press is solid. The only

:20:21. > :20:24.stat which is significant there for England are the penalties - they

:20:24. > :20:29.have given seven away, two of them stupid by the wingers and they are

:20:29. > :20:33.back in the game. England could have scored earlier than they did.

:20:33. > :20:43.If we watch this now, back of the If we watch this now, back of the

:20:43. > :20:48.line-out again. Hartley goes round. The gap opens up. Just watch Ashton.

:20:48. > :20:52.Beauxis blocks him. It was a well- worked move. Unfortunately for

:20:52. > :20:56.England, Beauxis just blocked him. France have had very few chances.

:20:56. > :21:02.One came to Bonnaire who almost crawled over the line in the far

:21:02. > :21:09.corner? Yes, it was a long phase, this. Most of the players were

:21:09. > :21:12.quite tired. Two mistakes from the English team, things you didn't see

:21:12. > :21:16.very often in the first half, and close from the line he doesn't

:21:16. > :21:21.manage to get the try. For the French, that was the best move that

:21:21. > :21:25.we had. We must expect much more in the second half if we want to

:21:25. > :21:29.compete against the English. rugby, they don't have assists like

:21:29. > :21:33.in ice hockey, but Chris Ashton gets the assist for Tuilagi's try?

:21:33. > :21:38.Yes, he does the overlap. From a high kick, the ball falls in favour

:21:38. > :21:43.of France. He comes in, he has to make the tackle. He hits him. Watch

:21:43. > :21:48.the skill of Kieren Fallon. He goes down, he turns, he off-loads. Then

:21:48. > :21:55.it is a foot race. Rougerie might get him. But he puts on the

:21:55. > :22:00.accelerator and jumps. England have been brilliant in the first half.

:22:00. > :22:04.They are so loose. As I say, they have been shapeless whereas England

:22:04. > :22:10.have kept their shape in attack, they have kept their shape in

:22:10. > :22:14.defence. England have been magnificent in the first 26 minutes.

:22:14. > :22:17.France, not sure what they are trying to do. What about Ben

:22:17. > :22:20.Morgan? Ben Morgan has been superb. We know he can get across the game

:22:20. > :22:26.line. He's been powerful. He is there, collecting the high ball.

:22:26. > :22:30.Look at the French dfrs. It is not there. -- defence. It is not there.

:22:30. > :22:35.Foden sees he is going to make the gap. He is tracking, he is trailing.

:22:35. > :22:39.He knows he is going to get the off-load from Morgan. Morgan was

:22:39. > :22:43.brilliant there. Let's watch the break again. It is superb. He's got

:22:43. > :22:50.his vision, he swaps the ball into the other hand that allows him to

:22:50. > :22:54.make the off-load for Foden. That is so important. I can't really

:22:54. > :23:00.understand what - they know they are... Don't try to understand the

:23:00. > :23:06.French! If they are going to play a kicking game, why isn't the chase

:23:06. > :23:10.there? If that is their tactic, surely the chase has to be as good.

:23:10. > :23:14.Farrell, let's talk ability him. The penalty miss may come back to

:23:14. > :23:18.haunt him and England today. He is having a terrific game? Yes, this

:23:18. > :23:25.is his first kick of the day. Takes a chance, goes for it, gets the

:23:25. > :23:30.touch. Then he is very good defensively. He takes Harinordoquy

:23:30. > :23:34.down. He has great awareness. He has put the inside ball. It is good

:23:34. > :23:38.to watch. It is good to watch. All the time they have many options.

:23:38. > :23:43.That is very good from the English. Every time he gets the ball, you

:23:43. > :23:49.have a runner. You have an option on the left, on the right. Then

:23:49. > :23:54.that is his biggest mistake in the first half. From what we have seen

:23:55. > :23:59.from Farrell so far, he hasn't melted, he hasn't gone away. He's

:23:59. > :24:03.got a mind that is tough, it is may of iron and I don't think he will

:24:03. > :24:09.fall away from that. You will miss kicks. You have to look at him and

:24:09. > :24:14.go, who is the experienced number 10 out there, it wouldn't be the

:24:14. > :24:16.one in blue! Lawrence, what is your take on that first 40 minutes?

:24:16. > :24:21.fantastic from England. They will be very happy with the way they

:24:21. > :24:27.have started. They are creating more and more chances. We see here

:24:27. > :24:30.on the VT, England have five attackers against four French

:24:30. > :24:34.defenders. Unfortunately, perhaps our attackers, it is Chris Ashton,

:24:34. > :24:38.he is not seeing the opportunity. What he wants to do is take the

:24:38. > :24:41.ball flat here so he can fix the third French defender and create a

:24:41. > :24:45.nice overlap. What happens, Lee Dickson has to pass the ball so

:24:45. > :24:48.deep and we have all been in this situation, everyone is running

:24:48. > :24:51.across field and that opportunity that was a five on three has now

:24:51. > :24:56.gone for England. Positive signs, they are creating the opportunities.

:24:56. > :25:04.They have to challenge the line. The back Roman, how are you

:25:04. > :25:10.assessing Ben Morgan? I think -- The back-row man, how are you

:25:10. > :25:13.assessing Ben Morgan? I think he is a real handful. He beat five French

:25:13. > :25:18.defenders for the Foden try. The more England get him over the game

:25:18. > :25:23.line, the better. Thank you very much. England are leading 14-9 and

:25:23. > :25:27.England's women have beaten the French women team by 15-3 just down

:25:27. > :25:35.the road here. This match was shown on the big screen before the men

:25:35. > :25:39.came out to warm up. This was a high quality game. This is a

:25:39. > :25:44.runaway try to give England the first score early in the second

:25:44. > :25:48.half. Then Kay Wilson scores - look at this. Some tremendous handling

:25:48. > :25:54.here. A length of the field try. It puts England on course for a Grand

:25:54. > :25:59.Slam next weekend if they can beat Ireland. 2.00pm next Saturday

:25:59. > :26:05.afternoon, St Patrick's Day. England against Ireland's women.

:26:05. > :26:15.England against Ireland's men at Twickenham, of course. There is the

:26:15. > :26:18.

:26:18. > :26:25.women's six -- Six Nations table. All the Six Nations comes to a

:26:25. > :26:31.climax next weekend. You can see highlights of the two games

:26:31. > :26:35.yesterday, as well as this match, later on tonight on BBC Two. Next

:26:35. > :26:43.weekend, Italy v Scotland from Rome. Followed by the Grand Slam decider

:26:43. > :26:47.for Wales v France, 2.45pm. England v Ireland is the climax of this RBS

:26:47. > :26:52.Six Nations 5.00pm Saturday afternoon. Match Of The Day 2 is on

:26:52. > :26:58.BBC Two tonight. Both Manchester clubs involved. City v Swansea and

:26:58. > :27:01.United v West Brom. Both sides are out on the field. Can they hang on?

:27:02. > :27:05.JEREMY GUSCOTT: If they keep this side on the field as long as

:27:05. > :27:11.possible, without making those substitutions that a lot of coaches

:27:11. > :27:15.do at 55 minutes, if these guys are in form, don't take them off.

:27:15. > :27:18.THOMAS CASTAIGNEDE: For the French it will be the opposite. Bring them

:27:18. > :27:25.on the field. Who will win, Jonathan?

:27:25. > :27:31.JONATHAN DAVIES: If England keep their shape... He is changing his

:27:31. > :27:37.mind. You have to look at England. I still stick to France! He is

:27:37. > :27:41.Welsh. Eddie and Brian. EDDIE BUTLER: Confusion at the

:27:41. > :27:51.Stade de France, the RBS Championship on its last Sunday,

:27:51. > :27:51.

:27:51. > :28:01.one more Saturday to come. The all- deciding Saturday. Julien Dupuy

:28:01. > :28:06.slows everything down. That's a better distance from France's 10.

:28:06. > :28:16.BRIAN MOORE: A good distance. If you are an England supporter, you

:28:16. > :28:17.

:28:17. > :28:22.will want to hear that that will be dinner later on! And that Stuart

:28:22. > :28:32.Lancaster has read the riot act concerning giving unnecessary

:28:32. > :28:32.

:28:32. > :29:27.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 98 seconds

:29:27. > :29:35.to have come out with a completely different mindset. If that is the

:29:35. > :29:39.case, then those have to go to hand. No pressure. He knows that

:29:39. > :29:49.straightaway. That doesn't alter the fact it is unacceptable at this

:29:49. > :30:07.

:30:07. > :30:17.their 22. Ben Morgan comes forward. It is taken by Harinordoquy, his

:30:17. > :30:36.

:30:36. > :30:40.is, but winning a ball in the air... What a brave player he is. From a

:30:40. > :30:47.French point of view, once you have England's players having to look at

:30:47. > :30:53.the ball, this is an area where England went on the blink towards

:30:53. > :31:03.the end of the half. Crucial advantage to the French, but that

:31:03. > :31:03.

:31:03. > :32:16.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 98 seconds

:32:16. > :32:26.of the line-out. Again, Tom Croft goes for it. Ben Foden has the

:32:26. > :32:29.

:32:29. > :32:32.advantage. -- goes forward. Then Foden took a chance of try to see

:32:32. > :32:39.if he could make a crucial break rather than automatically putting

:32:39. > :32:44.boot to ball and giving the French have the ball back. A couple of

:32:44. > :32:53.worrying signs that the French are starting to wriggle out of first

:32:53. > :33:03.defence. England with a third of the caps of France. But they are in

:33:03. > :33:04.

:33:04. > :33:14.the lead. He was the best fullback that has ever been. Some people

:33:14. > :33:26.

:33:26. > :33:36.under the red. But he has been busy today. -- under threat. When you

:33:36. > :33:47.

:33:47. > :33:57.look out of the tactical options, England. A very good scrum.

:33:57. > :33:58.

:33:58. > :34:08.Tremendous work by the English Brad five there. -- front five. If you

:34:08. > :34:18.could see the angle that we can see, number six comes up, that leaves at

:34:18. > :34:46.

:34:46. > :34:56.Jean-Baptiste Poux in a much more Owen Farrell's best. A kick of that

:34:56. > :35:00.

:35:00. > :35:10.length was never going to have a... Poitrenaud to can age. -- took an

:35:10. > :35:17.

:35:17. > :35:27.age. Good work and the French can consider themselves lucky. They can

:35:27. > :35:37.

:35:37. > :35:47.bounce anywhere. The a provided touch, but they have turned it over

:35:47. > :36:04.

:36:04. > :36:10.through because of the fine margins. But a turn over ball is the best

:36:10. > :36:20.ball to go with. An intervention from the wing of slows of the ball

:36:20. > :36:34.

:36:35. > :36:44.down. The rule is generally to get intervention of the... Was it a

:36:45. > :36:45.

:36:45. > :37:56.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 98 seconds

:37:56. > :38:06.deliberate knock-on? That is very, very borderline. In

:38:06. > :38:07.

:38:07. > :38:17.fact, I would say it was not a penalty. The Jean-Baptiste Poux has

:38:17. > :38:38.

:38:39. > :38:47.man to go what for the damage jumper. The next man takes the ball,

:38:47. > :38:53.but Annat instance, the second man was not ready. -- in that instance.

:38:53. > :39:01.Nicolas Mas for France stays on. Whatever you think of that

:39:01. > :39:11.decision,... A penalty against England. England have just got a

:39:11. > :39:11.

:39:11. > :39:21.fortuitous three points for something and nothing. And are now

:39:21. > :39:26.

:39:26. > :39:31.likely to be three points have given away. Dan Cole was taken off.

:39:31. > :39:41.Look how effective he was in the scrum. He gets his arm around Jean-

:39:41. > :39:42.

:39:42. > :39:52.Baptiste Poux. France have got no way to go there. Fantastic scrum

:39:52. > :40:00.

:40:00. > :40:10.You cannot defend penalties. You have to stand there and watched the

:40:10. > :40:10.

:40:10. > :41:43.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 98 seconds

:41:43. > :41:53.Surely not. You cannot give him I am all for that. He is. -- a yellow

:41:53. > :41:54.

:41:54. > :42:00.for that. Well, Alain Rolland, what can I say? We know that you are the

:42:00. > :42:10.referee, you do not need to be the star. I find that astonishing.

:42:10. > :42:20.said he gave him no option, but there is always an option. Penalty.

:42:20. > :42:20.

:42:20. > :43:25.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 98 seconds

:43:25. > :43:34.10 minutes into the second half for That was an immense tackle there.

:43:34. > :43:44.Was it an option to pass the ball? Possibly. Thierry Dusautoir thinks

:43:44. > :43:45.

:43:45. > :43:55.there was. But I do not think you can blame West the Fofana there. --

:43:55. > :44:06.

:44:06. > :44:16.England. They will be under pressure. You have to stop the

:44:16. > :44:31.

:44:31. > :44:36.French at running, trying to run for England to face. It has just

:44:36. > :44:40.been a great game up until now. There is no way that was a yellow

:44:40. > :44:50.card. Alain Rolland got that massively wrong. I just hope that

:44:50. > :45:24.

:45:25. > :45:34.England do not suffer as a good work by Chris Ashton and

:45:35. > :45:37.

:45:37. > :45:42.Farrell. But silly by the Frenchman. If he put the ball in the air, and

:45:42. > :45:49.keeps the ball in play, it's in England territory. Now, it's wasted

:45:49. > :45:59.time. Tom Palmer coming on for Botha. He has been feeling that

:45:59. > :46:04.

:46:04. > :46:09.Lionel Nallet has come on for France. 35 now. England cut the

:46:09. > :46:19.numbers - five in the line-out. England do what Wales did when they

:46:19. > :46:20.

:46:20. > :46:27.good start with the catch. Ten minutes of this, that would test

:46:27. > :46:37.the patience of the crowd. CROWD BOO

:46:37. > :46:46.

:46:46. > :46:51.far side. Charlie Sharples in the bin. Seven minutes to go.

:46:51. > :47:01.England can get the ball out of play so it takes another 40 seconds

:47:01. > :47:17.

:47:17. > :47:23.or so... I don't understand why England haven't got many white

:47:23. > :47:27.shirts to defend this. Julien Malzieu has lost the ball. England

:47:27. > :47:32.did well to stop that French drive. Lee Dickson at the heart of the

:47:32. > :47:38.operation. Charlie Sharples can only look on from the bin. There is

:47:38. > :47:43.no reason why England from a line- out couldn't do the same thing and

:47:43. > :47:49.drive at France. REFEREE: Can you have a word with

:47:49. > :47:56.number 14? He's in the ear of the opposition. I will ask you nicely

:47:56. > :48:04.to have a word with him to cut it out. He's already given away one

:48:04. > :48:12.silly penalty. He is from Wigan so they won't understand him anyway!

:48:12. > :48:18.Robshaw has a quiet word with Chris Ashton. It is going to be an

:48:18. > :48:28.England throw-in. JEREMY GUSCOTT: Ashton is losing it.

:48:28. > :48:28.

:48:28. > :48:38.Get him off. EDDIE BUTLER: I think we know where

:48:38. > :49:11.

:49:11. > :49:21.Tuilagi, who has injured himself there. I don't know whether that is

:49:21. > :49:28.just cramp. There was in fact space there, but the more important thing

:49:28. > :49:30.is it's conceded a throw. There is something going on here. Thierry

:49:30. > :49:37.Dusautoir... Talking about the line-out.

:49:37. > :49:47.REFEREE: We don't want any messing. The ball goes, you go with it. He

:49:47. > :49:49.

:49:49. > :49:59.can come in the middle, OK. BRIAN MOORE: I don't understand

:49:59. > :50:16.

:50:16. > :50:26.what that was all about. Something from his attempt at skill! A good

:50:26. > :50:52.

:50:52. > :50:56.are protecting an eight-point lead. They have 14 only on the field.

:50:56. > :51:01.Sharples warming up. Four more minutes. You can make a case for

:51:01. > :51:06.him kicking too early. But it was a good kick when he made it and he

:51:06. > :51:13.has put the ball into the French 22, or just on the French 22. It's kept

:51:13. > :51:23.play at the right end of the field. A good shot of Geoff Parling, who

:51:23. > :51:35.

:51:35. > :51:40.REFEREE: No, no, buried in there. It is never coming out of there.

:51:40. > :51:48.EDDIE BUTLER: France get the put-in to the scrum.

:51:48. > :51:53.BRIAN MOORE: That eats another 45 seconds off the clock. There's a

:51:53. > :52:01.big difference in the territory, but England have come away with the

:52:01. > :52:11.only score I think - 14-9 they went in at half-time, so they are

:52:11. > :52:13.

:52:13. > :52:18.winning 3-0 despite having that territorial... And they have

:52:18. > :52:28.conceded in the sin-bin. Nicolas Mas might have taken one in the

:52:28. > :52:30.

:52:30. > :52:38.ribs there. All sorts of things can happen to front row players. I

:52:39. > :52:48.don't think it is anything too serious. Five changes on the French

:52:48. > :52:53.side. I don't know what you think about the current fashion of making

:52:53. > :52:58.automatic changes. On very few occasions I can remember when it

:52:58. > :53:02.enlivens a game dramatically. I can understand with England, when Botha

:53:02. > :53:11.was struggling with a knock. They are quite right not to make the

:53:11. > :53:17.automatic changes that they seem to always do. They have had another

:53:17. > :53:25.lecture from Alain Rolland. What was the point of that?! What was

:53:25. > :53:35.wrong?! REFEREE: Wait for my call.

:53:35. > :53:51.

:53:52. > :54:01.Crouch. Touch. Pause. Wait for my call. OK? I've asked you. Crouch.

:54:02. > :54:24.

:54:24. > :54:30.He finds Brad Barritt, who finds Manu Tuilagi, who drops the ball.

:54:30. > :54:40.Tuilagi made an important tackle on Rougerie. France still in

:54:40. > :54:40.

:54:40. > :55:36.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 98 seconds

:55:36. > :55:46.That should mean that Sharples is back on and England are back to

:55:46. > :55:46.

:55:46. > :55:51.their full compliment. Clement Poitrenaud, who is suddenly very

:55:51. > :55:56.involved. France still trail by eight, England are about to go back

:55:56. > :56:06.up to their full contingent. Charlie Sharples is back on.

:56:06. > :56:16.

:56:16. > :56:26.There's an England player down by the posts. Dan Cole, the prop.

:56:26. > :56:35.

:56:35. > :56:41.There's Phil Dowson, who is going start to work the bench. Tom Palmer

:56:41. > :56:46.is on. Phil Dowson is now on. England do win this game, it will

:56:46. > :56:56.be the efforts in the ten-minute period that has just gone that will

:56:56. > :56:56.

:56:57. > :57:01.have been the solid, well the base of the win. To not concede at this

:57:01. > :57:09.level is a tremendous effort. France spin the scrum and earn

:57:09. > :57:14.themselves the penalty. Pascal Pape pumps the air! We could have a very

:57:14. > :57:19.engrossing 17, or 16-and-a-half minutes here.

:57:19. > :57:29.REFEREE: No, no, I didn't see it that way, OK?

:57:29. > :57:37.

:57:37. > :57:46.Alain Rolland did not see it the push it around.

:57:46. > :57:50.They are allowed to push around. -- REFEREE: They are allowed to push

:57:50. > :58:00.it around. They are allowed to push around. I think he was saying

:58:00. > :58:06.France are allowed to push it around. Morgan Parra has taken over

:58:06. > :58:12.the kicking duties, France's third kicker. It would ironic that as

:58:12. > :58:22.soon as they go back to a full compliment three points goes on the

:58:22. > :58:24.

:58:24. > :58:33.board. Not that he had anything to do with the scrum. He does strike

:58:33. > :58:41.it sweetly. Never in doubt. APPLAUSE 12-17, a try would bring

:58:41. > :58:51.the scores level. It's a pretty concerted drive by

:58:51. > :59:17.

:59:17. > :59:24.scrum only. Sarkozy. I don't want tomanion he is behind in the

:59:24. > :59:34.opinion polls, but he is! -- want to mention he is behind in the

:59:34. > :59:57.

:59:57. > :00:02.forwards. Not much change for Thierry Dusautoir. What England

:00:02. > :00:12.need to do is to make sure whatever happens they are left with a shot

:00:12. > :00:18.

:00:18. > :00:28.for points, either a penalty or a think Morgan Parra was involved in

:00:28. > :00:38.

:00:38. > :00:48.that. I am not surprised. Louis Picamoles comes on was up just over

:00:48. > :01:02.

:01:02. > :01:12.13 minutes left. France are deep that from that mistake, any points

:01:12. > :01:17.

:01:17. > :01:27.at to give England the edge. England back in front of a

:01:27. > :01:43.

:01:43. > :01:53.converted try. Matt Stevens going wrong way, that is going to be a

:01:53. > :01:55.

:01:55. > :02:03.penalty. It is. But he might delay the case that Imanol Harinordoquy

:02:03. > :02:11.turned and the wrong way. -- he might make the case. Was he

:02:11. > :02:19.released? I was told that in goal, you do not have to release the

:02:19. > :02:29.player. The difficulty with that is whether or not it started in play.

:02:29. > :02:46.

:02:47. > :02:56.We spend some time talking about head. From a situation where

:02:56. > :03:06.England had taken the ball deeper into the French half, we end up

:03:06. > :03:12.

:03:12. > :03:22.watching a kick the ball over and boys are considered. -- watching

:03:22. > :03:22.

:03:22. > :04:20.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 98 seconds

:04:20. > :04:25.them a kick the ball over and protecting their lead. The air was

:04:25. > :04:35.an opportunity to move the ball wider there. -- there was an

:04:35. > :05:12.

:05:12. > :05:22.Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant eye! -- a brilliant! Outstanding

:05:22. > :05:24.

:05:24. > :05:33.work by Tom Croft. What confidence by Tom Croft to even attempt that.

:05:33. > :05:43.He showed an athletic ability. He saw the gap, didn't even bother to

:05:43. > :06:06.

:06:06. > :06:16.are way behind. If this goes over, I would say it is quite likely that

:06:16. > :06:16.

:06:16. > :07:54.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 98 seconds

:07:54. > :08:04.it will be an England win. Steady quickly. They have done. Inside

:08:04. > :08:43.

:08:43. > :08:53.pass to Maxime Mermoz. Louis struggling to get back up. A bang

:08:53. > :09:21.

:09:21. > :09:31.gets one from Tom Croft as well. -- there is a hit there. It is a bit

:09:31. > :09:40.

:09:40. > :09:43.some recovering from. Tom Croft has just scored what may prove to be

:09:43. > :09:53.the match-winning try for England. But look how important he is to

:09:53. > :10:00.this England team. He won a vital ball and then he switches to the

:10:00. > :10:09.back of the line-out. So athletic. And here he is disrupting the

:10:09. > :10:18.French line-out. He has really taken on that mantle of playing an

:10:18. > :10:28.outstanding match for England so far. Rob Webber has come on for the

:10:28. > :10:34.

:10:34. > :10:44.injured Phil Dowson and he is certainly am. -- settling in.

:10:44. > :10:47.will not know how to cover unless Dowson is completely out. I can

:10:47. > :10:57.also consider that the doctor is not allowing him on because he

:10:57. > :11:22.

:11:22. > :11:32.Let's have a look. Any reason why the try cannot be awarded?

:11:32. > :11:49.

:11:49. > :11:53.Webber too much because he is not a back row player. We have a decision.

:11:53. > :12:03.You may awarded the try. That was intelligent play by the French to

:12:03. > :12:16.

:12:16. > :12:24.conversion. Meanwhile, Nicolas Mas has gone off. It must be for an

:12:24. > :12:34.injury. Jean-Baptiste Poux has come back on. It is crucial for France

:12:34. > :13:07.

:13:07. > :13:14.elegant left foot. 1000 trail, but that position. A double change was

:13:14. > :13:24.necessitated by the injury. France are very intelligent. Taking

:13:24. > :13:41.

:13:41. > :13:51.if you are a French it supporter, you must be so annoyed at the lack

:13:51. > :13:51.

:13:51. > :15:43.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 98 seconds

:15:43. > :15:50.waiting for the drop goal over! Well, we have drama here at

:15:50. > :15:58.the Stade de France. We have tension. England are still in the

:15:58. > :16:01.lead - 24-22. We have 30 seconds left. The referee will give them

:16:01. > :16:06.the hurry-up. Whoever has the longest boot from England, they

:16:06. > :16:16.need to get the ball as far down field as they can and get the chase

:16:16. > :16:40.

:16:40. > :16:48.to go. The referee has called for the scrum. Steady, Brian!

:16:48. > :16:51.REFEREE: I have to play the scrum. Whoever gets their hands on the

:16:52. > :16:57.ball first after the put-in will be booting it as hard as they can

:16:57. > :17:07.towards the out of play area. would put two extra men in this

:17:07. > :17:10.

:17:10. > :17:18.scrum. Win the ball and then shoe it up the field! Ben Youngs will

:17:19. > :17:24.field. There it goes! One of the stars of the day, Owen Farrell

:17:24. > :17:31.kicks it off the park and England have won in Paris! They have

:17:31. > :17:36.defeated France for the first time since 2008. It is well deserved.

:17:36. > :17:42.France 22 England 24. England with three tries did what Ireland

:17:42. > :17:46.couldn't do, they managed to cling on to a lead. They were sent down

:17:46. > :17:50.to 14 men with Charlie Sharples. The work they did during that

:17:50. > :17:54.period to keep it to a nil net score was so important,

:17:54. > :18:04.irrespective of the points they gave away later. Tom Croft, what a

:18:04. > :18:10.brilliant individual try to win it for England. Tom Croft's try,

:18:10. > :18:14.gliding break in midfield, then round the full-back, and here is

:18:14. > :18:21.Chris Ashton who made one of the tackles of the game that set up the

:18:21. > :18:26.Tuilagi try. Brad Barritt defended as stoutly as ever for England. And

:18:26. > :18:36.England, for the first time ever in the Six Nations, have won away from

:18:36. > :18:41.

:18:41. > :18:45.JOHN INVERDALE: What a match! What a match! In every aspect, in terms

:18:45. > :18:51.of drama at the end, in terms of controversy, in terms of individual

:18:51. > :18:55.brilliance by England, in terms of guts. You must be very proud?

:18:55. > :19:00.JEREMY GUSCOTT: All the players can be very proud. It was a committed

:19:00. > :19:04.performance. It was very organised. No-one had a poor game. It was

:19:05. > :19:08.tremendous. Well done Stuart Lancaster in putting all this World

:19:09. > :19:13.Cup behind them and getting them focused on this Championship. It's

:19:13. > :19:19.been very, very good. I gather the French have given the man of the

:19:19. > :19:24.match award to Imanol Harinordoquy, as we head down to Sonja McLaughlan.

:19:24. > :19:28.What a Test Match, it's been a real privilege to be here today. How

:19:29. > :19:33.much does it mean to this team to win it? It is massive. We said the

:19:33. > :19:38.last game against Wales we have to take the extra step when it comes

:19:38. > :19:41.to seeing a team off. We really dug in. A massive effort from the boys.

:19:41. > :19:45.Great to have the English support in France and just another great

:19:45. > :19:49.step for this side. It proved to be a match-winning try from you.

:19:49. > :19:56.Describe the moment that that gap appeared to open up before you?

:19:56. > :20:00.saw Rougerie go, I should have passed to Foden, I thought I would

:20:00. > :20:04.go myself, but luckily it came off. The team performance was huge today.

:20:04. > :20:10.We have another tough test at home to Ireland next week. Chris Robshaw

:20:10. > :20:14.urged England to put in a perTor mance for Stuart Lancaster --

:20:14. > :20:17.performance for Stuart Lancaster. How much are you behind him as a

:20:17. > :20:24.group? Massively. We have only been together for this tournament and we

:20:24. > :20:28.have come on leaps and bounds. We have improved in areas. The players

:20:28. > :20:33.have taken charge. Are you aware you stood on Phil Dowson? Yes. I

:20:33. > :20:38.will have a word with him. I am sure he will forgive me! It was a

:20:38. > :20:42.fantastic performance from you. Well done. Cheers.

:20:42. > :20:46.JOHN INVERDALE: One or two of our commentary team felt that Tom Croft

:20:46. > :20:51.was man of the match, but there is confirmation that Imanol

:20:51. > :20:54.Harinordoquy is the RBS Six Nations man of the match - it was chosen by

:20:54. > :20:57.the French! Jonathan? JONATHAN DAVIES: England hung on in

:20:57. > :21:04.there. Took their opportunities. They stopped playing a little bit

:21:04. > :21:08.to let France into the game. Again, England were magnificent. A great

:21:08. > :21:12.performance. A young side. They have grown in every game. If you

:21:12. > :21:16.are a French supporter, you will be pulling your hair out. There is no

:21:16. > :21:22.shape, no pattern and as Brian Moore said, once they go behind,

:21:22. > :21:27.they pick the tempo up and look as if they want to play. For England,

:21:27. > :21:37.all the plaudits must go to England. If you were examining the game,

:21:37. > :21:39.

:21:39. > :21:49.Thomas, you would say what on earth was Philippe Saint-Andre doing

:21:49. > :21:50.

:21:50. > :21:53.taking Francois Trinh-Duc off? -- taking Beauxis off for Francois

:21:54. > :21:58.Trinh-Duc? THOMAS CASTAIGNEDE: What a

:21:58. > :22:03.disappointment. In terms of defensive errors, the French, we

:22:03. > :22:07.don't come here today. It is hard to say, but the best team won.

:22:07. > :22:11.JEREMY GUSCOTT: What a contrast, with new coaches to both teams.

:22:11. > :22:17.Lancaster brings in the youngsters, Philippe Saint-Andre, who is so

:22:17. > :22:25.French, I thought the way he played, he would look for flair and

:22:25. > :22:30.ambition, but he stuck with the World Cup team. Stuart Lancaster

:22:30. > :22:34.must be pleased. Will he be in charge? I think he will go for Nick

:22:34. > :22:37.Mallett because it's a win-win for them. If they go to Lancaster and

:22:37. > :22:43.England don't perform in the World Cup, the people who chose him will

:22:43. > :22:45.get the blame. If you go with Nick Mallett, he has the CV to do the

:22:45. > :22:53.job. JONATHAN DAVIES: What if he doesn't

:22:53. > :23:02.do the job? He won't get blamed so much! Why not pick Nick Mallett and

:23:02. > :23:05.Lancaster at the same time? Why not. He has created a band of brothers

:23:05. > :23:09.mentality and they have played with such commitment today. There are

:23:09. > :23:12.such commitment today. There are the stats at the end of the game.

:23:12. > :23:16.Penalties conceded almost cost England the game. There was a time

:23:16. > :23:24.in the last minute or so when you thought was this going to be one of

:23:24. > :23:28.the great dramatic moments in Paris. What it does mean, if you are

:23:28. > :23:33.watching us in Wales, it's a pretty safe bet to say that Wales are the

:23:33. > :23:36.champions. The points difference is 38 points, is it? So Wales are

:23:36. > :23:40.going to have to lose to France by a lot and England will have to beat

:23:40. > :23:43.Ireland by an awful lot. I don't think those scenarios will happen.

:23:43. > :23:47.It does look as though Wales are probably going to be the RBS Six

:23:47. > :23:51.Nations champions this year. They want more than that. They want a

:23:51. > :23:54.Grand Slam and they will play France next week in the climax of

:23:54. > :23:57.the Championship when England play Ireland at Twickenham. What a game

:23:57. > :24:05.that promises to be at Twickenham next weekend. The expectation for

:24:05. > :24:10.the England fans will be huge now? JEREMY GUSCOTT: It is. The PR from

:24:10. > :24:15.the RFU will be hey, come down, the expectation doesn't need to be that

:24:15. > :24:20.big. We are still inexperienced. We nearly lost this game. You are

:24:20. > :24:28.turning into a politician! dukkah had dropped that goal, the

:24:28. > :24:33.game could have been lost. -- if Francois Trinh-Duc had dropped that

:24:33. > :24:37.goal, the game could have been lost. It won't be the Championship game

:24:37. > :24:42.next week. Let's think about Wales and Cardiff. They are the ones

:24:42. > :24:46.going for the Grand Slam. Let's go back to the start of the game and

:24:46. > :24:52.Tuilagi's try which came as a consequence of Chris Ashton's

:24:52. > :24:55.fantastic tackle in the middle that created the opportunity. Ashton has

:24:55. > :25:00.spotted what could be happening here. He does anticipate the way

:25:00. > :25:06.the game is played. Brilliant skill from Farrell. Away Tuilagi goes. He

:25:06. > :25:10.would have been disappointed in the last time out against Wales, Andrew

:25:10. > :25:17.rue nearly gets him. What a hit by Ashton! I have had a go at him

:25:17. > :25:25.today because he is not at his best. It's a great finish from Tuilagi.

:25:25. > :25:30.Tuilagi might not have the gas, but that was tremendous play. A great

:25:30. > :25:38.score under the posts. At that point, England were in complete

:25:38. > :25:42.control? The kick and the chase is so poor. Ben Morgan, he follows him,

:25:42. > :25:48.he knows he is going to catch up with him, perfectly timed off-load

:25:48. > :25:52.and he is under, nearly under the sticks. Two opportunities, two very

:25:52. > :25:57.good tries by England. From the French, it has been the case all

:25:57. > :26:01.over the game, we kick the ball and we didn't put any pressure on to

:26:01. > :26:04.the English guy who was taking the ball and our defensive line wasn't

:26:04. > :26:09.well organised. Why do you want to play that kind of game if you are

:26:09. > :26:14.not organised for that? Here is a not organised for that? Here is a

:26:14. > :26:18.happy man. At the end, your smile said it all. How proud of this team

:26:18. > :26:23.are you? It is a fantastic achievement to come here with a

:26:23. > :26:29.side so young and inexperienced. France haven't lost here for ten

:26:29. > :26:32.games now and we have won. It is fantastic. I hope everyone at home

:26:32. > :26:35.enjoyed it. It was great here. There was a point towards the end

:26:35. > :26:39.of the game where I thought I hope this isn't going to be necessarily

:26:39. > :26:43.a repeat of the Wales game. You lost that in the last four minutes.

:26:43. > :26:51.What made the difference today? don't know. I think when you look

:26:51. > :26:54.back at the game, we started well, we had periods of - we lost our

:26:54. > :26:58.composure again. We showed tremendous character and grit. I

:26:58. > :27:05.thought Tom Croft's try was outstanding. We talked about them

:27:05. > :27:09.tiring. Tom ran inside. They came back. They almost fashioned a drop

:27:09. > :27:14.goal. I thought we deserved it. Credit to the boys. Do you think

:27:14. > :27:18.you won it as much in that ten- minute period when Charlie Sharples

:27:18. > :27:25.was sitting in the sin-bin and you didn't concede? That was crucial.

:27:25. > :27:29.It comes out of character. The characters of the boys show. 1-22

:27:29. > :27:33.really. We were confident coming here. We will keep our feet on the

:27:33. > :27:36.ground because we have a massive week to come against Ireland.

:27:36. > :27:40.the character that we have seen from England out here today, is

:27:40. > :27:44.that the character that you were seeking in that week at least?

:27:44. > :27:47.that is where it all started. We talked about the journey and the

:27:48. > :27:51.journey that we are on. I have said all along, it is not just about the

:27:51. > :27:55.Six Nations, it is about South Africa, the autumn series and

:27:55. > :28:00.beyond that. I think everyone deserves credit for buying into

:28:00. > :28:05.that. Ian Ritchie, the new Chief Executive of the RFU was here, he

:28:05. > :28:10.can't give the job to someone else, can he? I have no idea! My job is

:28:10. > :28:16.to get ready for Ireland and I am sure he will be watching that and

:28:16. > :28:21.set themselves up for what will be a great finish. It can't have

:28:21. > :28:26.helped your candidacy, can it? is not for me to comment! Well done.

:28:26. > :28:33.Thank you. Thank you for your e-mails and

:28:33. > :28:40.tweets. Most of you getting upset about the Charlie Sharples sin-

:28:40. > :28:42.binning. What was the difference between Fofana's knock-on and

:28:42. > :28:49.Sharples' knock-on? Nothing. The difference was the yellow card.

:28:49. > :28:54.Neither should have had the yellow card. It is very strange. Look, the

:28:54. > :29:02.referee has had a tough job. This one, for me, by Fofana, is really

:29:02. > :29:07.no different than what Sharples did. That is worse. If Fofana didn't do

:29:07. > :29:13.that, England were away and could have scored. It the same so the

:29:13. > :29:17.same repercussions should have been a penalty. Two yellow cards or no

:29:17. > :29:23.yellow cards. The Fofana one, he jumped in the air, put his hand up.

:29:23. > :29:27.At least Sharples tried to go for the intercept. I don't think he had

:29:27. > :29:37.one of his better games today. have nothing to say about that!

:29:37. > :29:39.

:29:39. > :29:42.must have something to say about this. France - there was no urgency

:29:42. > :29:49.during that ten-minute period, the scrums, they didn't seem to

:29:49. > :29:55.appreciate they had a man extra? urgency. As I said at half-time, in

:29:55. > :29:59.terms of play, we had a lack of opportunities around the number 10.

:29:59. > :30:03.We didn't give any options to the ball carrier. We only did that at

:30:03. > :30:09.the end of the game when we had nothing to lose. It is better to do

:30:09. > :30:14.it earlier than that. We were very, like, we looked like we were

:30:14. > :30:18.sleeping sometimes. I think we need to really improve on that area.

:30:18. > :30:28.will see Wesley Fofana's try in a moment. There were several other

:30:28. > :30:29.

:30:29. > :30:36.occasions when you ran great lines The opportunity comes about, but

:30:36. > :30:44.Kenny has to go inside pass. But then he has to go for the inside

:30:44. > :30:50.then he has to go for the inside pass. And he scores. It looks as if

:30:50. > :30:59.he might have over ran him a little bit. What about Fofana? Still a

:30:59. > :31:05.very raw talent? He is brilliant to watch. He plays what he sees in

:31:05. > :31:10.front of him. He looks as if he has got time on the ball. He is quicker

:31:10. > :31:17.than people think as well. The England defence kind of stood and

:31:17. > :31:25.thought we is he going to go? He has good vision and pace, all the

:31:25. > :31:33.skills. He has to improve on delivering the right pass in the

:31:33. > :31:41.right area. Are they a can hear from a young man who has had a

:31:41. > :31:45.blistering game. -- I think we can hear.

:31:45. > :31:52.What are the emotions in that dressing room? It is massive to

:31:52. > :31:58.come here and get a win like that. For as boys are to turn up and do

:31:58. > :32:03.that to them, and play like the way we did, it is very exciting.

:32:03. > :32:13.Particularly against a team like fans in a stadium like that. What

:32:13. > :32:15.

:32:15. > :32:22.was the mood ahead of the game? -- a team like France. It was very

:32:22. > :32:26.exciting to play here. I feel very privileged to play. How pleasing

:32:26. > :32:30.was that to come out and score three tries in the way that you

:32:30. > :32:35.did? There was a little bit of criticism on the England side that

:32:35. > :32:42.they had not shown in attack what they had not shown in attack what

:32:42. > :32:46.they were capable of. I think we showed the other week against Wales

:32:46. > :32:53.what we could do. But we are getting together more every week

:32:54. > :33:02.and it has come together today. just confessed that it was shocking,

:33:02. > :33:08.when that penalty bounced off the post. I was just trying to get on

:33:08. > :33:17.to the next job, but it was a good job but the rest of them might over.

:33:17. > :33:27.Full-fat is a fantastic centre. But what about Tom Croft? -- Fofana.

:33:27. > :33:31.

:33:31. > :33:38.what about Tom Croft? -- Fofana. game. If you look at it, that is

:33:38. > :33:44.how France defend. You have got to attack the inside shoulder. They

:33:44. > :33:53.have not got that straight defensive line. That is Tom Croft

:33:53. > :33:59.at his best. We have seen the pace that he has got there. He has got

:33:59. > :34:09.the skill. That is where he should be. I appreciate he has got to do a

:34:09. > :34:11.

:34:11. > :34:21.job at No. 6, but that is where he is at his best. There were also

:34:21. > :34:23.

:34:23. > :34:33.French mistakes. We saw the good and the bed of Rougerie here today.

:34:33. > :34:51.

:34:51. > :34:59.new drive. Robshaw tries to cover him but cannot get there at times.

:34:59. > :35:09.That gives the space for Fofana. You have to attack the front row

:35:09. > :35:18.

:35:18. > :35:21.Morgan Parra gave France a chance of winning the match. A if only

:35:21. > :35:27.they had played like this from the start, they might have won this

:35:27. > :35:37.start, they might have won this game. They are offside. That is a

:35:37. > :35:40.

:35:40. > :35:50.penalty definitely. He could depict any of the three players. Then you

:35:50. > :35:51.

:35:51. > :36:01.have got this drop goal. They should have tried to go closer to

:36:01. > :36:06.

:36:06. > :36:15.the English line. He was never ever Was Ben Morgan the first person you

:36:15. > :36:23.sort out in the dressing room? I think so. I'd definitely or him

:36:23. > :36:29.one. He did all the hard work and I just had to bring it in. Four tries

:36:29. > :36:36.in four games have. Yes, that is a pretty good run. The French seemed

:36:36. > :36:46.to be a good team for me. I thought we were going to see the try there.

:36:46. > :36:50.How much does it mean it to this team? It is good to answer the

:36:50. > :36:55.critics. Everyone was saying that we were creating opportunities but

:36:55. > :37:05.not taking them. But today, we did manage to take them a. We worked

:37:05. > :37:05.

:37:05. > :37:14.hard and set the tempo of the game nice and early. Tom Croft with that

:37:14. > :37:22.last try sealed it for us. How much further do you think you can go

:37:22. > :37:32.after this? Every week, we seem to be getting better and better.

:37:32. > :37:32.

:37:32. > :37:38.Hopefully, we can continue that way. The limits of this team are

:37:38. > :37:47.unpredictable. I know that you have a baby that is eminent, I hope all

:37:47. > :37:53.the excitement has not triggered anything? She is at home watching.

:37:53. > :38:03.12 down and three to go. Next weekend, the wooden spoon match in

:38:03. > :38:31.

:38:31. > :38:40.That is the night sky over Paris. The England players will be

:38:40. > :38:45.appreciating it a rather more than the French. The match next week is

:38:45. > :38:50.at Cardiff. How does it today impact on Wales's chances of

:38:50. > :38:56.winning the Grand Slam? They will go there and turn up and try

:38:56. > :39:06.anything. That could be a worry for us. But Wales will start as

:39:06. > :39:07.