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If in one of sport's great truisms,

it you really do learn more in

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defeat than victory, here come

England to Paris, ready to write a

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few wrong after their Grand Slam

ambitions went up in smoke two weeks

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ago in the cauldron of Murrayfield.

The latest instalment in this, the

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oldest international fixture in the

game.

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Scotland get going...

England in

panic mode!

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# the needle tears are whole, the

old familiar staying

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# trying to kill it all away

# I remember everything...

England

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have problems at half-time.

# what have I become, my sweetest

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friend?

# everyone I know goes away.

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Interception!

That is a huge

decision.

Now it is up for grabs.

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decision.

Now it is up for grabs.

No

try.

That is cruel for England.

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England are going to be stung by

this.

There will be a lot to work

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on.

But what of France? A team and sport

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that in a real mess at the moment.

One victory in their last nine

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internationals, and England have won

nine of the last 11 meetings between

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the sides in the Six Nations. Today,

according to coach Jacques Brunel,

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it is a moment to reignite the sport

and reconnect with a disillusioned

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public. Which could explain ever are

philosophical headline today. They

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say France need a miracle to beat

the second best side in the world. A

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bit of media mind

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games on a glorious spring afternoon

in Paris and eagerly looking ahead

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to it very snugly I have to say, in

our presentation are ahead, Jeremy

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Guscott, on the far side, very smart

looking Paul O'Connell given events

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in Dublin, because Ireland have a

bonus point try against Dublin.

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Ireland have just about one hand on

the Six Nations.

The only way to

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score goals. They did not have it

all their way.

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all their way. A great result for

Ireland heading to Twickenham next

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week.

The game is still going on but

it is safe to say Ireland have won

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the game. What that means as you

look at the table of England not

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only have to win here today, but

they have to win with a bonus point

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which means scoring four tries and

that is something they have not done

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away in France since 1992. But I'm

sure Eddie Jones' priority will be

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about winning first and foremost,

Martin. How much is today a test of

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the backbone of the team?

The last

couple of weeks have been horrible

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for them. The only chance we have to

put it right is when the whistle

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goes today in kick-off. First and

foremost, being mentally right for

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the start of the game. Yes, you can

make all the tactical adjustments,

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but being mentally right for the

battle. If you let France start

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well, they will get the confidence

and the place will go crazy, the

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same of Murrayfield. Be in the right

place mentally and go from there and

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the right things will happen.

Philippe, how important is this

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match for the reputation of the

French national team?

It is

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important to have a little bit of

confidence. I think the game will be

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key for the French team.

I think

there is the first time we have had

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you and Jerry together as pundits in

any match and it does take us back

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27 years to one of the greatest

tries France ever scored at

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Twickenham. Philippe, tell us your

memories of this.

It is a great

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memory. I showed I was in the

midfield and I was lucky. Jeremy

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missed the tackle! And I am sorry 27

years after. I am sorry!

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years after. I am sorry!

Thank you,

Philippe. It was a wonderful try.

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But was when France led the rugby

that we all admired. I made a

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pathetic effort at the end just to

join in and I paid the price for it.

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Philippe, why do France not play

like that any more?

I think a lot

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about our Top 14, there was a league

but too many foreign players and we

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tried to challenge this six months

ago. I think we made the right

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decision but now we have to be

patient.

Such as rugby in France,

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the Southlands is the Hartland of

the game. Ironically, many thousands

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of people will be heading up here

from Toulon and Toulouse for the

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match today but France had to go

south to Marseille two weeks ago to

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get back on the winning ways.

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Italy have targeted this game, they

must have a chance. A surge towards

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the line. There is the ball, there

is the line, there is France's

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opening try. Italy claimed

possession. What a surge, what a

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response by the Italians! Italy take

the lead. Grosso for the line. Was

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he ever played? No, he was not!

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he ever played? No, he was not! Hugo

Bonneval scores.

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Bonneval scores. One more paths. It

is a forward pass.

That is a lovely

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play.

Much welcome for France.

Despite that victory, France find

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themselves in a very lowly position

in the world rankings at the moment,

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the low Fiji and just above Japan.

France and England are in the same

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qualifying group for the World Cup

next year.

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It is in Yokohama on October 12 when

they will meet. I wonder how many in

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the starting line-up today will be

featuring in 18 months' time. You

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would

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would expect Mathieu Bastareaud will

be featuring. He is heavier than

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anyone in the English pack. He has

always been the centre of attention

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on and off the field.

The customary forward role, the

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customary charges. He has done it!

He has powered his way over.

What

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more could there possibly be to

Mathieu Bastareaud than the

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considerable man who meets the eye.

He was brought up in a high rise of

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volatile disadvantage suburb of

Paris. He played rugby here, fought

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a childhood battle against bulimia,

at play are conscious of his size.

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Still a teenager, he joined stud

Francais, part of a very different

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scene and soon he was playing for

his country. -- Stade Francais. On

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the tour to New Zealand, trouble. He

needed stitches to his face. He

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claimed at first to have been

assaulted in the streets of

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Wellington. The police investigated.

His injuries, he was drunk. He was

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banned for three months. He took a

knife to his wrists. To kill

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himself? He did not know. He said he

wanted to suffer, to punish himself.

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He moved from Paris to the

Mediterranean. Toulon, champions of

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France, three times champions of

Europe. He made captain, treasured

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by his team-mates. But his

international career had stalled. A

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two-year gap. He was too big, too

obvious. Was this the image to be

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promoted for stylish French Rugby?

If he made headlines, it was being

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in trouble again. Banned in January

for a homophobic slur aimed at

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another player. He had never

forgotten the value of hard work.

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Even more revered in France.

Fortnight ago he forward rolled into

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the Six Nations again and stole the

show. Thunderous and yet sensitive,

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aggressive and delighted to be back

on the stage. The great deal you see

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of Mathieu Bastareaud, is so much

less than who he is.

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Philippe, you have known him since

he was a very young player. Is he

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still a little bit of an unfulfilled

talent, do you think?

I find him to

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Toulon. He needs love, you know? He

needs coaching, a lot of confidence.

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But since he was captain of Toulon,

he grew a lot. When

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he grew a lot. When you have, he is

good on the turnover. He is very

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good to off-load the ball. I think

we will see a lot today to run.

Here

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he is against Italy. Here is the

trademark forward role before he

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plays. He had an immense match,

Paul?

He is not the same shape as

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Brian O'Driscoll but he is like him

in the ruck. He is very powerful and

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off-loads really well. He had some

brilliant off-loads in this game.

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When he tackles here, you remain

tackle. Very good at stripping the

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ball as well. I think he had four

turnovers in the Italy game and

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scored two tries as well. He is a

fantastic player. What is great is

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his work in the breakdown. That is

where England need to be prepared

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for Mathieu Bastareaud today.

What

you see with Mathieu Bastareaud is

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what you get. If a guy like that

decides to have his best game, there

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is very little you can do against

it. You are looking at two men

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tackling because that is what it

takes to take down 123 kilograms

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man. It will be a big day if he is

on.

It will be his off-load where he

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could be very dangerous is near the

line. Converting that then for five

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metres from the line, you get in the

ball and that one-on-one with a

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back, that will be difficult to

stop.

It is very important as well,

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we miss a leader in the French team.

He arrives and he is one the

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leaders. He has experience. He is a

big help to the captain.

Ben Te'o

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has been left out. Was that a

tactical decision?

I hope not. You

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would be more concentrating on my

team and the way it will play rather

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than worry about the French team.

What I like about Ben Te'o is he has

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a pass and he has vision. What he

will do is straighten up the attack.

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He will give them more directness.

And also, whether he gets the ball

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or not in attack, he is in vision.

He will attract the French defence

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allowing more space on the outside.

I think George borders at his best

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when he has a guy like that to use

as his foil. You can use it or put

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the ball behind him. He has front

foot options. -- I think George Ford

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is at his best.

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is at his best.

Philippe, there has

been no consistency of selection for

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France at half-back and especially

at Number Ten. Would you have picked

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trim Duque today?

I think the only

challenge is Francois Trinh Duc. I

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think he will keep the ball today.

If it is a kicking game it

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If it is a kicking game it will be

mushy makes no.

The problem is with

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most of the tens of France, they

have not made a statement saying,

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coach pick me, you can't it

normally, that is why there has

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always been so much chop and change.

Maxime Machenaud is playing really

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well but they need to find the

Number Ten who is a Farrell or a

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Ford.

If you were the coach of

France, would you, after the

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incident in Edinburgh where seven

players went out drinking until

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late, would you have dropped them

until one match and welcome them

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back in or said no, that is too bad,

you cannot be part of mice Quad?

To

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be honest, it is difficult because I

did know what is happening to this

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nine, but I think Teddy Thomas, he

is a winner, and when you play

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England, you need guys like him. I

am not the coach at the moment and I

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don't know what is happening during

this night so it is a very difficult

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thing to make a decision when you

are outside this squad.

Teddy Thomas

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is a guy who can score you a try so

to keep him out of the team, well,

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that is the coach's call and fair

play to him.

We will move on to

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England. We have seen in the

inconsistency of Scotland losing in

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Cardiff, being so impressive at

Murrayfield and obviously losing out

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the Aviva Stadium, why is it so much

harder in the Six Nations to win

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away from home? What is it in the

environment, the refereeing

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officials, why is it so hard in this

Championship now to win away from

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home?

I think passion and emotion

has role to play in coaching. Guys

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have to be mentally prepared.

Passion and emotion still plays a

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big role. Passion and emotion is

highest at home when you are

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defending your home turf and that

has a role to play in Rugby.

We can

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move on to England. All of the

headlines are courted and controlled

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in many ways, not by the players but

by the coach. Eddie Jones is the

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face of English rugby at the moment

and he was putting on a brave and

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defiant face when he spoke earlier

this week to Sonja McLaughlan.

This

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is a huge week for England. Eddie

Jones will be furious that this

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performance.

I think it will be the

biggest test of Eddie Jones'

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coaching career.

This extraordinary

match. England are stunned. They

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have rarely tasted defeat.

Eddie,

what are you like when you lose?

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Well, I hate losing! And I

especially hate losing to a team we

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should not have lost too.

You

described the preparation as

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intense, was it too intense?

I think

it actually lacked intensity. I

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think we over intellectualised the

game. Tactically, we thought we knew

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how to play against Scotland and we

needed to roll up the sleeves more

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and get stuck in.

On reflection,

where England in the right frame of

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mind?

Know, and that is my fault. We

did not get in the psychological

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state we needed to be and that is my

responsibility.

Wide?

If I knew, I

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would have 100% winning record but I

don't and I am not that clever?

How

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do you set about changing that if

you don't know why it went wrong in

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the first place?

We have 124 from 26

games so I think we are above

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average.

What is the biggest thing

you have learned from the Scotland

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game?

It goes back to preparation.

For my sins, I did not get the

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preparation right. I did not get

them psychologically right for the

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game.

How can you tell?

You can

never tell because it is not an

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exact science.

That must be

frustrating as a coach because you

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think you have done everything you

can do but the players don't turn

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up?

That is why we do it. I trust my

players, I love my players but they

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are human and things get to them.

Sometimes the situation makes it

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difficult for them to perform and we

understand that.

Scotland played

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with real verve and imagination and

skill in attack. Are you concerned

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that that is missing from England's

game?

No.

Outscored by three tries

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to one and the way Scotland played,

do you think England can play in the

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same manner?

I don't think we need

to play like that? Because we are

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England, not Scotland. We don't have

the same players, the same skill as

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Scotland and we have other

attributes which are equally

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important in Test match rugby.

You

think you don't have the same scale

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as Scotland?

I'm saying we have a

different skill set. We have

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different players to Scotland. We

want to play like England, we don't

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want to play like Scotland.

England

were ahead on territory, possession,

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meters made, carries, I concerned

they

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they could not turn that into a

victory?

Of course I am concerned, I

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am disappointed. That does not mean

we throw everything out of the Bath.

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We have had a bad game and we will

rectify that.

Do you think that that

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defeat could be a positive catalyst

for change for the team or are you

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confident with the environment you

have?

If you Reid what the clever

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people say, it is Doomsday, the

world will end. English rugby will

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fall at Twickenham and you will

never see it again. So I am not

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sure.

Widely Reid it?

If I don't,

someone else will tell me.

But if

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you don't look at it, you will not

have to worry about it.

But I do. It

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affects my players. And of course

the players know about it, someone

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tells them. It is their mother or

their wife or their girlfriend or

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their mates will tell them. The

media affects what we do massively.

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There is an unrealistic and about

how good we are and none realism

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about how bad we are now. And quite

frankly we are somewhere in the

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middle.

And they parted friends at the end

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of it. Martin, when you hear that,

what is your take on how Eddie Jones

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is responding to what is happening

at Murrayfield?

In between being

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Eddie Jones, he is making the right

points. You are never as great as

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you say you are when you're winning

and not as bad when you are losing.

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It is not just his fault, he is

taking the pressure off the players.

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The players need to make sure they

are there. But it happens. I have

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been in many teams where it has

happened and you have been flat on

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the day. The thing now is we have to

turn it around and come out today

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and put those things right. If you

get the mental side right, a lot of

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it will sort themselves out.

Your

team would have gone through that as

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well in pursuit of winning the World

Cup in 2003. You would have had some

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high-profile defeats?

Absolutely.

The very best teams, when they have

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those flat days, they still play at

a level. The thing for England as

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they conceded three tries. You may

concede one and be down at half-time

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but then come back. There is

concerned there and they should be.

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There is a lot of angst.

Where

England struggle as having the guys

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in the team who are really good at

consistently good so if two or three

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drop-off, those are three are

playing at a level that makes the

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rest of the team rise up to them.

You look at Ireland. I would not say

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they have loads of world-class

players in there, apart from Sexton

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and Murray who are pushing for

honours in that department. The rest

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of the other 13 and the eight on the

bench are very good international

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players who play so well every week

and are so well drilled. England

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have not yet got that. You have

Farrell, Billy Vunipola when he is

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there, Itoje was last year but has

not reached those levels this time

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round.

You mention Farrell as a

world-class player and he is captain

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for the first time today. Is this a

burden he doesn't need, Martin, or

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is it something that will spur him

to greater Heights?

You have Chris

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Robshaw who has captained England

more than anyone who needs the guys

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to come and do their jobs.

We hope

it is too much because he is also

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the kicking so I hope he will do a

good job of captain.

One of the

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points that makes Owen Farrell

world-class is his mental strength.

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He is able to put disappointment

behind him and carry on. His tackle

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rate in the Six Nations is appalling

that you would not think that from

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the outside because his presence and

profile is so huge. In a form and is

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against Scotland, he was England's

best player.

I'm sure you two would

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disagree because he played in the

second row, but isn't it easier for

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him to captain the side from centre

because he can see the bigger

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picture. If you are Dylan Hartley in

the front row where things are

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happening and you have got your head

in the ground.

He is in charge of

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that anyway. He is carrying

responsibility for strategy. You're

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not calling the shots minute by

minute from the forward pack, but

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you can be more in charge of that

emotional side with the forwards. He

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needs those guys up front. Whoever

has the responsibility. But even the

0:25:240:25:31

guys at the front, Courtney Lawes,

Joe Launchbury, if you are leading

0:25:310:25:37

around Paris smashing people, that

is leadership.

I was on a Lions tour

0:25:370:25:42

five years ago when he was only 21,

and he was a leader then. He was

0:25:420:25:48

bossing people around the pitch,

raising standards, demanding more of

0:25:480:25:52

the people. His farm or experience

now and I think he is well able for

0:25:520:25:56

the responsibility.

0:25:560:26:01

the responsibility.

And Philippe,

tell us about a captaincy point of

0:26:030:26:06

view for France?

Guilhem Guirado is

a good leader. And I think Mathieu

0:26:060:26:14

Bastareaud and full slaughtering

took. I think he can be a big help

0:26:140:26:18

but the key for me is the ruck.

0:26:180:26:24

but the key for me is the ruck.

Paul

was talking about the passion and

0:26:260:26:28

the involvement of the fans for the

home team, the spectators here, what

0:26:280:26:32

are they expecting, what

realistically are the fans

0:26:320:26:40

expecting?

They expect the guys, if

the French team have a good start,

0:26:400:26:51

I'm sure the club will be crazy and

will follow the other teams. I hope

0:26:510:26:56

we take the score straightaway.

Martin spoke a few minutes ago about

0:26:560:27:03

the definition of leadership, going

round Paris bashing people. That

0:27:030:27:09

sums up the peculiar relationship

these two countries have.

0:27:090:27:15

Wesley Fofana! Greenwood chasing

Robinson.

0:27:300:27:35

This is typical avenger.

That is

just out of this world.

0:27:370:27:50

Sensational!

That is the Grand Slam

moment for England!

0:27:500:28:02

moment for England!

Oh, dear. The

French seem to have lost all

0:28:020:28:07

self-control.

0:28:070:28:12

Misses Le Crunch in any language you

want.

0:28:190:28:25

I have to say the weather here

yesterday was pretty drizzly and it

0:28:250:28:31

was awful. We were expecting a

different environment for the match

0:28:310:28:35

but it is beautiful now. It is a

great day for rugby but you still

0:28:350:28:40

have to defend. Where were England

deficient against Scotland and what

0:28:400:28:44

will they have to correct today?

Their heads were not in the game.

0:28:440:28:53

You have to concentrate. Hughes is

disconnected from Lawes. Scotland

0:28:530:28:57

getting behind. You think sharpen

up, let's get wider and stronger and

0:28:570:29:03

get together. A big part of defence

is communication. Once you lose

0:29:030:29:08

that, you lose that disconnect.

There is a good flat line but two

0:29:080:29:12

players, Lawes and Farrell decide to

go up and they are leading the

0:29:120:29:17

doglegs. Clever teams that like to

pass and get in there, look here,

0:29:170:29:22

this is from a kick, Danny Care

knocked it long there. You should be

0:29:220:29:36

in a flat line coming together,

squeezing the defence, making them

0:29:360:29:39

kick, rather than giving them the

space to run yards and yards. There

0:29:390:29:41

is still a disconnect and that means

you have to talk more. Two runners

0:29:410:29:45

come up and create that disconnect

and again, thin Russell against

0:29:450:29:51

Wales was not making waves passes

against England he did, and against

0:29:510:29:55

Ireland, it has not gone Scotland's

way. If you are not defending well,

0:29:550:29:59

it sets the pattern in your game. It

is one of the reasons why Jonathan

0:29:590:30:06

Chase has been left out today.

Jonathan had to follow him in and he

0:30:060:30:11

stayed out in No Man's Land.

0:30:110:30:15

They talked about how to beat

Scotland, we turned up and win the

0:30:150:30:20

game. That is lethal in rugby at any

level particularly away from home.

0:30:200:30:24

If you don't get it right, Scotland

grew as a team, and if they don't do

0:30:240:30:30

it today, France will grow.

I don't

see France breaking out of their own

0:30:300:30:35

22 and throwing those long passes,

but I did not expect Russell to play

0:30:350:30:38

well against England!

But France are

one out, one out.

I cannot expect

0:30:380:30:45

them to play an expansive game

overnight with so little experience.

0:30:450:30:50

I think they still had it in them

than if they take the turnover they

0:30:500:30:54

can counterattack and go Bulls up I

would be fearful today. I have

0:30:540:30:58

memories of being here chasing

Frenchman around the field.

That is

0:30:580:31:03

when they were decent!

Have France

still got it in them?

I think so, we

0:31:030:31:09

have great players but we just need

confidence. The win against Italy

0:31:090:31:14

was huge for us.

Serge Betsen, the

great French flanker, was very

0:31:140:31:20

critical yesterday of

0:31:200:31:21

great French flanker, was very

critical yesterday of the selection

0:31:210:31:21

of Eddie Jones of the England back

row, staggered that these three had

0:31:210:31:29

been maintained. Were you surprised,

Paul?

0:31:290:31:32

been maintained. Were you surprised,

Paul? They were criticised in

0:31:320:31:34

Scotland because of a deficiency at

the breakdown.

I don't think it's

0:31:340:31:38

down to the back row, England are

willing to sacrifice the numbers

0:31:380:31:43

they put into the ruck and that

caused them problems, that and a few

0:31:430:31:46

bad habits. These were some of the

rucks from the Scottish game.

0:31:460:31:54

bad habits. These were some of the

rucks from the Scottish game. Joe

0:31:540:31:56

Launchbury turns his head, Wilson

does not need a second invitation.

0:31:560:32:01

This was a big turnover, a big

moment in the game for Scotland.

0:32:010:32:09

Nigel Owens gave the scrum to

Scotland. Owen Farrell and Anthony

0:32:090:32:15

Watson have no interest in the ruck,

Chris Robshaw is trying to do it on

0:32:150:32:19

his own and John Barclay get the

penalty and another big

0:32:190:32:21

psychological moment. Again they go

in with one, Itoje, Launchbury comes

0:32:210:32:27

into later. John Barclay with

another big moment. This was England

0:32:270:32:36

on the attack, five metres out from

the line, Robshaw cleans it well but

0:32:360:32:41

he leaves George Ford on his own.

They end up with two on one, Richie

0:32:410:32:47

Gray and Tommy Seymour and they blow

him off the ball, turning over

0:32:470:32:50

possession five metres from your own

line like

0:32:500:32:55

possession five metres from your own

line like that is suicidal stuff.

0:32:550:32:57

That is where they did the job and I

think it helped Ireland today

0:32:570:33:01

because they were forewarned at the

breakdown for the game against

0:33:010:33:04

Scotland.

The key thing is to win

the ball with the minimum players in

0:33:040:33:09

the ruck as quick as you can. If

they are doing something different

0:33:090:33:13

you have to adapt and England did

not do that well enough. France

0:33:130:33:16

could do the same and England have

to be ready for it. Also, if France

0:33:160:33:22

don't do it, they don't have to

overcommit. They have to adapt to

0:33:220:33:27

the opposition. It's all right

having a planned but you have to

0:33:270:33:30

change it if do.

If we go forward

from the back row, Maro Itoje was

0:33:300:33:36

the shooting star of European rugby

never mind English

0:33:360:33:38

the shooting star of European rugby

never mind English rugby last news

0:33:380:33:40

addicts difficult second season

syndrome if you like as a wanted

0:33:400:33:44

man. Why is it?

There

0:33:440:33:46

syndrome if you like as a wanted

man. Why is it?

There is a

0:33:460:33:50

perception he's not playing as well

and some of it is England not

0:33:500:33:53

playing as well. I not a big stats

man but the biggest change is the

0:33:530:33:58

amount of turnovers he is winning

and penalties giving away. Maybe

0:33:580:34:01

they have told him that and he is

holding back. That is the hardest

0:34:010:34:08

thing as a forward, when to go in

and when not to. This shows him that

0:34:080:34:15

all those bits add up. If he can

have to or three turnovers like

0:34:150:34:20

that, stealing the line-out and the

tackle and inspire England it will

0:34:200:34:24

be good but the rest of them have to

do it, Launchbury and Lawes and

0:34:240:34:28

Robshaw Andy Hughes, they all need

to stand up.

He is a great player.

0:34:280:34:33

-- and Nathan Hughes for that you

would like in the French team, a

0:34:330:34:38

fantastic athlete.

You would like

him in the French team but if you

0:34:380:34:40

look at the English back three to

date with the potential they had to

0:34:400:34:44

throw the ball around with it almost

feels like a French back three.

You

0:34:440:34:48

throw the ball around with it almost

feels like a French back three.

You

0:34:480:34:49

look at the teams, the big

difference to the back three. The

0:34:490:34:52

back three of England is quick with

flair and Elliot Daly is back, he is

0:34:520:34:59

fantastic for Wasps and for England.

Our back three need to perform very

0:34:590:35:06

well today.

Elliot Daly

0:35:060:35:07

Our back three need to perform very

well today.

Elliot Daly for me is

0:35:070:35:09

the best northern hemisphere back.

His skill set sets him apart because

0:35:090:35:17

he can do the basics very well and

he has that flair also he can knock

0:35:170:35:21

the ball through the posts from 55

metres, he can chip, he has vision

0:35:210:35:28

and the speed to run through the

tackle, intelligence and the skill

0:35:280:35:32

set to put the money else through

the gap. I believe he is

0:35:320:35:36

inspirational. This guy can change

the tone of the game initial space

0:35:360:35:43

of time and in small gaps. -- in a

short space of time.

Maybe he is a

0:35:430:35:51

little bit rusty having not played

since November.

Three weeks ago Mike

0:35:510:35:55

Brown was Eddie Jones's superhero,

untouchable at full-back and now he

0:35:550:35:59

is out of the team. Were you

surprised by that?

After a game like

0:35:590:36:04

that anybody is droppable. You get

what Mike does, with Anthony you

0:36:040:36:09

have more pace. It is probably right

he gets a look in a big

0:36:090:36:16

international. It is tough on Mike

at that is what happens when you

0:36:160:36:20

lose, guys get dropped also the rest

of the team should say, we have got

0:36:200:36:25

a guy dropped, let's go and perform.

You mentioned the Lyons on many

0:36:250:36:29

occasions, Jamie George was the

Lions hooker but effectively second

0:36:290:36:34

choice for England because of Dylan

Hartley being captain but he now

0:36:340:36:37

gets his opportunity with Dylan

Hartley injured. If he makes a big

0:36:370:36:41

statement today, what does it mean

for the dynamic of captaincy and

0:36:410:36:45

front row and England altogether?

It

makes it difficult for Eddie Jones,

0:36:450:36:50

it makes it difficult decisions

around selection. He has waited a

0:36:500:36:54

long time for his opportunity, a

fantastic player and really well

0:36:540:36:58

coached. I think the best coaching

in Europe at the moment is happening

0:36:580:37:03

at Saracens. Excellent at said Pete

and good scrummager and Thrower,

0:37:030:37:08

dynamic around the field as well --

at set piece. It looks like a great

0:37:080:37:14

service so it should suit him.

You're both played here on many

0:37:140:37:18

occasions, tell us about playing at

the Stade de France. Is it different

0:37:180:37:22

to other venues and if so, wider

question of it is always different

0:37:220:37:27

for France, but maybe it is

different and the atmosphere is

0:37:270:37:29

different.

0:37:290:37:31

With due respect, it always felt the

biggest game, France away from home,

0:37:310:37:36

you have got to be at your absolute

best or you could get a pasting.

The

0:37:360:37:40

forwards know it especially, they

are always well up for it. We used

0:37:400:37:44

to be intimidated by the flair of

the French. Later in my career, the

0:37:440:37:50

French crowd, it makes you intent

and pumped up and that is what

0:37:500:37:54

England need because they were so

slow off the mark against Scotland.

0:37:540:37:58

They have to play with more speed

and constructs better and they have

0:37:580:38:02

to be more solid and this game could

be right for them if they get

0:38:020:38:05

involved in the atmosphere and

accept it.

What is your take on what

0:38:050:38:09

might happen, Paul?

I fancy England.

I don't think the Top 14 prepares

0:38:090:38:17

French players properly for Six

Nations rugby. From a fitness point

0:38:170:38:21

of view, a discipline point of view

and tactically. They will bring the

0:38:210:38:25

Passion and emotion but I don't

think the French players at the

0:38:250:38:28

fitness or discipline to follow

through with it.

Tumultuous

0:38:280:38:33

reception for the two teams here at

the Stade de France.

0:38:330:38:41

the Stade de France. 80,000 red,

white and blue flags have been

0:38:410:38:43

handed to the spectators and it is

just a glorious almost a balmy

0:38:430:38:47

evening here. It is almost 20 years

ago today that the Stade de France

0:38:470:38:54

was opened and five days after it in

operation France played England in

0:38:540:39:00

the Five Nations and France won

24-17 and went on to win the Grand

0:39:000:39:04

Slam with Jerry and Martin playing

in that game. But huge questions now

0:39:040:39:10

for both teams can England recover

from the Murrayfield mauling at if

0:39:100:39:14

they are still to be contenders for

the championship, they need a bonus

0:39:140:39:18

point victory. And somewhere inside

this French team, is there looking a

0:39:180:39:22

collective will to relight the

French rugby fire? Let's hope it is

0:39:220:39:26

going to be a tasty tea-time in

Paris. After the anthems commentary

0:39:260:39:30

will come from Paul O'Connell, Brian

Moore and Eddie Butler.

0:39:300:39:39

# God save our gracious Queen

0:39:580:40:03

# Long live our noble Queen

0:40:030:40:07

# God save the Queen

0:40:070:40:13

# Send her victorious

0:40:130:40:19

# Happy and glorious

0:40:190:40:24

# Long to reign over us

0:40:240:40:30

# God save the Queen #.

0:40:300:40:38

# Allons enfants de la Patrie

0:40:520:40:54

# Le jour de gloire est arrive

0:40:540:40:59

# Contre nous de la tyrannie

0:40:590:41:03

# L'etendard sanglant est leve

0:41:030:41:06

# L'etendard sanglant est leve

0:41:060:41:11

# Entendez-vous dans les campagnes

0:41:110:41:14

# Mugir ces feroces soldats

0:41:140:41:19

# Ils viennent jusque dans vos bras

0:41:190:41:24

# Egorger vos fils, vos compagnes

0:41:240:41:28

# Aux armes, citoyens

0:41:280:41:32

# Formez vos bataillons

0:41:320:41:36

# Marchons, marchons

0:41:360:41:40

# Qu'un sang impur

0:41:400:41:44

# Abreuve nos sillons #.

0:41:440:41:47

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

0:41:520:41:58

COMMENTATOR: Good evening and

welcome to the Stade de France. A

0:41:580:42:05

rousing set of renditions of the

anthems. France have left well alone

0:42:050:42:09

up front, watch out for Yacouba

Camara in the line-up, Guilhem

0:42:090:42:14

Guirado as a tackler and Jefferson

Poirot over the ball at the

0:42:140:42:17

breakdown. And keep an eye on

Mathieu Bastareaud in the centre, he

0:42:170:42:23

is hard to miss, or is it a day for

other players to step up like the

0:42:230:42:28

hard running Remy Grosso?

0:42:280:42:35

At hooker Jamie George replaces the

injured Dylan Hartley. The general

0:42:350:42:42

instructions to all of the forwards

after the Scotland game, roll up

0:42:420:42:46

your sleeves and rip into it. Ben

Te'o comes into the centre, not

0:42:460:42:51

quite the size of Bastareaud but

large enough. Anthony Watson at

0:42:510:42:55

full-back and Elliot Daly back after

injury in December. Owen Farrell is

0:42:550:42:59

the England captain. Mike Brown

takes his place on the bench. Good

0:42:590:43:10

afternoon, Brian Moore. It is the

crunch and it has a heavyweight

0:43:100:43:14

feeling.

It is almost springtime in

Paris and technical things will

0:43:140:43:21

unfold but this is the real question

for England, where is your head and

0:43:210:43:26

heart today? Are they in the right

place? If they are, there is a

0:43:260:43:30

chance, if they are not big to be a

difficult experience.

A reverse of

0:43:300:43:37

the normal question, which England

will turn up? The charity kick-off

0:43:370:43:44

something of a tradition here in

France. Ben Te'o back in the centre,

0:43:440:43:49

Jaco Peyper is the referee today.

One team had suffered a rare defeat

0:43:490:43:59

under Eddie Jones, England, and a

team that enjoyed a rare victory in

0:43:590:44:02

the last round, France. England need

a bonus point win to stay in

0:44:020:44:06

contention for the title. France are

on a longer road to recovery, just

0:44:060:44:14

to win back the affections of their

public.

0:44:140:44:22

public. But whatever those contrasts

in the current fortunes, it still

0:44:220:44:26

has the feel of the England- France

games of old, when you were out

0:44:260:44:32

there, Brian. They were some of the

hottest properties and hottest

0:44:320:44:36

atmospheres.

They worked but those

are passed now and probably quite

0:44:360:44:39

rightly. What I want to see today is

a highly disciplined performance

0:44:390:44:46

from England.

Do they go for it from

the word go?

The first 20 minutes in

0:44:460:44:55

Paris you want to be relatively

quiet in terms of the opposition

0:44:550:45:00

crowd for the don't give France

anything, settle into the game.

0:45:000:45:04

But obviously if the opportunity

presents itself, let it go.

Francois

0:45:070:45:13

Trinh-Duc gets us underway.

0:45:130:45:18

Elliot Daly, was the taken high? --

was he taken? Nothing from the

0:45:180:45:28

referee, England in their own 22

with Danny Care.

0:45:280:45:36

with Danny Care. Hugo Bonneval the

French full-back gathering safely.

0:45:360:45:41

Paul Gabrillagues from the second

row involved. Wenceslas Lauret at

0:45:440:45:50

the halfway line, Mako Vunipola has

been given the responsible at the

0:45:500:45:57

four leading the forwards today.

0:45:570:46:04

That is a brilliant pass out of the

tackle, France on the surge and it

0:46:040:46:09

is a long pass... Into touch but...

It was lost forward.

We go all the

0:46:090:46:18

way back. To the French half.

It was

only a couple of yards forward!

0:46:180:46:29

only a couple of yards forward! The

crowd are booing because they have

0:46:290:46:30

not seen the replay.

Forward pass,

England will have the pudding at the

0:46:300:46:40

scrummage, that is the long and

short of it. -- will have the

0:46:400:46:44

put-in.

This is an area in which

England have been frankly

0:46:440:46:52

disappointing thus far. It has been

a long time since England have had a

0:46:520:46:55

dominant set piece. Here we go. Only

a couple of yards!

0:46:550:47:06

The French front five are very

strong.

They reckon Rabah Slimani is

0:47:080:47:12

the grandest tight head of the

current game. Poirot on the

0:47:120:47:20

loosehead side will be attacking Dan

Cole. On the far side. Jamie George

0:47:200:47:27

of course starting for England

today.

0:47:270:47:37

Penalty to England.

Slimani has to

be happy about that, he was at an

0:47:440:47:52

angle but so was Mako Vunipola. It

depends which went in first for the

0:47:520:48:00

inevitably given the proximity, if

your opponent turns in you will have

0:48:000:48:03

to follow because you are bodily

bound. While you can make cases

0:48:030:48:07

against both...

0:48:070:48:12

against both... Both of them in at

an angle and I must admit that I'm

0:48:120:48:17

struggling at the moment to decide

which one.

You used to inhabit that

0:48:170:48:24

area, Brian.

Yes, it was fairly warm

and cosy. Dangerous at times.

Rabah

0:48:240:48:32

Slimani and this is Owen Farrell,

captain today and placekicker.

0:48:320:48:38

Beautifully struck, England take an

early lead and Paul O'Connell has

0:49:010:49:05

shot up from ground level.

Hello,

Eddie. I think guesswork at the

0:49:050:49:11

scrum, hard to tell who's fault it

is and who goes down first but still

0:49:110:49:17

a big moment for England to get the

first penalty and a lead.

Francois

0:49:170:49:22

Trinh-Duc, and the grass looks in

good condition, not always the case

0:49:220:49:26

here at the Stade de France. England

make ground from the restart,

0:49:260:49:32

Machenaud senses a turnover. Mako

Vunipola on a one-man mission to

0:49:320:49:39

secure the ball for England. He has

done very well because he has won

0:49:390:49:42

the penalty.

And that could have

been another problem for England,

0:49:420:49:48

very similar to the Scotland game

where they got isolated. On that

0:49:480:49:53

occasion they were given the benefit

of the doubt.

A lot of players in

0:49:530:49:57

the French team are very good in the

ruck, very good at poaching and

0:49:570:50:01

getting locked on the ball but they

need to have the discipline to let

0:50:010:50:04

it go at times and pick and choose

their moments. It is something they

0:50:040:50:08

don't do very well in the Top 14 and

you don't get away with it in the

0:50:080:50:12

Six Nations.

Elliot Daly off his

wing.

0:50:120:50:16

Vunipola with a good pass, strength

from Ben Te'o in the centre. Mathieu

0:50:190:50:25

Bastareaud left on the ground. Jonny

May switches to the right-wing

0:50:250:50:30

today.

0:50:300:50:36

Inside the French 22. Courtney

Lawes.

0:50:360:50:45

England quite happy to come at

France around the fringes, straight

0:50:500:50:54

through the breakdown. Courtney

Lawes again. Joe Launchbury on his

0:50:540:51:01

shoulder, Maro Itoje over the ball.

0:51:010:51:03

Anthony Watson on the switch with

Jonny May on the 22.

0:51:050:51:11

Good passing and off-loading by the

tight England forwards, Chris

0:51:130:51:20

Robshaw from the back row goes to

ground.

0:51:200:51:24

Nathan Hughes. Another yard gained

beyond where he first made contact.

0:51:280:51:45

Vahaamahina got hands on it and it

has broken down for England but

0:51:450:51:48

Anthony Watson has a chance to

launch from the halfway line.

0:51:480:51:57

Guirado clamps over the ball. Cannot

stop England keeping possession.

0:51:570:52:03

No attempt to get the pass away this

time from Launchbury.

0:52:090:52:17

time from Launchbury. Bonneval

against Jonny May. That is a fairly

0:52:170:52:19

loose pass and Robshaw sees as the

ball. -- he seizes the ball.

0:52:190:52:30

Vunipola tackled by Camara.

0:52:300:52:38

It has been a theme of the

afternoon, plenty of this in Dublin

0:52:380:52:44

and congratulations to Ireland on

their bonus point win, Paul.

It was

0:52:440:52:49

an excellent win, Scotland butchered

a few chances which hurt their

0:52:490:52:53

belief a bit. It could have been a

much narrower margin and they could

0:52:530:52:57

have been in the game but towards

the end they were well out of it. I

0:52:570:53:02

think the performance last week at

Murrayfield, Ireland were forewarned

0:53:020:53:06

at the breakdown and they were ready

for the Scottish energy there.

0:53:060:53:10

England may have been forewarned at

the breakdown by Mathieu Bastareaud

0:53:100:53:14

because whatever he does not do as a

20 stone centre in terms of ballet

0:53:140:53:18

dancing he is a very strong man. He

has significant presence at the

0:53:180:53:25

breakdown. That was a good defensive

set from France because England had

0:53:250:53:28

a lot of possession and did not

really make much ground and France

0:53:280:53:31

have driven them backwards.

Itoje

gets hands to the ball and poaches

0:53:310:53:39

the French line-out so England back

in possession, plenty of this in the

0:53:390:53:42

opening eight minutes.

0:53:420:53:43

Well taken by Remy Grosso.

0:53:450:53:49

Francois Trinh-Duc for France.

Gabrillagues was almost facing his

0:53:510:53:59

own line when he took that.

0:53:590:54:03

Machenaud goes on the aerial route

and that has gone wrong again for

0:54:070:54:09

France. They are just being a bit

too methodical at the moment.

You

0:54:090:54:17

can have good or bad fortune from a

charge down. No real control on that

0:54:170:54:25

occasion they did not bounce for

England. More worrying for France

0:54:250:54:29

was the pass inside from Bonneval

who just hurled the ball seemingly

0:54:290:54:33

without regard.

Courtney Lawes won

the first stolen line-out, Maro

0:54:330:54:40

Itoje with that one.

0:54:400:54:48

Itoje again.

0:54:480:54:55

It is all defensive work for France.

0:54:550:55:04

George Ford buries himself with the

forwards again, Dan Cole playing

0:55:040:55:10

outside-half. Anthony Watson. The

slightest opportunity but no, say

0:55:100:55:18

the French defenders. Barral tried

to inject pace and determination.

0:55:180:55:24

This is Launchbury. -- Farrell.

0:55:240:55:31

This is Launchbury. -- Farrell. And

again it seems that Jaco Peyper is

0:55:310:55:36

going to demand instant release.

You

have got to get into the right body

0:55:360:55:44

position to take the man off the

ball, whether you do it by rolling

0:55:440:55:49

him or getting your shoulders

underneath, but you only get one

0:55:490:55:53

chance and you have to do it

quickly. If you get the initial

0:55:530:55:55

contact wrong, that is the result

was the best thing to do is to get

0:55:550:55:59

it done before it becomes a ruck.

But by the time these French players

0:55:590:56:05

get locks on the ball it is

difficult to get them off. Excellent

0:56:050:56:11

pressure on the French line-out.

Having Lawes in the back row who is

0:56:110:56:15

effectively a second row means they

can put a lot of pressure on the

0:56:150:56:18

French line-out.

That will be

difficult to affect, the clear out,

0:56:180:56:27

without rolling the player.

That is

Courtney Lawes again who has stolen

0:56:270:56:32

the French throw and France

seemingly cannot get their hands on

0:56:320:56:35

the ball at the moment. This is the

power and pace Ben Te'o. Advantage

0:56:350:56:40

England.

0:56:400:56:45

We had this in the Scottish game and

France against Scotland as well for

0:56:500:56:54

them if you're patient enough, the

French players will give you

0:56:540:56:59

opportunities, penalties, turning

the ball over and that is all

0:56:590:57:01

England have to do. Super thick, ten

metres out. Often that could be 22

0:57:010:57:08

metres out -- super kick. An

opportunity for the English forwards

0:57:080:57:13

to walk in and try to drive the

French over the line.

0:57:130:57:22

French over the line.

Vunipola comes

away with it. Ben Te'o takes on

0:57:220:57:25

Bastareaud. And delivers for Danny

Care. They go wide, it has gone

0:57:250:57:32

loose and France steal the ball with

Remy Grosso coming away with it.

0:57:320:57:40

England scurry back, good defensive

operation. Yacouba Camara, he had

0:57:400:57:45

had an excellent Six Nations so far

and this is one of the reasons, not

0:57:450:57:49

just a line-out jumper but good on

the ball. Bastareaud with a good

0:57:490:57:53

pass do Doumayrou. Owen Farrell

scrag is him.

0:57:530:58:02

Marco Tauleigne, the number eight.

Machenaud waiting. Trying to make

0:58:040:58:10

the point that England are lying on

the ball. The captain, Guirado. And

0:58:100:58:16

the giant Vahaamahina.

0:58:160:58:23

Doumayrou again. England trying to

go high to prevent the pass from the

0:58:230:58:30

tackle. Slimani has lost it. Danny

Care, will he keep it in field?

0:58:300:58:37

Bonneval is on his own. That is a

brilliant pick-up by Chris Robshaw.

0:58:370:58:46

The crowd don't like what happens to

Bonneval who is down on the ground.

0:58:460:58:53

I have to say, what a scoop off the

ground by the former England

0:58:530:58:57

captain.

It was, great dexterity.

0:58:570:59:02

Something and nothing.

Turnover by

England. They just can't give those

0:59:050:59:16

opportunities to France. I thought

the French attack was really good,

0:59:160:59:19

eventually nullified by a brilliant,

low chop tackle by Courtney Lawes

0:59:190:59:24

which is his specialty.

0:59:240:59:31

which is his specialty.

That is the

sort of thing that sticks on the

0:59:310:59:34

training ground and not under

pressure. For all that Camara does

0:59:340:59:38

here, and all the metres he makes,

that ball after the initial contact

0:59:380:59:46

needs to be moved into space, not

for players to run into.

A change

0:59:460:59:54

for France. Hugo Bonneval has to go

off. Gael Fickou comes on. They had

0:59:541:00:02

not lost any pace.

1:00:021:00:05

Jacques Brunel with the moustache in

the middle. Recalled to coach France

1:00:111:00:16

just when he might have been

slipping out of the limelight.

1:00:161:00:25

Penalty to France.

An important

line-out here to France. They have

1:00:281:00:36

lost three in a row. They have to do

something simple.

They looked to the

1:00:361:00:46

middle, then they went long.

Something a little bit simpler. They

1:00:461:00:52

just have to keep it simple and wait

for England to give them an

1:00:521:00:56

opportunity. Don't force it, wait

until England give them an

1:00:561:01:00

opportunity.

1:01:001:01:05

Tauleigne wins for France. Does an

about turn to provide possession for

1:01:111:01:20

Machenaud. And a nice pick-up by

Camara. Robshaw makes the tackle.

1:01:201:01:30

Camara. Robshaw makes the tackle.

I

don't think Jaco Peyper wanted to

1:01:321:01:34

give another penalty away at the

breakdown. There have been so many.

1:01:341:01:39

It is a good position for scrum,

Brian?

Both sides are open.

1:01:391:01:47

This is Jefferson Poirot.

Bastareaud

is such a big threat. You can't not

1:01:521:02:07

cover him. If they overcome it and

you are sensible, there should be

1:02:071:02:11

space.

Ben Te'o swapped with George

Ford. It was Bastareaud against

1:02:111:02:18

Ford.

That is wise.

Do you imagine

France will go for another

1:02:181:02:24

scrummage?

I would think so.

1:02:241:02:32

The French half-backs, Maxime

Machenaud and Francois Trinh Duc.

1:02:371:02:46

Just watching Francois Trinh Duc go

quite a long way which makes it

1:02:461:02:54

think it might come to Bastareaud.

And interesting call from an English

1:02:541:03:01

back saying we are giving a kick

away.

He looks for Machenaud. It was

1:03:011:03:08

overdone.

That was never going to

work because of the sweeping system

1:03:081:03:17

in operation.

We are underway

immediately. Danny Care who was the

1:03:171:03:23

sweeper looks up. Oh and Farrell

leads the charge. I missed

1:03:231:03:26

clearance. Courtney Lawes. -- Owain

Farrell.

1:03:261:03:36

Vunipola has had a lot of

possession.

1:03:371:03:41

Little bit slowed up then. Here

comes Joe Launchbury.

1:03:451:03:54

comes Joe Launchbury. Guirado over

the ball and he wins the penalty for

1:03:541:03:57

France.

This is something England

will have to deal with all day. The

1:03:571:04:02

England front row are excellent at

the ruck. They are very big men.

1:04:021:04:06

Once they get locked on that is

impossible to move them. You need to

1:04:061:04:11

target those guys. That's scrum

attack from France was so

1:04:111:04:16

disappointing. They are ten metres

from the England line and they go

1:04:161:04:21

for a 50-50 ball. If they hang onto

the ball, they may not score a try

1:04:211:04:26

but at least they have a shot at a

penalty or at least some points on

1:04:261:04:30

the board.

1:04:301:04:35

the board. They have got to offer

something better than that for the

1:04:391:04:42

attack.

Do you think they were going

for the double bluff?

No, I don't

1:04:421:04:44

think so. It was just a poor

tactical option, to be fair.

This

1:04:441:04:48

area has not gone well for France

either.

1:04:481:04:57

either. Robshaw was on it. He slaps

his hands together. So close.

It is

1:04:571:05:03

one of the things that Robshaw maybe

gets criticism for. He does make

1:05:031:05:09

intercepts. He blocks down kickers

and he does add a few poachers.

He

1:05:091:05:17

is a phenomenally hard-working

player.

He contributes a lot more

1:05:171:05:21

than just breakdowns at the ruck. He

is a very clever player. He does not

1:05:211:05:27

get as much credit as he deserves.

France would have been in trouble.

1:05:271:05:32

Trinh Duc has gone right behind the

scrummage. He goes into an

1:05:411:05:45

unorthodox position waiting for the

release from the scrummage. Again,

1:05:451:05:54

it is a penalty against France. The

line-out is not going well and the

1:05:541:05:58

scrum is not going well.

1:05:581:06:05

scrum is not going well.

Slimani

penalised for dropping.

He is

1:06:051:06:08

obviously a highly rated prop in the

Top 14 but I do think his struggles

1:06:081:06:13

in the Six Nations.

1:06:131:06:18

in the Six Nations.

Elliot Daly back

in the game.

1:06:191:06:27

Vunipola is well out and angled

there. That is what Slimani is

1:06:321:06:37

complaining about.

1:06:371:06:41

Elliot Daly, it is high. And very

long as well. A brilliant kick by

1:06:481:06:57

Elliot Daly. Welcome back to the

international scene. Elliot Daly's

1:06:571:07:02

penalty puts England 6-0 ahead.

A

massive weapon for a team to have.

1:07:021:07:09

To get a penalty five metres in your

own half and

1:07:091:07:16

own half and to get three points out

of it, so important.

Two penalties

1:07:161:07:23

conceded.

1:07:231:07:26

Courtney Lawes tries to make an

extra half yard. George Ford,

1:07:351:07:38

Farrell with the kicking option.

1:07:381:07:46

Camara, gone loose. Now it is in the

hands of Benjamin Fall. Jamie George

1:07:561:08:03

house to make a second tackle on the

French wing. France is now looking

1:08:031:08:08

for the off-loads from their

forwards.

1:08:081:08:13

This is Lauret. You have to be

careful here because play approaches

1:08:191:08:26

an injured player. Mathieu

Bastareaud. It is a foul. Making

1:08:261:08:34

Hughes still down. -- Nathan Hughes.

France have gone seven aside all of

1:08:341:08:43

a sudden.

1:08:431:08:44

Guirado, twists, turns, delivers

again for Machenaud. Problem is that

1:08:591:09:06

the set piece. But Burns France are

penalty.

That is what the pace of

1:09:061:09:15

Gael Fickou does. When he makes that

break, he advances the opposition,

1:09:151:09:21

back foot, dead ball, offside. That

does not look good at all bad.

1:09:211:09:27

England cannot recreate and then

they get penalised.

1:09:271:09:35

they get penalised. When Bastareaud

takes the ball forward, eventually

1:09:351:09:37

he gets brought down, but the

backline and the back foot defence

1:09:371:09:45

have time to reorganise. When you

take it forward with pace like Gael

1:09:451:09:50

Fickou did, then people cut corners

and they get caught as they did

1:09:501:09:54

there.

Sam Simmons waits and looks

on as Nathan Hughes tries to put

1:09:541:10:01

some weight on. Oh, no, it is not

good. He is coming off. He had a

1:10:011:10:08

long battle to get himself back into

the game and it has come to naught.

1:10:081:10:13

Nathan Hughes goes off and on comes

Sam Simmons who is a very different

1:10:131:10:19

kind of player. Very quick out in

the wider channels.

He is dextrous

1:10:191:10:26

and as we have shown when he put

Jack Nowell away for a try against

1:10:261:10:34

Italy, a good footballer.

It is a

very muted atmosphere here. It is as

1:10:341:10:42

if the crowd are waiting for the

French team to serve something up.

1:10:421:10:47

They are here to watch and not

support the team. It is a nervous

1:10:471:10:53

lacking in confidence type of crowd.

When you look at the standard and

1:10:531:11:01

the style of play, there is not much

to cheer about.

Maxime Machenaud,

1:11:011:11:09

before this game started,

statistically the most accurate

1:11:091:11:13

kicker. Strangely, Owen Farrell was

the least accurate.

1:11:131:11:22

Machenaud puts France on the board.

His stats only improve.

1:11:221:11:33

In Ireland, the tradition is dead

silence which I think its more

1:11:391:11:43

off-putting for a kicker.

Machenaud

was the player coming forward and he

1:11:431:11:49

had every right to claim it, but it

was nearly a moment Twenty20 players

1:11:491:11:55

and the ball collided. This is

Poirot the prop, inside his own 22.

1:11:551:12:02

-- nearly a moment when two players

collided.

1:12:021:12:07

Good clearance.

1:12:091:12:14

You have to say irrespective of the

possession and the number of phases

1:12:221:12:26

they had, England have not created

much.

1:12:261:12:31

It is still in play. Grosso has to

get back quickly. That ball had a

1:12:391:12:44

little bit of spin on it. He kept

his eye on it well, the left-winger.

1:12:441:12:50

That is the first time we have seen

France really stretched.

1:12:501:13:01

The French of is slow at the

kick-off.

Launchbury goes up well.

1:13:071:13:17

Sam Simmonds now in possession.

Gabrillagues has given away a

1:13:171:13:26

penalty for collapsing the maul.

1:13:261:13:32

Advantage still being played as

Jamie George takes on Bastareaud.

1:13:461:13:55

That is what they call a coach

killer. No real danger there. No

1:13:551:13:59

need to do that. When you are only

three points down, and the game has

1:13:591:14:07

not been a big scoring game, and

this could be the difference, that

1:14:071:14:12

sort of ill discipline must be

infuriated for a coach.

In Rugby, it

1:14:121:14:17

is inevitable you will give away a

few penalties, it is impossible not

1:14:171:14:22

to. I think the French seem to give

away so many unnecessary penalties.

1:14:221:14:29

I understand Farrell's numbers have

not been amazing this season but by

1:14:291:14:34

and large he is an excellent kicker

and Elliot Daly is an excellent

1:14:341:14:39

long-range cooker. You cannot give

away those penalties. I think it

1:14:391:14:43

goes back to the Top 14 and the

habits the French players bring back

1:14:431:14:47

into the Championship.

1:14:471:14:50

Very sweetly struck. Not many

minutes after France scored their

1:15:151:15:23

that list points, England keep their

lead at six.

1:15:231:15:27

Launchbury again. A different type

of catch but just as secure.

1:15:461:15:56

Marco are macro, takes on Jonny May.

Courtney Lawes clattered off there.

1:16:041:16:16

So we have an advantage for offside.

France with a free play now... Oh,

1:16:231:16:27

dear. It lacks a certain continuity

at the moment.

Yes, penalty count

1:16:271:16:38

now, 6-5 in France's favour and it

is very stop start. France have

1:16:381:16:45

struggled at the line-out. Whenever

they have got these penalties and an

1:16:451:16:48

opportunity down they have not been

able to make it count.

1:16:481:16:54

There is slow getting into the

line-out, the French.

Where do we

1:17:011:17:08

throw this one?

Just keep it simple

and get it to the front. If it has

1:17:081:17:13

collapsed and it is on the ground,

at least if you have possession, you

1:17:131:17:19

have a chance.

They have kept it

simple again. Here it comes, Mathieu

1:17:191:17:25

Bastareaud on the charge. It does

take two to hold him down. Jamie

1:17:251:17:32

George with the tackle. Ben Te'o.

Machenaud goes digging. Camara.

1:17:321:17:45

Machenaud goes digging. Camara. Neat

footwork by Tauleigne again.

1:17:461:17:50

Trinh-Duc gives it pace and finds

Benjamin Fall.

1:18:001:18:07

Benjamin Fall. Picked up by France.

The crowd tells you ever think.

1:18:071:18:14

The crowd tells you ever think. The

captain twists, turns. Pushes it

1:18:151:18:16

back. Machenaud has to play it

quickly. Hesitation. It is a simple

1:18:161:18:26

knock-on. What a disappointment.

They were playing a penalty

1:18:261:18:33

advantage, but even so, Brian.

The

lack of communication.

1:18:331:18:45

lack of communication. Machenaud

wanting it to go forward but not

1:18:451:18:48

paying attention to the ball at his

feet. And again, what France is

1:18:481:18:52

trying to do is very limited, very

powerful, very difficult to stop

1:18:521:18:59

unless you are an international

defence and are set.

I dead think

1:18:591:19:04

the tackle was bad, I thought it was

simple and effective, they did not

1:19:041:19:08

force any off-loads.

The crowd have

just seen Maro Itoje's tackle.

A

1:19:081:19:17

nice simple line-out from France

there. Go to the front, the tall

1:19:171:19:21

man.

1:19:211:19:28

man.

That his Mathieu Bastareaud in

slow motion, attacking the Ford

1:19:281:19:33

Farrell channel which is supposed to

be the weakest access in the English

1:19:331:19:36

defence. Funnily enough, it turns

out not to be so.

1:19:361:19:48

Machenaud. Precision itself. It was

close. Just a reminder to make the

1:19:551:20:08

big showdown, England Ireland in the

last round, the title decider,

1:20:081:20:13

England have to get a bonus point

here.

They do, but they should not

1:20:131:20:19

be concentrating on anything other

than winning this game.

1:20:191:20:25

I called Mathieu Bastareaud Mario, I

apologise, that was my fault.

I have

1:20:291:20:37

heard you say worse!

1:20:371:20:45

It is a chance for Sam Simmonds to

launch something. He goes by the

1:20:471:20:53

Anthony Watson route who sets off,

the searing pace of England's

1:20:531:20:56

fullback. George Ford did very well

to make something out of that. Here

1:20:561:21:03

goes Ben Te'o. He runs into

Bastareaud.

1:21:031:21:08

Jonny May with Anthony Watson. That

was a brilliant tackle by Machenaud.

1:21:251:21:35

Danny Care. Watson on his shoulder.

That was Guilhem Guirado, the

1:21:351:21:42

competition's leading tackler who

brought down the wing. George Ford.

1:21:421:21:47

Jonny May in the heart of midfield.

1:22:011:22:05

It has broken down. Camara comes

away with it. Laurent waits, leaves

1:22:141:22:19

it. Another penalty advantage for

France. Grosso, who has got a huge

1:22:191:22:31

hand off if he gets a bit of

freedom. I thought they had stolen

1:22:311:22:35

it but they were not playing the

penalty advantage so the penalty

1:22:351:22:40

fest continues.

England have given

France plenty of opportunities to

1:22:401:22:45

get into their half and get into

their pressure area. They seem to be

1:22:451:22:50

struggling at the ruck where never

France get a little bit of quick

1:22:501:22:56

ball. You would love to see France

kick this into the corner and try

1:22:561:23:01

and play a little bit. A great

pick-up by Jamie George. Excellent

1:23:011:23:07

pick-up. This is the tackle here

from Machenaud. Jonny May, it was

1:23:071:23:12

fairly obvious he was going to run

hard and straight straightaway. A

1:23:121:23:16

really good tackle.

1:23:161:23:24

And the tackler picks himself up,

looks at the posts, quite a long way

1:23:271:23:32

away and says that is for me. Two

out of two so far.

1:23:321:23:44

This to level the scores. We are all

square.

1:24:001:24:10

square.

Well, England find

themselves with a narrow lead, but

1:24:101:24:13

really with the second half, when

they get back out here, they need to

1:24:131:24:17

up the tempo of the game.

They

really need to switch France in

1:24:171:24:22

terms of the pace on the ball. With

this sort of tempo, France will

1:24:221:24:32

always be in the game.

1:24:321:24:35

Bastareaud tried to launch himself

at George Ford. Courtney Lawes was

1:24:391:24:44

hanging on. Just went forward from

the number seven.

This could be

1:24:441:24:56

England's last territorial advantage

of the half, so they really need to

1:24:561:24:59

plan to come out of this possession

from the scrum with at least three

1:24:591:25:04

points.

Elliot Daly is hobbling

away, still limping. This is Camara

1:25:041:25:11

just knocking on. I suppose it would

have been an overlap.

1:25:111:25:18

have been an overlap.

I know we want

to see the France of old, but there

1:25:231:25:26

was no need for them to create

anything in that part of the pitch.

1:25:261:25:30

You have to play the game as much as

you can in your half of the pitch.

1:25:301:25:35

There is no need to be going back

and across in front of a team like

1:25:351:25:40

England and put your skill set under

pressure.

Elliot Daly has taken a

1:25:401:25:45

position right hand the scrum. Maybe

he was limping for bluff purposes.

1:25:451:25:54

Vunipola did start off straight,

Slimani on the contact. Narrowing

1:25:541:26:02

down again.

1:26:021:26:09

The reason he does that from tight

head, if you can bet your right

1:26:091:26:13

shoulder down, it takes all the

shove and all the weight over your

1:26:131:26:18

left shoulder. It is a very, very

strong position. It anchors the

1:26:181:26:24

scrum.

The French back row will be

worrying about staying down on this

1:26:241:26:34

scrum too long. Everybody is

claiming the penalty. Guilhem

1:26:341:26:41

Guirado in particular. Of what them

all, he has the right as captain.

1:26:411:26:50

This is being reset. There is a

penalty in every scrum. It takes a

1:26:501:26:54

lot of momentum out of the game.

Third time lucky, hopefully, for

1:26:541:26:59

this scrum.

If you watch at the top

of your screen, see if the players

1:26:591:27:13

are straight parallel to the

touchline. They wed be, I guarantee

1:27:131:27:17

you later on.

Good so far.

And as

the shove comes on, you can see they

1:27:171:27:25

have twisted.

As a rule of thumb, if

the tight head tends to be the one

1:27:251:27:34

who goes in first under pressure?

Generally. From a loosehead point of

1:27:341:27:40

view, if you are in the second row

and you have nothing left to push,

1:27:401:27:47

it is not an advantage as position.

If the second row has nothing to

1:27:471:27:54

push any, there is no real

advantage. The advantage of a

1:27:541:27:58

loosehead going out is if he gets

under the right shoulder of the

1:27:581:28:01

tight head or drives straight

across, but just to do it very

1:28:011:28:05

slowly brings nothing. It actually

brings quite a lot of pain to the

1:28:051:28:11

hooker.

The referee needs to

penalised some of the early and

1:28:111:28:14

often.

He should say if you don't

get this right, you could both go

1:28:141:28:21

off and we will get two people who

can do it right.

And we play on.

1:28:211:28:26

Elliot Daly picks it up. Does not

get over the advantage line. George

1:28:261:28:34

Ford, Ben Te'o. Outside him, England

know they must regroup quickly. Here

1:28:341:28:40

comes Courtney Lawes. It has gone

loose. France with a chance to break

1:28:401:28:45

out now. Doumayrou with Bastareaud

and support. That was not one of his

1:28:451:28:51

best. On that note... That is the

end of the first half. The score at

1:28:511:29:03

half-time, and it has been a funny

one, 9-9.

1:29:031:29:14

Not a great spectacle that you can't

take your eyes off it which might be

1:29:141:29:21

contradictory but it is coming down

to who can kick the penalties at the

1:29:211:29:25

moment. Elliot Daly with that

amazing strike from inside his own

1:29:251:29:28

half. Machenaud has kept kicking the

ball over while England have

1:29:281:29:35

infringed, especially at the

breakdown. Farrell with a third,

1:29:351:29:39

Machenaud with two more and we are

level pegging at half-time.

1:29:391:29:47

It is like we are five rounds into a

ten round boxing competition and

1:29:471:29:51

everybody has landed the same amount

of punches and you can't tell who is

1:29:511:29:55

in the ascendancy. Martin Johnson?

1:29:551:29:57

of punches and you can't tell who is

in the ascendancy. Martin Johnson?

1:29:571:30:01

Scrappy game, England are not

particularly fluent and France are

1:30:011:30:03

getting some of their best

opportunities when England turn it

1:30:031:30:05

over. I thought we should have just

dropped the goal, get off the field

1:30:051:30:10

with the advantage. We're not

getting over the gain line when

1:30:101:30:13

we're attacking and running out of

fluency because they are good

1:30:131:30:16

defenders and good at the breakdown.

Our line-out is in the ascendancy,

1:30:161:30:22

we can put them under pressure that

way.

Before we talk specifics,

1:30:221:30:26

Veretout that England did not come

into this match they would have

1:30:261:30:29

known that island won with a bonus

point, Inler have come into the

1:30:291:30:34

match to win the game and not

thinking about the bonus point.

1:30:341:30:37

There only concern is the victory,

then the performance and then the

1:30:371:30:42

bonus point and you're still in with

a shout. I think the England attack

1:30:421:30:48

is so passive. There is no great

direction, no force and intensity in

1:30:481:30:54

the game. If I'm Eddie Jones, that's

what I'm telling the team at

1:30:541:30:59

half-time. We talked about this, you

were mentally off the pace against

1:30:591:31:03

Scotland. You haven't come here with

a lot of intensity so far, your

1:31:031:31:07

execution has been pretty sad as

well.

What about France?

To be

1:31:071:31:12

honest we looked more dangerous with

England -- of an England with the

1:31:121:31:17

ball. We lost three line-ups,

penalised twice in the scrum so we

1:31:171:31:22

need more ball but in attack, we

look good, and in the ruck we are

1:31:221:31:29

faster. When we have some quick ball

we looked dangerous. I don't know if

1:31:291:31:34

we can carry this tempo for 80

minutes.

We can focus on specific

1:31:341:31:39

we can carry this tempo for 80

minutes.

We can focus on specific

1:31:391:31:39

areas like the breakdown which was

the big talking point at Murrayfield

1:31:391:31:43

and again here where England have

conceded a barrel load of penalties.

1:31:431:31:47

Why?

It is a result of the function

of the attack, Launchbury is by

1:31:471:31:53

himself. We were a bit slow to get

there and he does not have support.

1:31:531:31:58

When you let someone get over the

ball, particularly someone like

1:31:581:32:01

Bastareaud, it is difficult to get

him out of there.

England at the

1:32:011:32:05

breakdown tend to go in, teams have

pods of three or two and England

1:32:051:32:14

generally go in with two. As Paul

O'Connell said before the game, if

1:32:141:32:20

you only have two you are relying on

one man to clear out so brilliantly.

1:32:201:32:25

It is difficult in today's game.

And

the support is too far away. We have

1:32:251:32:31

a lot of guys good in the breakdown

and if you are too far to clean, it

1:32:311:32:35

is finished.

1:32:351:32:37

For people who

1:32:371:32:38

For people who are not regular

watchers of rugby but who know the

1:32:381:32:43

game enough, they will look at the

England backs and go forward, good

1:32:431:32:47

player, Farrell, outstanding, and

they know that Brown has been

1:32:471:32:51

dropped because we have this dynamic

backstreet -- George Ford, good

1:32:511:32:56

player. Why is the England back

three do so in it?

1:32:561:32:59

player. Why is the England back

three do so in it?

They like to get

1:32:591:33:01

into positions where they can use

the access of Ford and Farrell to

1:33:011:33:05

great effect. Your first Cole and he

is not runout as using the ball

1:33:051:33:13

well! -- not renowned. They are

rushing it a bit here, Owen Farrell

1:33:131:33:18

is normally accurate but inaccurate

there. What disappoints me more

1:33:181:33:23

about this England team at the

moment, and a lot of international

1:33:231:33:28

teams are guilty of it, but look how

far they are running across, the

1:33:281:33:33

concentration of defenders. If they

strike up and the outside guys come

1:33:331:33:36

in on a short line there are so many

gaps. If you are a wind up on the

1:33:361:33:40

outside you can go into one of those

gaps -- you are a winger. It makes

1:33:401:33:49

it easy for you to be Shepherd

1:33:491:33:51

gaps -- you are a winger. It makes

it easy for you to be Shepherd at a

1:33:511:33:52

cost to the touchline. The execution

is very amateurish at the moment.

1:33:521:33:57

Normally they are precise in the

first phase. But they don't arrive

1:33:571:34:02

to go forward with a quick ball. And

also in attack, some them there are

1:34:021:34:07

five in the ruck, sometimes one.

Because they are on the back foot

1:34:071:34:12

and also because the French team are

strong in defence at the moment.

1:34:121:34:16

England scored a brilliant try

against Scotland from the set piece,

1:34:161:34:21

Farrell at scrum-half, they went to

the middle, quick ball and back to

1:34:211:34:25

Farrell and he ghosted past

Gilchrist. They have the

1:34:251:34:28

intelligence and the wherewithal to

do it but they are not applying

1:34:281:34:31

themselves. It is disappointing when

you have the excitement of May, the

1:34:311:34:36

brilliance of Elliot Daly and the

pace of Watson and Te'o to

1:34:361:34:40

straighten it up and give you space.

If it's two nervous teams as well?

1:34:401:34:46

England off the back of the Scotland

defeat, France have lost three in a

1:34:461:34:50

row here at Stade de France and have

an appalling record in the past

1:34:501:34:53

couple of years and they know how

important it is to win.

I think it

1:34:531:34:57

is two tense teams but you have to

execute and get into the game.

1:34:571:35:00

France have a good defence, not a

great team but very good

1:35:001:35:06

defensively. England could use their

kicking game early more and have a

1:35:061:35:10

line-out drive for some variation.

It is the same thing and France are

1:35:101:35:14

getting up and making tackles and it

is not difficult to see where they

1:35:141:35:16

are coming from and they're getting

turnovers. England have to very it.

1:35:161:35:21

And with more intensity. Both teams

are plodding.

The game is in marked

1:35:211:35:26

contrast to the game in Dublin where

Ireland and Scotland had so much

1:35:261:35:31

invention and innovation. What about

the error was France are making in

1:35:311:35:34

simple positions sometimes?

1:35:341:35:35

the error was France are making in

simple positions sometimes?

One time

1:35:351:35:37

they had a scrum in midfield close

to the line. And this was terrible,

1:35:371:35:42

50-50, you have to keep the ball.

You must never give it like this. We

1:35:421:35:48

need one extra forward to give some

time to Machenaud. We need to be a

1:35:481:35:54

bit more patient. We are in the

strike zone here. We dropped the

1:35:541:36:00

ball. Then we are in the England 22.

Too many small mistakes. But to be

1:36:001:36:07

honest, normally when you do this

against England you are 20 points

1:36:071:36:12

behind. They make these mistakes but

at the moment it is a draw also it

1:36:121:36:16

is hope for the French team in the

second half.

1:36:161:36:21

England Mane three line-ups on the

French throw in succession so is

1:36:211:36:25

that brilliant from England or poor

from France? -- England won three

1:36:251:36:30

line-outs.

It was good analysis and

good execution. There were not

1:36:301:36:36

lucky, they were in the right place.

They have done

1:36:361:36:38

lucky, they were in the right place.

They have done their analysis and

1:36:381:36:40

picked the right line-outs. When

they forced France to throw to the

1:36:401:36:45

front, they're not giving them that

back ball to attack. It kept England

1:36:451:36:49

in the game, the set piece turnovers

and scrum penalties.

Another

1:36:491:36:54

question we

1:36:541:36:55

and scrum penalties.

Another

question we must ask, in the run-up

1:36:551:36:58

to this matter, if Dylan Hartley

have been playing we would have been

1:36:581:37:00

talking about him going off after 55

minutes and Jamie George coming but

1:37:001:37:05

with George starting, interesting

see how long he plays with the Eddie

1:37:051:37:11

Jones philosophy of rotating

players.

Eddie Jones does not

1:37:111:37:15

believe any front row can last the

full 80 minutes. They all change

1:37:151:37:21

most of the time. I think Jamie

George is that a young man, we have

1:37:211:37:25

seen him play so brilliantly on the

Lions tour and most of the time when

1:37:251:37:29

he has come on he has been one of

those finishers who has had an

1:37:291:37:33

impact but he has to do it from the

off now. The weather England are

1:37:331:37:37

playing, nobody is playing well,

nobody has the energy -- the wake in

1:37:371:37:41

the Na playing. Nobody has the

explosion to show they can do

1:37:411:37:45

something with a bald -- of the way

England are playing.

1:37:451:37:52

I think England have some good

options on the bench, Sinckler when

1:37:521:37:55

he comes on at tight head. I would

leave Jamie George on because he

1:37:551:38:00

needs to play and you need to find

out... If we detach ourselves from

1:38:001:38:06

right here and right now, a year

away from the World Cup we have to

1:38:061:38:09

find out about these guys so I would

leave him on. It is the sort of game

1:38:091:38:13

that either team can win will stop

you have defined the way to win it,,

1:38:131:38:17

it could come down to drop goals.

These guys need to find a way to win

1:38:171:38:22

the game. It does not matter how,

just win it and gets to next week.

1:38:221:38:27

We are halfway through the fourth

round of the men's championship, one

1:38:271:38:30

more half here and tomorrow it is

Wales against Italy in Cardiff and

1:38:301:38:34

it is also the fourth weekend of the

women's championship.

1:38:341:38:43

# Acting on your best behaviour

# Turn your back on mother nature

1:39:021:39:09

# Everybody wants to rule the world

#.

1:39:091:39:15

You can watch highlights from Round

4 of the women's Six Nations

1:39:181:39:22

tomorrow night.

1:39:221:39:23

4 of the women's Six Nations

tomorrow night. We have the rugby

1:39:231:39:28

union weekly available from Monday,

Wales against Italy is tomorrow on

1:39:281:39:32

BBC One and another documentary

which I have not seen but I have

1:39:321:39:35

been told is riveting, rugby

codebreakers, the story of Welsh

1:39:351:39:40

players who became pariahs in their

own country after swapping union for

1:39:401:39:43

rugby league.

1:39:431:39:45

At the Aviva Stadium in Dublin,

Ireland took an almighty step to

1:39:481:39:55

becoming champions with four tries

in a victory over Scotland.

1:39:551:39:58

COMMENTATOR: Laidlaw feeding Russell

and out quite again and there is the

1:39:581:40:05

danger and the interception! There

is the try for Ireland and Stockdale

1:40:051:40:11

scores once more. The Scottish

defence made to work hard again,

1:40:111:40:19

Ringrose, on the loop and out wide

to Stockdale! His second!

1:40:191:40:24

Murray looks for it and goes now

himself and driven to the line and

1:40:271:40:32

he gets it down! The try is given.

Number three for Ireland. They might

1:40:321:40:38

have a penalty coming. Stuart Hogg

this time, the pass add to Kinghorn

1:40:381:40:46

who gets it down from Maitland and

the try is given with Scotland

1:40:461:40:50

fighting back. Now Ireland hunting

that force try. CJ Stander takes it.

1:40:501:41:00

The crowd willing on the men in

green. Still they come and the try

1:41:001:41:06

surely for Cronin! The force try

which may yet bring the title for

1:41:061:41:13

Ireland.

1:41:131:41:14

STUDIO: The odds on Ireland

1:41:171:41:19

STUDIO: The odds on Ireland becoming

champions have shortened

1:41:191:41:23

considerably, meaning England not

only have to win here but they have

1:41:231:41:26

to score four tries if the match

next week, it is never a dead

1:41:261:41:31

rubber, but it will mean that from

an Irish perspective it is all on

1:41:311:41:36

Ireland to see if they can secure

the Grand Slam.

1:41:361:41:39

England have scored one try in the

last 180 minutes of international

1:41:421:41:46

rugby because...?

That attack has

not been fluent, the breakdown has

1:41:461:41:51

been difficult to win, turning the

ball over will stop you get what you

1:41:511:41:54

get. I would change the game a bit,

go to the line-out drive, something

1:41:541:42:02

different, pinned back France. We

know France, they've done it

1:42:021:42:06

already, they will throw some balls,

you might have to turn this into

1:42:061:42:10

tries and maybe we should have done

better at that already but you have

1:42:101:42:14

to squeeze them. That does not mean

carrying the ball endlessly until we

1:42:141:42:18

turn it over.

You have to be razor

sharp in first phase and were not

1:42:181:42:22

doing that. Then you are lying...

You want quick ball. None of the

1:42:221:42:28

forwards none of the ball carriers

are running with enough energy to

1:42:281:42:31

get over the gain line and blast

defenders out of the way. They are

1:42:311:42:36

plodding and that is allowing the

French defenders to come in and slow

1:42:361:42:39

it down. They have to be more

explosive and get the quick ball and

1:42:391:42:43

the quicker runners in the wide

channels. We have hardly seen an

1:42:431:42:46

attack found this 15 metre channels

for that if not talking about four

1:42:461:42:51

tries from an English perspective,

do England over the drop goal?

In

1:42:511:42:55

this situation in a tight game

points begun Ingrid be valuable.

1:42:551:43:01

Maybe at the end they should have

done that -- points begun incredibly

1:43:011:43:06

valuable. The French defence is good

and if you are not on song, go do

1:43:061:43:11

something else, there's a different

way to play the game than doing the

1:43:111:43:15

same thing again for that before the

match began we said how important it

1:43:151:43:20

was for France to win the game not

to the team but for the game in the

1:43:201:43:22

country.

1:43:221:43:25

What tactics can we expect from

France in the second half?

I think

1:43:251:43:30

carry on like this, to be more

precise on the set piece and after

1:43:301:43:34

that we have a strong bench with

young talent. They need to bring

1:43:341:43:40

something different in the last 20

minutes.

It will be intriguing to

1:43:401:43:44

see what pans out. The players are

back on the field. Nine points each.

1:43:441:43:50

What more could you want for the

early evening sitting in front of

1:43:501:43:56

the telly the next 40 minutes? Which

way will this match swing? Let's

1:43:561:44:01

rejoin Eddie Butler.

1:44:011:44:03

COMMENTATOR: Thank you, John, no

changes at half-time, Sam Simmonds

1:44:051:44:10

is still on for Nathan Hughes. Gael

Fickou is on for France. No more

1:44:101:44:17

replacements at half-time. 9-

1:44:171:44:25

9-9, three penalties each, no real

sign of a try. Jaco Peyper blows his

1:44:251:44:31

whistle and George Ford ticks

towards Gael Fickou and challenge

1:44:311:44:37

from Elliot Daly.

1:44:371:44:40

It inside.

Chris Robshaw tries to

make life difficult for Machenaud.

1:44:521:45:05

Good, simple rugby from France,

taking the kick-off, good catch from

1:45:051:45:10

Gael Fickou, set up the work and

excellent exit from Maxime

1:45:101:45:14

Machenaud. England try to put pace

on the game which I think is

1:45:141:45:18

important for them in the second

half.

No pace there. That was

1:45:181:45:23

Mathieu Bastareaud doing what he

does!

1:45:231:45:27

Simmons presenting for Danny Care.

That is a bit too long and it allows

1:45:311:45:39

Benjamin Fall to come away with it.

This is Grosso getting the big

1:45:391:45:48

handoff working. They now go aerial.

Sam Simmonds read it well.

1:45:481:46:01

Gael Fickou manages to hold the

Exeter player.

1:46:011:46:11

Slightly slow for Danny Care. Again

we go into the air. No real

1:46:131:46:22

challenge again on Fall. Nothing to

the left of Machenaud. Tamara. --

1:46:221:46:31

Camara.

1:46:311:46:36

Camara. Anthony Watson waiting.

That

is too far.

It allows Anthony Watson

1:46:371:46:41

to set off, tackled by Gabrillagues.

1:46:411:46:46

Robshaw. George Ford, Sam Simmonds

and again, the tackle of Bastareaud.

1:46:481:47:03

Slimani novel the first time gives

away the penalty. Sebastien

1:47:031:47:08

Vahaamahina gave away so many in the

opening game and it seems to be

1:47:081:47:12

Rabah Slimani's day to give away

penalties. It's your prop.

1:47:121:47:18

Absolutely no need for that penalty.

As we said earlier, some penalties

1:47:181:47:22

in Rugby Art inevitable and

unavoidable but that is completely

1:47:221:47:29

avoidable. -- some penalties are

inevitable. It puts his team under

1:47:291:47:34

pressure.

That is a good touch find.

Significant pressure now, if England

1:47:341:47:41

can maintain their discipline.

1:47:411:47:47

can maintain their discipline. In

forming and driving this line-out.

1:47:471:47:51

It was a very good tackle,

technically as well as powerfully.

1:47:511:47:56

Secure line-out for England.

1:47:561:48:02

Secure line-out for England. Danny

Care points Danny Care the way of

1:48:021:48:06

the maul, France trying to counter

as it goes to ground. Vunipola

1:48:061:48:11

trying to get his feet dancing and a

handoff. Dan Cole. A chance for

1:48:111:48:18

England, Danny Care.

1:48:181:48:22

Going nowhere.

1:48:221:48:27

Dan Cole tackled by Doumayrou, the

ball is gone loose but play on. Joe

1:48:271:48:33

Launchbury going nowhere.

1:48:331:48:35

Vunipola. Bastareaud is over the

ball.

We talked at half-time, the

1:48:371:48:48

lack of planning. If George Ford is

the first player into that ruck, he

1:48:481:48:51

is not going to move Mathieu

Bastareaud who is 20 stone. He has

1:48:511:48:57

to be helped.

One of the thing about

this work is Jefferson Poirot is

1:48:571:49:03

lying on the ground, the French

prop, and it is hard for George Ford

1:49:031:49:07

to get in on Bastareaud. I don't

think he was ever going to shift him

1:49:071:49:11

anyway, such a big man and once he

is clamped on the board in the ruck

1:49:111:49:15

it is very hard to move him. -- on

the ball. You have to get it done

1:49:151:49:21

before he gets on the ball because

when he gets on it it is game over.

1:49:211:49:26

Fairly static from England there.

1:49:261:49:29

This was the successful start of the

England operation, this is the less

1:49:331:49:38

than successful ending as Bastareaud

gets those giant tattooed arms into

1:49:381:49:44

position. This is a danger area for

France. Vahaamahina wins it. They

1:49:441:49:51

give a little bit but Corrado... --

Guirado tries to sort things out. It

1:49:511:50:01

has come out loose again. France

cannot get the platform.

1:50:011:50:07

Doumayrou charged up and managed to

stop England. Owen Farrell switches

1:50:091:50:13

to Itoje.

1:50:131:50:19

to Itoje. Counter rucking by France

but Danny Care has it. Sam Simmonds.

1:50:201:50:28

Thrown back, Francois Trinh-Duc, the

outside-half involved. Counter

1:50:281:50:33

rucking by France and penalty

against England.

They are causing

1:50:331:50:38

all sorts of problems by getting

bodies in there. To be fair, France

1:50:381:50:44

have done this another of times,

they did it against Ireland who had

1:50:441:50:48

a lot of ball. France are a

disciplined team in terms of their

1:50:481:50:54

defensive setup. When they get it

right, there is mayhem there because

1:50:541:51:02

there is no ceiling off.

France

cannot win any set piece ball,

1:51:021:51:10

England cannot win the breakdown.

They are struggling at the

1:51:101:51:13

breakdown, with numbers I think and

that is a big part of it. If they

1:51:131:51:20

can get the right numbers, and you

make good decisions. Sometimes you

1:51:201:51:24

just add to lock down over the ball

and get into a good, powerful

1:51:241:51:29

position so nobody can shift you

off. Sometimes there is somebody to

1:51:291:51:32

be targeted and you have to take

them out.

It also seems there is a

1:51:321:51:36

lack of immediate recognition as to

whether you are the man who needs to

1:51:361:51:40

be first or second, where you need

to be. That split-second reaction,

1:51:401:51:45

if it is wrong and you have players

of this size, it is fatal.

Eddie

1:51:451:51:50

Jones in his interview before the

game said sometimes you can over

1:51:501:51:53

intellectualise the game and I

agree. The breakdown is the

1:51:531:51:58

heartbeat of the game and you have

do have a plan to develop quick ball

1:51:581:52:01

first before you plan what to do

with that quick ball.

It is a good

1:52:011:52:07

kick with no angle by Trinh-Duc.

1:52:071:52:15

France will have to try again at the

line-out. It has not been the strong

1:52:181:52:23

point today, Joe Launchbury will be

plotting how to win this.

1:52:231:52:27

Penalty, taken out and Guilhem

Guirado comes away with it. Support

1:52:321:52:37

from Lauret, a penalty advantage.

Vahaamahina on the charge. Another

1:52:371:52:44

penalty against England. Fickou

playing scrum-half. Lauret driving

1:52:441:52:52

on. Yacouba Camara waiting, it comes

out to Trinh-Duc, the crossfield

1:52:521:52:59

kick... Fall stopped at the corner!

Jonny May can go and play it. That

1:52:591:53:11

was very well won back by Doumayrou

Alsop was an advantage?

They are

1:53:111:53:17

going to ask for a high tackle here.

He was caught somewhere around the

1:53:171:53:22

shoulders is not around the neck.

You could not see it in real time...

1:53:221:53:30

Which begs the question, is it a

penalty try?

1:53:301:53:35

BOOING

Answer that, Paul.

1:53:371:53:45

That is classically a high tackle.

It's not dangerous. And he was in

1:53:481:53:54

the position to make the tackle so I

don't think it's a penalty try. The

1:53:541:54:01

high tackle does stop him from

scoring.

Who else is going to stop

1:54:011:54:09

him?

What I'm saying is that Anthony

Watson was in the position to make

1:54:091:54:16

the tackle. The penalty is for the

high tackle. I think if he tackled

1:54:161:54:22

him normally he stops the try.

1:54:221:54:26

Over to you.

A metre and a bit out?

In the act of scoring a try and

1:54:261:54:38

number 15 gets him high.

High and

above the shoulder.

Their product is

1:54:381:54:45

a yellow card and a penalty try?

That is correct.

1:54:451:54:51

Yellow card for Anthony Watson.

It

is the act of scoring a try, I know

1:54:541:54:59

it is unfortunate but it prevents

the try.

High tackle by Anthony

1:54:591:55:05

Watson and what is more, penalty try

awarded. Ben Skeen, the New Zealand

1:55:051:55:14

TMO.

It also brings into question,

Anthony Watson says he was driving

1:55:141:55:19

for the line, if your original

tackle line was below the shoulder

1:55:191:55:26

and he goes down in an effort to try

to ground the ball, you cannot

1:55:261:55:30

change your angle driving to the

tackle. Irrespective of that,

1:55:301:55:37

England allowed Guirado to make

ground.

The other thing that France

1:55:371:55:44

have penalty advantage and when you

have that you can take these 50-50

1:55:441:55:49

shots on crossfield ticks.

Fickou

waiting -- crossfield kicks.

1:55:491:55:59

Machenaud quite happy to be patient

here. England have to get some

1:56:081:56:13

urgency into their game now.

Machenaud happy to kick the ball off

1:56:131:56:18

the park.

The next 30 minutes could

well be a defining period of time

1:56:181:56:27

when you look back in a couple of

years on England's journey since

1:56:271:56:31

Eddie Jones arrived. This is a vital

period of time in which they have to

1:56:311:56:37

improve significantly.

Often goes

the more again with a cluster of

1:56:371:56:46

bodies left behind including Guirado

and Courtney Lawes. Lawes rejoins

1:56:461:56:50

the maul. Danny Care waiting.

Static

now.

Ben Te'o, Lauret over the ball.

1:56:501:57:00

Leave it, blue.

1:57:001:57:04

Dan Cole again, static when he took

the ball. Easy to throw even

1:57:041:57:11

somebody as big as him back.

1:57:111:57:17

That is better, Jonny May at pace.

Mathieu Bastareaud proving immovable

1:57:181:57:24

and France come away with it. George

Ford is the last defender.

1:57:241:57:34

Grasso showed power and pace and

patient and there is an overlap

1:57:351:57:38

here. Guirado has to read it, Marco

Tauleigne. Guirado again, Gael

1:57:381:57:43

Fickou alongside, for the line...

One metre short. Machenaud on his

1:57:431:57:49

own trips up.

1:57:491:57:56

own trips up. Jaco Peyper looks and

weights. Held up, France. Seconds

1:57:561:58:05

after scoring they are back on the

England goal line.

France have

1:58:051:58:10

butchered what should have been a

fairly easy try. There was a four on

1:58:101:58:15

two.

Great turnover by France on

their own 40 metre line. It was an

1:58:151:58:24

excellent attack, Guirado probably

took. Grasso would be brilliant

1:58:241:58:30

handoff and gas to brood, does well

to stay in and not get tackled into

1:58:301:58:35

touch -- gas to boot. Very sensible

and Conservative play and good hands

1:58:351:58:43

by the French forwards. Guirado took

too much out of it.

1:58:431:58:49

But it is great field position for

them. With an English player in the

1:58:511:58:59

bin it is going to be a very tough

scrum for England to defend.

What do

1:58:591:59:05

do as a tactic? Let the referee know

it is eight against eight by putting

1:59:051:59:13

in one of the backs?

I think the

English scrum is probably strong

1:59:131:59:22

enough to scrummage with seven. You

have two flankers.

I don't think

1:59:221:59:29

there was any hope of quick ball

here. They will park it at the feet

1:59:291:59:33

of Marco Tauleigne and say, let's

have a second go at the England

1:59:331:59:37

pack. James Haskell comes back on,

reigniting his international career.

1:59:371:59:46

A tricky moment for him to re-enter

the international scene.

1:59:461:59:52

Let's have a look at the numbers.

1:59:531:59:59

Eight in the England scrum, Haskell

on the openside in the red cap for

2:00:032:00:09

the Sam Simmonds at number eight.

Staying at number eight. Maxime

2:00:092:00:14

Machenaud to feed. You talked about

all of those angles, Brian, it is

2:00:142:00:21

chaos in that scrummage.

2:00:212:00:26

That is a monumental moment for

England there. They are staring down

2:00:272:00:32

the barrel of 23-9, and that is such

an easy penalty will stop England

2:00:322:00:40

will take their time now walking

into this line-out, run down the

2:00:402:00:44

clock, run down a little bit more of

the sin-bin time.

The French captain

2:00:442:00:53

is furious. Mako Vunipola, he will

be happier.

2:00:532:01:01

Jamie George prepares to throw. Up

goes Itoje.

2:01:062:01:10

Nothing has moved yet. It has edging

infield. Danny Care keeps a watchful

2:01:212:01:29

eye. Keep it going, he says, keep it

going. Elliot Daly chases. Machenaud

2:01:292:01:40

went flying. Penalty against France.

I completely disagree with that

2:01:402:01:49

penalty. Machenaud is rushing. He is

looking at Elliot Daly as he looks

2:01:492:01:56

back to try and obstruct him and

deny him an opportunity to compete.

2:01:562:02:02

He has no interest in getting back

to the ball. He is perfectly

2:02:022:02:07

entitled to run back, to make it a

longer journey for a Elliot Daly,

2:02:072:02:11

but he is not entitled to look over

his shoulder and change his

2:02:112:02:17

direction.

I have a feeling that was

given by the assistant referee.

2:02:172:02:25

It was given by the assistant

referee, and he did push on in the

2:02:252:02:29

back. He should be allowed to run

and compete.

2:02:292:02:38

and compete.

We are not in charge of

the replays and the pictures here,

2:02:392:02:43

which is why you are seeing all the

arty shots and not what is

2:02:432:02:47

important.

France have lost the

line-out but they have kept the

2:02:472:02:54

rebound with Elliot Daly. A big

clearance by daily. Not such a good

2:02:542:03:03

kick by Fall. He won it back for

himself.

2:03:032:03:16

Bastareaud stays on his feet. France

going from side to side. Doumayrou.

2:03:172:03:29

Gael Fickou tells Fall to nudge it

forward. Camara from the back row

2:03:292:03:35

does well will stop they have more

defenders there than attackers.

2:03:352:03:46

A quick change of direction. Dan

Cole makes the tackle.

2:03:502:03:56

Haskell holds up the fringe going

forwards. It is there still for

2:04:032:04:07

France.

2:04:072:04:13

France. Guilhem Guirado under

instruction from his outside-half

2:04:132:04:16

Trinh-Duc to keep it amongst the

forwards.

2:04:162:04:23

forwards. Haskell tries to hold it

up. Haskell has to get away without

2:04:232:04:30

preventing the exit of the ball.

2:04:302:04:34

He has been consistent.

Neither team

seem to be confident in the ruck.

2:04:402:04:52

Whenever the ball goes into a little

bit of space, the ball seems to be

2:04:522:04:57

liable to being turned over every

single time.

England will be happy

2:04:572:05:03

that they have weathered the ten

minutes. I hell of a kick.

2:05:032:05:14

That looked like it was in for me.

It looked like a fantastic kick from

2:05:142:05:18

here. It looked like a good kick.

The touch judge was nervous about

2:05:182:05:26

raising the flag.

That was a

brilliant kick from Owen Farrell.

2:05:262:05:35

This will be significant.

Kyle

Sinckler have come on for Dan Cole.

2:05:352:05:45

That will bring more mobility.

And

France have made a change as well.

2:05:452:06:01

Cedate Gomes Sa has come on for

rubber Slimani. --

2:06:012:06:10

Cedate Gomes Sa has come on for

rubber Slimani. --.

2:06:102:06:16

They are out of their 22 so they

can't kick straight to touch.

2:06:192:06:25

George dropped the ball in contact.

2:06:532:06:59

Some errors from England. That

affected the second row and the way

2:07:012:07:07

they could deliver the ball. Kick

forward and then England waste.

2:07:072:07:12

There on the back foot for 40

metres. A significant chance.

2:07:122:07:19

Anthony Watson is back on the field.

George Ford has come off. Jonathan

2:07:192:07:26

Joseph goes on.

These are the ones

you get fewer. You have to make sure

2:07:262:07:34

the throws and delivery of the ball

are all precise.

The first thing you

2:07:342:07:38

want to do when you're five metres

away from the opposition line is win

2:07:382:07:43

the ball. At least you have the ball

and your five metres away from the

2:07:432:07:46

opposition line.

2:07:462:07:53

They are off quickly. France would

the free kick from the scrummage.

2:07:532:08:00

Anthony Watson fresh back on. He

looks back on and it is caught in

2:08:002:08:05

his own 22. He does well to buy

himself a second.

2:08:052:08:11

Well, if there was a muted

atmosphere in the first half, it is

2:08:202:08:25

much more supportive of France now.

Good play, Francois Trinh-Duc. The

2:08:252:08:32

catch and the past to grow so. And

another pass --

2:08:322:08:45

penalty to France.

If this goes over

then I am confident France will kick

2:08:452:08:54

for ball. -- for goal.

2:08:542:09:03

The job is much more difficult for

England. They have not seriously

2:09:032:09:07

threaten the French line anyway.

2:09:072:09:13

threaten the French line anyway.

A

kick from Doumayrou. With the score

2:09:132:09:18

16-9, it puts England under

pressure. A lovely way to kick. The

2:09:182:09:23

penalty count that we have now is 14

penalties against England. England

2:09:232:09:29

are doing everything they can to

give France an opportunity to win

2:09:292:09:35

this game.

If you look at the

penalty count for England in the

2:09:352:09:40

previous three games, it was nearly

in double figures each game, and

2:09:402:09:44

when you are looking at opposition

sides who are in single figures and

2:09:442:09:49

lows and other does, not only will

that counts on the scoreboard, but

2:09:492:09:55

the momentum is killed. Territory is

seeded. And you are under pressure

2:09:552:10:02

from touch kicks as well. It makes

everything much more difficult. When

2:10:022:10:07

you add to the number of turnovers

to get a penalty which is

2:10:072:10:13

effectively a turnover each time.

France are up to 19. England have to

2:10:132:10:18

scored twice. This will be

Ireland's's Championship with a

2:10:182:10:25

round to go, Paul O'Connell? It came

backwards. Benjamin Fall to

2:10:252:10:34

Machenaud.

It does turn out that way

what you can say is Ireland have

2:10:342:10:42

demonstrated they are the most

impressive side in the tournament by

2:10:422:10:46

quite some distance at the moment.

Machenaud for the safety of touch.

2:10:462:10:56

As Martin Johnson said at half-time,

England have to try and find a way.

2:10:572:11:01

Ireland were not there at the start

of the Championship. It was a dirty

2:11:012:11:07

wet day. They did not play

particularly well but there was a

2:11:072:11:11

spectacular drop goal from Johnny

Sexton. With England's current

2:11:112:11:18

record you would imagine they could

do the same.

The first throw for a

2:11:182:11:21

loop calendar key on for Jamie

George. Chris Robshaw at the tail.

2:11:212:11:27

-- Luke calendar key. -- Cowan

Dickie. An important tackle by

2:11:272:11:40

Poirot, the French prop. Kyle

Sinckler. Very dynamic on the

2:11:402:11:43

charge.

2:11:432:11:47

Camara with the tackle. Owen Farrell

gets it to Kyle Sinckler. The

2:11:542:12:04

slightest juggle but he held onto it

well.

2:12:042:12:09

France has slowed it down.

2:12:122:12:16

Owen Farrell now in charge of the

half position. Ben Te'o. Sinclair,

2:12:312:12:38

Itoje.

2:12:382:12:44

No real progress for England. Sam

Simmonds gives away the penalty.

2:12:452:12:56

France seemed in control of the

defensive operation there.

They are,

2:12:572:13:01

because the players who are running

onto the ball are doing very either

2:13:012:13:08

slowly or coming to a complete

standstill. That drive back move

2:13:082:13:15

only works if you are moving forward

at pace.

England started that attack

2:13:152:13:23

really well. They were very direct.

Good carries by Kyle Sinckler and

2:13:232:13:29

Jamie Haskell. Then they started

over complicating it again. You have

2:13:292:13:34

got to mix handling the ball with

being direct as well.

That is the

2:13:342:13:41

end of it.

It looked like fair play,

good turnover by Camara. France has

2:13:412:13:48

so many players who would put

pressure on your breakdown. If you

2:13:482:13:52

are not there instantly when a ball

carrier hits the floor, you put

2:13:522:13:58

yourself in danger.

France start to

ring the changes. The captain has

2:13:582:14:04

gone, Guilhem Guirado, who has put

in his customary shift of many

2:14:042:14:07

tackles. Machenaud, who has been on.

Trinh-Duc stop there is a new

2:14:072:14:18

confidence about France. Machenaud

on the charge.

2:14:182:14:31

on the charge. Danny Priso fresh to

the field.

2:14:312:14:37

Adrien Pelissie the new hooker.

2:14:462:14:54

Tauleigne the number eight presents.

2:15:122:15:15

Bastareaud, it takes three to hold

him down. Chris Robshaw has to be

2:15:292:15:34

careful. Play on, says the referee.

What Scotland did against England

2:15:342:15:42

last week, if the Scotland back row

player had, like Robshaw, got the

2:15:422:15:51

player, two players would have been

in. The players could not get near

2:15:512:15:59

enough to affect complete possession

of the ball.

England bring on their

2:15:592:16:07

last two substitutions as we see the

work of Jonathan Joseph there. The

2:16:072:16:17

last to come on, Richard

Wigglesworth at scrum-half and Mike

2:16:172:16:21

Brown.

You are having to match our

words to the pictures which don't

2:16:212:16:28

relate to anything we are saying. It

would be preferable to see what

2:16:282:16:35

actually you are talking about and

what matters.

France have given away

2:16:352:16:41

three penalties at scrum time.

England have not really capitalised

2:16:412:16:46

on that.

France with four new

players in their front five.

2:16:462:16:58

Priso the loosehead, plays his rugby

in la Rochelle. They are in Ulster's

2:17:012:17:08

group in the European Cup. A

brilliant ball-carrier.

2:17:082:17:18

Another scrum goes down. It has been

a mess all day.

You can see the

2:17:232:17:31

penalty count on the screen, 15-8.

Very hard away from home to get any

2:17:312:17:37

foothold in the game when you give

away 15 penalties.

2:17:372:17:46

We are going to have a scrum which

is completed by the looks of it.

2:18:092:18:18

is completed by the looks of it. I

good passer Wade to Trinh-Duc. The

2:18:182:18:21

surge comes on for France. Doumayrou

get the pass away. Gael Fickou steps

2:18:212:18:30

in from the touchline. Haskell tries

but France have possession again.

2:18:302:18:38

Machenaud thinks about one way and

let the ball stay there. This is

2:18:502:18:57

Adrien Pelissie.

2:18:572:19:03

Adrien Pelissie. LaRue wears 19.

Machenaud says, give me the ball.

2:19:032:19:07

This is what they want. Such a good

tackle.

2:19:072:19:19

Penalty at the breakdown.

2:19:202:19:24

Have to give a lot of credit to the

England defensive effort.

Massive

2:19:342:19:40

turnover, keeps them in the game.

Remy Grosso the French number 11 is

2:19:402:19:46

having a hell of a game. He has been

a real find for France now since

2:19:462:19:52

Teddy Thomas was left out of the

team for his disciplinary issues.

2:19:522:19:57

That is him carrying there. He is

very hard to tackle. He is a big

2:19:572:20:03

man.

2:20:032:20:06

There is Robshaw over the ball.

It

bobbles around. Robshaw gets the

2:20:142:20:21

scraps. Joseph. Farrell on the loop.

Elliot Daly. A rare burst by

2:20:212:20:31

England. Elliot Daly tries the past.

I don't know if he was waiting for

2:20:312:20:43

Jonny May to come back inside will

stop.

Lucky for England there.

2:20:432:20:52

Probably no need for a Elliot Daly.

It was a really good line break.

2:20:522:20:56

France are on the back foot. They

are in a great position to attack.

2:20:562:21:01

No need to force the off-load.

Wigglesworth to Joseph. Farrell. Ben

2:21:012:21:08

Te'o. Clean through. They must

finish now. Elliot Daly on the

2:21:082:21:12

bounce. Is held.

2:21:122:21:20

Tauleigne with the tackle. Farrell,

Kyle Sinckler.

2:21:262:21:35

Kyle Sinckler.

France have

reorganised now.

Mike Brown threads

2:21:362:21:39

it through.

When Ben Te'o made that

break, they could help passing the

2:21:392:21:49

right. It makes the defender's

decision for them. If the ball is

2:21:492:21:56

led only one out, then they have

players to cover before. If you pass

2:21:562:22:02

out to the winners, they drift onto

him.

An important throw here for

2:22:022:22:10

Adrien Pelissie. A good game by

Maxime Machenaud. England pick off a

2:22:102:22:16

line-out. A good pick out, Luke

Cowan-Dickie.

2:22:162:22:27

Courtney Lawes right in front of the

French posts.

2:22:322:22:40

Kyle Sinckler again. James Haskell,

held to the floor. England only a

2:22:402:22:51

meter away. Doumayrou calls for it

to go right to the defenders.

2:22:512:22:58

Courtney Lawes goes the other way.

Elliot Daly is completely free.

2:22:582:23:07

Jonny May 's Lawes for England, made

by Elliot Daly.

I tell you what,

2:23:072:23:13

Kyle Sinckler has been real value

for England since he has come on. He

2:23:132:23:18

is carrying the ball straight and

direct every time. Very lucky year.

2:23:182:23:28

He pulled Camara's arm in the air,

naturally a penalty against him.

2:23:292:23:35

Great play by Elliot Daly.

2:23:352:23:43

Owen Farrell from wide out. Hanson

conversion.

2:24:022:24:09

conversion. 19-16. Five and a half

minutes to go.

2:24:092:24:15

France trying to take as long as

they can with the kick-off here.

2:24:282:24:37

they can with the kick-off here.

It

is kicked long down towards Mike

2:24:382:24:39

Brown.

2:24:392:24:46

England up two in their 22. The

referee had a word and said, that's

2:25:042:25:11

fine.

2:25:112:25:16

fine. Paul Gabrillagues from the

second row. He has had an important

2:25:162:25:22

game, hitting tackles, hitting

rucks. Number four from France

2:25:222:25:26

arrives now. Farrell tries to dummy

his way in and go. Still there,

2:25:262:25:32

Wigglesworth. Joseph to Lawes.

Interception. It is Remy Grosso. He

2:25:322:25:42

is a powerful runner.

2:25:422:25:47

is a powerful runner. Nearly as

powerful as Bastareaud who's there.

2:25:492:25:56

France happy to be here. It eats up

the seconds. The young scrum-half.

2:26:072:26:15

Did that go forwards? No, it didn't,

play on. Gael Fickou.

2:26:152:26:28

This is where France want to finish.

England within three points. They

2:26:332:26:39

have given away a penalty. This

could take us more left up to the

2:26:392:26:45

closing minutes. Look at the face of

Chris Robshaw.

He is unlucky. He

2:26:452:26:51

gets stuck in there and there is no

way out of there. The only way out

2:26:512:26:56

is if your tackle technique puts you

there, you have to pay the price. We

2:26:562:27:05

spoke earlier on about Remy Grosso

not getting tackle into touch.

2:27:052:27:14

not getting tackle into touch. You

see Robshaw's legs here. I think

2:27:142:27:17

that is him stuck in the bottom of

the ruck, probably held in by Camara

2:27:172:27:22

as well. A very tough penalty.

Unless England can find a try

2:27:222:27:34

scoring response within the next two

minutes, all hell will break loose

2:27:342:27:41

as a result.

2:27:412:27:49

as a result. And let's remember,

England have not been a bad team

2:27:492:27:54

overnight, but there are significant

questions.

France have to flatten up

2:27:542:27:59

to the ten metre line now for

kick-off. This is going to be shot.

2:27:592:28:06

Camara underneath it. Itoje did

well. It has gone the way of France

2:28:062:28:12

though. Advantage being played.

France back in possession.

2:28:122:28:20

France back in possession. Jeffrey

Doumayrou is down, hurt. Jonny May,

2:28:202:28:23

a converted try will still win it

for England. Their leading line

2:28:232:28:30

break. Jonny May sets. It is Mike

Brown who makes a few more feet.

2:28:302:28:41

Luke Cowan-Dickie down, back up. Up

to France's ten metre line. One

2:28:412:28:47

minutes ago. Kyle Sinckler, he has

made an impression since he came on.

2:28:472:28:58

Haskell goes looking for the ball.

Itoje.

2:29:052:29:10

Farrell to Mike Brown. Gael Fickou,

taken out by Jonathan Joseph.

2:29:202:29:27

Richard Wigglesworth. Luke

Cowan-Dickie not going far. England

2:29:272:29:33

still in possession. A countdown

begins.

2:29:332:29:43

Have France got their arms over the

ball? No. England still in

2:29:472:29:53

possession. Penalty advantage,

England.

2:29:532:29:58

England.

They will be allowed to

take the line-out I think if they

2:29:592:30:01

made the touch.

Yes, it is important

that Owen Farrell gets this as close

2:30:012:30:10

to the five metre line now as he

can.

2:30:102:30:17

can.

That is not bad.

Superb kick. A

fantastic kick. The difference

2:30:172:30:23

between that line-out being 5.5

metres from the line and nine or ten

2:30:232:30:28

metres from the line is massive. The

first thing you have to do is win

2:30:282:30:33

the ball.

2:30:332:30:38

The expectation is to move players

around but the more working

2:30:422:30:45

components you have, the more there

is to go wrong.

England only have

2:30:452:30:50

five forwards in this line-out. Kyle

Sinckler, Courtney Lawes, Maro

2:30:502:30:55

Itoje, Chris Robshaw, Sam Simmonds

acting scrum-half. Hesitation and it

2:30:552:31:02

is over the. Lionel Beauxis kicks it

and cannot find touch! England still

2:31:022:31:11

have a chance with Elliot Daly. He

is thrown down. It is still on, Owen

2:31:112:31:18

Farrell to Kyle Sinckler to James

Haskell. Bastareaud makes the

2:31:182:31:23

tackle. Penalty advantage England.

All Lionel Beauxis had to do was get

2:31:232:31:31

the ball off the pitch and it would

have been over. They will go back

2:31:312:31:36

for the England penalty.

So it

continues. I would imagine a repeat

2:31:362:31:43

now with Farrell putting the ball

into the corner. Will England choose

2:31:432:31:50

to over complicate the options

again?

Trying to win the ball on the

2:31:502:31:57

15th, I understand why they go to

2:31:572:32:04

15th, I understand why they go to a

four-man, it is a bit harder for

2:32:042:32:06

France to defend. But why go to the

15? The most important thing is to

2:32:062:32:13

get the ball. They would still be

five or six metres out.

A full

2:32:132:32:21

contingent this time. Luke

Cowan-Dickie to throw. Up goes Maro

2:32:212:32:25

Itoje. France have a maul to defend.

They have done pretty well so far.

2:32:252:32:33

They have succeeded in getting it to

ground. Gabrillagues again with the

2:32:332:32:40

tackle. Itoje. Up to the five metre

line. Kyle Sinckler.

2:32:402:32:55

Cowan-Dickie.

A bit isolated.

Penalty advantage to France! It is

2:32:552:33:01

not a penalty, it is a knock-on

advantage. It doesn't matter, the

2:33:012:33:07

Stade de France erupts! Mathieu

Bastareaud, that reaction says it

2:33:072:33:13

all. France have beaten England. It

does ask questions Eddie Jones's

2:33:132:33:20

England. Such a run of victories and

now two consecutive defeats. It also

2:33:202:33:25

means that Ireland are crowned the

champions of the Six Nations.

2:33:252:33:32

Congratulations to island, deserving

winners. By some way. --

2:33:322:33:37

congratulations to island

2:33:372:33:40

It is an important victory for

France. For England, you don't want

2:33:442:33:50

to overreact but this has been

coming and Eddie Jones as to make

2:33:502:33:56

some very crucial decisions about

players futures, especially older,

2:33:562:34:02

more established players.

A great

achievement for Ireland to be

2:34:022:34:06

champions with a week to go. You

would have thought it after the

2:34:062:34:09

first round of games here at the

Stade de France? I think England

2:34:092:34:13

were really bull today, a bit off,

but I don't think you can write off

2:34:132:34:17

players. They have lost two games,

it's not the end of the world, they

2:34:172:34:21

had a 92% winning streak before also

there is a lot of soul-searching to

2:34:212:34:26

be done but they were a long way off

today.

The final score, France 22-16

2:34:262:34:33

England.

2:34:332:34:37

STUDIO: How is your heartbeat after

that last five minutes? Every

2:34:372:34:42

possible scenario unfolding in front

of us. England could have won Ed,

2:34:422:34:47

France did not kick it out, England

could have won it again but eight

2:34:472:34:51

knock-on at the final whistle to

hand victory in the end to France.

2:34:512:34:55

If the first half was stop start and

a bit fractious, the second half was

2:34:552:35:00

a tremendous heart of international

rugby also the game lost it

2:35:002:35:03

structure but it was better for it.

England got the bit between the

2:35:032:35:09

teeth. They were hacked off and they

went after France. They defended

2:35:092:35:13

really well at times, there

attacking is still not there but

2:35:132:35:18

better. Sinckler came on and played

well, Haskell as well. They made an

2:35:182:35:23

impact in the game but they have to

play with that intensity from the

2:35:232:35:27

off in the attack.

French rugby is

alive.

It's a great performance for

2:35:272:35:32

the French team also big commitment,

I think the guys in defence worked

2:35:322:35:37

very well, very good in the

breakdown. A great win for the

2:35:372:35:43

French team full is well done,

France, a deserved victory.

2:35:432:35:47

It was a good win for them, not full

of flair or too much exciting play,

2:35:472:35:55

it was exciting because it was close

and tense. I would put fault at some

2:35:552:36:00

of the individuals for England.

Giving away so many penalties, 16

2:36:002:36:06

and each individual has to ask what

was the risk reward on that

2:36:062:36:09

occasion. And in the last second of

the game you have to have composure.

2:36:092:36:14

Ireland showed it here with the

Sexton drop goal. Cowan-Dickie had

2:36:142:36:19

the responsibility done if he had

taken it on, it came out quick,

2:36:192:36:23

overlap and a try for England. Poor

decision-making. We will hear from

2:36:232:36:29

Owen Farrell in a moment or two.

In

fact we will hear from him now.

2:36:292:36:35

Never mind championships, was that a

game at the death you thought you

2:36:352:36:38

might win?

We had a couple of

chances. The boys fought hard to put

2:36:382:36:46

us in that position. Unfortunately

we could not finish it in the end.

2:36:462:36:49

We'll have to look back at it and

learned from it.

It will not be a

2:36:492:36:55

third straight championship, the

honour goes to Ireland, can you

2:36:552:36:58

describe the sense of frustration?

Were bothered about this game at the

2:36:582:37:01

minute. Fresh from walking off the

field here, it's been a tough game.

2:37:012:37:11

Credit to France, they defended

really well and scrambled really

2:37:112:37:13

well. We will have to look how we

can be more clinical.

I know you had

2:37:132:37:19

to build a score and you are away

from home, was it ever in your mind

2:37:192:37:22

in the context of the championship

that you needed the four tries to

2:37:222:37:26

have a slim chance?

I mean you how

to build a score to be able to

2:37:262:37:33

hopefully break a team and run in

four tries. It comes from pressure.

2:37:332:37:39

Unfortunately we were not able to

build it consistently.

In what areas

2:37:392:37:43

do you think England are hurting

themselves? The penalty count, the

2:37:432:37:47

breakdown question obviously our

discipline can

2:37:472:37:50

Some of it is from discipline and

some of it is accuracy and we have

2:37:522:37:56

to make sure we get the balance

right.

2:37:562:37:58

Here is the table that confirms that

Ireland are the Six Nations

2:38:012:38:05

champions with a week to go and

whatever happens at Twickenham it is

2:38:052:38:08

an Irish championship. The key is,

for the third time in history, can

2:38:082:38:15

Le Crunch win the Grand Slam next

weekend?

2:38:152:38:22

It is all about the miniature in

international sport. 40 faces of

2:38:242:38:31

play and the drop goal from Johnny

Sexton in the first match, how

2:38:312:38:34

different it would have been if that

had gone wide but

2:38:342:38:37

different it would have been if that

had gone wide but in

2:38:372:38:37

different it would have been if that

had gone wide but in the end Ireland

2:38:372:38:38

are deserved the champions and in a

similar situation, the last minute,

2:38:382:38:43

the England line-out and the ball

went astray. Talk about the

2:38:432:38:47

responsibilities for the individual

players.

The hard

2:38:472:38:50

responsibilities for the individual

players.

The hard thing at the end

2:38:502:38:51

of the game, you have all your

reserves on. However much you

2:38:512:38:57

practice, they will practice less

together as a group. You add in the

2:38:572:39:03

fatigue and tension and he's only a

bit off. They go to a more simple

2:39:032:39:08

one. The maul has not been effective

all year. France get it turned round

2:39:082:39:15

and messed about. I thought the

reserves played very well when they

2:39:152:39:20

came on. But always a line-out, it

can lose its cohesion of it when

2:39:202:39:27

those guys come on.

Philippe, what

did you think when the kick from

2:39:272:39:32

Lee-Lo Beauxis did not find touch?

-- Lionel Beauxis. I think we give

2:39:322:39:39

the easy option to England.

England

were much better with Kyle Sinckler

2:39:392:39:45

and James Haskell because they have

go forward and they play well. But

2:39:452:39:48

in 50 minutes they were on the back

foot. But credit of the French team.

2:39:482:39:52

in 50 minutes they were on the back

foot. But credit of the French team.

2:39:522:39:55

Bastareaud, Camara, Grosso were very

good today.

If you're not a regular

2:39:552:40:00

watcher of rugby, in many ways the

key moment of the match was the

2:40:002:40:04

penalty try at the start of the

second half. The laws of the game so

2:40:042:40:09

that a penalty try is awarded

between the goalposts if foul play

2:40:092:40:12

by the opposing team prevent a

probable try from being scored or

2:40:122:40:19

scored in a more advantageous

position. A player guilty of this

2:40:192:40:22

must be cautioned and suspended

temporarily or sent off. That is

2:40:222:40:27

what the law says. The question is,

is that what happened here?

In my

2:40:272:40:35

opinion, yes, quite clearly.

2:40:352:40:35

is that what happened here?

In my

opinion, yes, quite clearly. He is

2:40:352:40:37

going to score. And Anthony Watson

comes in with an illegal tackle. He

2:40:372:40:46

would have scored. It is simple. You

can't argue with it.

When you see

2:40:462:40:53

it, I still think it is a bit of a

hard call. He has put his hand

2:40:532:40:58

around his shoulder, it is not

dangerous. Technically it's right

2:40:582:41:02

and you cannot fault it but I still

think it is a tough decision. I

2:41:022:41:05

would have thought that either way.

Also England was penalised twice in

2:41:052:41:10

the same action in the strike zone.

It is the high tackle, yellow card,

2:41:102:41:16

penalty try in the end.

England down

to 14 at that stage and France

2:41:162:41:20

almost scored a couple of moment

afterwards which might have put it

2:41:202:41:23

to bed.

I thought England played

their best rugby after this moment,

2:41:232:41:28

it energised England. Still not

accurate enough or good enough. But

2:41:282:41:32

they defended some of these things

really well. We said at the start,

2:41:322:41:37

if you turn the ball over to France

and you are chasing them down the

2:41:372:41:40

field, that is not where you want to

be. I thought France should have

2:41:402:41:43

scored at this point. It went wide

and should have gone earlier but

2:41:432:41:48

England scrambled.

England were

running across the field in the

2:41:482:41:53

first half and in the second half

and when you have four on two, a lot

2:41:532:41:58

of forwards involved, OK, but this

is a training run exercise. You do

2:41:582:42:01

this time after time, you can do it

in your sleep but unfortunately for

2:42:012:42:07

France... Luckily it did not matter

in the end.

England threw in their

2:42:072:42:12

bodies and kept themselves in it.

It

should be over before then. Of

2:42:122:42:17

course. It poor execution.

France

had to kill the game, they have the

2:42:172:42:23

opportunity and did not do it but

still managed to win and this is the

2:42:232:42:27

most important for us.

We will talk

in a moment also about England's's

2:42:272:42:31

deficiencies in attack and I know

from looking at social media that a

2:42:312:42:35

lot of you watching the game have

been very frustrated by that. Before

2:42:352:42:38

the game we said that Elliot Daly

was a phenomenal player and it was

2:42:382:42:44

reminiscent of that Stuart Hogg

piece of bat last season in the Six

2:42:442:42:47

Nations. A quick bit of innovation

from Elliot Daly to give Jonny made

2:42:472:42:50

the score.

He makes the try because

it should have been on anyway. A bit

2:42:502:42:57

like with the poor execution from

France a second ago, England were

2:42:572:43:03

guilty of the same. You think it was

coming easily but throughout the

2:43:032:43:08

whole game quick ball has been

difficult. It is so easy to attack

2:43:082:43:11

when you get it for the Farrell does

not need to throw this out but all

2:43:112:43:15

the French defenders go on to Elliot

Daly because he does but what a

2:43:152:43:19

piece of skill and quick thinking

and the execution was brilliant.

And

2:43:192:43:23

the vision is fantastic. He knows he

can go into touch. This is

2:43:232:43:28

fantastic.

2:43:282:43:30

The question of whether the England

attack is such a blunt weapon

2:43:332:43:36

The question of whether the England

attack is such a blunt weapon I'm

2:43:362:43:36

sure will be for all the analysis in

the next few days from the wise

2:43:362:43:41

people in the papers and elsewhere.

They will be saying that England had

2:43:412:43:46

a lot of ball but did not do

anything with any great dynamism

2:43:462:43:50

until they made some changes late in

the second half but

2:43:502:43:53

until they made some changes late in

the second half but why is that?

We

2:43:532:43:54

talk about the England defence

before the game, how poor it was. A

2:43:542:43:59

lot of it is communication. If I'm

outside centre in this backlight I

2:43:592:44:04

and screaming for the guys to take

it in shorter because you're

2:44:042:44:06

squeezing MySpace. In the first half

they have been running across. I

2:44:062:44:11

think what we have seen in the past

is hiding these deficiencies because

2:44:112:44:17

we have seen Ford and Farrell

working so well. England have

2:44:172:44:21

thought and supporters and pundits

have thought it is working

2:44:212:44:23

perfectly. When you slow down and

analyse it here, you can see how far

2:44:232:44:28

they are coming across and the poor

execution. It needs straight

2:44:282:44:32

running. Ben Te'o spots the gap but

he want it earlier. You don't need

2:44:322:44:37

to pass there, just take it hard

running and commit defenders to get

2:44:372:44:41

quick ball. They are going across

and it is so passive. So simple to

2:44:412:44:45

defend. You look at the line-up in

attack, they are all stood still,

2:44:452:44:52

nobody running onto it. There is the

gap and has built has to shout for

2:44:522:44:57

it -- Haskell has to shout void.

England do not have a specific

2:44:572:45:02

attack coach and we are starting to

see the results. Eddie Jones is to

2:45:022:45:06

get it in quickly unless he is

taking responsibility. That was

2:45:062:45:11

great to get Ben Te'o over the gain

line and through the gap but the

2:45:112:45:14

execution was poor. No

communication, the execution is

2:45:142:45:20

wrong.

If you are lateral it is like

Scotland and Wales, it doesn't give

2:45:202:45:28

your forwards the chance to get in

the game. Image to a flat and your

2:45:282:45:35

defence is coming up and making hits

and then you get slow ball and

2:45:352:45:38

turned over. It is a combination. We

need more speed in the attack, get

2:45:382:45:42

over the gain line and you are in

the ascendancy.

Paul O'Connell has

2:45:422:45:47

come back to join us. We will talk

about Ireland in a second. But talk

2:45:472:45:53

about the

2:45:532:45:53

about Ireland in a second. But talk

about the penalties that

2:45:532:45:54

about Ireland in a second. But talk

about the penalties that England

2:45:542:45:54

gave away. Nine against Italy, ten

against Wales and 13 against

2:45:542:45:58

Scotland and now up to 16. How many

of these are inexcusable and lazy?

I

2:45:582:46:07

don't think any are lazy. But what

they're doing the ruck puts them

2:46:072:46:12

under a lot of pressure. They're

prone to get in attack shape first

2:46:122:46:18

and then generate speed at the ruck

but I think you need speed on your

2:46:182:46:22

ruck ball and you play around that.

You could hear the referee shouting

2:46:222:46:26

at James Haskell to release, he was

the assist tackler. When you are

2:46:262:46:31

away from home you are putting

yourself under major pressure. The

2:46:312:46:36

attack is a big contributed to it.

If you're not running hard and

2:46:362:46:40

square and straight, if you passive

in your carry on, you leave yourself

2:46:402:46:44

open to be pushed a lot and that is

one of the reasons Sinckler was a

2:46:442:46:49

big impact. He was very direct and

straight. It was hard to poach and

2:46:492:46:55

get onto the English ball.

Approximately half the penalties are

2:46:552:46:59

when we have the ball. Getting

penalised when you have the ball,

2:46:592:47:04

that is far worse than defensive

penalties. You have to sort that

2:47:042:47:07

out. If you sort out the attack you

sort out the penalties. When we were

2:47:072:47:13

went quick ball first and did not

worry about structure we looks

2:47:132:47:16

better. It gave the guys a chance to

have some broken field to use their

2:47:162:47:20

footwork. When we are getting into

shape, you got no chance. Slow ball

2:47:202:47:26

has no chance against good defences.

It gives opportunities to the French

2:47:262:47:31

team to deliver the ball, it is what

Ireland do well. First at the ruck

2:47:312:47:37

just behind the runner and after he

takes the place. England don't

2:47:372:47:41

just behind the runner and after he

takes the place. England don't do

2:47:412:47:41

this. France are a lot of guys like

Bastareaud on the back row, very

2:47:412:47:45

good to contest the ball and I think

it was one of the keys of the game.

2:47:452:47:49

How relieved will French rugby be

about this? Because of the coin, if

2:47:492:47:55

England had scored under the posts

and Farrell had kicked the penalty

2:47:552:47:58

and France had lost two games to the

Johnny Sexton drop goal and an

2:47:582:48:02

England penalty, those would have

been two hammer blows. How big a

2:48:022:48:06

boost could this be to France?

It is

a boost because we win the second

2:48:062:48:11

nation in the world. If we were

behind Fiji with this win in the top

2:48:112:48:16

eight. I think for the players, it

is fantastic. But after we need to

2:48:162:48:24

be consistent. The game next week in

Wales will be important.

I don't

2:48:242:48:29

think France have really sold

anything, I don't think they were

2:48:292:48:33

spectacular. For 50 minutes of the

crowd was very muted and cry quiet

2:48:332:48:37

and it was only when the try came

that they came to life. Then France

2:48:372:48:42

got some confidence and started

playing a little bit. They still

2:48:422:48:46

made some really critical errors,

they had some try scoring

2:48:462:48:50

opportunities, the scrum five metres

from the English line. Good teams

2:48:502:48:54

don't burn opportunities like that.

I just think that France still have

2:48:542:48:59

a way to go.

When you say that good

teams don't do that, you don't think

2:48:592:49:04

Ireland would have done that because

they are so clinical in those

2:49:042:49:09

situations and so effective?

I think

they are, even the line-out England

2:49:092:49:12

had at the end, they went for the

four man line-out to try to win it

2:49:122:49:16

at the 15. Sure thing you want to

set up a good malt and try to malt

2:49:162:49:23

the French over but if you end up

with the ball on the ground at least

2:49:232:49:27

used to have the ball and your five

metres away. Winning it closer to

2:49:272:49:31

the front of the line-out is not the

end of the world sometimes,

2:49:312:49:34

especially when you have not played

so well and you have turned over one

2:49:342:49:38

or two line-outs already. One of the

things you cannot do is beat

2:49:382:49:42

yourself. Make another team played

spectacular rugby and score amazing

2:49:422:49:47

tries. You can't beat yourself by

turning over line-out five metres

2:49:472:49:52

from the opposition line and by

giving away 16 penalties or whatever

2:49:522:49:57

it was.

It is a bit of a relentless

juggernaut, the Irish team, 11 wins

2:49:572:50:02

in a row which is a fantastic

record. How do England beat them

2:50:022:50:05

next week?

Sorry!

How do England

beat Ireland next week?

They have to

2:50:052:50:15

at about 40% to their performance.

Ireland played with massive

2:50:152:50:19

intensity and the structure is great

and execution. They worked

2:50:192:50:22

incredibly hard not to give away

penalties and if you do that you

2:50:222:50:26

don't give away momentum. They work

hard on their skills, not giving the

2:50:262:50:31

opposition the ball. People like

Conor Murray and Johnny Sexton at

2:50:312:50:35

nine and ten, they're kicking is

very precise and competitive so they

2:50:352:50:39

always in the game. I like them,

they'd execute well and they are

2:50:392:50:44

clinical. England at the moment have

no attacking structure, they do but

2:50:442:50:48

it is always late in the field. They

don't look prepared to go from the

2:50:482:50:52

own 22 but I think Ireland will.

They have been together a longer and

2:50:522:50:56

they understand the game plan and it

goes well but we will see how good

2:50:562:50:59

they are when they go to Twickenham

because everybody seems to be

2:50:592:51:02

struggling away from home.

And the

same question, if you were Eddie

2:51:022:51:07

Jones, interesting to hear what he

had to say and hopefully we will

2:51:072:51:09

hear from him, but does he basically

have to say more of the same or,

2:51:092:51:16

given what happened in the second

half with the injection of pace and

2:51:162:51:19

enthusiasm from some of those who

came off the bench, is it the time

2:51:192:51:23

when he says, OK, the championship

is gone, and going to put five or

2:51:232:51:26

six guys in who were not regular

starters to see how it works out?

I

2:51:262:51:30

don't think five or six but maybe

one or two or three. The last 20

2:51:302:51:36

minutes of every game is different

to the first hour because of the

2:51:362:51:40

structure and I think we need to

manage the game better earlier. Not

2:51:402:51:44

try to play too much against a very

strong, fresh defence. Go to our

2:51:442:51:51

mauling game more and the kicking

game more, put pressure on in

2:51:512:51:54

different ways.

That is what we

think Eddie Jones might be thinking

2:51:542:51:57

that we can hear from the man

himself.

On a scale of one to ten,

2:51:572:52:03

how dejected is the dressing room?

Look, it is a learning period for

2:52:032:52:07

us. We are struggling with our game

a little bit and learning from these

2:52:072:52:13

games. It is an important period for

us. Whilst we are all disappointed

2:52:132:52:18

and gutted, we have to make sure we

learn from it and art stronger next

2:52:182:52:21

time we play.

I had a text from my

mum asking where England have

2:52:212:52:26

disappeared to. What would you say

to her and the fans watching?

We are

2:52:262:52:31

about two or 3% away from where we

need to be. We were beaten at the

2:52:312:52:36

breakdown, we gave away to 16

penalties which is far too many.

2:52:362:52:41

When we got momentum we did not

convert it to points and when they

2:52:412:52:44

did they did convert to points. It

seems like a long way away but it's

2:52:442:52:49

not. You go through these periods as

a team. We are going through a

2:52:492:52:54

difficult period but we will get

through it.

How costly was the

2:52:542:52:58

penalty try?

Obviously in the

context of the game the difference

2:52:582:53:00

between the teams.

The defenders

going low at the moment -- at the

2:53:002:53:08

moment, is it a law that needs to be

looked at?

I never debate those

2:53:082:53:13

issues. Whatever the referee decides

is right and we're happy to accept

2:53:132:53:17

it.

Ie Getting the leadership you

need from your senior players?

I

2:53:172:53:21

thought the leadership was

outstanding. We did not play well

2:53:212:53:24

today but we put ourselves back into

a position where we could have won

2:53:242:53:28

the game and probably should have.

But we were not able to execute in

2:53:282:53:33

final minutes.

Two tries in more

than 200 minutes of Six Nations

2:53:332:53:38

rugby now, is that an area of

concern?

You have got to get

2:53:382:53:42

momentum and we are trying to find

different ways to get momentum and

2:53:422:53:45

we will continue to exhaust the

different possibilities are getting

2:53:452:53:49

momentum.

How do you take what has

been a difficult, by your own

2:53:492:53:52

admission, two or three weeks for

England when you have Ireland to

2:53:522:53:56

come who are already won the

championship with a game to spare?

2:53:562:54:02

It is an important game, Ireland at

home, we want to finish the

2:54:022:54:05

tournament well. We're disappointed

we are not in contention to win it

2:54:052:54:08

but we want to finish it well.

Thank

you.

Eddie spoke about could have

2:54:082:54:15

and maybe should have won the match

and there was an opportunity towards

2:54:152:54:18

the end when the lack of finishing

power from England denied them a

2:54:182:54:22

try.

It is always amazing how the

heads get cloudy and muddled at the

2:54:222:54:28

moment when you need the clarity.

2:54:282:54:29

heads get cloudy and muddled at the

moment when you need the clarity.

2:54:292:54:31

Sinckler takes a great ball in and

it is a great line which draws in

2:54:312:54:36

the defence. Look how many attackers

England have got. Owen Farrell has

2:54:362:54:41

his hand up and he cannot believe

that the ball is not coming out to

2:54:412:54:44

him. It is so simple. Look at Owen

Farrell. He knows the opportunity

2:54:442:54:52

was there. He is the captain, how he

did not blast out those words to

2:54:522:54:57

Wigglesworth, give me the

2:54:572:54:58

did not blast out those words to

Wigglesworth, give me the ball, we

2:54:582:54:59

have an overlap. It is areas of the

game you have to work on. That was a

2:54:592:55:04

walk in try and the game won and

lost.

We talked earlier about a

2:55:042:55:10

settled side. Ireland have a very

settled team, a couple of errors in

2:55:102:55:14

the centre with injuries but

fundamentally in the key pods in

2:55:142:55:18

rugby speak in the team, absolutely

secure selection and people who know

2:55:182:55:21

each other's games. Every week they

play consistently well. Is that the

2:55:212:55:26

secret to their success?

I don't

know if a settled side is the

2:55:262:55:32

secret, I think they have quite a

lot of competition. They won the

2:55:322:55:36

first Test match in South Africa in

2015 and Joe made five changes for

2:55:362:55:40

the second test and if you think of

an Irish team doing that in South

2:55:402:55:44

Africa it is amazing. They have

developed real depth. They have real

2:55:442:55:48

clarity in how they want to play.

Every player from one to 23 and

2:55:482:55:55

probably another nine or ten beyond

that have real clarity in how they

2:55:552:55:57

want to play in every part of the

pitch, from five metres out from the

2:55:572:56:01

own line to five metres from the

opposition line and when you clarity

2:56:012:56:07

you can execute with physicality and

aggression. At times I think England

2:56:072:56:11

today, because they are trying to

play so much shape with the out the

2:56:112:56:16

back passes, there isn't a whole lot

of physicality to how they are

2:56:162:56:19

playing at times.

How would you

expect Ireland to play next week?

I

2:56:192:56:24

don't think they will change much

from what they have been doing. They

2:56:242:56:28

will exit from their own half well,

sometimes they will kick with Conor

2:56:282:56:32

Murray who is excellent and

sometimes they run it. They will

2:56:322:56:38

have little 3-phase plays off the

scrums and line-outs where they have

2:56:382:56:42

seen little things that England do

in defence and try to catch them

2:56:422:56:45

that way and when they get into the

22 they will keep it very simple.

2:56:452:56:48

They will be very direct and their

work will be really good. There

2:56:482:56:54

isn't a whole lot of complication.

Teams that play very good rugby,

2:56:542:56:58

there isn't a whole lot of

competition to what they do.

Paul is

2:56:582:57:03

bang on with how Ireland is going to

play. Why deviate from something you

2:57:032:57:06

are very good at and, as slow

starting as it was here at the

2:57:062:57:12

beginning of the season is now very

slick and will get better? England

2:57:122:57:17

did not really hit the ball hard and

straight and commits defenders. It

2:57:172:57:24

was slug like, so slow and

ponderous. The backs Mr Bean, come

2:57:242:57:29

on, let's have quick ball but it did

not happen. -- at the backs must

2:57:292:57:34

have been.

Just to say quickly, the

clock is going to beat us, Wales

2:57:342:57:38

against Italy is live on BBC One

tomorrow and if Wales win, which you

2:57:382:57:41

assume they will Wales against

France next weekend, having won two

2:57:412:57:45

in a row, important for France to

keep the momentum going.

Yes, it is

2:57:452:57:49

very important but it is a young

team and we need to be consistent. I

2:57:492:57:55

think the guys put their body on the

line today and showed a lot of

2:57:552:57:58

commitment between have to do it

again next week in Wales.

And what

2:57:582:58:01

do England do between now and next

Saturday?

Most of it will be mental

2:58:012:58:05

rather than on the field, they had

to sort out the breakdown

2:58:052:58:09

particularly against Ireland and

alter their attacking game as well

2:58:092:58:12

as they can in the time they have.

If they do that and cut in half the

2:58:122:58:15

penalties, you're holding the ball

more. As Eddie said, you never that

2:58:152:58:19

far away and if you can do those

things, it has a huge knock-on

2:58:192:58:23

effect on your game. You're

defending less and attacking more

2:58:232:58:25

and you give away less penalties,

you put them under pressure. They

2:58:252:58:29

have to put Ireland under pressure

in every way.

Big questions are

2:58:292:58:32

being asked of Eddie, the same back

row that did not fire and we

2:58:322:58:39

mentioned how poor the breakdown was

against Scotland and it continued

2:58:392:58:42

today. If they pick the same back

row against Ireland they will clean

2:58:422:58:45

up.

You must have the last word

because Ireland are the champions

2:58:452:58:49

with a week to spare. What does that

mean to the game in Ireland?

It is

2:58:492:58:53

massive. The big thing is, we have

four professional teams only in

2:58:532:59:00

Ireland, in comparison to England

and France we don't have that many

2:59:002:59:03

professional rugby players so I

think they manage their resources

2:59:032:59:05

well but I expect a different

English team next week and I think

2:59:052:59:09

Ireland will be on high alert for

that game.

One more week and ago,

2:59:092:59:13

thank you to the guys here. Obesely

a Grand Slam beckons for Ireland

2:59:132:59:17

next week at Twickenham. We will see

then, goodbye -- obviously a Grand

2:59:172:59:23

Slam beckons.

2:59:232:59:24

Welcome to the Stade de France. It

has a heavyweight feeling.

2:59:272:59:38

France have beaten England and

Ireland are crowned

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