Saturday's match at Twickenham

Watch out France - les rosbifs are coming! Big, strong, fit and full of energy. Wales? Minnows more like. They were stuffed  - like olives - and then munched by the hungry pack. The only positive for the Welsh coach is the realisation that the conditioning staff had better get ther fingers out!

Comments

[Ben]

Welcome West London's !
Cheers
Ben

[Martin Flack]

Hello Ben - good luck for Les Bleus on Saturday...they will need it! :¬)

[Martini 51]

Promises promises. Another stumble, another slip up, and England's old oily diesel looked underpowered up against the zippy opposition model that has started to "shake that ass..."
Pre match build up featured all the usual mealy-mouthed prognostications - the scowling, the pumping but what followed was disappointing.
Farrell and Shaw were effective in parts, if a little clunky - unfortunately for Farrell, he came up against Yannick Jauzion who must be one of the most graceful movers and distributors of the 'ballon' in the world of rugby. Dusautoir and Nyanga, busting, bustling and scrapping, outshone Rees, Corry and Easter. I didn't mention Harinordiquy because he cocked up a scoring opportunity for Poitrenaud - naughty boy and I hope he got "donkey of the match" award in the bar afterwards!
England need to change.Up the pace at the ruck where Perry can usually be found searching for the ball like a gardener tending his allotment on a Sunday afternoon, earthing the odd potato or two...
I quite like the nonchalance of Elissalde "Mr Cool" when taking the place kicks. Although not 100% successful last night, he brings a refreshing nonchalance to proceedings in the era of pose, prep and ping.
So. Wipe off the old oily excess England, engage forward gear and stop getting bumped off the park by sporty models eager to accelerate through the gears at every opportunity.
On evidence, it doesn't look promising for England. If it was Wimbledon, England would be Tiger Tim Henman - Oh dear..!