Greeny named in the squad at least. F--- knows what we do if he's badly come game time. [url=http://www.sang-et-or.net/readarticle.php?article_id=646Preview[/url

I'm very close to Benji and I can tell he's really up for this one

Beginning to wonder if the game will be on. This flu outbreak may be worse than has so far been reported.

Anyway, here's your 17:
Villegas; Piquemal, Sadaoui, Duport, Vaccari; Bosc, Wynne; Shead, K Bentley, Griffi; Elima, Touxagas; Fakir. Moly, A Bentley, Martins, Gagliazzo.

Andrew's first action as a Test player: poleax Steve Matai... Good work feller.

Bloody well played in that first 40.

Played for 40 minutes last week, 50 this. Can we get up to an hour against the Ockers?

It's a cruel game sometimes. Like taking on a Vickers heavy machine gun with a peashooter at the back end. Still, lots of credit to the lads.
Pub for me. Report later.

Booya.

This was one heck of an inexperienced side we fielded, to compete for 50 mins is more than we should have expected, well done lads!

Looking forward to seeing how the team lined up, who were our centres and who was our fullback?

Report in progress. The side was: Villegas; Piquemal, Sadaoui, Duport, Vaccari; Bosc, Wynne; Shead, Kane, Griffi; Elima, Touxagas; Fakir. Andrew, Moly, Gagliazzo, Martins.

So Villegas at FB?
Wings Piquemal and Vaccari
Centres Sadaoui and Duport
And they go on about an inexperienced English backline!

Second half saw a very, very nervous Villegas switched to wing with Bosc at full-back. Moly off the bench to half.

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Vaccari got through some work. France gifted the Kiwis two tries and the referee matched that. That's 24 points that were handed to New Zealand on a plate. Very enthusiastic crowd and plenty of singing going on in and out of the ground.

Possible recall for Khattabi?

Read somewhere that he's injured.

Seven changes for Australia:

Gidley (Newcastle); B Morris (St George Illawarra), J Morris (Canterbury), Jennings (Penrith), Hayne (Parramatta); Lockyer (Brisbane, capt), Thurston (North Queensland); Civoniceva (Penrith), Farah (Wests Tigers), Hannant (Canterbury), Waterhouse (Penrith), Hoffman (Melbourne), Hindmarsh (Parramatta).

Subs: Cronk (Melbourne), Lewis (Penrith), Shillington (Canberra), Thaiday (Brisbane).

If you can make seven changes and still field that side, then you're doing something very right indeed.

if you can make seven changes, name that team, and still play hayne on the wing you're doing something very right indeed

Don't......

And the France line-up is...

Greenshields; Duport, Sadaoui, Raguin, Pelo; Bosc, Wynne; Ferriol, Bentley K, Shead; Elima, Touxagas; Bentley A. Moly, Gagliazzo, Martins, Griffi.


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So, should our gameplan be to play well, or to minimise Oz's win?

While it would be good to avoid the ton, the long-term advantage would be to develop our own game.

Do the first and the second should, should, take care of itself.

Eyes down. BBC1 imminently.

Not many in... Though what were they expecting in bloody Paris?

Where would you have played it?

The south. Perpignan probably, perhaps Beziers. If we'd not played England in Paris earlier in the year, then I could understand it better.

Late change. Villegas on the bench instead of Gagliazzo.