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.

I was thinking Perpignan. Would there be a good crowd if it were held in Beziers?
With Catalans rumoured to be taking a game to Montpellier, wouldn't it have been an idea to take this game there?

Could have been. Having made the decision to go to Paris though, they could have at least promoted it and, dare I suggest, given some freebies out in the area in a PSG stylee.

Hmm. Villegas starting on the wing, Pelo in the centre. Sadaoui, presumably, on the bench.

Tonga 4, France 0

Tonga 8, France 0.

Even without any points on the board, I feel we've played better this week than either of the last two. Australia are way off, for sure, but so far so reasonable.

Australia finally on the board. Hope this isn't a portent. Oh s. 40/20...

In the first half our backs did alot of the clearing/driving. Wonder whether this is a BG tactic to stop our forwards from tireing in the last 20. Could this be why Ferriol is being very quiet in attack?