Team:

1 Stacul
2 Duport
3 Pala
4 Baile
5 Vaccari
6 Chisholm
7 Bosc
8 Ferriol
9 Mounis
10 Casty
11 Elima
12 Gossard
13 Baitieri

14 Pellisier
15 Fakir
16 Simon
17 Raguin

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I'm happy with the line up. Most of the side have had the hit out against the Knights and you would be surprised to see France play badly at home. The sides weakest link has been dropped and I think I'm happier with Seb Raguin being used, presumably in the forwards now he is on the bench. I'm even happy about Greg at 9 again but France must use Eloi correctly, he went really well last week and is capable of damage late in the half when he runs at the more tired big boys. Hopefully Bosc and Chisholm will play split and this will give France more options on both sides of the ruck too

Gotta say that young French player who came on in the second half of the France-England friendly is a real gem. A natural rugby league player if ever there was one. Hope to see him in the Dragons first team next season.

Well, hope to because it's great to see a natural player play but he could cause endless problems for my team next season if he does play!

Pelissier? He's played a bit of first team this year. Hopefully he goes well next year too.

Thought Pala did well too on debut.

Eloi has played regularly all season coming on for Hendo in all the home games except the Wires game IIRC - he has been outstanding and started off as a scrawny lad and beefed up into a pocket dynamo with so much natural ability and a good rugby brain - it seems totally incredible he isn' the no.1 choice hooker for the french team...he reminds me lot of a young Luke Robinson and will become hot property in te next couple of years IMO

Please Bobby let's see him starting against the jocks....

I dont see why its so incredible. Greg has one a great job in the heart of the fieldin defence. A player like pelissier is the kind of guy you want going at the tired forwards later in the half. the incredile thing for me was it took 38 of waiting for Pelissier to come on.

no criticism of Greg - he's had a great season as captain & leader as well as looking solid wherever Trent has asked him to play but Eloi is the natural first choice hooker - we all witnessed the difference in tempo and imagination he brought to the side

the big dissappointment for me was the total neagtivity in tactics with Thomas kicking a penanlty (and missing) early doors when the french had the iniative and the obvious choice was to play the ball and go for the six points

can't imagine Bobby ever doing that in his playing days so why try it as a coach ?

Hooker? Kand and Pelissier.
Mounis at LF, Baitieri to play next to Bosc.

would somebody pleas explain that to Bobby ?

If I could.

Yes we did, but it would have been hard for him to keep that up for 80 mins. He doesnt do it for the Dragon's so why should he have to do it in the test match? I really can't imagine for one second you would have thought he could Peter.

Bobby didn't put the ball on the kicking tee, I agree the two was the wrong option but TBH the coach can only be held so accountable. Overall the tactic's wern't too negative and both sides tried to play decent rugby.

20 for Scotland match:

Elima
Casty
Fakir
Pellisier
Bentley
Simon
Baitieri
Gossard
Bousquet
Bemba
Duport
Stacul
Vaccari
Greseque
Chisholm
Pala
Baile
Cardace
Bosc
Arnaud

Starting 17:

1 Stacul
2 Duport
3 Baile
4 Pala
5 Vaccari
6 Chisholm
7 Bosc
8 Fakir
9 Bentley
10 Casty
11 Elima
12 Gossard
13 Baitieri

14 Greseque
15 Simon
16 Pellisier
17 Bousquet

We have a very very bad weather here... in the eye of the storm

I still would have started with Eloi and kept Kane in reserve - can't see why Greseque keeps his place ? surely we should be looking to new blood - he has been auseful player in his time but not international class IMO - the rest looks a decent side tho' and should be about 25 points better than the scots....

Guys, do you have the Scots line up? I let a void on my preview..

I assume it will be the same side that beat Ireland last time out - something like :

SCOTLAND

Alex Hurst
Crawford Matthews
Josh Barlow
Dave Arnot
David Scott
Lee Paterson
John Duffy
Jack Stearman
Andrew Henderson
Neil Lowe
Sam Barlow
Paddy Coupar
Alex Szostak
Subs:
Jack Howieson
Callum Cockburn
Mike Stewart
Giles Lomax

Thank you.

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some streaming of this game on the net, cant wait.

I wrote the report ! Interessting game, hope I did a good job
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Watched this one on the net before watching Engand on the sky+. I thought France played really well, stuck to the task when Scotland got fired up. The scots made a good fist of it until they run out of steam. It was like watching a Challenge cup game between a SL team and Championship team. France always seemed to have too much. Thought Bosquet was superb and is such a prospect. Max Greseque sparked the team I thought when he came on after we had all written him off after the England knights game. Chisholm seemed to do evrything right today too. Overall Scotland just struggled to conatain the power of the French pack and a few times we saw the forwards charge through the Scottish line for a break.

thanks & well done Vivien - a fair summing up of the game

France made loads of errors and made life difficult for themselves at times much to the frustration of Goulding but still managed a comfortable victory over a brave Scotland side

The proud Scots coach Steve Mack summed it up well after the game when he said his boys (loads of young lads) competed well well for 30 minutes of each half but the superior fitness levels (SL fitness levels) were the telling factor as well as the extra class you would expect from the Catalan squad