Nations Tournament IV: The France team loses to England, who won the Grand Slam – The Équipe.fr

The match: 21-31

Pragmatism and realism English face inefficiency and some French clumsiness, that is how one could quickly summarize Crunch that closed the Tournament 2016. the pride of the Blues, six days after the porridge Murrayfield, has operated.

as had assured Guy Noves two days earlier, the Blues were present in the commitment and fight. No spanking or defeat (21-31) against a XV of the Rose came at the Stade de France to win his first Grand Slam since 2003. But a defeat, though, leaving Guy Noves with a negative balance and a fifth and penultimate place in his first tournament.

The Blues have not materialized their good start

the first twenty minutes summarize all the Blues send the game, dominate, but do not score. A foot into touch, touch a pass unsteady or ground fault and El Tri will not materialize their excellent start to the match, despite the fire and legs Vakatawa Spedding. Conversely, the English, on their first serious visit to the French camp, flattened by Danny Care, one party of a ruck 45 meters from the in-goal (3-10, 12).

Ten minutes later, the pillar Dan Cole flattening in force at the conclusion of a long sequence of visitors, triggered by a pass in front of Farrell Watson (6-17, 20th). Fortunately for the Blues, Eddie Jones men commit many mistakes, and Maxime Machenaud, impeccable foot, leaving his teammates to touch: 12-17 at halftime, 18-20 in the 50th minute

But by stumbling over a wall and lose lucidity as three shots in key (see below), the XV of France has been punished, with an essay by Watson, who followed on a kick to follow Youngs (18-25, 56th). And here the pride and pride are not enough. No solution, the Blues did not return and the last two penalties from Farrell (72nd and 76th, 21-31) completed the suspense. English fans could exult, released after 13 years without a Grand Slam. The Blues, themselves, left the Stade de France on a funny game without trial

Player. Machenaud, faultless

in Scotland last Sunday, François Trinh-Duc was the first scorer, quickly cooled his two failures early in the game. Maxime Machenaud had taken over and on Saturday night he remained on track. Scrumhalf Racing has signed a deal with 7/7 poles. Efficiency in the image of his game, very clean. But it was not enough.

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the Blues have lost three crucial keys on (or near) the line of 22 meters English. Guilhem Guirado and alignment have made counter with their counterparts, as many potential anesthetic cartridges in the English camp (37th, 54th and 61st). A fourth, the same situation was painfully recovered by the French, with an English-front (66). But the scrum was then penalized with a broken arm …

The fact: Trinh-Duc out through injury

Certainly, the seeds are not saving François Trinh-Duc in this tournament. Injury income for the third game in Wales, where he entered the game, the opener Montpellier struggled in Scotland last Sunday for his first start under Guy Noves, and came out after 13 minutes on Saturday night. The ruck originally tested Danny Care, he injured his left ankle and was replaced by Jules Plisson.