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I actually wasn’t disappointed with the French series

Shaun Edwards defence was outstanding (despite the fact we were finding the man frequently and not space)

So they were great opponents

They have many players who could slot in to the top French team

Some who have played many times like Fickou and Villiere

We also rotated a lot and tried many players

Yes maybe that’s not the right phrase, was trying to say outcome focused rather than on like process or delivery.

Anyway the ABs attack has not fired

Easy to read

I say that but also overall many chances were created against the French

Three disallowed tries and three held ups if I recall

I’ve seen Edwards speaking french LOL theres no amount of information he can share in French that is going to help a rugby team. This can only be about the good feels. I’ve often wondered how well translators do in their job of choosing the right foreign would and inflection to use when someones imparting very specific information. There must be a lot of accuracy lost in that process I reckon, heavily affecting performance.

I totally get that it means a lot for someone to have learnt your language, I just don’t think it’s relevant. Take yourself for instance, you communicate in (written) English really well (I think), but theres no way I’m believing I have understood your meaning still (even now I’m wondering exactly what you mean), or would take instructions/teaching etc from you, because I doubt I would receive what you were trying to communicate. So why bother?

His conduct was worse (this is coming from a South African with no dog in the fight - in fact if anything I'm very anti-White too!). Both teams had plenty of carry-on - good on them! Skelton and Itoje carried on a lot too - loved it!