Mon 17 Oct: RLWC: France v Greece KO 7.30pm

[Number 16]

Sitting on the train back to South London! Was it worth it?

You betcha! 

It was a cracking contest with the Greeks earning all their plaudits. 

Lots of empty seats, however, those who were there created a great atmosphere. 

[IM2]

France will get better everyone needs to remember most teams havent played for ages. so all the under cooked teams will be much better by the quarters, especially Samoa and Fiji 

[jim_57]

3 hours ago, IM2 said:

France will get better everyone needs to remember most teams havent played for ages. so all the under cooked teams will be much better by the quarters, especially Samoa and Fiji 

The best part about this year is it gets the ball rolling again so to speak. NZ will play 8 games if they make the final this year. At worst the likes of Fiji, France, Tonga, Wales, Samoa & PNG will play at least 4-5 games this year, more if they make the finals. 3-4 games should be the minimum aim every year for the top 15-20 or so nations, hopefully we can get structures in place that make that easy.

[jim_57]

In the absence of Fages and an eye on 2025 it’d be good to see France play Rouge & Mourgue as the halves and moving Gigot to the centres or bench utility.

[Tommygilf]

 

 

[SydneyRoosters]

9 minutes ago, Tommygilf said:

 

 

Wow, Great stuff

[Archie Gordon]

1 hour ago, jim_57 said:

In the absence of Fages and an eye on 2025 it’d be good to see France play Rouge & Mourgue as the halves and moving Gigot to the centres or bench utility.

Jouffret and Rouge must come in for Escare and Gigot, who are both completely out of sorts.

[Damien]

34 minutes ago, Tommygilf said:

 

 

That's fantastic. 

[SydneyRoosters]

34 minutes ago, Archie Gordon said:

Jouffret and Rouge must come in for Escare and Gigot, who are both completely out of sorts.

100% agree with Rougé coming in for Gigot, I don’t think Escaré should come out though He was great against Tonga and MOTM against Wales. His height let him down last night so he probably won’t improve much against Don Young but I don’t think Jouffret would do much of better job.

[Hvy wg]

The issue with Escare is that he is one dimensional. He has no kicking game, no passing game and yesterday did not come into the line offering solutions even once. Hes a decent runner and thats all there is.

[Archie Gordon]

2 minutes ago, Hvy wg said:

The issue with Escare is that he is one dimensional. He has no kicking game, no passing game and yesterday did not come into the line offering solutions even once. Hes a decent runner and thats all there is.

And too many errors.

[Hvy wg]

You could see him having a breakdown not knowing where to run. For what its worth Gigot maybe a better fullback as of now.

 

[SydneyRoosters]

2 minutes ago, Hvy wg said:

You could see him having a breakdown not knowing where to run. For what its worth Gigot maybe a better fullback as of now.

 

He looked really strong against Wales which is a lot better side than Greece and looked quite good against Tonga also. He had an unusual off game today, Though But I am worried what Williams Kicking game might to do him next week especially with Dom Young’s chasing Perhaps Gigot should go to fullback and Rougé into the Halves.

If I was France I would line up like this-

1- Gigot (Banned from Kicking)

2-Escaré (On Makinson not Young) Romano looked really poor against Greece I think he should get dropped

3-Laguerre

4-Langi

5-Yaha

6-Mourge

7-Rougé

8-Dezaria

9-Da Costa

10-Seguier : Carries looked really strong I reckon he should get a gig in the middle for France.

11-Jullien

12-Goudemand (Really strong of the bench deserves to be starting)

13-Garcia

 

14-Pelissier

15-Belmas

16-Sangaré

17-Marion (In over Le Cam, Can cover almost every position in 13 great utility to have on the bench)

 

[meast]

2 hours ago, Tommygilf said:

 

 

That's brilliant but how many away fans would they bring

[JimBronco]

Really enjoyed this game. Massive credit to Greece. Gave it their all and at one point it seemed like they had France rattled during the second half. Two very good tries. Can't wait for England-France on Saturday. 

[Harry Stottle]

8 minutes ago, JimBronco said:

Really enjoyed this game. Massive credit to Greece. Gave it their all and at one point it seemed like they had France rattled during the second half. Two very good tries. Can't wait for England-France on Saturday. 

Even if Mr Wane is as good has his word and plays those squad member's who didn't play against Samoa thus changing 'winning team' they will have far far to much guile and energy for the French, I can't see it being any different to last Saturday the longer the game goes on England will be running tries in for fun.

[Hvy wg]

1 hour ago, SydneyRoosters said:

He looked really strong against Wales which is a lot better side than Greece and looked quite good against Tonga also. He had an unusual off game today, Though But I am worried what Williams Kicking game might to do him next week especially with Dom Young’s chasing Perhaps Gigot should go to fullback and Rougé into the Halves.

If I was France I would line up like this-

1- Gigot (Banned from Kicking)

2-Escaré (On Makinson not Young) Romano looked really poor against Greece I think he should get dropped

3-Laguerre

4-Langi

5-Yaha

6-Mourge

7-Rougé

8-Dezaria

9-Da Costa

10-Seguier : Carries looked really strong I reckon he should get a gig in the middle for France.

11-Jullien

12-Goudemand (Really strong of the bench deserves to be starting)

13-Garcia

 

14-Pelissier

15-Belmas

16-Sangaré

17-Marion (In over Le Cam, Can cover almost every position in 13 great utility to have on the bench)

 

With a spine like Lebanon we would be real contenders. Unfortunately, we do not have that luxury.

Romano is slow but he gets a lot of metres in something escare at wing wont do.

[Futtocks]

 

[londonrlfan]

3 hours ago, Tommygilf said:

 

 

Loving the passion from the Greeks!

[SydneyRoosters]

1 hour ago, Hvy wg said:

With a spine like Lebanon we would be real contenders. Unfortunately, we do not have that luxury.

Romano is slow but he gets a lot of metres in something escare at wing wont do.

I rate Romano but he is a centre not a winger. He also needs to improve he’s defence massively if so I think he could become a solid SL centre. I think he should look at leaving Catalans and finding a club where he can start every week so he really gets to prove himself.

[londonrlfan]

4 hours ago, Tommygilf said:

 

 

For me, Greece is a potential country where RL could really grow, especially as they now have government recognition, so union wouldn't be able to interfere. We need to build on this and give them more games and opportunity. 

[Niels]

1 hour ago, meast said:

That's brilliant but how many away fans would they bring

Potentially there is an opportunity as Greece are very well supported internationally at sport.

For example Omonia Nicosia (I know it's Greek Cypriot and soccer) took over 5,000 fans to Old Trafford. 

I think there is real potential with Greece, especially with the diaspora and option of players in Australia. 

[GeordieSaint]

The onus is now on the Greek RL authorities to drive the sport forward. Support from the ERL and Australia will be critical. 

[lanzer98]

4 hours ago, Tommygilf said:

 

 

That‘s what a world cup is about. People celebrating in places you wouldn‘t think of. It shows there are people that like RL. Great.

[doc]

So much better than the Jamaica Ireland game. For me the WC has started!