Pour les arbitres , la France a fait d' énormes progrès sur la discipline ... celle qui consiste à ne plus se comporter comme des bucherons et qui nous apportait beaucoup de cartons rouges , et celle qui est plus difficile à maîtriser car elle dépend du physique des joueurs avec des positions hors - jeu , des petits gestes anti - jeu , des gestes qui nous donnaient des cartons jaunes .
Yes, this french team is utterly strong but they still can improve their game management when Ireland and NZ came back in the game. But Galthié achieved 1 big thing with Ibanez and Edwards: create a club spirit with big talents all playing for the jersey. In a certain way, they lookalike a bit to the young french soccer team of 2018 with Deschamps collective touch.
Which is precisely why Fabien Galthie has addressed the issue with an elevated team spirit, see the closing comments... .e.g., the individual celebrations are short, brief and directed towards the team, and not with the crowd. Rugby has passed this gift across the channel. A champion team will always push a team of champions (England's persistent problem all over again). More faith in the organics of Rugby, Ferdinand.
Our only weakness basically is ourselves. We are the French afterall, we can lose to any team, and we've always struggled with consistency unfortunately. We don't have this killer instinct, even though we seem to be getting there lately. However, I must say that I enjoy the fact that we're trying to stay humble under Galthié, like we're aware that there's still definitely room for progress. And we know that the tournament isn't over. It's been more than a decade since our last title, and we have our strongest team in an eternity, so now would be the perfect time to set things right before the WC.
As a springbok supporter I am very impressed with the current French side, you got plenty if power , pace and lots of flair , my feeling in that in the past your temperament was your biggest weakpoint , the boks and the all blacks will put you under immense pressure like the Irish did for about 15min just after 1/2 time. We will see if the French side can cope with that for long periods of time. BUT THE FRENCH IS THE FAVORITES FOR THE WORLD CUP.
Or if someone leaves a big plate of snails and frog legs with a few bottles of red wine on the sideline of the rugby pitch, then it's all over red rover
Ofc we have some weaknesses!!!! A pretty little blonde, a pretty little brunette, a pretty little redhead, any type or colors of pretty little girls… A good red wine, cheese and a fresh baguette…. Two pretty little blonde, two……
6 : 2 splits worked for the Boks. Makes sense unless they change the rules. Games are won by front foot ball. Helps if your players have the physicality too.
France's weaknesses are sometimes revealed when they play against steadfast opponents who keep possession of the ball well and manage to use their physical superiority in contact (e.g. Argentina), as well as opponents who manage to cope with France's 'flair' (e.g. Ireland and Australia).
The biggest weakness is being overhyped by fans and pundits. 3 win doesnt mean anything so far. We have world class players and a bench with a very good coaching team.
You're bang on here mate! As a Frenchman loving rugby I kept seeing a good talented French team totally loosing its rugby due to being overly emotional. I said that many times on blogs. And that is why 5 years ago I hoped a non French would become the Manager. Back in the days the English team would succeed having a few French players blow a fuse and punches, etc...I do believe though that this new French team is different and able to control their emotions; the best example being Antoine Dupont for me. The guy does not laugh much; you can tell he has a mission in mind and that is winning games. The staff keeps saying there is room for improvement. Galthie is also a perfectionist and said he is looking at reaching an optimum game (or so) so he will still ask more from the team; keep them in line. Next week would be their most difficult game I think. Let's see
@@Maine733 France is a great team, but only issue is emotions, they need to be on top of their emotions, stay composed, be disciplined, I like Du pont, and Fickou, penaud,
Well personally I think they will dominate the boks physically. They’re forwards are both bigger and more mobile. France are simply a step above other teams in talent and athletiscm. They’re more powerful and more skilful. I think this is the beginning of period of french dominance.
@@alanb9443 the French is probably the favorite for the WC, but when lasts did any side overpower the boks forwards, does not happen often and man for man the 2 packs are very even.
On the paper, Irish, English and Welsh had better forwards than French... They all lost anyway. Irish have also easily pummeled SH teams like NZ and Boks lately...
@@deonabrahams6451 I agree about the forwards, I think Boks are slightly above the french but nothing near a gap... but in the backs, jeez, French are way above than Boks. Even ABs seems behind in the back area.
the referee is always the most weakness for the french, 99% are from an english speaking nation...so it is not helping at all and very often it is biaised decisions. As an example i would give the world cup final againts the kiwis, where the referee Mr Joubert was absolutly bad, everything was biaised....a dramatic experience which cost the french the world tittle.
They haven’t won anything yet which could be a weakness. Their biggest one is that they are French though. They have a reputation for throwing away close games. Playing wales in Cardiff is never easy and england vs France is more often then not a tight game. Still think they will win the championship but I think they will win a championship before a grand slam to be honest
@@daviiidoff this is France we are on about. They have been hyped up in the media for the last 3 championships and are favourites for the world cup next year. They have a lot of pressure on them to win a grand slam and Pivac and Jones have a lot of pressure on them to keep their jobs. Also both England and wales are good enough to beat France. That’s a recipe for France to look unconvincing in at least one of those games
@@Rhys78686 I don't think I've ever seen a country being hyped up so much to win a world cup so early on. 3 years of hearing it. Trust me I want to see my country lift the trophy for the first time but I fear this hype may take its toll on such a still young team. They still haven't won anything yet, I back them this championship but I see them slipping against Wales or England (probably England). Happy to be proven wrong though.
@@guillaumenoury same thing that happened to England when they hosted the World Cup. France are the best team in the world but have been for 3 years and haven’t won anything
@@Rhys78686 no no we have not been the best for 3 years. We're not even the best of NOW. Leave us bubbling nicely alone, don't put this tag on our shoulder. Although I understand that hosting the next world cup DEMANDS a winning potential host.
France are building towards the next World Cup well, with a squad which could peak in 2023. But they have this habit of constantly shooting themselves in the foot with poor discipline...will this be repeated in seventeen months time ?
we were the most disciplined team of the six nations last year and currently 2nd best right now. Last worldcup was 3 years ago, its completely useless to use it as a gauge for this current team considering its not the same staff or players.
Ahhahaha 😂 you're funny. What did you do against Ireland again? 🤔😂 hammered in Twickenham 🤣 France managed to beat Wales in Cardiff (not the must beautiful victory of France, I admit, but who cares? 🤷♂) with most of half of their team sick. Next Saturday, you'll see the real French team at home, it won't be an easy one 😉
This French side haven't proven anything they haven't done the 3 hardest things to do in rugby beat NZ or SA at home or win a world cup one good year and all of a sudden they're great hahaha come to NZ they'll get smashed just like Ireland are about too.
The biggest weakness of every french team/sportsman/woman is their arrogance. I think Glathié knows this and a lot of his efforts as a coach consist on keeping these guys humble and "la tête sur les épaules" as we say in french.
@@goatruthless616 from a frenchman, I agree with you, you guys are so much more arrogant than us... I just think what he means is, that we think the game is over before the ref blows his whistle. Galthié wants them to get more points as possible
Il n'y a pas plus arrogant que les anglais et leur fameux sorry good game maintenant ça rigole moins au Royaume-Uni tant mieux parce qu'en France ça rigole beaucoup maintenant.
@@lagski815 well our teams also have a tendency to think a tournament is won even before it begins. Remember 2002 and 2021 in football, 2007 in rugby. On the contrary, French teams are never better when they're outsiders or criticised (1998 and 2018 football, 1999 and 2011 rugby for instance).
What are they doing thats so special? They haven't won a title in 12 years and people act like they are greatest thing ever, do they have a good team currently? Yes. This reaction to em is almost a fetish at this point. When Wales win title after title nothing gets said, France have one decent year and everyone goes nuts over them. I didn't know that If England beat Brazil in a friendly game of Soccer that it would be considered a bigger achievement than winning the Euros. Who cares if you beat the All Blacks. What matters is winning titles.
@@joeseph8788 Actually French C team with like half of the team with 0 selection back then And even with that the ref decided the outcome of that game during prolongation
No guys he's right, last year 6 Nations England did beat us in Twickenham with a last and controversial Itoje try. France had a good game but not enough discipline to win it. This year will be different in Paris and with the hope of a Grand Slam coming
Wales were unlucky not to beat them in Paris for the grand slam last year. This year back in Cardiff the welsh will not want the French winning in Cardiff for a grand slam. every tournament wales get bet as the tournament moves along and England will be ireland too. Put some money on a double home teams in the six nations are hard to beat except Italy sorry no disrespect to Italy but facts.
I don’t think he is. I saw a stat, Ntamack has the most assist in the tournament, while having the least number of pass, 51 pass for Ntamack VS 100 pass for Biggar who has the most, Smith has 84. Ntamack is just less employed but when he touch the ball he is decisive, that shows he is very efficient. You don’t notice him because until now he didn’t have to really step in. I’m sure when France will be in difficulty he will step in and show he is a threat.
Then we'll switch him for Jalibert if we need to for the RWC, but I don't think he really is a weakness. Also when he is in the zone (like vs Wales in '20 or vs ABs in '21) he has so much impact on the game.
The French team always has 2 major weakness: 1) the rain, 2) the referee. Fortunately referees are not the same as in the past.
Thanks God, France won over the Welsh 😊😊 the grand Slam is almost for them now, just one last match in Paris, and this is it
@@ytevysbhtb ne vendez pas la peau de l'ours avant de l'avoir tué.
Pour les arbitres , la France a fait d' énormes progrès sur la discipline ... celle qui consiste à ne plus se comporter comme des bucherons et qui nous apportait beaucoup de cartons rouges , et celle qui est plus difficile à maîtriser car elle dépend du physique des joueurs avec des positions hors - jeu , des petits gestes anti - jeu , des gestes qui nous donnaient des cartons jaunes .
@@bennett1199 l'ours est mort 😅
@@ytevysbhtb oui maintenant, vous pouvez le dire, sinon, cela fait prétentieux et si on se plante c. n.
Yes, this french team is utterly strong but they still can improve their game management when Ireland and NZ came back in the game. But Galthié achieved 1 big thing with Ibanez and Edwards: create a club spirit with big talents all playing for the jersey. In a certain way, they lookalike a bit to the young french soccer team of 2018 with Deschamps collective touch.
i agree, except for the part where you called it « soccer »
And they were shocking against Scotland last year at SdF.
@@cw6237 this is from last year, not nowadays
France is the most dangerous as an outsider, never as a favourite. This status is its biggest weakness.
Biggest France team's weakness will always France team sabotaging itself.
Which is precisely why Fabien Galthie has addressed the issue with an elevated team spirit, see the closing comments... .e.g., the individual celebrations are short, brief and directed towards the team, and not with the crowd. Rugby has passed this gift across the channel.
A champion team will always push a team of champions (England's persistent problem all over again).
More faith in the organics of Rugby, Ferdinand.
They need to face south africa and I hope they win cause as an all blacks fan they're playing the way I want all blacks to play. Dupont is a maestro
I still would like to see when their forwards are put under pressure at scrum time, set pieces and breakdown how Du Pont will perform.
@@ndumisodatini3373 me too
Our only weakness basically is ourselves. We are the French afterall, we can lose to any team, and we've always struggled with consistency unfortunately. We don't have this killer instinct, even though we seem to be getting there lately. However, I must say that I enjoy the fact that we're trying to stay humble under Galthié, like we're aware that there's still definitely room for progress. And we know that the tournament isn't over. It's been more than a decade since our last title, and we have our strongest team in an eternity, so now would be the perfect time to set things right before the WC.
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As a springbok supporter I am very impressed with the current French side, you got plenty if power , pace and lots of flair , my feeling in that in the past your temperament was your biggest weakpoint , the boks and the all blacks will put you under immense pressure like the Irish did for about 15min just after 1/2 time. We will see if the French side can cope with that for long periods of time. BUT THE FRENCH IS THE FAVORITES FOR THE WORLD CUP.
Or if someone leaves a big plate of snails and frog legs with a few bottles of red wine on the sideline of the rugby pitch, then it's all over red rover
Ofc we have some weaknesses!!!!
A pretty little blonde, a pretty little brunette, a pretty little redhead, any type or colors of pretty little girls…
A good red wine, cheese and a fresh baguette….
Two pretty little blonde, two……
good insights thanks
C'est tellement ça bordel... T'as juste oublié la charcut'.
@@TheFrenchscot et le pastaga...
"Does this France side have any weaknesses ? No, because they're good". OK.
But The Grand Chelem is for us !!! 🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷
Allez les Bleus !!
😊😊
Our French team weakness is still the same since years: it’s referees decisions !!
6 : 2 splits worked for the Boks. Makes sense unless they change the rules. Games are won by front foot ball. Helps if your players have the physicality too.
France's weaknesses are sometimes revealed when they play against steadfast opponents who keep possession of the ball well and manage to use their physical superiority in contact (e.g. Argentina), as well as opponents who manage to cope with France's 'flair' (e.g. Ireland and Australia).
The biggest weakness is being overhyped by fans and pundits. 3 win doesnt mean anything so far. We have world class players and a bench with a very good coaching team.
Still overhyped huh ? 😄
the welsh showed a weakness for sure!
France are strong but they may well have peaked too soon before the World Cup, it’s happened to Ireland in the past
the peak has yet to come.
They are far from their peak. That's the scary thing
Please let the Boks have a go at them
Who the fuck is that ?? The weird african team with french and dutch names ??? 😄😄😄😄
to beat France at rugby is like one's attitude towards women : PAY THEM HALF RESPECT and things will turn in your favour
Only issue is Emotions,
You're bang on here mate! As a Frenchman loving rugby I kept seeing a good talented French team totally loosing its rugby due to being overly emotional. I said that many times on blogs. And that is why 5 years ago I hoped a non French would become the Manager. Back in the days the English team would succeed having a few French players blow a fuse and punches, etc...I do believe though that this new French team is different and able to control their emotions; the best example being Antoine Dupont for me. The guy does not laugh much; you can tell he has a mission in mind and that is winning games. The staff keeps saying there is room for improvement. Galthie is also a perfectionist and said he is looking at reaching an optimum game (or so) so he will still ask more from the team; keep them in line. Next week would be their most difficult game I think. Let's see
@@Maine733 France is a great team, but only issue is emotions, they need to be on top of their emotions, stay composed, be disciplined, I like Du pont, and Fickou, penaud,
@@Maine733 .
They dominated the forwards of the sides they played, they will not dominate the Boks like that and then we will see what they made off.
Well personally I think they will dominate the boks physically. They’re forwards are both bigger and more mobile. France are simply a step above other teams in talent and athletiscm. They’re more powerful and more skilful. I think this is the beginning of period of french dominance.
@@alanb9443 the French is probably the favorite for the WC, but when lasts did any side overpower the boks forwards, does not happen often and man for man the 2 packs are very even.
On the paper, Irish, English and Welsh had better forwards than French... They all lost anyway. Irish have also easily pummeled SH teams like NZ and Boks lately...
@@deonabrahams6451 I agree about the forwards, I think Boks are slightly above the french but nothing near a gap... but in the backs, jeez, French are way above than Boks. Even ABs seems behind in the back area.
@@alanb9443 ,they haven't proven anything until they win a world cup or beat NZ in NZ or SA in SA again.
France haven't proven anything until this team beats NZ in NZ it's not so easy as Ireland just found out hammered 42-19
Well that comment aged well 😂
Are you enjoying your 4th world ranking place? Good luck when playing in SA.
the referee is always the most weakness for the french, 99% are from an english speaking nation...so it is not helping at all and very often it is biaised decisions.
As an example i would give the world cup final againts the kiwis, where the referee Mr Joubert was absolutly bad, everything was biaised....a dramatic experience which cost the french the world tittle.
They haven’t won anything yet which could be a weakness. Their biggest one is that they are French though. They have a reputation for throwing away close games. Playing wales in Cardiff is never easy and england vs France is more often then not a tight game. Still think they will win the championship but I think they will win a championship before a grand slam to be honest
Disagree I think they’ll slap wales up next week and expose an over rated England the following week
@@daviiidoff this is France we are on about. They have been hyped up in the media for the last 3 championships and are favourites for the world cup next year. They have a lot of pressure on them to win a grand slam and Pivac and Jones have a lot of pressure on them to keep their jobs. Also both England and wales are good enough to beat France. That’s a recipe for France to look unconvincing in at least one of those games
@@Rhys78686 I don't think I've ever seen a country being hyped up so much to win a world cup so early on. 3 years of hearing it. Trust me I want to see my country lift the trophy for the first time but I fear this hype may take its toll on such a still young team. They still haven't won anything yet, I back them this championship but I see them slipping against Wales or England (probably England). Happy to be proven wrong though.
@@guillaumenoury same thing that happened to England when they hosted the World Cup. France are the best team in the world but have been for 3 years and haven’t won anything
@@Rhys78686 no no we have not been the best for 3 years. We're not even the best of NOW. Leave us bubbling nicely alone, don't put this tag on our shoulder. Although I understand that hosting the next world cup DEMANDS a winning potential host.
its France
France are building towards the next World Cup well, with a squad which could peak in 2023. But they have this habit of constantly shooting themselves in the foot with poor discipline...will this be repeated in seventeen months time ?
The french rugby team is the second most discipline teams of this tournament. Have a look at the stats
@@nicolaswallart3752 Not in RWC they haven't...let's see how it goes anyhow.
@@paulhirst7602 let the magic happens on the field
@@nicolaswallart3752 let's not lie, he's right though: France team biggest weakness is by far sabotaging itself, mostly with indiscipline.
we were the most disciplined team of the six nations last year and currently 2nd best right now. Last worldcup was 3 years ago, its completely useless to use it as a gauge for this current team considering its not the same staff or players.
Yes the French have a weakness the same one all good teems have its called complacency
So true. Greetings from France.
or sometimes it's called "Bevan the Bok" in 1995 and "joubert the AB in 2011"...
@@jpc7118 ,or Barnes in 2007 I notice you conveniently dismiss that weak excuse
@@Trajan2401 you are comparing a soft jail (Barnes) with an extermination camp (joubert)... it's your choice.
France didn't won anything... the coach and the French players are focus against Wales and England.
We respect them because they are still a good team
Covid... :(
they beat the Welsh in Cardiff despite their best missing players though
What have they done yet. They were very lucky to beat Ireland.
Funny
Ahhahaha 😂 you're funny. What did you do against Ireland again? 🤔😂 hammered in Twickenham 🤣 France managed to beat Wales in Cardiff (not the must beautiful victory of France, I admit, but who cares? 🤷♂) with most of half of their team sick. Next Saturday, you'll see the real French team at home, it won't be an easy one 😉
still on the same idea about France ?
This French side haven't proven anything they haven't done the 3 hardest things to do in rugby beat NZ or SA at home or win a world cup one good year and all of a sudden they're great hahaha come to NZ they'll get smashed just like Ireland are about too.
The biggest weakness of every french team/sportsman/woman is their arrogance. I think Glathié knows this and a lot of his efforts as a coach consist on keeping these guys humble and "la tête sur les épaules" as we say in french.
Lol by a rosbif
@@goatruthless616 from a frenchman, I agree with you, you guys are so much more arrogant than us... I just think what he means is, that we think the game is over before the ref blows his whistle. Galthié wants them to get more points as possible
Lmao you have Marcus Smith
End of the story
Il n'y a pas plus arrogant que les anglais et leur fameux sorry good game maintenant ça rigole moins au Royaume-Uni tant mieux parce qu'en France ça rigole beaucoup maintenant.
@@lagski815 well our teams also have a tendency to think a tournament is won even before it begins. Remember 2002 and 2021 in football, 2007 in rugby. On the contrary, French teams are never better when they're outsiders or criticised (1998 and 2018 football, 1999 and 2011 rugby for instance).
What are they doing thats so special? They haven't won a title in 12 years and people act like they are greatest thing ever, do they have a good team currently? Yes. This reaction to em is almost a fetish at this point. When Wales win title after title nothing gets said, France have one decent year and everyone goes nuts over them. I didn't know that If England beat Brazil in a friendly game of Soccer that it would be considered a bigger achievement than winning the Euros. Who cares if you beat the All Blacks. What matters is winning titles.
lol you angry?
"who cares if you beat the all blacks" yeah u prolly watch more football than rugby lad
13-9 in Cardiff, with half of the French team sick. Who cares about titles, if you can't even beat a diminished team at home?
Not to mention the massive spank Ireland gave you. Sorry not sorry, but look at facts, not ancient titles. You haven't won even a world cup
@@leopoldberger9037 ..
England beat France last year!
Wasn’t that against the French B team?
@@joeseph8788 Actually French C team with like half of the team with 0 selection back then
And even with that the ref decided the outcome of that game during prolongation
And this year France will destroy England
No guys he's right, last year 6 Nations England did beat us in Twickenham with a last and controversial Itoje try. France had a good game but not enough discipline to win it. This year will be different in Paris and with the hope of a Grand Slam coming
C french team and England almost lost have a look at this year !
Wales will beat france in Cardiff
Funny guy over here
With 2 red cards for France maybe 😅
William, you wish ! 😂😂😂
On a parallel universe, maybe
Wales were unlucky not to beat them in Paris for the grand slam last year. This year back in Cardiff the welsh will not want the French winning in Cardiff for a grand slam. every tournament wales get bet as the tournament moves along and England will be ireland too. Put some money on a double home teams in the six nations are hard to beat except Italy sorry no disrespect to Italy but facts.
Ntamack could be a weakness
didn't have the best game last saturday but what makes you say that?
I don’t think he is. I saw a stat, Ntamack has the most assist in the tournament, while having the least number of pass, 51 pass for Ntamack VS 100 pass for Biggar who has the most, Smith has 84. Ntamack is just less employed but when he touch the ball he is decisive, that shows he is very efficient. You don’t notice him because until now he didn’t have to really step in. I’m sure when France will be in difficulty he will step in and show he is a threat.
Its a joke?
@@philippebeillan6962 the stat?
Then we'll switch him for Jalibert if we need to for the RWC, but I don't think he really is a weakness. Also when he is in the zone (like vs Wales in '20 or vs ABs in '21) he has so much impact on the game.