an impermeable defense, difficulties against poles… What we liked and disliked during the victory of Les Bleues against Scotland

A demonstration and a lot of satisfaction. The XV of France crushed Scotland during the third day of the Six Nations Tournament, Sunday April 16, in Vannes (55-0). Nine tries scored, no points conceded and an almost total success for Les Bleues always launched towards the Grand Slam.

We liked

The tricolor iron defense

Irresistible in attack, the Bleues also distinguished themselves by their defense on the Rabine lawn. Hampered by the Scots who held the game all the first period, they resisted without cracking. Installed in the 22 French meters during two big sequences of possession at the start of the match, their opponents did not prove to be dangerous, well stopped by the tricolor curtain.

Until the last minute, and while the score had been acquired for a long time, the Bleues watched over the grain, to keep the first “clean sheet” of this Tournament. “We are happy that the girls wanted to not let go of anything from the beginning to the end, and not to take a test”greeted co-trainer Gaëlle Mignot after the match.

In tune and effective entrants

The staff had bet on a large workforce review to continue to stimulate their players. Well he took it. In Vannes, the former substitutes and one-night starters particularly distinguished themselves, like Mélissande Llorens, named player of the match for her first tenure, when she was not even on the match sheet during the first two meetings.

Replaced by Morgane Bourgeois against Ireland, Emilie Boulard scored a hat-trick and reigned at the back. Left on the bench since the start of the competition, Gaëlle Hermet also went there for her test, as did Romane Ménager and Maëlle Filopon, who were celebrating their first appearance in the group. So many signs of the richness and quality of this group, still under construction.

A rediscovered discipline

It was one of the black points of the first two outings of the French, who had received a yellow card against Italy, and even a red card against Ireland. Facing Scotland, the Blues have finally made a cleaner copy in terms of discipline. If they were penalized as much as in their first two meetings (9), this time they were not penalized, and were able to play in full from the first to the last minute. “There was a very united state of mind which allowed us to make this match “summarized Emilie Boulard.

We liked less

Transformations to take care of

If we have to look for a negative point in this demonstration, we can mention the difficulties facing the poles, which seem to pursue the French women. Against the XV du Chardon, Jessy Trémoulière posted a disappointing 50% success rate (4/8). It took three attempts for the Romagnat player to finally pass a transformation, after completely missing her kick on the first, and seeing the second miss. Back on the hour mark, Clara Arbez transformed the last try and slightly straightened the French balance sheet (5/9), which is still insufficient.