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8:06 p.m. : It took little for the XV of France to concede its first defeat since July 2021 in Italy (victory 29-24). Put under pressure by a playful Italian team, terribly undisciplined, the Blues did not really reassure, six days before a perilous trip to Dublin. Several reasons explain these difficulties in beating a selection yet, on paper, less armed. We detail them here.
(MARCO IACOBUCCI / MAXPPP)
7:38 p.m. : “IWe really have to regulate our game in relation to refereeing. However, we have worked on it, but we see that we are in difficulty mainly in this area.
Fabien Galthié returned to the laborious victory of the XV of France in Italy earlier, at the microphone of France 2.
(FRANCE 2)
6:53 p.m. : The going blue, Dumortier uninhibited but a glaring indiscipline … Our comrades from franceinfo sport offer you a report of what they liked and disliked in the victory of the XV of France in Italy.
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5:54 p.m. : Let’s hope that this painful victory will serve as a counter example for the rest of the tournament. Congratulations to the Italians who will be galvanized for the future!
5:58 p.m. : The last six minutes in apnea! Phew, relief
5:56 p.m. : Glass half full, the Blues also bring Rome’s offensive bonus point. “But there is nothing to jump everywhere”after this victory, recognizes Antoine Dupont hot on France 2.
5:52 p.m. : Unbreathable in this second period. The victory is there but we will have to raise the level for the continuation otherwise we will eat an Irish clover soup.
5:56 p.m. : Difficult match for our Blues! It’s the least we can say….
5:51 p.m. : Congratulations to the Italian team, valiant and disciplined.
5:50 p.m. : Catastrophic indiscipline of the XV of France today! To be corrected urgently,
5:50 p.m. : Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuf! The XV of France escapes the trap in Italy by a hair (29-24) for its entry into the running in the Six Nations Tournament. The defending champion was very very hot.
5:47 p.m. : We are entering the last minute of regulation time for this Italy-France, and the Italians still have the ball, again on a penalty. Five points ahead for the Blues.
5:40 p.m. : Phew, the Italian penalty attempt misses the tricolor posts. We are there.
5:43 p.m. : “We do too much shit”said Marchand on the bench
5:36 p.m. : We totally agree. We are not playing well even if we have just scored.
5:35 p.m. : You too, you did not think to shout with joy on a test of Matthieu Jalibert, who has just come into play, after a slalom in the Italian defense? He’s doing good there! 29-24 for the Blues, we breathe again. There are 12 minutes left to play.
5:34 p.m. : If we go into detail: 10 players made 1 or more errors (penalty, forward). In 40 minutes, EDF returned 21 balloons. The result? The Blues had only 3 game launches (2 touches, a scrum). Impossible to put the Italy team in uncomfortable areas
5:44 p.m. : I see you in the comments accusing the referee of all evils, we could first start by looking at the rugby porridge offered by the French, if only in the first period.
5:31 p.m. : Basically, the Italian pack plays for Benetton Treviso, and in the back lines, we play in France or England.
5:31 p.m. : The Italians play for Italian clubs or not (Ange in Toulouse, and the others?)
5:30 p.m. : @Kevin We were precisely discussing it in the editorial staff, wouldn’t this possible setback put the France team back in place?
5:30 p.m. : I prefer a gadin now than next September…
5:28 p.m. : Cavolo ! This match goes down the drain and Italy takes control on the scoreboard thanks to a new penalty. 24-22 for the Transalpine in an ecstatic Olympic Stadium!
5:45 p.m. : From there to say, we play like pasties against the Italians, we are not very far from it…
5:24 p.m. : It’s starting to look like the Italy-Australia match last fall… Won by the Italians!
5:24 p.m. : A distant penalty from Thomas Ramos slips past the posts. Nothing goes, or almost, in this second period. 22-21 for the Blues59th.
5:23 p.m. : @Aveyron45 We shouldn’t forget either that the Italian team still has much better players than five years ago, and that shows in the youth categories! But our strong start was a bit of a trompe-l’oeil compared to the real qualities of the transalpine formation.
5:22 p.m. : So many penalties conceded, indiscipline and perhaps also a little complacency compared to Italy, the French are complicating the match on their own.
5:20 p.m. : @rugby Yesterday, the English and the Scots played with flocked shirts, and it’s extremely rare! Because in rugby, a player does not keep his jersey number like in football. If he is a substitute next week, an unlikely hypothesis, I grant you that – but Antoine Dupont will not be taking his number 9 with him. This complicates the flocking and marketing of jerseys in the names of players.
5:20 p.m. : Hello everyone. A subsidiary question.. why the players of the France team do not have their name on the shirts while all the other teams have it.. moreover since this year. I have always asked without answer why at rugby players don’t have names like football. Does anyone have the answer?! THANKS.
5:16 p.m. : I feel like I’m seeing France before 2020 again…
5:16 p.m. : Ollivon pays for the liabilities and for the others! It’s harsh!
5:16 p.m. : AIE Aie Aie ! Double punishment for the Blues! Charles Ollivon, guilty of collapsing a well-placed Italian maul, receives a yellow card and costs the Blues a penalty try! The Italians are back in a hurry! 22-21 for Blues reduced to 14 for 10 minutes, it will be unbreathable this second period.
5:03 p.m. : All roads lead to Rome, and the French must pick up the thread of their match as the kick-off of the second half has just been given. As a reminder, the Blues have a slim lead (19-14) after the first 40 minutes.
4:56 p.m. : Indeed a lot of faults, and in the end impression of a very average team despite three tries! I also fear encounters with Ireland and England…
4:56 p.m. : It may seem unfair to say that given his two assists on foot, but game after game I really find that R.Ntamack does not bring much to the game, he is really not incisive, the entire creation is based on A.Dupont…
4:51 p.m. : For the pleasure of the eyes, we go back to the three tricolor tests of the first period? You can find them in this article updated as the game progresses.
(FRANCE 2)
4:49 p.m. : Very mediocre performance of the French over this first period…
4:48 p.m. : Oh dear. It’s going to be stressful…
4:47 p.m. : If we do that against Ireland we will be chopped up…
4:49 p.m. : A last transalpine penalty allows the Italians to return to the locker room for half-time with the flattering score of . The Blues dominate, but sin by indiscipline. “No fault, no fault”as Bernard Laporte, then coach, said in a memorable locker room chat 20 years ago.
4:40 p.m. : What faults of the XV of France today…
4:39 p.m. : Very nice essay by Capuozzo! Too bad we didn’t take him in our XV!
4:39 p.m. : The little fullback Ange Capuozzo saves his transalpine partners from the Hell of Dante (and Galthié). Despite a good return from Grégory Aldritt who tries to send the featherweight rear into touch, the Italian manages to reach out to flatten and put the Nazionale back in the match (, 33rd).
4:31 p.m. : The third try is really superb.
4:47 p.m. : The Italian concrete cracks in front of Ethan Dumortier! The tricolor neophyte, top try scorer in the French championship, grabs a light pass from Romain Ntamack to score the third tricolor try. after the transformation of Thomas Ramos, the sky is blue for the Blues, 28th.
4:29 p.m. : @tom Since there are about ten countries that practice this sport at a high level, and that 80% are Anglo-Saxon, we inevitably often come across a Welshman, an Englishman, a Scottish, or a South African…
4:48 p.m. : Is the referee English? It’s normal ? Shouldn’t that be a referee from the southern hemisphere?
4:27 p.m. : Italian re-penalty, re-Tommaso Allan, and it’s 12-6 on the scoreboard for the Blues in the 23rd.
4:27 p.m. : @fanny The referee is actually English, but there, on Ramos’ try, it’s quite generous to validate it as the Habs don’t quite control the ball when flattening. A really fussy man in black would have turned him down.
In general, it is the trial made to all the referees who officiate during the matches of the Blues, especially when they have an Anglo-Saxon sounding name.