2017 RLWC - A - W2 - AUS 52-6 FRA @ Canberra

[Timmah]

1. Billy Slater 2. Tom Trbojevic 3. Will Chambers 4. Josh Dugan 5. Josh Mansour
6. Michael Morgan 7. James Maloney
8. Jordan McLean 9. Cameron Smith 10. Regan Campbell-Gillard
11. Wade Graham 12. Tyson Frizell 13. Josh McGuire

14. Cameron Munster 15. Felise Kaufusi 16. Aaron Woods 17. David Klemmer
18. Valentine Holmes 19. Matt Gillett 20. Boyd Cordner 21. Dane Gagai

1. Mark Kheirallah 2. Fouad Yaha 3. Bastien Ader 4. Olivier Arnoud 5. Ilias Bergal
6. Remy Marginet 7. Theo Fages
8. Maxime Herold 9. Eloi Pelissier 10. Julian Bousquet
11. Benjamin Garcia 12. Benjamin Jullien 13. Jason Baitieri

14. Thibault Margalet 15. Mickael Rouch 16. Romain Navarrete 17. John Boudebza
18. Lucas Albert 19. Antoni Maria 20. Nabil Djalout 21. Lambert Belmas


Match Officials
Referee: Robert Hicks
Sideline Officials: Chris Sutton, Mark Craven
Video Referees: James Child​

 

[moffla]

Am I right to suggest a heap of fringe players will get a run? Would like to see Munster make his debut

 

[Rory]

Am I right to suggest a heap of fringe players will get a run? Would like to see Munster make his debut

100%, keen to see some debutantes

 

[JasonE]

My French team with the squad they have

Keirallah
Yaha
Julien
Ader
Bergal
Fages
Albert
Maria
Baitieri
Bousquet
Garcia
Navarette
Djalout

Reserves: Boyer, Pellissier, Margalet & Rouch

Gone for a bit more size.

 

[Coastbloke]

Since they blew it against Lebanon, I would really like France to take some risks and throw the ball around. Not to stupid to allow for probable intercepts, but some creative last tackle options..

Maybe a bit of physicality thrown in..

 

[adamkungl]

I'd love to see France pull off the upset of the century.... but...

 

[PARRA_FAN]

The last time the French played us in Australia was 1994 which was Meninga's last home grown test. That game was 58-0. Will we see a similar scoreline?

 

[GongPanther]

The last time the French played us in Australia was 1994 which was Meninga's last home grown test. That game was 58-0. Will we see a similar scoreline?

Conservatively,after 30 minutes.

 

[Jim from Oz]

My French team with the squad they have

Keirallah
Yaha
Julien
Ader
Bergal
Fages
Albert
Maria
Baitieri
Bousquet
Garcia
Navarette
Djalout

Reserves: Boyer, Pellissier, Margalet & Rouch

Gone for a bit more size.

Official team list:

France
1 Mark KHEIRALLAH
2 Fouad YAHA
3 Bastien ADER
4 Olivier ARNAUD
5 Ilias BERGAL
6 Remy MARGINET
7 Theo FAGES (c)
8 Maxime HEROLD
9 Eloi PELISSIER
10 Julian BOUSQUET
11 Benjamin GARCIA
12 Benjamin JULLIEN
13 Jason BAITIERI
14 Thibault MARGALET
15 Mickael ROUCH
16 Romain NAVARRETE
17 John BOUDEBZA

18 Lucas ALBERT
19 Antonio MARIA
20 Nabil DJALOUT
21 Lambert BELMAS

So Barthau (injured?) now not in the 21 … what do people think of that? And of the general team?

Hopefully Monsieur Bousquet has a real go!

 

[Jim from Oz]

The last time the French played us in Australia was 1994 which was Meninga's last home grown test. That game was 58-0. Will we see a similar scoreline?

… and in front of the all-time Parra stadium attendance record! (Of course, that was just before the #$%@^& Super League war arrived to send our beloved game into a near-fatal spin)

From wikipedia:

Record attendances[edit]

• The highest crowd to attend a match at Parramatta Stadium was for the rugby league Test match between Australia and France in 1994. This game attracted a crowd of 27,318 fans and was the first test played in Sydney since 1909 that was not played at either the Agricultural Oval (Sydney Showground), Sydney Cricket Ground or the Sydney Football Stadium.

 

[Jim from Oz]

The last time the French played us in Australia was 1994 which was Meninga's last home grown test. That game was 58-0. Will we see a similar scoreline?

Outrageous that 23 years has passed … shows the general contempt the NRL has for building the global RL game.

 

[PARRA_FAN]

Outrageous that 23 years has passed … shows the general contempt the NRL has for building the global RL game.

Well since that test match at Parramatta, we've played France 4 times. Second one in 1994, 2004, 2005 and 2009.

We played a French selection team in 2003, as they feared we'd smash them in a test match but in the end I think they only beat them by 18 points. They didn't recognise the 2004 match as a test match at first, but did a year later. 50-32 was the score.

 

[Jim from Oz]

Well since that test match at Parramatta, we've played France 4 times. Second one in 1994, 2004, 2005 and 2009.

We played a French selection team in 2003, as they feared we'd smash them in a test match but in the end I think they only beat them by 18 points. They didn't recognise the 2004 match as a test match at first, but did a year later. 50-32 was the score.

Sorry, I meant outrageous that 23 years has passed since Oz played France (one of the original 4 RLWC nations) in Oz …

 

[Storm13]

So Barthau (injured?) now not in the 21 … what do people think of that?

Believe after the Lebanon match he said he sustained a knee injury during the game. Guessing we won't see him again in the tournament.

 

[ed-grimley]

Am I right to suggest a heap of fringe players will get a run? Would like to see Munster make his debut

And Tom Trbojevic

 

[Evil Homer]

Taking on Australia with three part-time Elite players, WTF are they thinking

 

[jim_57]

Taking on Australia with three part-time Elite players, WTF are they thinking

Yeh really don't get some selections, seems like either selecting to give everyone a run or "we have to react because we lost against Lebanon". Either way crazy not going against Australia with a full strength team even if they will cop a flogging either way.

Julian Bosquet aparently has talked to an NRL player manager so he will be looking at a massive game in clubs are interested.

 

[THE CHAMP]

I'm tipping the kangaroos in this one.

 

[Coastbloke]

Closing my eyes tight and hoping France ambushes England and Tonga surprises the Kiwis..

And since this is a Au v Fra thread, I'll say France knows it can't beat the Kangaroos, so they are keeping their powder dry..

 

[Foreign Legion]

Regardless looking forwar to the game... bring on Friday