RBS SIX Nations 2017: England vs France – Live Game Article

Published 4 February 2017 | By grootblousmile

England (9) 19 / 16 (9) France (Final Score)

England and France did battle in the RBS SIX Nations 2017 at

Twickenham Stadium, London, England at 18:50 SA Time (16:50 UK Time & GMT, 17:50 French Time).

This was the live match discussion Article.

The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 on TV in SA.

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Scorers:

England:

Penalties – Owen Farrell (3), Elliot Daly (1)
Drop Goals – 0
Tries – Ben Te’o (1)
Conversions – Owen Farrell (1)

France:

Penalties – Camille Lopez (3)
Drop Goals – 0
Tries – Rabah Slimani (1)
Conversions – Camille Lopez (1)

Teams:

England	France
4 February 2017 at 18:50 SA Time
Team: 15 Mike Brown, 14 Jonny May, 13 Jonathan Joseph, 12 Owen Farrell, 11 Elliot Daly, 10 George Ford, 9 Ben Youngs, 8 Nathan Hughes, 7 Tom Wood, 6 Maro Itoje, 5 Courtney Lawes, 4 Joe Launchbury, 3 Dan Cole, 2 Dylan Hartley (Captain), 1 Joe Marler Replacements: 16 Jamie George, 17 Matt Mullan, 18 Kyle Sinckler, 19 Teimana Harrison, 20 James Haskell, 21 Danny Care, 22 Ben Te’o, 23 Jack Nowell	Team: 15 Scott Spedding, 14 Noa Nakaitaci, 13 Gaël Fickou, 12 Rémi Lamerat, 11 Virimi Vakatawa, 10 Camille Lopez, 9 Baptiste Serin, 8 Louis Picamoles, 7 Kévin Gourdon, 6 Damien Chouly, 5 Yoann Maestri, 4 Sébastien Vahaamahina, 3 Uini Atonio, 2 Guilhem Guirado (Captain), 1 Cyril Baille Replacements: 16 Clément Maynadier, 17 Xavier Chiocci, 18 Rabah Slimani, 19 Arthur Iturria, 20 Loann Goujon, 21 Maxime Machenaud, 22 Yoann Huget, 23 Jean-Marc Doussain

Referee: Angus Gardner (Australia)
Assistant Referees: Glen Jackson (New Zealand), Marius van der Westhuizen (South Africa)
TMO: Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland)

64 Responses to RBS SIX Nations 2017: England vs France – Live Game Article

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Blue Bird on 4 February 2017 at 7:47 pm

‘Swing Low Sweet Chariot’

Evening All 🙂
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Blue Bird on 4 February 2017 at 7:48 pm

Flippit I lost my smiley……
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Blue Bird on 4 February 2017 at 7:49 pm

Sorry to hear about Joost, he has really been suffering. Tragic to see him so disabled by disease.
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2017 at 7:50 pm

2nd Half ON!
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2017 at 7:53 pm

England should take the lead with this kickable penalty…. missed off the righthand upright…
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2017 at 7:57 pm

Try Elliot Daly, England…

TMO
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Blue Bird on 4 February 2017 at 7:58 pm

Arghhhhhhh No try !
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2017 at 7:58 pm

No try… foot out
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2017 at 8:06 pm

England penalty, 5m out…. just inside the 15m from touch… shot it is.
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2017 at 8:07 pm

37 @ Blue Bird:
Hi there!
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Blue Bird on 4 February 2017 at 8:08 pm

@ grootblousmile: Hi GBS … How was the holiday a few weeks back?
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2017 at 8:11 pm

41 @ Blue Bird:
Mozambique was wonderful… went deep sea fishing, had a 17 Crayfish braai…. wonderful weather!

Was badly needed and appreciated.
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2017 at 8:14 pm

Tryyyyy France, Slimani!
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2017 at 8:15 pm

England 12 / 16 France
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Blue Bird on 4 February 2017 at 8:18 pm

Hope England’s home advantage takes effect soon!

Not very comfortable right now!
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Blue Bird on 4 February 2017 at 8:24 pm

@ grootblousmile:
Sounds exotic. I want to see Namibia sometime……
That looks fantastic.

66 minutes…. we need to pull our fingers out here, the Frogs are not making this easy!! 🙂
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2017 at 8:24 pm

Bit of a dour game… boring… lots of endeavour but nothing really happening….
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2017 at 8:26 pm

46 @ Blue Bird:
Namibia is a differently beautiful… desert beautiful… massive distances…

But fantastic nonetheless…
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2017 at 8:27 pm

10 Minutes to go in the game!

Try England!!
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Blue Bird on 4 February 2017 at 8:28 pm

Twickenham comes to life !!
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2017 at 8:28 pm

England 19 / 16 France
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Blue Bird on 4 February 2017 at 8:28 pm

Great kick
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2017 at 8:34 pm

5 Minutes to go… looks like England will eek out the win here.
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2017 at 8:35 pm

France defensive scrum, 10m from their own line…
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2017 at 8:38 pm

1 Minute to go in the game.
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2017 at 8:40 pm

France penalty, but on their own 10m line… they do not manage to kick out…
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2017 at 8:40 pm

Time is up on the clock… France has the ball…
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Blue Bird on 4 February 2017 at 8:40 pm

Oh me oh my…. WE DID IT… !! Yee Haa
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2017 at 8:41 pm

England penalty… game over!

England has now won 15 Tests in a row!
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Blue Bird on 4 February 2017 at 8:41 pm

@ Blue Bird:

Have a good evening GBS.

Catch you again sometime.

RBS SIX Nations 2017: England vs France – Live Game Article

England (9) 19 / 16 (9) France (Final Score)

England

France

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