But since Italy joined the 6 nations exactly WHAT have they ever won???

Franc ewould be competitive at RL but for 2 things.

Their players are pretty poor.

Their 'coach' is not really a coach.


Id sooner have seen Wales play in this 4 nations rather than the French.

See IMHO the reason France look so poor shows how far the Aus/Eng game has come over the last ten years or so.
They've now got more full time and better players than they had years ago and look worse than ever.
It will take time and yes Italy are really poor but they're improving year on year, you should have seen em a few years ago Barry, only need a bitta Benny Hill music and you could watch it for comedy.
France will really improve if they get a second SL team, as it stands at the mo, give it 5 years and Wales will be much better

The French need a big name decent coach.

Bobbie Goulding?? That guy was never destined to be a coach. How on EARTH he got that job I will never know. I suspect it was so it makes France actually look worse at footy than England


If I was in charge of the French RL I would do whatever it took to get Wayne Bennett as national coach.

I'm not saying France will win but they have the potential to give teams a bit of a headache.

Their teams is a lot better than the one that was at the World Cup.

What was their excuse in June, then?

If you believe that.....and a lot of people think that England are actually WORSE now than they were last November......are you concerned that England might finish bottom of the 4 nations table?

No. England will beat France and NZ but I doubt they'll beat Australia. I think France had a bad World Cup.

I can't see England beating anyone in this other than France.

But as always with NZ...it depends which team turns up.

If they put in a good performance against Australia on Saturday then they will take on England full of confidence, especially if France play well against England tomorrow.

And a confident Benji Marshall playing well is bad news for anyone

Big hit on his shoulder, problem sorted.

The Continuous Call Team here in Sydney said they watched it this morning and were thoroughly unimpressed apart from James Graham. Reckon he's a Ben Hannent look-a-like.

Can this thread be made a sticky so anyone threatening to take Barry McKenzie seriously can quickly see the error of their ways?

Poor first half from France 12-4.

Moron.

Don't comment on things you don't understand...

Lets have a look at my original post

You wrote off the French before the game.

Like the majority of people with no clue.

I don't see the comments regarding France leading at half time.

Amateur hour...