McIlorum starting at 9 with Roby on the bench.
S.Burgess shifted to the second row, Ferres on the bench.

I'll go for....England 40 France 12 (Surely France can produce one half decent performance) if not 60+ for us.

Hope france dont roll over and give up if we get a couple of early tries. We could do with a tough game and a bit of a test at least. Unfortunately I havent seen anything to suggest they can keep the difference to less than 40. No matter how much the BBC are building it up as though theres 2 fairly even teams about to take the pitch (I understand they have to do that)

Good crowd!

The French have scored

Oh dear! Our kicking needs to be deeper.

Micky Mac and Charnley playing there way out of the team

Watch how slow Micky is passing the ball. Also dropped off a tackle.

And too many penalties.

Tackling is very sloppy

Anyone still think our centres can defend? France have tagetted both sides early with success.

Limping into the semis isn't a great way to prepare for the world champions. Mcclorum bouncing off too many tackles. Hill needs to think about his offloads, having great tournament but doesn't look when offloading.

Good try looked slightly forward though.

Tomkins has started very well...

The French seem to be going up the field quite too quickly for my liking

It's terrifying just how easily France are making ground at this early stage.