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February 28, 2010

Posted on 02/28/2010

France's flakiness offers England hope

As Wales proved on Friday, if you turn the screw on Marc Lièvremont’s talented team they are eminently beatable, so writes Paul Ackford in the Sunday Telegraph.

"So, only England stand between France and their first Grand Slam since 2004. It is true that France still have to overcome Italy in Paris next match up, but it is inconceivable that they will let that one slip. But England, also at the Stade de France? That could be a different matter altogether.

"Friday night's tumultuous encounter with Wales in Cardiff served up two apparently mutually exclusive truths. One, that France are far and away the most complete side in the championship. And two, as Wales aptly demonstrated when they rattled them for the first 30 minutes of the second half, that they are also eminently beatable."

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