FRA vs. ENG: The Best Women's Rugby Game You're Likely To See All Year
FRA vs. ENG: The Best Women's Rugby Game You're Likely To See All Year
FloRugby is streaming France vs. England live on Saturday in the Women's Six Nations.
The best game of the 2018 Women's Six Nations, and possibly all year in women's rugby, is streaming live on FloRugby this Saturday afternoon.
France hosts England at Stade des Alpes in Grenoble. Both are 3-0 in the Women's Six Nations. Both have been virtually unstoppable but in different ways.
Watch W6N: England at France LIVE on FloRugby
The English set piece has been brutal, and England's inside game has defenses scrambling. The visitors don't spin it wide a lot but usually use their excellent forward pack to bash ahead and then unleash the centers to punish further.
Your fans' Player of the Match, Charlotte Pearce ? pic.twitter.com/YmZo94C8Ij
— England Rugby (@EnglandRugby) February 23, 2018
France loves to spin it and can bring on a bunch of different outside backs who are all dangerous. And the reason they are so dangerous is because the speed of the French ball-handling helps create space.
Captain and flanker Gaëlle Hermet is as good a player at that position as any in the world. She sets the tone, especially on defense, where France has given up only three points in three games.
? Les Bleues ont préparé se sont préparé à Marcoussis à un grand défi contre les Anglaises. Retour sur cette semaine riche et intense avec la capitaine @GaelleHermet, @lisouyette et @Caro_Drouin.
— FF Rugby (@FFRugby) March 9, 2018
Rdv demain à 21h sur @France4tv pour un crunch à ne pas manquer ! #FRAANG pic.twitter.com/d1FEc7Ie2M
It's power against defensive pressure. It's strength (with speed) against speed (with strength). It's the No. 2 team in the world against the No. 3. The winner should walk to the Six Nations title.
Center Jade Le Pesq has returned to fitness and will start for Les Bleues. Le Pesq, who is partnered in midfield by Carla Neisen, scored three tries in the first two rounds before injury forced her to miss the Italy match in round three. The only other changes come in the pack, with Audrey Forlani and Romane Ménager lining up in the second and back row, respectively.
England coach Simon Middleton makes seven changes to the team that defeated Scotland 43-8 in Glasgow in Round 3. Captain Sarah Hunter and Rachael Burford return to the starting lineup at No. 8 and outside center, respectively. Amber Reed joins Burford in the midfield. Try-scoring sensation Abigail Dow starts on the wing and Marlie Packer gets the nod at flanker.
England has won the last four meetings between these two teams, but France beat England the last time they played in France. The French are also 4-1 against England in their last five Six Nations meetings.
Saturday, March 10
Women’s Six Nations: England at France
2 PM — WATCH LIVE
France won it all in 2016, and England came back to unseat the French a year later. This is a meeting of the No. 2 team in the world (England) against the No. 3, and with both teams now 3-0, it will decide who resides at the top of the table heading into the final round.
Sunday, March 11
Women’s Six Nations: Italy at Wales
5:45 AM — WATCH LIVE
Wales takes on Italy at Principality Stadium in its own backyard in Round 4 of the Women’s Six Nations. Italy has not logged a victory yet but has been competitive, while Wales is looking to finish up with two wins and perhaps get to third.
Women’s Six Nations: Scotland at Ireland
9 AM — WATCH LIVE
It's a Donnybrook at Donnybrook as centuries-old rivals Scotland and Ireland try to settle their differences on the rugby pitch. Ireland is 2-1 and could even catch France or England with a victory against scrappy (but 0-3) Scotland.