Jauzion and Vermeulen were the only ones who shown a glimpse of what French Rugby should be about. Traille was alright-ish but Szarsewski just couldn't hit a barn door with a banjo and Pelous lead through example by getting himself binned for the second time in a week. The others were just outplayed and mainly looked bad because their direct opponent was just better, simple really. But that's not the only reason, oh no. You can't be the 2nd best team in the world, experience your worst ever defeat on home soil and just blame it on the other guys. In that instance a gallic shrug will just not do I'm afraid. The ABs were great but surely some of the blame as to rest with us as well. If not we might as well forget about next year and give Billy to the MIBs right now.

Now, of course Bernard "Crazy Bernie" Laporte would have us all believe that the ABs are better than us because they run faster and pump more irons. Well, Bernard, let me tell you something. That is excrement of the bovine variety. Not only it is bullshit but it's disrespectful. Disrespectful to the ABs, to Graham Henry and also to the average french fan's intelligence. The ABs may well be stronger, faster and more agressive than we are but that's not the whole reason why they kicked our collective derriere. No, they beat us because they have a fucking game plan! They know where they're at and they know where they are going. We simply don't. They are fucking serious about winning the RWC while us, with ten month to go, we're still flip-flopping our way towards it.

For the life of me I couldn't try to explain what our game plan is, seriously, I don't have a clue. Back 4 years ago you could tell the Rosbifs knew what they were doing, right now you can defenitely tell the ABs know what they are doing, what the hell are WE doing? Do you want to know to know what our game plan is? I'll tell you, it's simple: disrupt the opponent's game. That's it. Woo fucking hoo. You spot a weakness in the opponent's game and you exploit it. That's what we've been doing for years. Sometimes it works, like when we unleashed a rabid Betsen on Wilko back in 2002. And sometimes it doesn't, like last night. Up and unders? Who came up with that freaking idea? Seriously? You play the best team in the world and all we can come up with is mauls and freaking up and unders?

That's negative Rugby that's what it is, disrupt the opponent's game, it might work for others but it simply doesn't for us. We are France for fuck sake, we shouldn't give a shit about the opposition! Did Blanco give a shit about Lynagh, Campese and co in 1987? No, he didn't. Did Lamaison give a shit about Lomu, Wilson and co in 1999? No, double no. That's not us, that's not how France should play Rugby. We should do our thing and let the opponent worry about disrupting our game, not the other way around.

So, Bernie, if you're listening, pull your shit together, come up with a positive game plan - not a negative one - and let it fucking rip will ya! We are creators for crying out loud, come up with something creative and let's stick to it. Reactionaries don't win World Cups Bernie, innovators do.