So can France thrive without Antoine Dupont?

So can France thrive without Antoine Dupont? | Six Nations 2024

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@callumgreeeny 3 ай бұрын

Clicked on the notification faster than Willemse getting two yellows.

@marcbuisson2463 3 ай бұрын

Here, get an upvote full of tears

@julienmccallin1848 3 ай бұрын

Clicked on the notification faster than Borthwick dropped Ben Spencer

@thewelshfriend8198 3 ай бұрын

Nice to hear from Will! Been a while!

@MU-TH-UR 3 ай бұрын

Penaud's laughing is something else....(15:00)

@andremaube5069 3 ай бұрын

Dupont is so good that Jason Statham has been recruited to replace him

@pjvish 3 ай бұрын

Turns out we couldn't.... 'strong French sobbing'

@kreishon 3 ай бұрын

It’s Will Owen’s world, we’re just living in it

@morganvaughan9257 3 ай бұрын

Tremendous from brother Squidge 🎊

@mochababy2 3 ай бұрын

Ireland said No

@lewisjenkins8928 3 ай бұрын

It's a strange one. I think France have effectively lost their X-Factor, but that seems harsh when you look at the rest of their team. Overall, I think they've lost the one player in the world who can see when a defender is effectively a half inch out of position; but that's not too bad when the majority of your team can see when they're half a foot out.

@fredericdehohenstaufen7874 3 ай бұрын

Apparently it still makes a big difference. Lucu is ok to finish a game seriously, but not to make a whole game at that level and not to win a game which you're about to lose. Too "normal" of a player.

@jop2663 3 ай бұрын

@@fredericdehohenstaufen7874while I don't necessarily disagree, we also have to consider that the last time France played ireland, the result was almost identical to last night despite Dupont playing in that one

@fredericdehohenstaufen7874 3 ай бұрын

@@jop2663 Well, the score is not always saying everything. Last year, it was in Dublin, this year in France. Secondly, last year the game was even at half-time, with France even having the score advantage at some point. Yesterday it felt like France couldn't do anything, and just managed to get 2 tries with some fluke (the second is not valid for me) to stay at a one-try distance. Yes Ireland was better both times, but the manner is also significant. Ireland was great last year, France was appaling ths time. I think it's one the of the poorest game on the french's side I've seen in 5 years, just the feeling that they couldn't do a thing, completely destroyed for 80 mins and not even by a superb Ireland. Ireland was really good, but on theirs standards (which are really high, but still). The tries were not even that hard to achieve, French defense was completely "aux fraises", or off on 4 of the 5 tries. Nonetheless, I'm not that scared for France since I think there is also a lot about getting back in shape with new systems, new trainers (Ghezzal and Labit left), new players and the young generation. We can clearly see galthié's thinking is a little off balance. He tried to put some stability with UBB's players, but at International level, talent works better than solidity, especeially for France's rugby culture. It's the same in Toulouse's team, having a solid foundation doesn't do the trick when you miss 8 key players, even for the best club in Europe. They can bring all the solid 2nd choices they want, who know the club and the systems, they lose 75% of their games during international periods.

@fabienhammerer3588 3 ай бұрын

Pinpoint analysis, great jokes! A lunch break well spent. Thanks both!

@zisssssou 3 ай бұрын

Teddy Thomas hair are the best support lines of this video.

@aidanmasterson50 3 ай бұрын

Poor Lucu got zero protection from a jaded looking French pack.

@leodutriaux3748 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the slower pace of your speech in this video, it helped a lot non native english speakers like me!

@Alornell 3 ай бұрын

At some point, I decided to be ok with understanding only half of the video haha

@rorybessell8280 3 ай бұрын

It's because it's his brother, not the regular Squidge

@leodutriaux3748 3 ай бұрын

@@rorybessell8280 I thought the voice was different indeed, thanks ! But regardless, it was easier for me to follow !

@neezamoafrica1546 3 ай бұрын

Appreciate that you were not talking too fast in this video. - Subscribed!

@brunoc129 3 ай бұрын

10:55 "Also up there is a... Map of Toulouse..." had me dying

@lisas.231 3 ай бұрын

I've always loved your hyperbolic descriptions of Antoine Dupont because they make me laugh a lot, so of course i love this video.

@joaocemoura 3 ай бұрын

I was way too distracted for that Penaud laugh at the end. Seriously, Squidge stops talking, dead silence, no outro music, nothing. and then that Hyaena starts howling and I just couldn't hold it in, straight up burst out laughing at my desk

@egirlgamerviolet1984 3 ай бұрын

again thank you extensively for releasing this

@austinwebster3799 3 ай бұрын

Such a calming voice I have this on repeat to fall asleep. Great video though❤️

@brunodupont8494 3 ай бұрын

Amazing video, thanks for introducing the bro, I might not have noticed otherwise :-)

@countycricklewood 3 ай бұрын

Well after Fridays game? Non!

@Sadicolog 3 ай бұрын

The Beekeeper comin' in hot for this six nation. Ready to kick ass and take names.

@leonardodavinci7425 3 ай бұрын

Based on the performance against Ireland last night, France are definitely missing Dupont!

@08padam 3 ай бұрын

to me the issue was clearly the forwards that got demolished and putting Jalibert in 13 position when defending. But Lucu had a terrible game

@huquui8789 Ай бұрын

Le Garrec is magical !

@joeyfischler1031 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the upload goat. ❤

@josht7385 3 ай бұрын

Work done, Squidge on! Roll on the game

@ritchiebudd3758 3 ай бұрын

Loving this extra content

@elscruffomcscruffy8371 3 ай бұрын

A teams success is built on depth, not one player

@anthonybracuti6898 3 ай бұрын

sounds like you've got a rough throat, hope you're ok squidge

@SquidgeRugby 3 ай бұрын

Yeah, had an infection the last week but it’s starting to clear up. Appreciate it, and fair play for noticing!

@Sam.Barclay 3 ай бұрын

I make happy noises when I see a new Squidge video has been posted

@howardhorner226 3 ай бұрын

This is excellent Will, fantastic work!

@Dedbeatz. 3 ай бұрын

After Friday nights result. This video is hilarious 😂. It's still a quality video though.

@jht966 3 ай бұрын

Pain- 😭😭😭😭😭😭. After the result.

@luccornic9980 3 ай бұрын

France depth is insane ... probably the largest pool of players in the world. Lucu is simply unlucky to be n°2 behind the best player in the world. But he is a great player himself and improved A LOT over the last 2 years. He is running the show together with Jalibert now with Bordeaux. Very different style of playing compared with Dupont but he also brings something to the table. He is a leader, a true fighter and never gives up. Dupont also has that but sometimes he is just miles ahead of his teamates and seems a little "too" calm. And Le Garrec ... I hope he will have some decent playing time because this guy is coming ! 21 years old, already very experienced and showing huge improvement since the begining of the season too. I am really excited to see how these two are going to perform this year. We also have a lot of angry and super talented young players waiting for their time! Meafou and Tuilagui at 5, Le Garrec at 9, and Deporteere (!!!) at 13. I want to see them in this year's 6 Nations. Allez les Bleus! Grand Slam it is, and it starts with the most difficult challenge tonight!

@Swartberry007 3 ай бұрын

Have you heard a little country. South Africa

@luccornic9980 3 ай бұрын

@@Swartberry007 make your point clearer man it's not a trash youtube channel

@jamieoshea1681 3 ай бұрын

@@Swartberry007oh look, South Africans making it about them, that’s new.

@ruairihannigan-5357 3 ай бұрын

That is a fair point, but is Lucu really experienced enough on the international stage and Le Garrec definitely isn’t experienced enough. France just didn’t seem like the same team today against Ireland they really lacked a leader in my opinion, maybe Ireland were too good this evening, but like you rarely see a player get a yellow and then a straight red in international rugby that could just be my opinion though. I wouldn’t be crazy shocked if Scotland managed to beat them

@ruairihannigan-5357 3 ай бұрын

@@Swartberry007ever heard of a little score and a little country. Ireland and 13-8, 🤫🤫🤫

@stephenennis9964 3 ай бұрын

Great job Will!

@user-aero68 3 ай бұрын

"J'adore les spades" ... 😂 👏👏👏

@sumboi2321 3 ай бұрын

After last night’s game, the short answer is no

@nefarious8278 3 ай бұрын

had the vid on in the background and didnt even notice that it was brother squidge till about 7 minutes in

@markkavanagh8483 3 ай бұрын

Well after last night one can see that proof of the pudding is in the eating and Ireland devoured France in Marseille. France were flat , soft and rudderless. Wooden spoon form I would suggest, that’s how much they miss DuPont.

@johnmartin2901 3 ай бұрын

While waiting for the other phenomenon Baptiste Jeauneau. There are more good 9 than good 3 in France.

@jamieflynn9077 3 ай бұрын

Yes *edited* NO

@Ali-gk3xy 3 ай бұрын

I can't wait for Galthiè to have a full blown panic attack at some point this year. And name Tomos Ramos at Scrum Half

@tim40gabby25 3 ай бұрын

Ireland stuffed France - surely not just the abscence of the wee man?

@M-attc1626 3 ай бұрын

Post match-the answer is no France were like a wet towel

@M-attc1626 3 ай бұрын

Ireland weren’t at the races either, gave away silly penalties and possession early doors and they couldn’t capitalize

@iamnutty8471 3 ай бұрын

the curse of the day before reviews continues fior the team he names!

@AnBreadanFeasa 3 ай бұрын

Oh dear... that aged a bit quickly ("',)

@mihaipopescu1295 3 ай бұрын

... in the absence of Dupont... France went down... in a tragic manner...

@emerkel15 3 ай бұрын

Any thoughts on Serin? Was sure he'd make a comeback but La Garrec existing may have put that out of reach bc of age. When's he's not hurt he's pretty special to watch.

@Nathan-zb1rh 3 ай бұрын

Juste started watching the video but yes, France Can and will thrive this tournament. (Still gonna watch the entire thing, big fan of yours here) Enjoy the tournament y'all !

@cateym 3 ай бұрын

🤔

@casperselka671 3 ай бұрын

Short answer after Ireland- NO

@Marcelo19961996 3 ай бұрын

Another banger from the Owen Brothers

@deeps2169 3 ай бұрын

Hit the notification quicker than England training injured Oscar Beard

@rolandluth2098 3 ай бұрын

Against Ireland, the absence of Dupont was not the issue. The whole team lacked physicallity and discipline.

@saoirsedeltufo7436 3 ай бұрын

Penaud's laugh will haunt my nightmares

@julkru1073 3 ай бұрын

You should hear him sing!!!

@amsmtg 3 ай бұрын

Nice. A sub that slips on easily!

@SAMB542 3 ай бұрын

Thoroughly enjoyed that from the other rugby talky man.

@HereComesTheStormTrooper 3 ай бұрын

France lacked many, many things this evening.

@Nathan-zb1rh 3 ай бұрын

For non-French rugby enjoyer : the Lucu-Jalibert pair is stunning in club games these times. I totally trust them in this France team.

@pierre4322 3 ай бұрын

😬

@Nathan-zb1rh 3 ай бұрын

@@pierre4322 yeah, didn't age well...

@pierre4322 3 ай бұрын

@@Nathan-zb1rh to our despair…

@kylelouer4323 3 ай бұрын

Finest player in Europe. Give ardie some credit man, I agree he’s the best 9 and easy top 5 in the world

@charlottescott7150 3 ай бұрын

Great analysis. If only France hadn't been oddly off last night.

@johnmartin7370 3 ай бұрын

Oh Dear, I just watched this Now... After "THE" Result. still You are the Very ultimatest bestest demonically entertaining accurate and groundbreaking reporting predicting and genius SEXTON QUALITY speaker of the whole Rugby world .... Thanks :-D ... 'Smug grin on mo mush'. Am I turning Welsh? ps. I have a Coffee Machine which I class as the Sexton Quality Coffee machine, you can have it but you will have to kill me first).

@MrBillbo2003 3 ай бұрын

Keeping it under 250 words per minute for this one I see. Crafty Welshmen 😂 good stuff

@LJW1912 3 ай бұрын

Well as I watch it's 31 minutes and it's Ireland 17-3 up, I'm going to guess 'no'

@mvubu6823 3 ай бұрын

Nice job Will Squidge 0.75 speed

@iallso1 3 ай бұрын

Watching this as the live score comes in, and yes France will miss Dupont.

@Iloverugby396 Ай бұрын

0:36 bro just tackled him teamate

@ruairihannigan-5357 3 ай бұрын

THE ANSWER: No they cannot hey definitely cannot, 38-17 says they cannot.

@MaryHarry-hh4pq 3 ай бұрын

Im no Irishman but anton dipon or any others have the brain kuje sexton he was tge best kije a good general and won great games by his moves and best kicker ever

@georgesweeney4171 3 ай бұрын

Is this the first video that squdge has a voice over… or is it just me.. new sqidge not a bad first day we’ll played … or else I’m losing it 😂😂😂 I’m on the fence 😂😂

@NateMulder 3 ай бұрын

So the answer based on tonight was "no"

@Alfonzridesagain 3 ай бұрын

I know it's the definition of not topical but would love some new episodes of the pod

@SquidgeRugby 3 ай бұрын

Early next week! Sorry about the wait. We keep intending to record then something happens.

@Alfonzridesagain 3 ай бұрын

@@SquidgeRugby Great news thanks lads

@business3867 3 ай бұрын

Squidge brother = pretty cool

@Andybe90 3 ай бұрын

Erik lund award! Shout out to the most famous Norwegian International! :D

@Randisides 3 ай бұрын

I was driving in cadiff one day and i saw Antonie walking crossing the road in front of me. I sat there wondering if i was a traitor for not running him over at that monment, Antoine is one of the best players in the world.

@knoll9812 3 ай бұрын

Pretty sure they made him in a lab

@skyepie5250 3 ай бұрын

France missed him tonight

@tiaanbezuidenhout8131 3 ай бұрын

No, we got a massive scare when Malcolm got injured. Would have changed the final when Bongi went off early.

@Nouga-sh6wy 3 ай бұрын

Match start in 90 minutes 😮

@fraserposford144 3 ай бұрын

Might as well make a series of these for 1. England without Farrell 2. Wales without Biggar 3. Scotland without Hogg Some big stars missing this Six Nations 😂

@lesblues1203 3 ай бұрын

How quickly will world Rugby take this one down

@wyrw 3 ай бұрын

I wasn't impressed by Lucu at the World Cup. I thought the ball speed was a lot slower with him, and preferred when Couilloud was at 9. France have had more time to prep than when Dupont got injured at the World Cup, so I guess we'll see how Lucu does over the tournament.

@PonchoGreg 3 ай бұрын

Fair enough - I've always noticed a big dropoff in ruck speed when Lucu came on vs the "3-second Dupont" monster... But I've got to say I've been super impressed by Lucu at Bordeaux recently. Very very quick and efficient, just marshalling that offence and turning the screw on when needed. Quietly confident in him and Jalibert given their run of form. But we'll see...

@wyrw 3 ай бұрын

@@PonchoGreg I haven't seen him play for his club, so can't comment on that. Him and Jalibert playing together regularly is of course a benefit though.

@pierre4322 3 ай бұрын

I hope we'll see how Le Garrec does. Lucu won't be there in 2027

@Happy_Zulu 3 ай бұрын

Indeed. In 2027 these guys will be in their prime.

@RLuke103 3 ай бұрын

Watching the Ireland v France game now. The answer is no.

@leandrocataldi5747 3 ай бұрын

Well apparently not (post first 2024 six nations game. Hope it’s a one off)

@tarbarik9754 3 ай бұрын

yes

@nicolasv577 3 ай бұрын

The truth is, while Dupont is an exceptional rugby player, probably one of the best ever, In Top 14 , he is barely the best 9. While the others like Lucu don't have the same range of abilities than Dupont, they are solid, reliable, consistent 9s. Just watch any UBB game and look how fast Lucu is getting the ball of the ruck compared to Dupont and you'll see what I'm talking about. So of course Dupont will be missed during this tournament, but he's being replaced by an exceptional player, whose subbed by another exceptional player. And even without them, other really good players and future stars remain available for the french national team. And that goes for nearly every positions, execpt perhaps the front row . Thank's for the video!

@AuxaneST 2 ай бұрын

The answer seems to be: absolutely not. Update: Maybe with Le Garrec

@johnmc3862 3 ай бұрын

The squi😊dgemeister is back.

@cameronjeffrey9003 3 ай бұрын

Wait…did you use footage from the RWC… Bill is coming

@spacejambdx 3 ай бұрын

Even with Dupont playing Irland 60 minutes at 14 not gonna change the outcome of the match

@doggyplayzdoggy3197 3 ай бұрын

Have you got a six nations fantasy league?

@callummackie4788 3 ай бұрын

You should watch the new Whistleblowers rugby documentary

@JHayes5 3 ай бұрын

well it turns out we can't

@Skinineful 3 ай бұрын

Oooh, Squidgey, saying that the rugby player with the most Briton last name ever spawned "in Paris" is bound to make some French people reaaaaaally mad

@brianbarcroft9167 3 ай бұрын

It's pronounced Dupon. The T is silent. Sorry to be pedantic.

@glynos 3 ай бұрын

You mean 'fastidious.' Sorry to be finicky.

@brianbarcroft9167 3 ай бұрын

@@glynosNo I meant pedantic. That's why I said it😊

@cateym 3 ай бұрын

Was this video released after Ireland beat France??

@MrCravendish 3 ай бұрын

What do France do now having come up far short of where they had hoped to be? It's frustating to watch them when they can't quite get it togwther, the yellow cards definitely threw them off but you'd have thought they would cope better

@lukeswan7776 3 ай бұрын

Apparently not

@matthewvanrensburg3824 3 ай бұрын

My humble 2cents. France and Ireland are polar opposites. Sexton is/was holding Ireland back. Ireland are a better team without him, just need the players to realise their own value and ability, and to stop thinking they are nothing without him. He regularly costs Ireland big games with his ego, poor decision making ect in big games. The Ireland team has the grey matter while Sexton too often makes the wrong the decision as captain ect, for all his talent and ability to make great individual plays, he does so at the cost of the team as a whole. Dupont is the core of France. Without him, they are going to struggle to find themselves. He is a true catalyst for France. The brains behind their attack and key to unlocking defenses. The French team, has all the talent, but not the grey matter in a way Dupont has, for reading a game, reading the opposition. For all his individual talent, its his ability to get the best out of his team around him in his ability to direct them, show them the path, that is his value in contrast to Sexton. Going to be an interesting season watching the fortunes for each team unfold without these two players.