France never said they were going to win by 21, on the opposite situation Scotland would have thought and talked about it the same way. Hogg is a great player, but he s stupid and definitely not the best person to talk about respect.

@@nicotandem7058 No I don't think Scotland would. What your saying is called projection.

@@nicotandem7058 lol so salty hahaha

@@galinor7 Of course 😂

I remember in 1998 when we, Ireland, were going to play France in Paris, the build up to the game was similar. The French were taking bets as to who would score the first try, talk of hitting 50+ and a soccer match in training, fired Ireland up and they tore into France and nearly won the match,. Lesson don’t disrespect your opposition, no matter who it is.

"Finn Rusell finn rusells the ball" 😂😂😂

hes carrying lockdown

Who says Squidge should be paid by the 6 nations for promoting the championship.

Literally shouted "yay!" out loud when I saw this had dropped.

@@rockandmeatroll I can't agree more

Highlight of my day.

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Rugby is always better with a Scotland team not masterminded by Dan "multiple of three" Parks dragging us to torrid 9-7 wins and 53-15 losses.

@@magnuspeacock5857 God, don't. I am still traumatised by the Parks era (play with a rictus of terror on your face) and I know, I know we can't blame him personally. But wow how much fun it is to watch Finn et al play with speed and adventure.

Exactly what I was going to say

Haha us Scots will take that as a compliment

Never knew you were a rugby fan

And now he's been picked for the lions, Squidge knows his stuff aha

I enjoyed wales alswel

Agreed

Probably goes to show how little being exciting to watch has to do with winning rugby games

@@brynjones3530 maybe but I think I know which tournament an england fan would rather watch between this one and last years one. I am not an England fan but I would hope any rugby fan would rather watch this years.

@@alwinholdenbobbett1049 For sure, Winning is the only thing that really matters. As a wales fan I sat through years of Gatland's boring ass bullshit but I didn't care as long as they kept winning.

I'm Welsh and they deserved to come 2nd without a doubt

@@jackmorris4326 how? france only lost their games by 3 and 4 points. Plus Dulin offered scotland the win (which they gladly took).

@@vicvicking1990 they both deserved it but I think the fact that Scotland had 2 historical wins just makes them seem like they deserved it more but both teams deserved to finished 2nd

As a wales fan id be remiss not to point out Scotland also beat wales in october in wales for the first time in 18 years. Records tumbling down in front of Scotland and im thinking their banishing some demons along with them. In the last 6 months Scotland have beaten France, Wales and England away how many years since thats happened?

@@garethrichmond4388 Scotland are grand slam contenders next year without a shadow of a doubt if I was a Scotland fan I'd be very excited for the future of Scottish rugby

Yea I had way too many people complaining that Harris was getting picked over Huw Jones after how the latter played against Italy. Harris has been up there along side the Mish for outstanding scotland player this 6N for me. I also think it's criminal how few people are even discussing Harris for a spot on the lions tour.

Totally agree, I was one of the one's at the start who thought he was awful and couldn't fathom how he was getting picked over Jones. This tournament changed my mind and I see now how good he is.

Thank you!!!! Exactly!!

Quite right, Van Der Merwe gets the plaudits for his finish, but who puts Dulin under pressure at the end and makes the tackle? Heeeeeres Harris!

Personal favourite even though it didn't count for anything was the hit on Vakatawa. Harris no doubt knew the advantage was to France but still utter cleaved him in two, knocking the ball out of his hands. Finn did the litle pick up and ran over the line, not that it counted but was a little thing to get into French heads we weren't going to the push overs they'd expected.

I'm not a centre but I used to do a sort of faint tackle in a 2 on 1 when defending on the wing and they almost always bit and passed it making it easy to put the guy into touch. Did you do anything like this?

I switch between centre and flanker, and occasionally some other positions too. I find centre, particularly outside centre, the hardest position to defend. Aside from the technical side of covering a lot of space and attackers running at pace (in the back row you get through a lot of work but the tackles are more predictable), it’s so easy to over-commit and leave a massive hole. Harris’s positioning in these clips is exemplary - makes it easier for himself and his teammates to defend. As for the amount of ground he covered, at pace, to execute that positioning brilliance, well I wouldn’t last two minutes.

Disrespectful to Dupont comparing him to that bum

@@chrismcqueen5134 Bit harsh!

@@Malky24 second best 9 in the last 6N imho

Got me good

@@chrismcqueen5134 He should be on the plane to SA. Not always starting for sure but deserves a jersey

Did they not both enjoy England's losses to Wales Scotland and Ireland too?

@@magnuspeacock5857 yep but we were a divided household when it was wales scotland

Scotland was one tap tackle away from winning the 6N:(.

can you explain the joke? I didn't get it haha

I think he's had more recognition in Wales than in Scotland because more of you guys really know their rugby than up here. But after this game nobody is in any doubt about his qualities.

Literally choked on my lunch at "Surprise MF".

@@gordon1545 Snoop Dogg really made it for me!

For sure, good blend of fun as well as tactical stuff (not ALWAYS fun...)

Against Wales in a losing effort he was absolutely superb. His pass to Duhan to nearly win the game? Was unreal. He had a so so game v Ireland but it was nowhere near as bad as folks make it out to be. It has become a weird function of 6N rugby that any Scottish player that begins to emerge as a potential Lion or a great player? Get immediately picked apart. Squidge is guilty of it as well with Duhan. Guess who Duhan made look like a right muppet to score the winning try against? Damien Penaud yet we get a "feature" on why Duhan's defense is suspect? For perspective LRZ the winger everyone raved about? Missed tackles like it was his job to do so. He missed 8 tackles, for a Winger that is horrendous. Same with Mish and all the too small BS. Hogg gets it as well with his "defensive" question marks. Hogg misses a tackle a whole wave of "defensively questionable" crap comes pouring out. No rugby player is perfect and Finn of course isn't. Yet in a game were you need a try to win v Boks? There isn't a 10 in NH I'd rather hand the ball to.

"finna"

@@crob8742 'Benedict'

You actually have to take GCSEs this year?

Yeah I thought the reaction was strange. What was the French captain supposed to say "no I don't think we will win, I don't even want to win the trophy". Media spinning up a storm, it worked in Scotland's favour.

Came here to say exactly that. Yeah, we literally lost last year's 6N with a defeat to Scotland. Why on earth would we underestimate them now ? I know there's a thing with the French supposedly being arrogant, but come on, that is a cliché, not a framework for actual analysis. Whatever we do, we end up being painted as arrogant because it fits the pre-made narrative. French = arrogant, Italian = not serious, etc. Check facts first, then label what you notice with the appropriate word. Do not go the other way, looking for potential signs of arrogance because, come on, they're French, with a chance at winning the title, they must be arrogant, right ?

@@vicl6030 apparently wanting to win when you're a good side is arrogance. you're supposed to let the lesser sides win. Absolute joke, the French captain was well within his rights to say what he said, if only you had any other 15 in pro rugby at full back instead of Dulin and you would have won that game.

I love +SquidgeRugby and his analysis, he's spot on things I don't notice, but indeed, France DID NOT underestimated Scotland. We know it's always a tricky game, and they play our weaknesses very well. Hats off to them, though, they deserved their victory (even if it was a stupid move by Dulin, shit happens). Im glad to see a strong Scotland team, and a great tournament. And France is going into the RWC bleeding, wounded. Dangerous...

@@jamesm5497 "Lesser sides?" Wow... Now that's a disrespectful comment. Scotland were never a "lesser" side. They convincingly beat England (The team who beat France and kept out their own 22 for the entire 2nd half) It took a desperate tap tackle to stop Scots from beating Wales, a team who dominated the majority of the match against France and who would've won if the penalty try had been given or the final penalty not conceeded. "Lesser teams" do me favour!

Mmm, deep fried Mars bar with extra salt.

And I managed to win 4 cans of irn bru in a bet because of it 😂

Oh, thank you mate, it didn't get lost, and I hugely appreciate it. Thank you.

@@SquidgeRugby No worries mate, I wanted to say it myself 🤙:-D

Very good 😅😅🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Maybe just a nudge to say "don't get carried away Scotland fans". VDM is lethal in attack, but not brilliant all over the pitch

@@jamesm5497 Fair enough, I've got a lot of sympathy for wingers missing tackles, I played lock and the few times I drifted out to defend near the touchline was an absolute nightmare!

@@anthonymclaughlin9222 you feel like youve got a mile of space to defend, horrible position to play, it's why I hid behind the ruck my whole life.

Teddy doesn't so much miss tackles as Gallic shrug as the opposition waltzes past him... 😉

@@MrSpleenboy brilliant 🤣🤣

Especially considering the Winger, Squidge once described as the "best in the world" (Adams) missed more tackles than Duhan during that 6N. Squidge's analysis of Duhan fell completely flat. Duhan was excellent during the Lions tour and yes even defensively.

Nah, I think (hope) Scotland is out of having linchpin players. He is a defensive beast, but if I'm honest, I'm glad Scotland are now able to demonstrate depth.

Lowe is absolute rubbish compared to VDM

Dont worry mate nobodies perfect 🤣