Jul 22, 2026 · 1 hr 8 min · 15 segments
The French rugby season is finally over, and there was a distinct end of term feel in Tokyo despite, albeit with some lovely attacking rugby on display. We take a look at France's depth chart at the…
As was, I think, the second half of the game that we should really be talking about, France versus Japan.
I thought it was a ...
I found it tough going the second half of, of France v Japan, I have to say.
It was ...
Yeah.
Yeah.
It promised, it promised a lot this game, and in the buildup and then in bits of the first half, and then it was just, it fizzled out quite majorly.
I don't think there was a single point scored in, like, the last-
30
... 25 minute.
30 minutes.
Yeah, maybe 30 minutes.
It was a bit bizarre.
I, I kind of found ...
So it was fif- 15-45 to France, um, and you're looking at it like, oh, th- this feels ... 'Cause, you know, Japan are and can be a very exciting attacking team, right? We saw that with the-
Brilliant try
...
the brilliant try in the first half from the, uh, the kick return.
Uh, yeah, it, it felt, I thought it was gonna be end up, uh, probably 60-30, something like that with both teams going for it.
And I actually don't think it was due to necessarily any lack of, like, attacking endeavor, but there was just a lot of, a lot of mistakes, weren't there, in that second half.
Yeah.
A- and it j- it suddenly became a little bit end of, end of term feel.
Which is fair enough, because it was.
Do you know what happened 333 days ago at the Stade Jean-Nouvel Meg?
Start of the National season.
As was, I think, the second half of the game that we should really be talking about, France versus Japan.
I thought it was a ...
I found it tough going the second half of, of France v Japan, I have to say.
It was ...
Yeah.
Yeah.
It promised, it promised a lot this game, and in the buildup and then in bits of the first half, and then it was just, it fizzled out quite majorly.
I don't think there was a single point scored in, like, the last-
30
... 25 minute.
30 minutes.
Yeah, maybe 30 minutes.
It was a bit bizarre.
I, I kind of found ...
So it was fif- 15-45 to France, um, and you're looking at it like, oh, th- this feels ... 'Cause, you know, Japan are and can be a very exciting attacking team, right? We saw that with the-
Brilliant try
...
the brilliant try in the first half from the, uh, the kick return.
Uh, yeah, it, it felt, I thought it was gonna be end up, uh, probably 60-30, something like that with both teams going for it.
And I actually don't think it was due to necessarily any lack of, like, attacking endeavor, but there was just a lot of, a lot of mistakes, weren't there, in that second half.
Yeah.
A- and it j- it suddenly became a little bit end of, end of term feel.
Which is fair enough, because it was.
Do you know what happened 333 days ago at the Stade Jean-Nouvel Meg?
Start of the National season.
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