Full match replay available on YouTube channel. 1st half performance very low energy. Body language looks tired. They look low on confidence. No attacking threat. Tricky old patch this. On plus side Poscelli is a good player and teams don?t seem to be able to handle the physicality of Bienek and Worthington. 

Will things get better with O'Bierne or am I kidding myself?  A bit worrying if we're getting physically dominated with a full strength pack.  

Fair point Lefty. The pack on the whole was holding its own towards the end of the SL season. I wonder whether they are having to do more work to cover the deficiencies & inexperience in the rest of the squad & that's impacting on their main task. Or we could of course just be pants. 

The good thing is the French season is coming to its conclusion and the takeover got pushed back a month, so there’s at least a little bit of hope that with the takeover, a handful of incoming players will follow and the team should improve off the back of that. 

The good thing is the French season is coming to its conclusion and the takeover got pushed back a month, so there’s at least a little bit of hope that with the takeover, a handful of incoming players will follow and the team should improve off the back of that.