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England just got lucky.

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Meh. You gotta be able to convert good position and possession into points if you're gonna win and France was just totally inefficient tonight.

Still, I kinda rooted for France after that wonderful attack where Chabal almost scored a try. You know the one I'm thinking of. But kinda symptomatic that France wasn't able to get any points out of that.

Also: Wilkinson still clutchest player ever...

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Eh, none of the kicks that Wilkinson hit were that difficult. He's a great player, but the extent to which he is built up is a little ridiculous.

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england and newcastle are a different team when wilkinson is on the pitch. THere's a ton of stuff he does that is hard to see. you don't see that many fly-half's tackle the way he does and he controls the game great with the ball in hand.

While his kicks in this match were academic for him, I don't think that Ollie Barclay would've been as precise and Wilko's drop goal was typical wilko. THe fact is, only Daniel Carter is as good of a kicker as wilkinson in teh world, and both of them make kicking look easy