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France makes 18-a-side debut, but Germans too strong

Authored by: sverik25
on Saturday, June 18 2011 @ 11:54 am ACST

Nice to hear that France was far from disgraced in their effort against Germany. What are people's expectations for France at IC2011?

France makes 18-a-side debut, but Germans too strong

Authored by: Aaron Richard
on Saturday, June 18 2011 @ 07:01 pm ACST

I reckon if they're up against the likes of India, China or East Timor they could get a win or two. Maybe could beat Switzerland as well, if they make it down. It'll be pretty tough against higher-ranked teams, as the competition at the top end would be expected to have continued to improve.

Might be interesting to see how often our rankings can predict the outcome of games ;)

Hopefully this week we'll have confirmation from the AFL on who's coming and whether they're going to go for the lightning tournament on the first day to seed teams.

France makes 18-a-side debut, but Germans too strong

Authored by: Cam Homes
on Saturday, June 18 2011 @ 10:32 pm ACST

I'd have to go along with Aaron's comments, if we consider who Germany have played and their record. Germany have beaten Sweden in 2007, but lost to them at Euros10. They have also beaten Finland in 09 & 10, Finland's only International victory was against India at IC08.

So France could well be up for a win against India or first timers like Timor Leste or Switzerland or provisionally ranked China. A win against any of the fully ranked teams would out of the question I believe.

France has several guys playing in Aussie at the moment, I believe, and could expect some improvement from their debut match with their inclusion.

I just hope the organisers have the nous to have two divisions, with the IC debutants and the provisionally ranked teams playing in one division, and all the teams that hold full ranking in the other division, so we don't see any 200 to nil thrashings at this IC.

Cam

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