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by Alvise Martinengo
Mon Oct 23, 2023 4:06 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: PROSECCO fan club
Replies: 26
Views: 4263

Re: PROSECCO fan club

tafano wrote: Sat Oct 21, 2023 7:51 pm ...E una ai gaesi...
Anca masa, almanco un'ombra de cartize co una slepa de poenta e bacalà mantecà.
El leon el gà struckà l'embreagon.
Par tèra e par màr.
by Alvise Martinengo
Sun Oct 22, 2023 12:15 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Tom Curry accuses Mbonambi of racial abuse
Replies: 1295
Views: 27683

Re: Tom Curry accuses Mbonambi of racial abuse

Penis envy. Period. :yawn:
by Alvise Martinengo
Tue Oct 17, 2023 2:26 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: How do we get away from games decided by how refs interpret the law?
Replies: 146
Views: 3223

Re: How do we get away from games decided by how refs interpret the law?

How do we get away from games decided by how refs interpret the law?

Fifty quids less in the wallet?

Come on, refereez are the moral compasses of the game.
And their macular residual capacities are above plebeians.
by Alvise Martinengo
Sun Oct 15, 2023 6:00 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Most disappointing team at the RWC
Replies: 134
Views: 5010

Re: Most disappointing team at the RWC

Maybe I 'm wrong, but when do the 6N contracts expire? Next year is the silver wedding anniversary.
by Alvise Martinengo
Sun Oct 08, 2023 4:35 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: All Northern Hemisphere semi finals?
Replies: 91
Views: 3517

Re: All Northern Hemisphere semi finals?

Copernican Revolution
by Alvise Martinengo
Sat Oct 07, 2023 11:03 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: France vs Italy - RWC - Pool A - Friday 6 October, 2023
Replies: 502
Views: 8100

Re: France vs Italy - RWC - Pool A - Friday 6 October, 2023

TheFrog wrote: Sat Oct 07, 2023 10:49 am
As for the TMO, he must have seen shoulder to head.
Antidandruff?
by Alvise Martinengo
Fri Oct 06, 2023 9:43 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: France vs Italy - RWC - Pool A - Friday 6 October, 2023
Replies: 502
Views: 8100

Re: France vs Italy - RWC - Pool A - Friday 6 October, 2023

Frodder wrote: Fri Oct 06, 2023 9:41 pm
Cabbage wrote: Fri Oct 06, 2023 9:40 pm Enough's enough, kick Italy out of the 6n and bring in South Africa. The Italians can have no complaints.
No to the Saffas. Let's have Portugal
And Georgia.
by Alvise Martinengo
Fri Oct 06, 2023 9:21 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: France vs Italy - RWC - Pool A - Friday 6 October, 2023
Replies: 502
Views: 8100

Re: France vs Italy - RWC - Pool A - Friday 6 October, 2023

brummagen wrote: Fri Oct 06, 2023 9:20 pm Jesus
Personal?
by Alvise Martinengo
Fri Oct 06, 2023 9:03 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: France vs Italy - RWC - Pool A - Friday 6 October, 2023
Replies: 502
Views: 8100

Re: France vs Italy - RWC - Pool A - Friday 6 October, 2023

True Blue wrote: Fri Oct 06, 2023 8:23 pm This is not a good advertisment for rugby
Really?
TV audience here's dropped to 2,376 viewers.
A huge success.

Oh, gooooood news.
That 5½ nation farce tournement finally ends. Here.
Belpaese rugby died and buried.
by Alvise Martinengo
Wed Oct 04, 2023 6:48 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: France vs Italy - RWC - Pool A - Friday 6 October, 2023
Replies: 502
Views: 8100

Re: France vs Italy - RWC - Pool A - Friday 6 October, 2023

TheFrog wrote: Wed Oct 04, 2023 5:22 pm
Which expert?
Your countryman.
"Nous gagnerions plus de nous laisser voir tels que nous sommes, que d'essayer de paraître ce que nous ne sommes".
by Alvise Martinengo
Wed Oct 04, 2023 4:26 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: France vs Italy - RWC - Pool A - Friday 6 October, 2023
Replies: 502
Views: 8100

Re: France vs Italy - RWC - Pool A - Friday 6 October, 2023

TheFrog wrote: Wed Oct 04, 2023 1:13 pm
Equo ne credite.
Sed experto credite.
by Alvise Martinengo
Tue Oct 03, 2023 8:27 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: France vs Italy - RWC - Pool A - Friday 6 October, 2023
Replies: 502
Views: 8100

Re: France vs Italy - RWC - Pool A - Friday 6 October, 2023

What the hell happened to them since then? Iniquum astrale conjuntionem? Nope. Rotten escargots for dinner and subsequent ventilatio intestinalis putrens? Rien. Tertium non datur. But. Honi soit qui mal y pense? What was the betting odds over 10 tries? France to score 6 to 8 tries, 1 or 2 gifted to...
by Alvise Martinengo
Mon Oct 02, 2023 11:18 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Do you think about the Roman empire much?
Replies: 147
Views: 3481

Re: Do you think about the Roman empire much?

CM11 wrote: Mon Oct 02, 2023 11:10 am And this differs from the colonial monarchies how exactly?
Romans had skirts, the other trousers. :yawn:
Or laticlavius for the senators, used as toilet paper in the latrine (after a "cacatio matutina est tamquam medicina" or "mingere cum bumbis est bonus lumbis")
by Alvise Martinengo
Mon Oct 02, 2023 11:03 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: France vs Italy - RWC - Pool A - Friday 6 October, 2023
Replies: 502
Views: 8100

Re: France vs Italy - RWC - Pool A - Friday 6 October, 2023

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61Da0HFNGWL._AC_UF894,1000_QL80_.jpg Italian Claudia Cardinale (may also be past her due date) Claudia Cardinale? She is Barbara Bouchet, german. Also if naturalized italian. Unforgivable mistake. https://hips.hearstapps.com/elleit.h-cdn.co/assets/17/22/149633572...
by Alvise Martinengo
Sun Oct 01, 2023 10:23 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Italy out.
Replies: 125
Views: 3747

Re: Italy out.

Wouldn’t be better to try to develop an Italian league like we have with our top 14 in France? Eh, not a bad idea, but 95% of players are averaging a third/fourth French division. Waste of time. On the national side: the otolaryngologist needs a couple of geological eras to deploy on the pitch a le...
by Alvise Martinengo
Sun Oct 01, 2023 9:32 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Italy out.
Replies: 125
Views: 3747

Re: Italy out.

jos wrote: Sun Oct 01, 2023 8:53 pm If they expell you where would you play?
Tbilisi.
by Alvise Martinengo
Sun Oct 01, 2023 5:33 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Do you think about the Roman empire much?
Replies: 147
Views: 3481

Re: Do you think about the Roman empire much?

So the throwing the Christians to the lions was fake news? Eh, not at all. "Tiberis ascendit in moenia, si Nilus non ascendit in rura, si caelum stetit, si terra movit, si fames, si lues, statim “Christianos ad leonem”" Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus, no translation, you brits are the best ...
by Alvise Martinengo
Sun Oct 01, 2023 4:23 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Italy out.
Replies: 125
Views: 3747

Re: Italy out.

Toro wrote: Sun Oct 01, 2023 3:45 pm ...otherwise we could just have a top 8 knockout tournament every year and start from quarters.
This.
Considering Italian TV attendance at a lower percentage of albumin, averaging 5,642 spectators per match (I.e. no-one cares).
by Alvise Martinengo
Sun Oct 01, 2023 9:02 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Do you think about the Roman empire much?
Replies: 147
Views: 3481

Re: Do you think about the Roman empire much?

Vae Victus Brennus original was "Vae victis" (victo for one, victis for a couple or more, victus means meal, my latin is getting worse...) but I was't there, so, could be. Ðæstör mµörðö...
by Alvise Martinengo
Sun Oct 01, 2023 2:57 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Italy out.
Replies: 125
Views: 3747

Re: Italy out.

RodneyRegis wrote: Sun Oct 01, 2023 1:56 am Surely the question should really be: why don't the home nations ever do this to Italy? Everyone sees nz as firmly begind the big 3, so why aren't France and Ireland (and England when they aren't dogshit) putting 80 on Italy habitually?
Compassion?
by Alvise Martinengo
Sat Sep 30, 2023 1:10 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: RWC R4 New Zealand vs Italy Lyon 30 September 2023
Replies: 915
Views: 16100

Re: RWC R4 New Zealand vs Italy Lyon 30 September 2023

mr bungle wrote: Sat Sep 30, 2023 12:24 pm Tafano also accused a couple of us pre game (an Aussie and I) for being arrogant predicting a 50 point win.
Sue him.
by Alvise Martinengo
Fri Mar 25, 2022 7:01 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: War in Ukraine...
Replies: 53764
Views: 2378585

Re: War in Ukraine...

Anschluss?

https://english.pravda.ru/russia/150860-ukraine/

Russia heads for the affiliation of the Ukraine

Russia has set a course for the affiliation of the Ukraine, the main question is — within what borders.
by Alvise Martinengo
Wed Mar 16, 2022 8:06 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: War in Ukraine...
Replies: 53764
Views: 2378585

Re: War in Ukraine...

You're right.. since 1959 apparently. I was surprised as I thought the Cuban Missile crisis put a stop to that... obviously not. Missiles were removed in Cuba and Turkey after a gentleman agreement between Kennedy and Khrushchev. In October 1962 the Jupiter's were all removed from Turkey and Italy....
by Alvise Martinengo
Tue Mar 08, 2022 4:57 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: War in Ukraine...
Replies: 53764
Views: 2378585

Re: War in Ukraine...Dozy possibly using alias

Extensive use of Night Wolves and Wagner Battalion? https://tass.com/politics/1418491 8 MAR, 01:16 Conscripts, reservists don’t and won’t take part in operation in Ukraine — Putin Missions are carried out only by professional troops, Putin said MOSCOW, March 8. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Put...
by Alvise Martinengo
Tue Mar 08, 2022 9:57 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: War in Ukraine...
Replies: 53764
Views: 2378585

Re: War in Ukraine...Dozy possibly using alias

Gerasimov gone.
If already written, erase.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.thegua ... try-claims
by Alvise Martinengo
Mon Mar 07, 2022 3:29 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: War in Ukraine...
Replies: 53764
Views: 2378585

Re: War in Ukraine...Dozy possibly using alias

And, my opinion, russia (putin) is more interested in "catching" other figures (pinchuk gorysman poroshenko kolomoisky akhmetov and julia, probably).

Maybe I'm wrong
by Alvise Martinengo
Mon Mar 07, 2022 3:13 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: War in Ukraine...
Replies: 53764
Views: 2378585

Re: War in Ukraine...Dozy possibly using alias

Russia will agree to stop the military operation, if Ukraine follows the proposed points put forward by Russia that is - 1) Appoint Yuriy Anatoliyovych Boyko as the Prime Minister of Ukraine, Zelenskyy will remain pro forma President. 2) Declare DPR & LPR as independent countries 3) Declare Crimea a...
by Alvise Martinengo
Mon Mar 07, 2022 1:35 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: War in Ukraine...
Replies: 53764
Views: 2378585

Re: War in Ukraine...Dozy possibly using alias

Anonymous 1 wrote: Mon Mar 07, 2022 1:30 pm
I see that as well as recognising Crimea as part of Russia and the two breakaway states as independent are the Russian demands for ending the conflict. As well as Ukrainians not killing anmore Russian soldiers.
Probably adding dismantling of Azov Battalion
by Alvise Martinengo
Sat Feb 26, 2022 2:02 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: War in Ukraine...
Replies: 53764
Views: 2378585

Re: War in Ukraine...Dozy possibly using alias

iarmhiman wrote: Sat Feb 26, 2022 1:59 pm Anyone know what those "Z" markings on the Russian tanks mean?
Team zeta or team zorro, according to italian ministery of defense
by Alvise Martinengo
Sun Mar 14, 2021 10:36 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Italy OUT
Replies: 67
Views: 5310

Re: Italy OUT

Time to quit, 6N is a luxury italy can't afford.

Plain and simple, defeat n°31 in a row, that matters

CVC can have their money back, btw
by Alvise Martinengo
Sun Mar 14, 2021 10:33 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Italy OUT
Replies: 67
Views: 5310

Re: Italy OUT

AlanBengio wrote: Tue Mar 19, 2019 8:55 am
In 2000 people in Italy did not even know what the word “rugby” meant... nowadays we have matches at the Olimpic Stadium in Rome.
...e figure di merda a nastro, però all'olimpico: so' soddisfazioni...
by Alvise Martinengo
Sun Feb 21, 2021 8:13 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Americas Cup - OFFICIAL match thread
Replies: 3271
Views: 281976

Re: Americas Cup - OFFICIAL match thread

Nah, nz will still firmly hold the samovar.
7-2 for the shepherds, and a global olivion for the next four years.
by Alvise Martinengo
Mon Feb 15, 2021 12:16 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Italy - piss-off
Replies: 360
Views: 46398

Re: Italy - piss-off

Se trovano birra e figa , ci vanno con le ali di mercurio. Digli scemi.
by Alvise Martinengo
Sat Feb 13, 2021 11:10 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Italy - piss-off
Replies: 360
Views: 46398

Re: Italy - piss-off

29 in a row, that matters.
The real thing is an ethological experiment by the board, end of Fir contract and a lustrum trial for Georgia in 6 nations, the only way to understand if the game can grow outside the home unions.
And just for the record, poor coverage as usual.
by Alvise Martinengo
Thu Feb 11, 2021 11:44 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Italy - piss-off
Replies: 360
Views: 46398

Re: Italy - piss-off

Well, as a matter of fact, it's not a subject belonging to promotion or relegation, it's a normal "excursus" on the phenomenology of the game in Italy. The only fact, after fifty years I follow the game that this is not our cup of tea. There's no interest in the game, plain and simple. Since the ori...
by Alvise Martinengo
Thu Feb 11, 2021 10:59 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Italy - piss-off
Replies: 360
Views: 46398

Re: Italy - piss-off

Oh, you'll see how long it will take to shut the damper of Fir. Wait until 2023.