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tafano

Italia is a furnace right now.
Sunday perceived temperatures could be more than 40 C.
It will be very difficult to play in the afternoon, dangerous too.
This could maybe play a role in some games, where northern Athletes may not stand the heath.

tafano

What will be the role of Turkey in the area in the medium term?

If the WWII order goes on crumbling, I guess Turkey will one day go in "Make Ottoman Empire Great again" mode.

Meanwhile

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DOB wrote: ↑Fri May 09, 2025 3:33 am His college degree was in Mathematics from Villanova, so he not only understands your sin, he understands your cos and tan.

tafano

People where shouting “Le-o-ne! Le-o-ne!”
Like in Treviso on Benetton’s matches “Le-o-ni! Le-o-ni!”

Rugby is conquering the Vatican, I guess.

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You think she sung well? Sounded like a strangled chicken His name was Dane, you bellend. Hence my confusion. I always put the majority of poor singing performances down to potential audio issues. They're selected beacause they can sing first and foremost. Poor audio can really mess with performanc...

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That’s a first. US markets plunge, dollar falls and US bonds do not sell as expected. US bonds are not seen as safe anymore, I think that’s a “great” accomplishment by Trump. I wonder if Trump could or would go for the nuclear economic weapon that would almost wipe Europe away: cut off the US IT and...

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HighKingLeinster wrote: ↑Mon Apr 21, 2025 9:51 am
terryfinch wrote: ↑Mon Apr 21, 2025 9:17 am Simply astonishing that religion is still newsworthy. Surely the greatest marketing campaign in history - making money/power out of people’s fear of death.
Christianity: one woman's lie about having an affair that got out of hand

That has always been my guess too

tafano

Good win by Benetton, after 3 yellow cards, managed to resist Lions and took 5 points in the bag.

Happy for Marin, good match and good try for him

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People still defending Trump here after the tariff presentation of two days ago… I found this incredible. Trump stated on tv one of the stupidest thing ever mentioned in the history of tv since the 50ies - and people still think he’s the guy… Really some people should be stripped by their vote - an...

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We can all see China will be the dominant force in the world sooner or later. It has immense population, commodities, technology, allies, da moneeey. The west is ageing, it's divided, Trump's USA is destroying the post WWII alliance system , technologically is falling behind(bar the IT), see the ind...

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I see what the Welsh are doing here, like they did against Scotland. Play like Andorra for 50 minutes, let the other team think the match is over, then play like demon-possessed for the remainder of the match and get two bonus points. So they avoid the wooden spoon. At least Italy tried to stay in t...

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The surprise of the match was that the Italian backrow got the upper hand against the Irish.
It’s many years that the Azzurri could compete there. This time it was different, even with all the injuries and yellow cards

tafano

Wasted by Italy.
Bad luck and brainfarts cost us a game we could have won.

Menoncello one of the bests 12 in the world right now.
It’s only 22 years old. I think good times are coming.

Ireland definitely on the back foot

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Lucchesi was a flanker in junior grade.

tafano

Red card this one

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Italy really, really unlucky with injuries.

Lamaro costs us 10 points now

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I can see the result be 10-33 by the 55’

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Yellow. That’s right

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Ok, we do not have any other forward on the bench bar the first row.
It going to be very bad for us

tafano

Come on. Triple movement there

tafano

We gonna lose this. But at least we can play entertaining rugby.
Our tries are almost all spectacular

tafano

Happy for my Azzurrini. Strange match, ravaged by rain thus error ridden. It has been the most balanced U20 6N I remember. France the only one above the rest, the others could have beaten anyone on their day. Not a good Irish vintage as in recent years, Scotland better than any Scottish team in the ...

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Congrats England. These switchoffs are annoying. But we can’t raise the bar if we don’t find another solution at 10. Garbisi had a bad day, need to develop an alternative, one that can fæckïng kick in front of the post. Maybe trying DaRe this summer. Another issue is that yes, our forward are stron...

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Congrats England. These switchoffs are annoying. But we can’t raise the bar if we don’t find another solution at 10. Garbisi had a bad day, need to develop an alternative, one that can fæckïng kick in front of the post. Maybe trying DaRe this summer. Another issue is that yes, our forward are strong...

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Enough to give our Azzurri a beating.

But if England grasps a couple of reds, if we get 5 lucky bounces, if we can corrupt the referee through our mafia and if we can defend the mauls maybe Italia can lose beneath 10 points.

Yes, I sound optimistic, do I?

tafano

Ok. I’m depressed now.

We do not have enough beef to resist this kind of rugby

tafano

Wales to win the triple Crown.

Stop that green arrogance shown today!

tafano

Frodder wrote: ↑Mon Feb 17, 2025 4:12 pm
Now we're being trolled in a whole new way

We, Italians, have been trolled for decades here.
We deserved that, I'm not complaining, I did laugh myself for the banter.

I'm not used to be in the position to troll other nations.
I promise that I'll keep on trying and get better.

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Wales Vs Ireland Wales by 12 England Vs Scotland Scotland by 11 Italy Vs France Italy by 12 https://media.tenor.com/6TcA9vRym4MAAAAM/laugh-mock.gif Wales has the right coach now, surely those players back in the team will add what was lacking in the previous games. Will not win the 6 nations, but t...

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Wales Vs Ireland Wales by 12
England Vs Scotland Scotland by 11
Italy Vs France Italy by 12

tafano

Thanks guys.

You have been awesome.

Now it’s up to my daughter to chose where she wants do dilapidate our savings in 2026

tafano

Here is an Italian seeking for infos on your schools. My daughter would like to study cinema in your country. She has found interesting courses on Otago University and Victoria university of Wellington. I’d like to know if those are any good, if there are others to evaluate for cinema, anything tha...

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Here is an Italian seeking for infos on your schools. My daughter would like to study cinema in your country. She has found interesting courses on Otago University and Victoria university of Wellington. I’d like to know if those are any good, if there are others to evaluate for cinema, anything that...

tafano

Can he just have a slightly off game? He is clearly the best around now, that being said by people playing along and against him, or coaching at highest level, not by keyboard heroes. Today he had a game that would have been labelled as a great one in an Italian or Welsh shirt. It's not his fault if...

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Deserved by England.
Sexy rugby by France. So sexy that they f…up.

Fin Smith should be the 10 foreva

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Another very good match by Paolo Garbisi.
Ok, he doesn’t kick much, but he is 24 years old and already have a Top14 trophy and the lone Rainbow cup in his cabinet. He is a great tackler, he can run, pass, good in high balls, great vision.

Is he a bit underrated?

tafano

Wow. An ugly win but still deserved by Italia.

DDDDAAAAAAIIIIIII CAAAAZZZOOOOOOOOO

tafano

Good first half for my Azzurri.
Still worried: with this weather episodes can be a deciding factor.

Wales looks dangerous when exploring on the wide, a luckier bounce and we could be 16-10.

Not a good match to see, but with this weather…

tafano

Nah, Wales deserved to win.
That no try call was crazy.

Our 150kg n5 had me jiggling: sidestepping is one of his qualities

Not a vintage year for us, it worries me that we do not even have a good fitness level.
We will be shredded in the next matches.

tafano

CanNZ2000 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 06, 2025 5:42 pm
tafano wrote: ↑Thu Feb 06, 2025 5:35 pm Italy-Wales : Wales by 21
England-France : England by 21
Scotland - Ireland : Scotland by 21
Are you posting from a blackjack table?

Nah. Under the influence of a Pizza topped with Ananas Meatball and swordfish.

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