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Porter, Furlong, POM, all the back three under performed.
Line out was messy.
Shehan and VdF were a bit quiet.

But they could have won anyway with 3-4 more phases

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Hopefully this Italian generation coming through will be as good as advertised m. Every game in the 6N should have jeopardy We have good forwards, hopefully some of them will bloom. I think Gallorini is one of the best prop in the world at his age, Aminu is great too. Odiase is already playing for ...

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Based on recent U20 results, England, Wales, all southern nations are behind France and Ireland now. Scotland U20 form is far away behind Italia, enough said. They even failed to qualify for the next tournament. Yes, there were far less matches in the southern hemisphere since Covid so maybe the tal...

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Lots of players will retire from international (or forever) duty after this World Cup.
Sexton, Biggar, Earls, A.Smith, Whitelock, Sanchez, Marler etc etc.

Which team will be most affected?

Ireland? AB?

France will not need a rebuild for sure, they have a pretty young team.

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I thought Biggar was playing guess what animal it is today.
To me he was imitating an angry hawk.

Always admire him but never liked his soccerish attitude.

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Derwyn wrote: ↑Sat Oct 14, 2023 5:53 pm You cheat.

Yeah. Absurd he didn’t carded Josh.
Argentina could have closed the match well before than
it has been.

tafano

As in the Fiji game, Wales can’t be carded when defending on the try line

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Deliberate shoulder charge to a man without the ball.

Not yellow.

Shame

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Best match of the quarters for neutrals like me I guess.

Any result could be possible.

Can’t wait for it.

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1 Fernandes
2 Kessler
3 Dittus
4 Madeira
5 Leindekar
6 Ardao
7 Martins
8 Deus
9 Arata
10 Fernandez
11 Niniatshvili
12 Vilaseca
13 Bettencourt
14 Storti
15 Ayarza

tafano

Italian team is broken and disillusioned now.
I can’t see azzurri to recover.

France by 60

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Fascism similar to Roman Empire? They certainly are both in the realm of Dictatorship kind of governament and statalistic economy, but there is a huge difference. The elite class of the Roman Empire couldn’t give a shit of what gods were you praying, the language you were talking etc etc. You were a...

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I’m so depressed.
Italia should retire from international rugby.

So depressed. I knew we would loose but come on, we are better than that.
We always shit our pants against AB

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10 pages for a AB vs Italia before kick off?
Never happened before, bar thyphoon drama maybe.

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AnkleTap wrote: ↑Tue Sep 26, 2023 8:23 pm

She seems tyred

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That’s the best Italia can bring on the field. We have a quality bench too. Shame that Menoncello got injured, he would have thrived in a game like this. Feel for Marin and Lucchesi too, would have been in the 23 list for sure. I hope we can resist the black wave and show to the world that we have r...

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Australia lost by 36 to Wales, Portugal only by 20 points.

So Portugal to win +16, Math rules.

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This Australia could have lost to Italia too…
Oh wait! I forgot it happened recently!

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That’s the match where I would have loved to see Menoncello play. What a pity he is injured. ABs by 45. I bet Italia will focus on France, Crowley will rest some. Or Crowley chose A team, Capuozzo run to chase a kick and falls over Savea who gets a red card in the 2’. Same with Ioane over Retallick,...

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The best won, but nobody in this pool deserves to be in the quarters, poor rugby all around

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You are behind 13 point and you loose 30 seconds….

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Samoa seems so far off the team that was about to win against Ireland some weeks ago in same wet pitch rainy day

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My kidneys are crying seeing that

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Best match of the tournament so far

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Hawk97 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 22, 2023 5:27 pm Gallo is not on form in the scrum. He was packed in against England too

He has been third choice in Treviso last season.

tafano

Maybe the Samoan flanker was obstrucred before tackling Boffelli?

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Whaaaat? Yellow with review?
That’s insane

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TheFrog wrote: ↑Thu Sep 21, 2023 8:47 pm Young Bielle-Barrey was supposed to play the U20 world cup and then sit exams for his university in September.

France U20 this year looked like coming from outer space.
And Jauneu looked better than Dupont at the same age, when he used to play at fly half too.
Scary, scary talent there

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Any streaming there?

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A lot of teams will learn from Uruguay and Italy first of all. I think Italy has a greater chance to beat France than the ABs. Italia can't beat ABs or France if they play at 95-100% of their potential. If they understimate us a lot and a pair of cards comes into play then we have a chance. I do li...

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Great stuff from Uruguay.
They played well and put Italia in the corner in the first half.

Hats off to them.

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TranceNRG wrote: ↑Wed Sep 20, 2023 6:36 pm
True Blue wrote: ↑Wed Sep 20, 2023 6:35 pm Can Italy upset NZ?
I'd say there's a small chance.

Yes. If ABs get a red card at 2’, another one at 7’ + 4 yellow cards

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Oh come on. Arata yellow for simulation?

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Ok. Italia wowwwww

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Can we agree that we have a really shït refereeing for both teams?

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No try there

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Wow. That is a try

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AlanBengio wrote: ↑Wed Sep 20, 2023 5:44 pm I think Italy will recover
13 men against 15 and the only thing Uruguay could do was kicking - and still Italy almost hold on the defence there
Italy by 10 at least

Nah, I think we are trapped in our own fear of losing the match.
This can be our rugby Caporetto.

Unless we switch on mentally

tafano

This is much more entertaining that I was expecting. I still see Italy winning this, but they will have to regain some composure, dictate the tempo, and kick the ball when necessary (not sure why, France opted also for keeping it last week). They are getting murdered in the rucks. I think Uruguay i...

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