The England v Italy match thread

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TheFrog
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After Willis, Genge for my fantasy team :clap:
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dkm57
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England look comfortable.
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geordie_6
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Margin__Walker wrote: ↑Sun Feb 12, 2023 3:42 pm Hopefully the neutrals can chill the fuck out now.
Good luck there.
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redderneck
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Hal Jordan wrote: ↑Sun Feb 12, 2023 3:43 pm Just beating them up in the pack.
Yup. Monstering them. And Italy simply don't have the halves to dig them out of it.
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redderneck wrote: ↑Sun Feb 12, 2023 3:44 pm
Hal Jordan wrote: ↑Sun Feb 12, 2023 3:43 pm Just beating them up in the pack.
Yup. Monstering them. And Italy simply don't have the halves to dig them out of it.
Which is nice, because our pack has been bang average of late.
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TheFrog
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Is the push on Capuozzo legal?
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Hal Jordan wrote: ↑Sun Feb 12, 2023 3:46 pm
redderneck wrote: ↑Sun Feb 12, 2023 3:44 pm
Hal Jordan wrote: ↑Sun Feb 12, 2023 3:43 pm Just beating them up in the pack.
Yup. Monstering them. And Italy simply don't have the halves to dig them out of it.
Which is nice, because our pack has been bang average of late.
Struggling to recall even one collision won by an Italian. They're playing like last week emptied them.
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sturginho wrote: ↑Sun Feb 12, 2023 3:42 pm
tc27 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 12, 2023 3:41 pm Clearly the ref is bias against us
Figlio di chi sei?
Lui il figlio di un cane inglese
“It was a pet, not an animal. It had a name, you don't eat things with names, this is horrific!”
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RodneyRegis
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TheFrog wrote: ↑Sun Feb 12, 2023 3:48 pm Is the push on Capuozzo legal?
Doubt it. I'm sure that's why Owen spilt it, to save the ref having to make a decision.
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grimoald
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Did the laws change in the last 24hrs that the team with the put in is allowed a full 8 man shove before the ball is in?

Apart from the scrums and that one Willis turnover, the Ref has been right. Italy playing some stupid rugby and not able to live with the intensity of England's rush defence, and strength in the maul.

It is funny seeing Farrell consistently killing England attacks mind.
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Dragster
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We look much better with a 12 on the pitch.
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Lobby
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Dragster wrote: ↑Sun Feb 12, 2023 3:49 pm We look much better with a 12 on the pitch.
Just need a 10 now.
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Dragster wrote: ↑Sun Feb 12, 2023 3:49 pm We look much better with a 12 on the pitch.
Just need a 10 that offers some threat/creativity and a 13 that can pass
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Celts ref bashing. ENGLAND are back baby!
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spike
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Dragster wrote: ↑Sun Feb 12, 2023 3:49 pm We look much better with a 12 on the pitch.
Who'd have thought it?
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RodneyRegis
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Imagine the unzipping from the commentary team if it was Billy carrying like dombrandt is. Listening to them you wouldn't know who was playing no 8.
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Well, our pack looks better. The backs have largely been clueless or addicted to kicking the ball no matter what.

Lawrence is making ground but there's much more to his game than that. Would be nice to see it.

This feels like so many of those post 2003 matches where a limited England team would roll over a smaller team with a big pack display and paper over all the cracks. All credit to the forwards though.
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Ahhh ‘as a neutral’ ref posting, the 6N has only truly now begun
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Dragster
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spike wrote: ↑Sun Feb 12, 2023 3:50 pm
Dragster wrote: ↑Sun Feb 12, 2023 3:49 pm We look much better with a 12 on the pitch.
Who'd have thought it?
Will smith get a run with Lawrence or will Faz move to 12?
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RodneyRegis
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Desperate to talk up Farrell. 'he hasn't overplayed his hand, he's gone to the corner rather than kicking for goal and that's where the tries have come from' :thumbup:
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RodneyRegis
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Dragster wrote: ↑Sun Feb 12, 2023 3:54 pm
spike wrote: ↑Sun Feb 12, 2023 3:50 pm
Dragster wrote: ↑Sun Feb 12, 2023 3:49 pm We look much better with a 12 on the pitch.
Who'd have thought it?
Will smith get a run with Lawrence or will Faz move to 12?
Guess.
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spike
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Dragster wrote: ↑Sun Feb 12, 2023 3:54 pm
spike wrote: ↑Sun Feb 12, 2023 3:50 pm
Dragster wrote: ↑Sun Feb 12, 2023 3:49 pm We look much better with a 12 on the pitch.
Who'd have thought it?
Will smith get a run with Lawrence or will Faz move to 12?
must be a straight swap 10 for 10, hopefully
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sockwithaticket
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Dragster wrote: ↑Sun Feb 12, 2023 3:54 pm
spike wrote: ↑Sun Feb 12, 2023 3:50 pm
Dragster wrote: ↑Sun Feb 12, 2023 3:49 pm We look much better with a 12 on the pitch.
Who'd have thought it?
Will smith get a run with Lawrence or will Faz move to 12?
Probably the latter, but christ I hope for the former. Or chuck Mitchell on at 10, just someone whose first instinct isn't to kick the ball.
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Prembore
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RodneyRegis wrote: ↑Sun Feb 12, 2023 3:51 pm Imagine the unzipping from the commentary team if it was Billy carrying like dombrandt is. Listening to them you wouldn't know who was playing no 8.
Stop being a Harlequin cry baby
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TheFrog wrote: ↑Sun Feb 12, 2023 3:48 pm Is the push on Capuozzo legal?
A try would have been disallowed but fairly immaterial whether Italy got a penalty there as I'd say they'd have tapped and kicked out.
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spike
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What is it with the kicking. We are murdering them up front, dont kick the ball away! Keep it tight and roll over them.
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Prembore
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spike wrote: ↑Sun Feb 12, 2023 3:57 pm What is it with the kicking. We are murdering them up front, dont kick the ball away! Keep it tight and roll over them.
Yep
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redderneck wrote: ↑Sun Feb 12, 2023 3:44 pm
Hal Jordan wrote: ↑Sun Feb 12, 2023 3:43 pm Just beating them up in the pack.
Yup. Monstering them. And Italy simply don't have the halves to dig them out of it.
Which is fine against Italy, but we won't get away with it against better teams, so I'd like to see a bit more about our attack.
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You can only play what's up against you but this is deeply dull.
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tc27
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The frustrating thing is the win will be attributed to Farrel starting at ten. :lol:
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RodneyRegis
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Yep, and the balance of slade.
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redderneck
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It's England. The original NH Orcs. There are no neutrals :wave:
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sefton
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tc27 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 12, 2023 4:01 pm The frustrating thing is the win will be attributed to Farrel starting at ten. :lol:
Yup, nailed on starter and captain until. 2031 RWC.
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CM11
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Much better from Italy.
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tc27
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Really good set from Italy
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Hal Jordan
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Good try.
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PCPhil
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So much better from Italy. Just incredible the acceleration from Capuozzi.
“It was a pet, not an animal. It had a name, you don't eat things with names, this is horrific!”
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RodneyRegis
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Nice handbags
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Torquemada 1420
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Farrell doesn't like it up him Capt Mainwairing.
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tcc_dc
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oh here we go...
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