NPR

When: Sat 24th October 2020 KO 15:00

Who:

vs


Where:


Teams:

Ireland
Jacob Stockdale,
Andrew Conway,
Garry Ringrose,
Bundee Aki,
Hugo Keenan,
Jonathan Sexton (captain),
Conor Murray,
CJ Stander,
Will Connors,
Caelan Doris,
James Ryan,
Tadhg Beirne,
Andrew Porter,
Rob Herring,
Cian Healy.

Dave Heffernan,
Ed Byrne,
Finlay Bealham,
Ultan Dillane,
Peter O'Mahony,
Jamison Gibson-Park,
Ross Byrne,
Robbie Henshaw.

Italy
15 Jayden Hayward
14 Edoardo Padovani
13 Luca Morisi
12 Carlo Canna
11 Mattia Bellini
10 Paolo Garbisi
9 Marcello Violi
8 Jake Polledri
7 Abraham Steyn
6 Sebastian Negri
5 Niccolò Cannone
4 Marco Lazzaroni
3 Giosué Zilocchi
2 Luca Bigi (c)
1 Danilo Fischetti

16 Gianmarco Lucchesi
17 Simone Ferrari
18 Pietro Ceccarelli
19 David Sisi
20 Johan Meyer
21 Sir Maxime Mbanda
22 Callum Braley
23 Federico Mori

Rule 1:


Let the post corona spite commence

We don't allow the Irish to post here.

An Irish match thread without the Irish. Interesting. Might be a bit quiet, but yet pleasant. What’s the word I’m looking for?? Is it “Bliss”?

OP might want to add the When.

Ymx wrote: Thu Oct 22, 2020 5:33 pm An Irish match thread without the Irish. Interesting. Might be a bit quiet, but yet pleasant. What’s the word I’m looking for?? Is it “Bliss”?

OP might want to add the When.

Have the Irish not come over here in swarmy numbers? Praise be!

Their queen bee stayed over on PR. So only get the odd stray over here.

Slick wrote: Thu Oct 22, 2020 5:12 pm We don't allow the Irish to post here.

Well hello there

I’m here too.

Is the result as important as the performance? Probably yes for this game but less so next week.

Ymx wrote: Thu Oct 22, 2020 5:33 pm An Irish match thread without the Irish. Interesting. Might be a bit quiet, but yet pleasant. What’s the word I’m looking for?? Is it “Bliss”?

OP might want to add the When.

Added

It will be very quiet indeed, as it seems that I am the only Italian that made the jump to the lifeboat

Liathroidigloine wrote: Fri Oct 23, 2020 7:25 am I’m here too.

Is the result as important as the performance? Probably yes for this game but less so next week.

Good to see you. What do you make of the team? Looking forward to seeing the back row in action.

sturginho
Any new players worth looking out for?

Uncle fester wrote: Fri Oct 23, 2020 12:25 pm

Liathroidigloine wrote: Fri Oct 23, 2020 7:25 am I’m here too.

Is the result as important as the performance? Probably yes for this game but less so next week.

Good to see you. What do you make of the team? Looking forward to seeing the back row in action.

sturginho
Any new players worth looking out for?

Paolo Garbisi started the championship in the u20s and is now making his senior debut. On the bench, Federico Mori is a big unit for a 20 year old and should (hopefully) have an impact when he comes on. Both guys have made the step up from u20 to senior level very quickly by Italian standards which is hopefully a good sign that the work Stephen Aboud is doing is having an effect

O'Driscoll says that Sergio possibly wouldn't get into the team on merit anymore. Whilst I think there's some truth to this, it's also true that he seems to have rediscovered his form since moving to Toulon, so it's not like he would be unworthy of a place in the team right now

Am i detecting a slight Irish lilt in Faz snrs voice?

Do the Irish players know the words to their national anthem??

Are they using fake crowd noise?

sturginho wrote: Sat Oct 24, 2020 2:34 pm Are they using fake crowd noise?

Don't know if it's the case here, but BT have been using sound clips of the crowd from a pre-covid verison of the fixture and stitching it together on the fly. I imagine they've basically got a soundboard marked up for things like "nothing's happening" "maul" "line break" and so on.

Italy their own worse enemy, why try play out that deep?

Enjoyed Nolly pointedly correcting Harrison's typical Sky hyperbole and empty platitudes on why relying on a 13 to cover 9 could cause problems.

Irish not big fans of staying onside there are they.

ASMO wrote: Sat Oct 24, 2020 2:38 pm Italy their own worse enemy, why try play out that deep?

We can give the young lad a break on his debut

Sexton rocking nearly as much padding as Habana used to at his worst. I though shoulder pads were knocked back by the IRB?

Italy look incredibly disorganised at almost every phase.

sockwithaticket wrote: Sat Oct 24, 2020 2:50 pm Italy look incredibly disorganised at almost every phase.

Almost? They’re all over the fecking place.

What’s this review for? The Italian lad was going down under the tackle. It’s not even a penalty.

What's the TMO looking for, clearly no fault of Aki there?

sturginho wrote: Sat Oct 24, 2020 2:52 pm What's the TMO looking for, clearly no fault of Aki there?

Barely even a penalty let alone a review.

Every single breakdown there's no fucking support

sturginho wrote: Sat Oct 24, 2020 2:54 pm Every single breakdown there's no fucking support

I’m almost pleased that there’s no crowd here. Imagine paying to watch this. It’s a shite match so far.

You're going to regret the lack of swear filter, fucking fucks fucking sake!

Same old Italy. 1 or 2 good phases, even a couple of good backs moves then in this match it seems to be number 8’s job to f it all up.

sturginho wrote: Sat Oct 24, 2020 2:57 pm You're going to regret the lack of swear filter, fucking fucks fucking sake!

Keep it down. I was nodding off there.

Christ, he caught it right in the chops trying to charge that kick down.

I hope someone kicks it. It’s this relentless ball in hand that is ruining this game.

Someone should introduce the Italian players to one another, and to the rules of rugby.

This is possibly the worst game of rugby I have ever seen.

That was a good finish.

And the crowd go wild!

And 1 guest wrote: Sat Oct 24, 2020 3:05 pm This is possibly the worst game of rugby I have ever seen.

Matches Ireland's pre-sweated shirts.

The Druid wrote: Sat Oct 24, 2020 3:05 pm And the crowd go wild!

Nice that they were quiet for the kicker though.

Someone tell Italy they're legally allowed to tackle.

ScarfaceClaw wrote: Sat Oct 24, 2020 3:03 pm I hope someone kicks it. It’s this relentless ball in hand that is ruining this game.