2018 6Nations - Game 1: Italy

[Banquo]

close, I'd give it.

[morepork]

Italian midfield looking tidy.

[p/d]

Thank god we are playing Italy

We are a shambles, as expected

[Banquo]

we are being a bit embarrassed in the backs, innit

[Galfon]

lucky it wasn't Cueto...

[16th man]

Brown is "seatbelt tackling" him there, so, much like the Italian no arms job on Watson, probably should be a penalty try anyway.

[Galfon]

15 - 27 after 58 min.

[WaspInWales]

Never fear, JJ's here.

[Stom]

Brown has been very poor apart from a couple of decoy runs... Really poor

[WaspInWales]

Wales will be licking their lips at attacking our defence.

[Banquo]

rubbish resourcing at the breakdown. You have to have three back rows in your team, end of story.

[twitchy]

All change now. Watson at fb.

[Stom]

Again we screw up the breakdown on the "1". Could have done with a flanker out there. But, oh wait, we only have 1

[Stom]

Woo. Brown off

[Renniks]

Frustrating that all the issues we thought might be the case have been the case

Te'o a step down in defensive patterns/alignment than Joseph
Brown not up to par
Turnovers a plenty when we under-resource the breakdown… usually because we don't have the flankers to get there
Youngs injury a huge worry with no back-up 9s

[Galfon]

Ita continue to boss territory and posession.
Eng. unconvincing.

[Banquo]

tad worrying. Defence is very ropey more than one pass out. Faz lucky there!

[Which Tyler]

All change now. Watson at fb.

Worries me a bit. Has he ever played there before?

[Banquo]

at least the front rows have all gone well

[WaspInWales]

Take the 3, settle the nerves

[WaspInWales]

Come on Sam!

[WaspInWales]

Yay. Should've taken the 3.

[Banquo]

bollix jinxed George

[Which Tyler]

Good break by Faz - made by Ford's pass, but good line

[WaspInWales]

Scored some nice tries today.