Stade de France Saturday 19th March

[Which Tyler]

Come on, you bugger! Italy winning is good all round!

Last time Italy beat Wales was 2007
AWJ played in that one too

[Mr Mwenda]

You've cheered me up no end!

Come on, you bugger! Italy winning is good all round!

Oh, I agree with that but it does not make me feel any better about our feeble effort so far. We beat Wales only because they gifted us a try. Now, Italy have won in Cardiff by their own effort with a last minute superb try. Is our ambition height to be not grovelling down amongst the second division losers?

There's a Swedish expression: "don't paint the devil on the wall."

[Mr Mwenda]

Come on, you bugger! Italy winning is good all round!

Last time Italy beat Wales was 2007
AWJ played in that one too

Awesome statage.

[jimKRFC]

Come on, you bugger! Italy winning is good all round!

Last time Italy beat Wales was 2007
AWJ played in that one too

Does that give him record of most loses to Wales?

[Which Tyler]

Come on, you bugger! Italy winning is good all round!

Last time Italy beat Wales was 2007
AWJ played in that one too

Does that give him record of most loses to Wales?

Nope. Scotland and Wales both lost a few to Italy back then. Including both of them in 2007.

Assuming you meant "loses to Italy"

[jimKRFC]

Last time Italy beat Wales was 2007
AWJ played in that one too

Does that give him record of most loses to Wales?

Nope. Scotland and Wales both lost a few to Italy back then. Including both of them in 2007.

Assuming you meant "loses to Italy"

I did indeed.

[Mellsblue]

Isn't paddleboarding on water?

(Paddleball, racketboarding who knows...)

You should try underwater paddleboard hockey.

[Oakboy]

How the hell did Jones contrive a way to lose to Scotland?

[Mellsblue]

How the hell did Jones contrive a way to lose to Scotland again?

Fixed.

[Timbo]

8pm Saturday kickoffs are rubbish.

[Mr Mwenda]

How the hell did Jones contrive a way to lose to Scotland again?

Fixed.

SRU blew the annual budget bribing LCD.

[Timbo]

Watching those anthems I have the distinct feeling that we have absolutely no chance here

But we shall see.

[Galfon]

Using Genge as running back will be a bit sapping - needs every ounce.

[morepork]

Shouty man is back....jesus.

[Which Tyler]

Shouty man is back....jesus.

Owen?

[Puja]

Using Genge as running back will be a bit sapping - needs every ounce.

Be more effective if he didn't keep stopping before contact to do a little sidestep. I've seen Alex Goode run into contact with more dynamism.

Puja

[morepork]

Itoje.

All that kicking out wide is isolating the ball carriers. The back row can't keep up in support of that all day.

[Galfon]

Momentum hit by pens succession.- the tea-leaves may be right..

[FKAS]

Using Genge as running back will be a bit sapping - needs every ounce.

Be more effective if he didn't keep stopping before contact to do a little sidestep. I've seen Alex Goode run into contact with more dynamism.

Puja

He's running back from so deep I think he's knackered by the time he gets there. That and it must be disconcerting to be running into that massive blue wall head on.

[badback]

Bleh

[Puja]

Well, that's been coming. Our ball retention has been shocking - France have been rinsing us at the breakdown and they just look so much more focussed than us with ball in hand.

Puja

[Banquo]

everything that we do badly being done again. Poor kicking, poor discipline poor backs defence poor breakdown

[Stom]

I’m just not convinced these are the 7th and 8th best wings in England… all off the back 3 were in a postage stamp there. Stupid.

[Stom]

everything that we do badly being done again. Poor kicking, poor discipline poor backs defence poor breakdown

We’re so impatient. There’s no strike runs and then players get frustrated when they don’t break the line. Again, stupid. Stupid decisions come from up top.

[badback]

Oh great