Team v Italy

[Sandydragon]

Very naive defending by Wales

Our centre partnership isn’t entirely solid in defence

[Wallpaperman]

Fantastic tackle from 10 though.

Very happy with that.

It looks like it’s coming for Italy though

[Sandydragon]

Will Italy keep their discipline? Perception of two harsh (but accurate) calls.

[Wallpaperman]

Williams striking it well, but that’s 2 missed

[Wallpaperman]

Chalk and cheese in attack

[Ross. S]

Williams striking it well, but that’s 2 missed

Who else can kick? Sanjay? Grady? Tips?

[pompey-zebra]

Williams striking it well, but that’s 2 missed

Thought they might have have gone for touch. Looked like the edge of Williams's range.

[UKHamlet]

Italy are crossing in nearly every phase

[Wallpaperman]

Williams striking it well, but that’s 2 missed

Thought they might have have gone for touch. Looked like the edge of Williams's range.

Looked like he had the distance.

[Wallpaperman]

Italy are crossing in nearly every phase

A fine line between dummy running and crossing. Pinged for it now

[Sandydragon]

Just turned down three points.

[Sandydragon]

That turned out well

[UKHamlet]

Kinnel

[Wallpaperman]

Again, a good result there. I thought that Italian defenders were offside as well as pulling it down.

[Sandydragon]

Rhys Webb making a big difference

[Wallpaperman]

Great kick. Italy leaving gaps behind again

[Banquo]

all about the finishing

[Banquo]

or lack of

[Wallpaperman]

Not loving the ref. Well done TMO

[UKHamlet]

A better first half than I anticipated

[Banquo]

stupid from Italy again. Wales good with ball

[Sandydragon]

Not loving the ref. Well done TMO

Yep.

So a much better first half but two of those tries came from Italian mistakes or pathetic tackling. With ball in hand they look far more dangerous. Our centre partnership is a bit papier-mâché in defence.

But the pack is fronting up and Webbs game management is much improved. Kicking from hand also much better and we’ve been able to compete for the ball.

Better but still a long way to go

[Wallpaperman]

stupid from Italy again. Wales good with ball

Good at kicking it

[pompey-zebra]

Needed to hold out at the end there.

[Sourdust]

Glass-Half-Empty perspective: An hour ago, losing this game would have been shrug, sigh, carry on. Losing it from here, is a whole new level of catastrophe. And you know and I know we can do it.