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Danno wrote:Ntamack's kicking also hugely entertaining

Certainly going through his bag of tricks

p/d wrote:

Banquo wrote:

p/d wrote:Dupont is pure class

Bridging forwards and backs brilliantly

Joy to watch .... and no slouch when it comes to the physical stuff

No bridge too far

If dupont has a suitable granny, could he play for the lions? Or does one have to be eligible for the home nations?

Great passage of play from italy.

This is the most entertaining match of the tournament so far. Slight caveat is that I didn't see Ireland Wales yesterday

Yup, the tournament needs more games like this.

Italy have many critics - me among them, but they are giving the French a run for their money!

Polledri is a hell of a player? Why tf did he choose to play for Italy when Eddie could have come calling?

Because Eddie is a kok.

Check out that sweet Italian lineout.

morepork wrote:Because Eddie is a kok.

Check out that sweet Italian lineout.

Bang on cue, morepork!

Arse.

France gonna France. Italy gonna Italy.

France are spoilt with classy 9s.

Good game.

francoisfou wrote:Polledri is a hell of a player? Why tf did he choose to play for Italy when Eddie could have come calling?

We have got a decent crop of flankers ourselves and at the time he opted for Italy, many were saying it wasn't a big deal. But I'd like to have had him.

Marvellous good to see Italy putting some nice passages of play together.

And reckon Joe Worsley is good value

Banquo wrote:

francoisfou wrote:Polledri is a hell of a player? Why tf did he choose to play for Italy when Eddie could have come calling?

We have got a decent crop of flankers ourselves and at the time he opted for Italy, many were saying it wasn't a big deal. But I'd like to have had him.

He would have played at 8 yesterday

p/d wrote:Marvellous good to see Italy putting some nice passages of play together.

And reckon Joe Worsley is good value

Yes they did well to pull themselves together after an awful first 20 mins (though suspect France dropped off a bit and are being hairdryered as we speak by Edwards), and frankly put our carrying effort last week to shame. Backrow were individually very good.

The Swede spoke very well. Get rid of Guscott.

p/d wrote:

Banquo wrote:

francoisfou wrote:Polledri is a hell of a player? Why tf did he choose to play for Italy when Eddie could have come calling?

We have got a decent crop of flankers ourselves and at the time he opted for Italy, many were saying it wasn't a big deal. But I'd like to have had him.

He would have played at 8 yesterday

Not necessarily a bad thing- he's skilful. Ben was still struggling to control the ball.

England don't need a backrow player who doesn't support continuity. We might pick a few, but we don't need them

morepork wrote:Arse.

Yeah, you’re right, of course ...... Eddie is a grade A kok.

Digby wrote:England don't need a backrow player who doesn't support continuity. We might pick a few, but we don't need them

Specifically what do you mean?

Banquo wrote:

Digby wrote:England don't need a backrow player who doesn't support continuity. We might pick a few, but we don't need them

Specifically what do you mean?

He was part of an Italian team today who didn't support their phase play

Digby wrote:

Banquo wrote:

Digby wrote:England don't need a backrow player who doesn't support continuity. We might pick a few, but we don't need them

Specifically what do you mean?

He was part of an Italian team today who didn't support their phase play

So given he was a primary ball carrier, how does that make him accountable? They also bucked their ideas up after 30 mins.

It would be interesting to look at their assignments, and what he was doing when not carrying (or tackling, which he did tons of as well).

From what I saw, Italy’s support play was very good with offloads creating overlaps. Let’s hope they continue in this vein in two weeks.