Italy v All Blacks

[Darth Sader]

After last week, this was a bit of a statement test. Unfortunately they’ve made the wrong statement.

[Machpants]

@kev said in Italy v All Blacks:

Whatever the reason, way too much ball is being dropped at centre. Ugly. Waste of possession. All year. Nothing done to correct it. A big work on for next year.

No, I've been told centre is fine, carry on

[Jet]

@kev said in Italy v All Blacks:

Whatever the reason, way too much ball is being dropped at centre. Ugly. Waste of possession. All year. Nothing done to correct it. A big work on for next year.

There is no finesse at 12 or 13.

[nostrildamus]

Even the commentary online is jaded: "Vaa'i is hoisted, and fittingly spills the restart."

[MajorRage]

Bin the MOTM thread.

-3 points for all starters.

Scotty, a tip. We’ve kicked every single time we e had broken play. And it’s all sucked shit.

Learn. You fluffybunny.

[MN5]

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[antipodean]

@Tordah said in Italy v All Blacks:

@African-Monkey said in Italy v All Blacks:

@KiwiMurph said in Italy v All Blacks:

This game will really convert the locals to rugby.....

Reminds me a bit of the Italy test in Milan in 2009.

Except the scrums went the other way around and Crockett got raped

That was thankfully the end of Stuart Dickinson's refereeing career he was so abjectly useless.

[DaGrubster]

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[sparky]

@Jet I'm excited at thought of a Proctor/Higgins midfield for the Hurricanes in 2025 and maybe for the ABs too?

[Bones]

Jordan overrunning again

[Mr Fish]

Will Jordan MOTM because...?

[frugby]

@MajorRage said in Italy v All Blacks:

Bin the MOTM thread.

-3 points for all starters.

Scotty, a tip. We’ve kicked every single time we e had broken play. And it’s all sucked shit.

Learn. You fluffybunny.

de Groot, Sititi, Aumua.

[kev]

@Darth-Sader said in Italy v All Blacks:

After last week, this was a bit of a statement test. Unfortunately they’ve made the wrong statement.

An accurate statement.

[mikey07]

If this doesn’t scream I should’ve played the players that haven’t had minutes on this tour I don’t know what is.

[sparky]

@MajorRage Sititi and the front row boys have been great.

[Bones]

I'm being gaslit

[Jet]

@mikey07 said in Italy v All Blacks:

If this doesn’t scream I should’ve played the players that haven’t had minutes on this tour I don’t know what is.

I agree....and they could have kept the big guns on the bench in case it went to rat shit.

[sparky]

@Bones Snowflake.

[antipodean]

@Jet said in Italy v All Blacks:

@kev said in Italy v All Blacks:

Whatever the reason, way too much ball is being dropped at centre. Ugly. Waste of possession. All year. Nothing done to correct it. A big work on for next year.

There is no finesse at 12 or 13.

The style of play is to have both crash balls. The coaching philosophy is shit.

[nostrildamus]

So how would you rank De Groot and Williams at the moment? Or is it difficult to tell?