The Rugby Thread

[Buzzo]

Agree - he held his ground, nothing in it.

Scrum half on lock is never going to look good.

Really good match. Italy remind me of an early incarnation of the current Scotland team. All action and error strewn.

[Irishnev]

Good stuff - 4 tries on the first half

[Buzzo]

Cracking match.

Italy need to score next for the neutral!

[Buzzo]

And do!

[Irishnev]

****ing stupid - right on half time

[Buzzo]

****ing stupid - right on half time

You will have too much for them, I think, but this is a brilliant match.

Italy haven’t won at home for such a long time. The Welsh must be ****ting themselves.

[Buzzo]

Scrum is a mess. Either collapse or pen.

[Irishnev]

Starting to have a bit of a smelly feel to it - need to freshen it up

[Buzzo]

You really miss Gibson-Park he gives so much good ball.

[Irishnev]

You really miss Gibson-Park he gives so much good ball.

Casey is actually our best passer IMO - hopefully our bench can make the difference

[Buzzo]

The improvements from Italy in pretty much every facet of the game over the last 2-3 years is quite something.

[Irishnev]

Big play from Ryan Baird - huge prospect for us

[Irishnev]

The improvements from Italy in pretty much every facet of the game over the last 2-3 years is quite something.

Fitness is way up, pace of play and no more “basic” errors…… they are a bloody handful

[Buzzo]

Fitness is way up, pace of play and no more “basic” errors…… they are a bloody handful

They seem to always have a player running off the shoulder ball in hand. Very hard to defend.

[Buzzo]

Had to be patient there. A few more phases.