Italy v Australia

[ACT Crusader]

That was soft tackle attempt.

[ACT Crusader]

Italy winnnnnnnnnnnnn

[Steve]

playing this Australia side 3 times a year has done NZ no good...

[ACT Crusader]

Donaldson on debut misses the conversion. Feel for the kid.

But what a win by the Italians. Some of their running was brilliant.

Ebbs and flows of the game though. Some ordinary discipline from the Wallabies. Some very poor execution by the Italians.

[Jailbreak7]

Mwhahahaha..........!!
I can tell you which team is not enjoying their NH tour....

[cgrant]

The Italians win but made a few errors which could have cost them dearly. The Wallabies did not deserve to win it as they were poor. Their discipline was shocking.

[Steve]

@Jailbreak7 said in Italy v Australia:

Mwhahahaha..........!!
I can tell you which team is not enjoying their NH tour....

Hooper should have waited until next year to come back.

[KiwiMurph]

Donaldson might have outdone Perofeta for test debut you most feel sorry for.

Subbed on with 5 minutes left then asked to kick the match winning conversion.

[KiwiMurph]

@cgrant said in Italy v Australia:

Their discipline was shocking.

Their discipline under Rennie is horrendous.

[Jailbreak7]

Where to now for Rennie?? Cant really see too many positives to take away so far......

[Jailbreak7]

It's like the battle of the New Zealand coaches. Are there any caches left in NZ sheesh

[kiwi_expat]

Rennie's winning percentage into the thirties now.

I read earlier today Razor is keen to coach Australia.

[Bones]

I quite liked the pommy commentators exploding as though Aussie had won when they scored the final try, then realising they hadn't.

[MiketheSnow]

The right result in the end

Cracking match

[Jailbreak7]

That Italian FB he a dangerous little fecker, scampers about like a hare.

[kiwi_expat]

@Steve said in Italy v Australia:

playing this Australia side 3 times a year has done NZ no good...

NZR extending Foster's contract last year after beating these guys, Fiji, & Tonga C.

[Steve]

Cautionary tail though …playing dirt trackers against the Scotland’s Japans and Italy’s of this world. They have proper defensive systems now. We exported so much IP over the last decade or so for filthy lucre .

I fear for the NZ midfield this week.

[KiwiMurph]

It's good for world rugby that Italy are improved.

They now have an attacking game that can cause trouble.

[Bones]

@kiwi_expat said in Italy v Australia:

@Steve said in Italy v Australia:

playing this Australia side 3 times a year has done NZ no good...

NZR extending Foster's contract last year after beating these guys, Fiji, & Tonga C.

There's a fucking Foster thread where you can do your shithouse tinfoil hat moaning, maybe you and @Steve could fuck off there instead of spamming every thread.

[sparky]

Forza Italia. What a wonderful result!