England v Italy 6 Nations

[Bones]

Italy are toast. That was horrible defence.

[Jailbreak7]

Italy away from home are a different prospect.
They really need to shore up that defence. Looks porous and weak. Need also to adapt to referees rulings.

[Victor Meldrew]

Bit one-sided with England dominating upfront

Padovani having a blinder on defence

[sparky]

Van Poortvliet scores the 3rd try for England.

[Bones]

I don't think you can let that go. That still caused an advantage, no matter how far off the play the Comms think it is. He's run through the fucking gap the Italian was running into, stop whining.

[Victor Meldrew]

@sparky said in England v Italy 6 Nations:

Van Poortvliet Slade scores the 3rd try for England.

[Victor Meldrew]

Not a patch on the other two games thus far.

[Bones]

@Victor-Meldrew said in England v Italy 6 Nations:

@sparky said in England v Italy 6 Nations:

Van Poortvliet Slade scores the 3rd try for England.

3 different players named for this try. 3rd time lucky for the 3rd try?

[Jailbreak7]

That was horrible driving maul defence from Italy. Non-existent. Can they fix that in seven months?

[Victor Meldrew]

@Jailbreak7 said in England v Italy 6 Nations:

That was horrible driving maul defence from Italy. Non-existent. Can they fix that in seven months?

I'd focus more on not running backward when they have the ball.

[Bones]

Great enthusiasm and energy from England, but it just looks like a training run for them. Even when they mess up and throw the ball backwards ten metres to no one, they can just canter back, pick it up and run back to where they were.

[Jailbreak7]

@Bones yeah it's a very Borthwick no-nonsense type of approach. Beat them up in the forwards. Win the collisions. Keep the discipline. Keep it simple Nothing flashy.

[KiwiMurph]

@Jailbreak7 said in England v Italy 6 Nations:

@Bones yeah it's a very Borthwick no-nonsense type of approach. Beat them up in the forwards. Win the collisions. Keep the discipline. Keep it simple Nothing flashy.

Makes you wonder why he tried Smith last week at 10. Much more suited to Farrell at 10.

[Victor Meldrew]

@Jailbreak7 said in England v Italy 6 Nations:

@Bones yeah it's a very Borthwick no-nonsense type of approach. Beat them up in the forwards. Win the collisions. Keep the discipline. Keep it simple Nothing flashy.

Probbly the best approach considering only a few months to RWC2023

[Bones]

That England jumper really suits playing in London. Looks like they've all been stabbed in the stomach.

[Bones]

@Jailbreak7 said in England v Italy 6 Nations:

@Bones yeah it's a very Borthwick no-nonsense type of approach. Beat them up in the forwards. Win the collisions. Keep the discipline. Keep it simple Nothing flashy.

Yeah but they're not exactly being pressed to try anything. They're succeeding before they even need to try.

Very disappointing Italy after all the hype.

[sparky]

@Bones said in England v Italy 6 Nations:

That England jumper really suits playing in London. Looks like they've all been stabbed in the stomach.

Or that someone's on their period.

[sparky]

Italy score after half time.

[Jailbreak7]

After a classic Crowley half-time rev-up, Italy finally on the score sheet.

[Bones]

Would've thought a high tackle by an offside player on the try line should be considered for a penalty try.