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Harsh penalty. Things are n9t going Italys way.

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Italy show potential in a game or two every year but around the 50-60 min mark they just disintegrate. They haven't got the skills to pull something out the hat to win it and there's only 2 points in it and 25 mins left to play...

hugh_woatmeigh wrote:Italy show potential in a game or two every year but around the 50-60 min mark they just disintegrate. They haven't got the skills to pull something out the hat to win it and there's only 2 points in it and 25 mins left to play...

A bit like Scotland pre BVC

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Wales at home was probably their best chance of a scalp.. Looks like they may not even take a LBP at this rate.

That was an excellent bit of attacking by Wales. I thought that was a try in fairness.

We should be looking to put 4 scores on this shambles when they rock up to MF.

Hope that both of these teams kick this much ball to us.

Don't usually squatting down to check for a squint feed.

hugh_woatmeigh wrote:We should be looking to put 4 scores on this shambles when they rock up to MF.

You been taking tips from Ronan O'Gara?

Edinburgh in Exile wrote:

hugh_woatmeigh wrote:We should be looking to put 4 scores on this shambles when they rock up to MF.

You been taking tips from Ronan O'Gara?

Are you watching them? They'll be blown away if we bring our first half game to them. All they do is kick it down the Welsh throats - Hogg, Seymour & Jones will carve them up.

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hugh_woatmeigh wrote:

Edinburgh in Exile wrote:

hugh_woatmeigh wrote:We should be looking to put 4 scores on this shambles when they rock up to MF.

You been taking tips from Ronan O'Gara?

Are you watching them? They'll be blown away if we bring our first half game to them. All they do is kick it down the Welsh throats - Hogg, Seymour & Jones will carve them up.

I am, but I fail to see the risk vs reward in sweeping predictions like that. Each to their own though cat man.

Williams what an utter mong.

Good win either way.

What a shambles all round that was at the end. Why do Italy always run out of steam? You'd think they'd have worked on it by now.

Flattering score for wales( not a bonus try performance) Neither teams should threaten Scotland if they continue to perform like this and if Scotland continues to play as it does. Both big "Ifs".

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switchskier wrote:What a shambles all round that was at the end. Why do Italy always run out of steam? You'd think they'd have worked on it by now.

They don't have the players whichever way you break it down. It's just Treviso and Zebre at the end of the day.

hugh_woatmeigh wrote:Williams what an utter mong.

Good win either way.

Not to continually disagree with you today, but to be fair to him he did extremely well to win that ball in the fist place, and it was a very difficult finish.

hugh_woatmeigh wrote:

switchskier wrote:What a shambles all round that was at the end. Why do Italy always run out of steam? You'd think they'd have worked on it by now.

They don't have the players whichever way you break it down. It's just Treviso and Zebre at the end of the day.

Sure, I don't expect them to win but I don't understand why their conditioning perpetually seems off. They'd benefit a lot from perhaps losing a bit of forward power and being able to run for 80 minutes.

Awj perpetually talked up again but only half of Gray's tackles. It's going to be rubbish if he is lions captain.

Just watched the match

YAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSS

Grandslam still on!!!

OptimisticJock wrote:Just watched the match

YAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSS

Grandslam still on!!!

Did you manage to avoid the result? I think I would have buckled and looked it up about 20 minutes into the second half.

Rewatching. The period between 65-68 minutes had two key plays. Barclay knowing the laws to disrupt a line out maul forming and two mins later kearneys laughable pass to the winger that was miles forward

Squad update from the SRU. Russell still going through the HIA protocol and Brown ok.

Nothing else except "other players are showing the signs of a physical test match and will be managed accordingly".

Good news.

Edinburgh in Exile wrote:

OptimisticJock wrote:Just watched the match

YAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSS

Grandslam still on!!!

Did you manage to avoid the result? I think I would have buckled and looked it up about 20 minutes into the second half.

Yeah mate. In the arse end if Yorkshire so reception was atrocious, didn't really get any Internet until heading home but I had to rubber a couple of dozen messages etc just in case.

Big D wrote:Squad update from the SRU. Russell still going through the HIA protocol and Brown ok.

Nothing else except "other players are showing the signs of a physical test match and will be managed accordingly".

Good news.

No mention of Watson suggests a serious blunder from VC then.

Hope Finn is ok.

hugh_woatmeigh wrote:

Big D wrote:Squad update from the SRU. Russell still going through the HIA protocol and Brown ok.

Nothing else except "other players are showing the signs of a physical test match and will be managed accordingly".

Good news.

No mention of Watson suggests a serious blunder from VC then.

Hope Finn is ok.

He's fine. It's just the full protocol goes up to Monday/Tuesday.

Well that was a great game to watch. Thought we'd blown it again with 70 minutes on the clock, but like a good team, we pounced when it matters and the cats (thanks, EiE) took the just rewards. Sign of a great team is taking the opportunities when you have them - think how many times we entered into the Irish 22m and came away with points?

I think we've got a good change against the French if we play exactly the same way but I would swap out Strauss for Barclay.