[2025 Six Nations] England vs Italy - 9/3/25

[AlRums]

"And it's Fin kicking a conversion from the corner" as no-one said in the Scotland game.

Pull your skirt down, your anti-English bias is showing

Fin is smith, Finn is russell. At least get that right.

 

[Yulia]

Don't predict anything good for Italy for the second half but...this first one was pure beauty.
And someone had doubts about Italy being T1?....

 

[curtbob7]

I compliment England when they do something well, it's just very rare.

Like finish about Scotland more often than not despite Scotland enjoying a golden era with a team of mercenaries?

 

[McTallshort]

Enjoying the game as it's a bit disorganised and that makes it quite exciting. Will England lose? Possibly but so what

 

[dirty harry]

Isn't it telling that every single match we watch the Refs are all poor, and none can consistently run a match without glaring errors or perceived bias?

It's not their fault

 

[Which Tyler]

ENG complaining about the referee in a game against ITA
I have seen it all

 

[Booboobang]

Don't predict anything good for Italy for the second half but...this first one was pure beauty.
And someone had doubts about Italy being T1?....

Is that a thing? Italy have been improving visually for a few years now, if any team is questioned its wales now surely?

 

[AlRums]

Like finish about Scotland more often than not despite Scotland enjoying a golden era with a team of mercenaries?

In English?

 

[dirty harry]

Marcus Smith has been a real weakness for Rngland, Italy need to pepper him with high balls.

 

[McTallshort]

I compliment England when they do something well, it's just very rare.

Still beat South Africa B this year

 

[Duck a l'Orange]

Don't predict anything good for Italy for the second half but...this first one was pure beauty.
And someone had doubts about Italy being T1?....

The current doubts are actually about whether England is T1.

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

Yeah Brace isn't biased, he's just **** and England are notoriously awful at adapting to ref interpretations. Having said that, hard to adapt to a ref who makes it up as he goes.

Don't presume malice on what can be explained by being Belgian.

 

[NickBD]

I still can't over the maul/none yellow situation. It's one of the worst calls Ive ever seen. Not only it is a clear maul, all 3 refs describe something different while watching it.

 

[j-dawg]

I don’t understand why we don’t do drop goals anymore. We frequently get into the 22, nothing is on, we force it, get turned over. Repeat until momentum changes.

 

[curtbob7]

I still can't over the maul/none yellow situation. It's one of the worst calls Ive ever seen. Not only it is a clear maul, all 3 refs describe something different like watching it.

Bias

 

[Crash Hamster]

Fin is smith, Finn is russell. At least get that right.

Which is why I used the expression 'said'; they're homophones, you see.

It's the unnoticed intricacies which make the joke. ANd Russell has a capital R. At least get that right...

 

[Which Tyler]

I'm going to cut England some slack today, but only for today.
Between the Lawrence injury, and the Brace effect - it's got to be tough to build up any momentum

 

[AlRums]

That second Italy try is a definite contender for try of the tournament. It was a thing of beauty

 

[Deleted member 90256]

Said it before, but other teams like Italy are improving while England are just staying stagnant. Games like this will happen as a result.

 

[IT157]

Entertaining 1st half. Some lovely tries.

Feels like we are missing some umph in the backs with Lawrence going off injured early.