[2018 November Tests] Italy vs Australia (17/11/18)

[TRF_heineken]

Venue: Stadio Euganeo
Time: 15:00 CAT (SA, GMT+2)​

 

[Bruce_ma gooshvili]

Ran them close in Oz last year, but no, this should be routine for the Wallabies unless they go really experimental. Really don't want to see Benvenuti on the wing please!

 

[Oliver Madden]

the way the Wallabies are playing at the moment they could easily lose this game in my opinion.

 

[Derpus]

I hope we win, but i can see the upside in a loss.

We might finally get a new coach.

 

[bushytop]

Well although you would have to make the Aussies favourites, they will again be playing under extreme pressure to finally get a win... while this will be one match for Italy where they can feel totally at ease after dispatching Georgia last week, to put any notion of their 6N spot being taken away to bed for a while at least.

Still going Oz bu5 you never know.

 

[bushytop]

https://www.theroar.com.au/2018/11/16/michael-cheikas-mixed-selections-for-italy/

Aussies are not happy with the Cheika selection for Italy... not that they've been happy with anything he's done since 2015.

 

[Derpus]

Our teams an absolute ******* joke. Foley at 12. AAC on the wing? the bloke belongs in a retirement village.

****, i've had about all i can stomach of this ****.

 

[Bean]

Can Italy really win this?

 

[bushytop]

Can Italy really win this?

I thought not until I saw the Aussie selection... maybe?

 

[Bruce_ma gooshvili]

Italy: 15 Jayden Hayward, 14 Tommaso Benvenuti, 13 Michele Campagnaro, 12 Tommaso Castello, 11 Mattia Bellini, 10 Tommaso Allan, 9 ***o Tebaldi, 8 Abraham Jurgens Steyn, 7 Jake Polledri, 6 Sebastian Negri, 5 Dean Budd, 4 Alessandro Zanni, 3 Simone Ferrari, 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini (c), 1 Andrea Lovotti

Replacements: 16 Luca Bigi, 17 Cherif Traorè, 18 Tiziano Pasquali, 19 Marco Fuser, 20 Johan Meyer, 21 Guglielmo Palazzani, 22 Carlo Canna, 23 Luca Morisi


Australia: 15 Israel Folau, 14 Adam Ashley-Cooper, 13 Samu Kerevi, 12 Bernard Foley, 11 Marika Koroibete, 10 Matt Toomua, 9 Jake Gordon, 8 David Pocock, 7 Michael Hooper (c), 6 Jack Dempsey, 5 Adam Coleman, 4 Izack Rodda, 3 Taniela Tupou, 2 Folau Fainga'a, 1 Scott Sio

Replacements: 16 Tatafu Polota-Nau, 17 Jermaine Ainsley, 18 Sekope Kepu, 19 Rob Simmons, 20 Pete Samu, 21 Will Genia, 22 Kurtley Beale, 23 Dane Haylett-Petty


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Pfft, that Wallabies side is plenty strong enough. As I've said before, Cheika has to experiment to try and find combinations that will work when injury strikes, because his depth is pitiful.

Hayward is an upgrade at fullback for Italy, but Benvenuti on the wing again. O'Shea seems to pull out one good performance every four or so games and the lads have a weight off their shoulders after dispatching Georgia. But I can't bring myself to believe.

Australia by 20

 

[Amiga500]

Is this really 0-0 at half time or is the beeb website having a wobbly?

 

[Bruce_ma gooshvili]

Is this really 0-0 at half time or is the beeb website having a wobbly?

Yup. Wallabies feeling that last weeks 15 point total was too enthralling!

 

[Jockstap]

Christ it must be hard to be an Italian rugby fan. Pulling my hair out watching them.

 

[Bruce_ma gooshvili]

Interesting decision to chalk off Tebaldi's try. Not that it'd have made a blind bit of difference.

 

[Tooting Carmen]

There are a lot of parallels between SA two years ago and Aus this year in terms of how much in disarray both were/are. Also, coincidentally Aus are facing the same teams this November that SA did in 2016, only at least the former managed to overcome Italy.

 

[Bean]

Crazy that the third Wallaby Try was actually awarded.

 

[Derpus]

Crazy that the third Wallaby Try was actually awarded.

Amusing coming from a kiwi, kings of the jammy try.

 

[Bean]

Amusing coming from a kiwi, kings of the jammy try.

I'll have you know we didn't score one bad try in our last game.

 

[All Black]

I'll have you know we didn't score one bad try in our last game.

They were all 'out of sight' type ones lol.

 

[All Black]

I was surprised to see Adam Ashleigh Coopersauras still running around.