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<blockquote data-quote="ninebarmaximus" data-source="post: 136512"><p>They already tried that against Italy, remember? Heck, even Wales tried it but in the end, like Scotland, they just got bogged down. Only France & Ireland managed to make it stick and they've both got highly talented back lines who can be trusted with the ball. Fair enough Scotland panicked and started playing against the scoreboard (Italy were 21 points in front at the time) and went for the corners but Italy kept them at bay for most of the match and deserved their win.</p><p></p><p>The idea that you can simply run around Italy doesn't really hold that much water, you can only really do that when you're <em>really</em> in form and at your best with a high quality and highly mobile side (like Ireland or France against Italy in the Six nations just gone) if you're not, more likely than not, you'll be dragged into a grueling forward orientated battle.</p><p>[/b]</p></blockquote><p></p><p>I hear that scotland are going to put their B team up again NZ and focus on italy, i dont blame them cos italy are going to kick some ass in this world cup. i got my ticket to the portugal match</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="ninebarmaximus, post: 136512"] They already tried that against Italy, remember? Heck, even Wales tried it but in the end, like Scotland, they just got bogged down. Only France & Ireland managed to make it stick and they've both got highly talented back lines who can be trusted with the ball. Fair enough Scotland panicked and started playing against the scoreboard (Italy were 21 points in front at the time) and went for the corners but Italy kept them at bay for most of the match and deserved their win. The idea that you can simply run around Italy doesn't really hold that much water, you can only really do that when you're [i]really[/i] in form and at your best with a high quality and highly mobile side (like Ireland or France against Italy in the Six nations just gone) if you're not, more likely than not, you'll be dragged into a grueling forward orientated battle. [/b][/quote] I hear that scotland are going to put their B team up again NZ and focus on italy, i dont blame them cos italy are going to kick some ass in this world cup. i got my ticket to the portugal match [/QUOTE]
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