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<blockquote data-quote="Bruce_ma gooshvili" data-source="post: 1101716" data-attributes="member: 74121"><p>So the Zebre improvement is not quite so encouraging for Italian rugby overall as I thought. Looking at their lineups they have switched from being a kind of Italian focussed development squad to one willing to play quite a few seemingly non-Italian Q players (e.g. English halfbacks).</p><p></p><p>I support this as I'd rather have 15 Italians in a 23 competing in matches than 23 Italians getting hammered. It is likely a recipe to prove more popular with fans too. Conversely Benetton seem to be shifting to be more Italian focussed, which is definitely a good sign as they'd be less inclined to pick an Italian over a non-Italian if the latter was better.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bruce_ma gooshvili, post: 1101716, member: 74121"] So the Zebre improvement is not quite so encouraging for Italian rugby overall as I thought. Looking at their lineups they have switched from being a kind of Italian focussed development squad to one willing to play quite a few seemingly non-Italian Q players (e.g. English halfbacks). I support this as I'd rather have 15 Italians in a 23 competing in matches than 23 Italians getting hammered. It is likely a recipe to prove more popular with fans too. Conversely Benetton seem to be shifting to be more Italian focussed, which is definitely a good sign as they'd be less inclined to pick an Italian over a non-Italian if the latter was better. [/QUOTE]
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