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Pool B - New Zealand, South Africa, Italy, Namibia, Canada
- Thread starter James
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Heboric
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In theory I suppose against the Boks. They have beaten them before in Italy, although that was a different era...
I would be extremely dissapointed if Italy beat the Boks this time around
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On paper I don't think Italy turning over South Africa is very far from Japan turning over Ireland. But Japan are a much more cohesive and better coached team than Italy, played with a massive crowd behind them and played an Ireland side missing its most influential player.
If Italy are going to have a chance it's need to be a dogfight in the mud the way it was in Florence, and they'll need to be defending like crazy. And I think SA have seen that because they're picking Frans Steyn as part of a pace-free bench, presumably just to hoof drop goals on the chance it comes to that.
SA losing to Italy is very unlikely, NZ losing to Italy though is about as likely as me winning wimbledon.
If Italy are going to have a chance it's need to be a dogfight in the mud the way it was in Florence, and they'll need to be defending like crazy. And I think SA have seen that because they're picking Frans Steyn as part of a pace-free bench, presumably just to hoof drop goals on the chance it comes to that.
SA losing to Italy is very unlikely, NZ losing to Italy though is about as likely as me winning wimbledon.
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glorious taranaki man jayden hayward and a few others excepted, italy are terrible. i will never forget the italy v france test in rome this year for just how bad both sides were.
italy dropped the ball over the try line ffs.
they're lucky they won't face japan because they'll get destroyed.
italy dropped the ball over the try line ffs.
they're lucky they won't face japan because they'll get destroyed.
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For anyone who missed it, Namibia got up for it in the first half an hour, made a nuisance of themselves, got a few penalties and it was a one point game after half an hour. Once they ran out of gas it was men against boys in the second half. The last NZ try was a beaut, if you want a reason to watch highlights.
