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Allan and Campagnaro handed Italy starts at Twickenham

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Tommaso Allan and Michele Campagnaro will start for Italy when they face England in the Six Nations on Sunday as Conor O’Shea makes four changes to his side following the drubbing by Ireland.

Fly-half Allan will wear 10 at international level for the first time since facing Canada last June, with Carlo Canna dropping to the bench.

Centre Campagnaro also gets his chance at the expense of Tommaso Benvenuti, who has been named among the replacements for the clash against the defending champions and leaders at Twickenham.

Giulio Bisegni comes back in on the right wing, with Angelo Esposito dropping out of the squad, and Abraham Steyn has been restored to the back row in place of Maxime Mbanda.

Dario Chistolini was ruled out due to injury this week, so Michele Rizzo takes his place on the bench along with Pietro Ceccarelli as Italy looked to put up more of a fight then they did in a 63-10 hammering against Ireland in Rome last time out.

 

Italy: Edoardo Padovani, Giulio Bisegni, Michele Campagnaro, Luke McLean, Giovanbattista Venditti, Tommaso Allan, Edoardo Gori; Andrea Lovotti, Leonardo Ghiraldini, Lorenzo Cittadini, Marco Fuser, Dries Van Schalkwyk, Abraham Steyn, Simone Favaro, Sergio Parisse (captain).

Replacements: Ornel Gega, Michele Rizzo, Pietro Ceccarelli, George Biagi, Maxime Mbanda, Giorgio Bronzini, Carlo Canna, Tommaso Benvenuti.

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NB 2 minutes ago
The Reds' 'whimpering' exit shows Super Rugby scrums still matter

I think Van Nek would be more awkward than Robbo for the opposing loose-head, but he’s never really theatened to start at the Brumbies, so a big step up to the Lions for him.

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JD Kiwi 2 minutes ago
The Reds' 'whimpering' exit shows Super Rugby scrums still matter

I reckon that refs should count down from five and the forwards know that they can advance on “go!” That would certainly speed things up and add to the excitement

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NB 3 minutes ago
The Reds' 'whimpering' exit shows Super Rugby scrums still matter

Aye but Joe may still go Williams-Frost and leave big Will picking his nose on the bench.

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NB 4 minutes ago
The Reds' 'whimpering' exit shows Super Rugby scrums still matter

Yep the negativity is becoming a bit of a plague JD.

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NB 5 minutes ago
The Reds' 'whimpering' exit shows Super Rugby scrums still matter

It sure doesn’t feel the same at all, looking back at the site as an outsider… How does it feel to be a current reader?

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Mzilikazi 6 minutes ago
The Reds' 'whimpering' exit shows Super Rugby scrums still matter

Brad Thorn was a hands on coach, I always felt. He never was comfortable with the side of the job that required him to deal with the media etc. It would have been a game changer if there had been a DOR to lift that pressure.

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NB 7 minutes ago
The Reds' 'whimpering' exit shows Super Rugby scrums still matter

You weren’t a 9 were you T??🙄


The right side should be okay with Skelton pushing behind AAA, not so sure about the other side though. Gus Bell would be in a battle against Stuart or Furlong!

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JW 7 minutes ago
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Why, just so it appears on TV some day? Sorry, but that fairy story didn’t pan out in the final. No black invictus 😐

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NB 10 minutes ago
The Reds' 'whimpering' exit shows Super Rugby scrums still matter

I think that was a key to Les accepting the post in the first place DW. Whether it will turn out to be a good thing is another matter!

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NB 12 minutes ago
The Reds' 'whimpering' exit shows Super Rugby scrums still matter

The Refs in the Top 14, URC, Champs Cup and Prem have been too slack in adequately policing the times setting scrums.

I would exmpt the Prem refs from that criticism, as you can see from the stats above they prefer not to award pens at the scrum if poss and set them up quickly.


They also set the tone for pinging 9’s for not playing the ball at the back of caterpillars fast enough. I recall Luke Pearce awarding two turnover screums in one game for that!….


But the scrum still has a ways to go to become the spectacle it should be. We want big shoves but we also would prefer them to be rewarded by creating attacking opportunities…

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Mitch 17 minutes ago
The Reds' 'whimpering' exit shows Super Rugby scrums still matter

Hamish Bidwell would find something to complain about on Christmas day, his birthday and basically any day ending with the letter ‘Y’. Jamie Wall and or Tony Johnson would have been much better replacements for Brett as the Tuesday expert.

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Toaster 33 minutes ago
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Sorry yes I misread! My apologies

But I do agree Beauden is guilty of many aimless kicks too and I still feel his place kicking technique is a bit scratchy

DMac has a very good technique


It’s a very hard fall for razor who starts at 10! But both have to be in the 23

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CO 34 minutes ago
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PR 34 minutes ago
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Only if your planet stops at the NZ border.

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PR 35 minutes ago
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So why are so many Kiwis desperate to have South African teams back in Super Rugby? Could it be because Super Rugby is little more than a NZ provincial comp with Australia and a few Pacific Islands making up the numbers? Viewership of Super Rugby is tiny compared to URC. URC also feeds into the Champions Cup which is the greatest club comp in the world. Can’t begrudge Super Rugby players for coming north for a decent payday and to be part of a relevant comp.

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Toaster 35 minutes ago
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Agree and he’s had a good season but for these smaller guys you have to have something a little bit special like Kwagga Smith


Kirifi is an out and out 7 and not a big one so he either starts with Ardie and Sititi (a very short back row) or he’s a luxury on the bench


I noticed how he was anonymous against the Brumbies when Flanders and Lakai were pretty good

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JW 56 minutes ago
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NZR got COVID money? I doubt that very much.


I’m not following Wayneo, you reckon he tried to extort 30mil out of SARU to stay in Super Rugby?

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SK 1 hour ago
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The Scrum remains a key platform in the game. There may be fewer set in SR Pacific and fewer penalties given but you cannot escape its importance and that is how it should be. The scrum cannot become an irrelevant thing in Rugby. It deserves its own space in the game however too much time is spent setting a scrum and thats where the refs need to be more strict. They need to demand effort from players and award 10metres or penalties if the scrums are not set fast enough by one team or the other. The sixty seconds to set will only help if its enforced strictly. The Refs in the Top 14, URC, Champs Cup and Prem have been too slack in adequately policing the times setting scrums. Too many teams simply dawdle at scrum time because they are on the back foot. Theres nothing more frustrating than watching a clock count down and players having a chat with the ref at scrum time or stand up because they packed in badly. Refs need to get serious on it. In 1995 scrums were set in seconds. The laws came in to make them safer but now its way too time consuming. I feel like too often refereeing is done according to feeling and not mandate. There needs to be consistent standards across the game. While SR referees will penalise a 9 for not using it in the 5 seconds it rarely happens in Europe. Andrew Brace did it this weekend to Embrose Papier but that was after like 10 seconds. The Refs need to get more assertive about time wasting and following the time limit guidelines and this needs to happen across all leagues at once. Only then will we have a game for all refereed at the same standard.

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Poorfour 1 hour ago
Karl Dickson to referee first Gallagher Premiership final

Fans don’t seem to like him, but he consistently gets important games so the reffing authorities, coaches and players clearly do.


My take is that as one of the refs who played himself at a high level, he sees the game much as the players do and his decisions make sense to them, even if they are less clear to those of us in the stands.

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dw 1 hour ago
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Not a lot. If there were injuries or suspensions which I hope there isn’t, then they may look at Van Nek? Similar size to Robbo!

Would love to see Sio back. Slipper, Bell, Kailea and Sio are a decent list of LHPs

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