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Italy name team for Namibia with 5 survivors from 2019 RWC
By Ian Cameron
Head Coach Kieran Crowley has named five survivors in his match-day team from the last time they played Namibia at RWC 2019, in Tommaso Allan, Federico Ruzza, Luca Morisi, Simone Ferrari and Marco Riccioni.
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Allan will play his eighth Rugby World Cup match, the most of any player in this squad. Italy have won all three games when he scores more than 10 points in a RWC game, but lost all four when he has been restricted nine points or fewer.
Only six players in his match-day squad have Rugby World Cup experience from previous tournaments.
Three players in the 23 play their club rugby in France: Tommaso Allan for Perpignan, Ange Capuzzo for Stade Toulousain and Paolo Garbisi for Montpellier.
Toulouse winger Ange Capuozzo starts on the wing. World Rugby Men’s Breakthrough Player of the Year in 2022 has made the most linebreaks (12) and beaten the most defenders (30) for Italy this season, breaking the defensive line on average every 4.8 carries.
SQUAD:
1 Danilo Fischetti
2 Giacomo Nicotera
3 Simone Ferrari
4 Dino Lamb
5 Federico Ruzza
6 Sebastian Negri
7 Michele Lamaro (c)
8 Lorenzo Cannone
9 Stephen Varney
10 Paolo Garbisi
11 Montanna Ioane
12 Luca Morisi
13 Juan Ignacio Brex
14 Ange Capuozzo
15 Tommaso Allan
REPLACEMENTS:
16 Hame Faiva
17 Ivan Nemer
18 Marco Riccioni
19 David Sisi
20 Manuel Zuliani
21 Martin Page-Relo
22 Paolo Odogwu
23 Pierre Bruno
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Although NZ won comfortably enough they weren’t always convincing and a better opposition may well have found them out. If our gun 7s players can translate their skills to the 15s game the team would have the ability to beat anyone. Need to be given the chance though.
4 Go to commentsAnd how do you see the Wallabies loosehead / Lion’s tighthead battle Nick?
37 Go to commentsAlso interested in your thoughts on A Bell. Haven't noticed many scrum issues recently. He also seems to play 60 or so mins every game. A bit of a fan (even though he’s a tah..) but wondered if the Lions would target his scrummaging
37 Go to commentsTrue. And you look at how the European coaches have got so much out of skelton and how much the local fans love him…and then some Oz fans will still say “he played poorly for the tahs I'm 2015!”
37 Go to commentsThanks Nick but your headline has just jinxed us and reminded me of that night in 2013!
I love any analysis of the scrums such as the above. Cheers.
Allalatoa seems to be in good form and Nongorr appears to be able to hold his own? I think they will pick Tupou regardless of form. After Friday night I am concerned he could be sent off in the first five mins of the test though! He got too pumped up and hit a player high and was carded
37 Go to commentsI watched the mainstream NZ pundits eg Mils Muliaina and they DID back NZ to win almost to a man.
Ireland will talk their team up as anyone would with the caveats we are playing the ABs and match was de facto 50:50, That is not the same as dismissing the opposition. EG After the quarter John Kirwan said he was sorry France didn’t win versus SA becuase a ‘France-NZ final would be perfect. (The semis had not even been played yet, England and Argentina completely dismissed! He didn’t even realize his own arrogance) NZ are not even aware of the arrogance they exude. Has no Kiwi politely asked the national team to take down the ‘Superstars and Humble Heroes’ boasting on the AB site? Its cringeworthy stuff. Do NZ really see themselves like this?
Note all this BS about Irish arrogance started just after NZs defeat in the 2022 series. Not a coincidence.
Also: this is Irish national TV. We will talk our team up as everyone does. We care too much about judgemental and thin skinned Kiwis getting offended.
91 Go to commentsAussie rugby fans are obsessed with players they hate, for whatever reason.
Michael Hooper is another one, and the hatred only increased whenever he won John Eales medals or the two times he was nominated world player of the year.
I reckon it is because our forwards are technically and mentally weak they put it all on one player who they think should make way for the messiah.
Same for the general team performance and the hate put on players like White, Lolesio, and Foley who should be pulling rabbits out of the hat every play.
I reckon, if we had of had 5 players with Hooper’s desire and drive spread across the team (and especiallythe forwards), we wouldn’t have woken up in the bottom of the ditch.
37 Go to commentsHe shouldn’t have been picked. Not physically able for the most intense matches notably in Twickenham last year. Giving him the captaincy was also a very short sighted decision then after RWC 2023. Ireland have a tendency to be a little too loyal, which can mean the team ages and the rebuild is bigger than should be.
Plenty of lads out there to fill that squad.
4 Go to commentsHooray
0 Go to commentsHe was also a YC magnet.
37 Go to commentsWindsor-Faulkner-Price. 😊
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0 Go to commentsAh, the Pooler front row ! Most legendary in the history of the , I would think. Max Boyce helped…”Here we. here we, here we go, with the Pontypool front row.”
37 Go to commentsWould not go as far as whole house in our family, but for me, yes, W1. Loved playing in the scrum, love watching now😀
37 Go to commentsYes, I see that article here on RP, Nick. That is good news that Schmidt is going to look at the o’seas players.
Yes, I would think you are right that LAR will qualify. On the same points as MP, but surely they are too good not to win this crunch game….could be tEnse for ROG in the stands though.
37 Go to commentsI would pick Oifa Wafer at 6, put Aldcroft in the second row with Ward. I think Wafer is one of the few non-England players mentioned that would contend for a Red Rose shirt, the others being King and possibly Neve Jones. Conversely there are two English players mentioned, Sing and Venner, that probably won’t even make the Red Rose WC squad, let alone a Lions Tour. Still a lot can change in two years, watch out for Millie David.
1 Go to commentsGreat article NB, thanks. I would like to know what is the reasoning why so many things are penalties in the scrum. Is it to do with safety or something else?
37 Go to comments👍
37 Go to commentsAlways the same at the other place. Some of those perceptions of him at the Tahs - lazy, overweight and slow - were impossible to shift!
37 Go to commentsHang on to Miz Carlos!
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