Six Nations Round 2 - Ireland v Italy

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[Ovals]

Italy looked decent against England - for a while. But, once England got their act together, they comfortably controlled the game and outscored Italy with a 20 point run of scores - without doing anything special. Ireland will have that sort of control (or better) from the outset - so it'll just be a steady stream of points in their favour.

Italy will do well to keep the deficit to under 30.

[clydecloggie]

Italy likely to score a well-worked wonder try involving the entire team, but not much else.

[sturginho]

Italy likely to score a well-worked wonder try involving the entire team, but not much else.

If I were Quesada I would put out a second string team, given Ireland's knack for injuring our best players

[Slick]

It used to be that the one game in the 6N I wasn't worried about missing was Italy v England. Now, sadly, it's this one. Just no hope of an upset.

To be fair, it's the same with Scotland in Dublin, but at least I have some interest

[sockwithaticket]

Hate it when Italy are away to one of the better teams. It means that we functionally have just two matches that round.

[sturginho]

Hate it when Italy are away to one of the better teams. It means that we functionally have just two matches that round.

Well I for one shall dutifully tune in thinking "this is it, this is our day!" and then turning off five minutes later when it turns out that it's not actually our day

[sturginho]

And look on the bright side, they very helpfully put it on a Sunday so you don't have to watch

[sockwithaticket]

I admire your commitment, sturgs.

[Uncle fester]

Looks like it'll be dry on Sunday, if you trust the forecast.

[SaintK]

Ireland by 23

[fishfoodie]

Irish Team named



Ireland Team & Replacements (v Italy, Guinness Men’s Six Nations, Aviva Stadium, Sunday, February 11)

15. Hugo Keenan (UCD/Leinster)(37)
14. Calvin Nash (Young Munster/Munster) (2)
13. Robbie Henshaw (Buccaneers/Leinster)(68)
12. Stuart McCloskey (Bangor/Ulster)(15)
11. James Lowe (Leinster)(27)
10. Jack Crowley (Cork Constitution/Munster)(10)
9. Craig Casey (Shannon/Munster)(13)

1. Andrew Porter (UCD/Leinster)(60)
2. Dan Sheehan (Lansdowne/Leinster)(22)
3. Finlay Bealham (Buccaneers/Connacht)(37)
4. Joe McCarthy (Dublin University/Leinster)(6)
5. James Ryan (UCD/Leinster)(60)
6. Ryan Baird (Dublin University/Leinster)(16)
7. Caelan Doris (St Mary’s College/Leinster)(37)(captain)
8. Jack Conan (Old Belvedere/Leinster)(42)

Replacements:

16. Ronan Kelleher (Lansdowne/Leinster)(27)
17. Jeremy Loughman (Garryowen/Munster)(4)
18. Tom O’Toole (Ballynahinch/Ulster)(12)
19. Iain Henderson (Academy/Ulster)(79)
20. Josh van der Flier (UCD/Leinster)(58)
21. Jamison Gibson-Park (Leinster)(31)
22. Harry Byrne (UCD/Leinster)(2)
23. Jordan Larmour (St Mary’s College/Leinster)(30).

[S/Lt_Phillips]

Ireland by 23

At least

[Uncle fester]

Doris captain and not Ryan.
Hmm interesting.

[GrahamWa]

Looks weak in the Co-Captain, Vice Captain game

[sturginho]

15 Ange CAPUOZZO (Stade Toulousain, 16 caps)
14 Lorenzo PANI (Zebre Parma, 6 caps)
13 Juan Ignacio BREX (Benetton Rugby, 31 caps)
12 Tommaso MENONCELLO (Benetton Rugby, 13 caps)
11 Monty IOANE (Lione 26 caps)
10 Paolo GARBISI (Montpellier, 32 caps)
9 Stephen VARNEY (Gloucester, 25 caps)

8 Michele LAMARO (Benetton Rugby, 34 caps) – cap
7 Manuel ZULIANI (Benetton Rugby, 18 caps)
6 Alessandro IZEKOR (Benetton Rugby, 1 cap)
5 Federico RUZZA (Benetton Rugby, 50 caps)
4 Niccolò CANNONE (Benetton Rugby, 37 caps)
3 Pietro CECCARELLI (Perpignan, 32 caps)
2 Gianmarco LUCCHESI (Benetton Rugby, 18 caps)
1 Danilo FISCHETTI (Zebre Parma, 37 caps)

A disposizione

16 Giacomo NICOTERA (Benetton Rugby, 19 caps)
17 Mirco SPAGNOLO (Benetton Rugby, 1 cap)
18 Giosuè ZILOCCHI (Benetton Rugby, 17 caps)
19 Andrea ZAMBONIN (Zebre Parma, 4 caps)
20 Ross VINTCENT (Exeter, esordiente)
21 Martin PAGE-RELO (Lione, 4 caps)
22 Tommaso ALLAN (Perpignan, 80 caps)
23 Federico MORI (Bayonne, 14 caps)


Almost perfect, well done Quesada

[fishfoodie]

Doris captain and not Ryan.
Hmm interesting.

Well they do say your Captain should be the player first on your team sheet, & Doris fits that criteria.

[S/Lt_Phillips]

Doris captain and not Ryan.
Hmm interesting.

Well they do say your Captain should be the player first on your team sheet, & Doris fits that criteria.

Where's POM? I thought he was captain? Or have I missed something?

[Uncle fester]

Doris captain and not Ryan.
Hmm interesting.

Well they do say your Captain should be the player first on your team sheet, & Doris fits that criteria.

Where's POM? I thought he was captain? Or have I missed something?

Injured

[Jim Lahey]

Big risk from Farrell starting an Ulsterman, and having a few on the bench.

Complacent.

[Camroc2]

Big risk from Farrell starting an Ulsterman, and having a few on the bench.

Complacent.

Damned straight !

[fishfoodie]

Beautiful morning in the West, perfect day for open running rugby, & to have a match worthy of, "Tier 1"

[Jim Lahey]

Hard to get too up for this.

Obviously I want us to win in the end but an early try or 2 for the Italians would be good for the game as a spectacle.

[TB63]

Lord of the Rings is missing a character...

[salanya]

Interesting anthems interpretations....

Fair dues to the little lad, giving it some good Welly!

[SaintK]

Interesting anthems interpretations....

Fair dues to the little lad, giving it some good Welly!

Fantastic from the lad

[Tichtheid]

Some pipes on the wee lad, well done him

[fishfoodie]

Interesting anthems interpretations....

Fair dues to the little lad, giving it some good Welly!

Fantastic from the lad

I'd say he should get the match ball for that level of bravery.

[Tichtheid]

Lethal

[fishfoodie]

I still rate Luke Pierce as the best ref in the world right now.

[PCPhil]

Italy going through the numbers here.
Trouble is they're all odd numbers.

[Slick]

I still rate Luke Pierce as the best ref in the world right now.

Probably, but even he is constantly warning Ireland “hands away” “roll away” “take a step”, fucking ping them, not warm them over and over

[Slick]

MOTM so far is Flats keeping Darcy away from the microphone as much as possible

[fishfoodie]

Good team try.

[Paddington Bear]

Italy have competed pretty well but they’re totally outclassed

[sturginho]

Italy have competed pretty well but they’re totally outclassed

Doesn't help that garbisi seems completely out of sorts

[sturginho]

Fischio shows his class again

[Paddington Bear]

Varney and being charged down - an iconic duo.

Also love Pearce reffing the choke tackle properly

[sturginho]

Varney and being charged down - an iconic duo.

Also love Pearce reffing the choke tackle properly

It's a real problem, garbisino can't kick, varney keeps getting charged down, hopefully page-relo is better?

[Paddington Bear]

Varney and being charged down - an iconic duo.

Also love Pearce reffing the choke tackle properly

It's a real problem, garbisino can't kick, varney keeps getting charged down, hopefully page-relo is better?

I don’t get why they keep trying it - just run the ball