Italy (0) 0 / 29 (9) France (Final Score)
Italy and France did battle in the RBS 6 Nations at
Stadio Olimpico, Rome at 17:00 SA Time (16:00 Italian & French Time, 15:00 GMT).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 on TV in SA.
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Scorers:
Italy:
- Penalties – 0
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – 0
- Conversions – 0
France:
- Penalties – Camille Lopez (2), Scott Spedding (1), Jules Plisson (2)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Yoann Maestri (1), Mathieu Bastareaud (1)
- Conversions – Jules Plisson (2)
Teams:
Italy |
France |
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Expected weather: Cloudy with a chance of rain, high of 11 °C.
Referee: JP Doyle (England)
Assistant Referees: Wayne Barnes (England), Stuart Berry (South Africa)
TMO: Simon McDowell (Ireland)
France 22 / 0 Italy
France tighthead…
They knock and Italy has the ball again… but they keep going nowhere and do not manage to get over the gainline on almost every occasion
France penalty on the Azzurri 10m line… it’s getting comical
5m France lineout… a try could be on.
No, Italy steals the lineout
Italy scrum, 5m from their own line.
They get a scrum penalty
Obstruction by Italy in midfield… phweeew…
What kak rugby!
A full bloody 16 Minutes left to play in this crap-pot game
Rory Kokkerot is on for France
Italy penalty in their own half… but they do not look as if they know what comes next, and how to go about it to achieve it
Rory Kokkerot has turned into a real Frenchie, all hands and gestures and lip-pulling… very demonstrative.. irritating to say the least
Italy penalty right in front… they kick out 5m out.
Now what will they do, lose the ball again?
France gets the ball… and then Italy concede a penalty…
10 Freegin minutes to go in the game
Basteraud on for France, the prop-like centre
France halfway into the Italy 22…
France penalty just inside the 22, not far from touch… kicked towards the corner and there will be a lineout 8m out
Italy scrum, France gets the tighthead again
Italy scrum, French maul held up…
… but if you keep on conceeding tightheads to the other team at scrumtime, it does not help, hey!
Italy must just aim to get channell 1 ball from the scrum (fast in, fast out)…
Italy scrum penalty, here will be some relief
5 Minutes to go in the game
Kick and hope from the Italian scrummie… uppie without imagination
And they just end up giving… gifting France possession
France scrum penalty.. man oh man this is ugly kak
37 handling errors so far in the game, PLUS many, many penalties….
Another France penalty, close to the Azzurri line.. they opt to scrum of course
Another France penalty… as Italy wheel the scrum, which was going backwards
Time is up
And another France penalty, tap this time… try Bastareaud, under the sticks
Final Score: France 29 / 0 Italy
The crap-shoot is finally over
Vark me.
I thought the weekend’s games in general were poor (except Wales / Ireland), but this ball of shit really took the cake.
The worst international game I have EVER sat through.
I’m sure the Community Cup games are of a higher standard.
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