France vs Italy match thread.

awec

I guarantee you now that Doyle will give a penalty to France.

All these resets, but he'll give France a pen.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

That wasn't a high tackle, this is a high tackle...

https://twitter.com/eatsleeprugby/status/695866970890174464

bilston

Ah come on Sergio

Tox56

What the actual fcuk was that

vienne86

Ah Parisse.....that didn't make sense.

sydthebeat

Wft

Two out halves on the pitch....
Did neither have the balls??

A-Train

What was he at there!

thomond2006

What on earth was that?!

my friend

Italian deflected balls trajectory with head

Stheno

Ah feck if parisse had gotten that it would have been great

MJohnston

Be curious where that'd have gone if it didn't hit off the head of his teammate

Peregrine

What the hell..

LuckyGent88

What the fcuk parisse. What was he at.

Bazzo

What the **** was Parisse thinking?

Buer

Parisse is a superb player but that was utterly moronic. What a stupid decision from him. There were runners beside him looking to crash back up and set it up properly.

vienne86

Gutted for Italy.

And now I fear for Ireland in the 6 Nations.

Torricelli

Parisse is a great player but that was just selfish.

chupacabra

Feck it anyway

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

In fairness Parisse was as likely to nail that as Haimona was.

thomond2006

Who wasn't stepping up to the plate that should have done? Haimona? McLean?

Larbre34

I actually cracked a joke to my missus after about 4 phases of that "parisse is doing everything else, he'll probably have a drop at goal"

Barmy, but imagine if it had gone over!

MJohnston

I think you're all being harsh on Parisse, it took a big deflection off a head

Boscoirl

I'd make him walk home for that.

thomond2006

Torricelli wrote: »

Parisse is a great player but that was just selfish.

I think other players were running away from stepping up to it tbh. I'm sure we'll find the story after the game.

In terms of Parisse getting the ball, can blame he placed on the nine for passing him the ball in the first place?!

swiwi_

What a shambles from Italy at the end. Eat up the clock trying to milk a scrum penalty, then ruck penalties, finally get some go forward building nicely...and Parisse throws it away with a poor attempt at a drop from distance.

Entertaining game all the same.

awec

That was just dumb.

They were making ground, could have gone a few more phases.

mansize

Brain fart from Parisse

Losty Dublin

What a plonker, Parisse. I was dropping goals playing at number 8 when I played for Mount Temple U 14s #outhalftrappedinaforwardsbody :-)

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Boscoirl wrote: »

I'd make him walk home for that.

He's at home, isn't he?

Bazzo

vienne86 wrote: »

Gutted for Italy.

And now I fear for Ireland in the 6 Nations.

Why? France were poor at home and having them away was one of the worries.

Buer

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

In fairness Parisse was as likely to nail that as Haimona was.

I know you're being tongue in cheek but it was the height of glory hunting from him. He takes on far too much at times with Italy when his team would be better served by the simpler action.

bilston

thomond2006 wrote: »

Who wasn't stepping up to the plate that should have done? Haimona? McLean?

Haimona had dropped back. I don't think it was case of them not stepping up I think they thought they were too far out.

Buer

thomond2006 wrote: »

Who wasn't stepping up to the plate that should have done? Haimona? McLean?

Either would have been better but I didn't see the scrum half check the pocket until the final pass. They were making no yardage and should have spun it several phases before that rather than risking an error in the pack.

thebaz

what a dreadful biased decision by Doyle - once again dreadful refereeing ruining it for the small guys in International rugby - Shame

That's the stupidest thing I've ever seen. And I live in Louth.

MJohnston

MJohnston wrote: »

I think you're all being harsh on Parisse, it took a big deflection off a head

Good one

Larbre34

Hmm. So much for great leadership. He shouldve called the pattern and forced one of the kickers into position, not get frustrated and pull a stunt like that. France were there for the taking today.

Snickers Man

mansize wrote: »

Brain fart from Parisse

Total brain fart.

With all the ****e we have to listen to about how much superior than us the southern hemisphere teams are (they're not; New Zealand excepted) that just shows a degree of idiocy that shows us all up.

None of those teams would ever have let a Number 8 take a pressure kick like that. OK, you oldies will say, Zinzan Brooke did it in a world cup semi final against England but that was when they were out of sight and taking the piss, thanks to the actions of a youthful mr Lomu.

Munster would NEVER have done something like that. They would have been patient, even if O'Gara wasn't on the field to take the kick.

Feck's sake: the Italians had done all the hard work:mad::mad::mad:

Buer

thebaz wrote: »

what a dreadful biased decision by Doyle - once again dreadful refereeing ruining it for the small guys in International rugby - Shame

In fairness, Parisse was on the way down into the tackle if you're talking about the high one. It was a 50/50 to my mind and it appeared to me that he was held so correct call for me.

Brendan97

Who got Man of the Match?

sydthebeat

Haimona, palazzani and McLean are all players who should have demanded that.

I don't know why posters are saying 'i fear for ireland in this 6n' ?
I saw absolutely nothing there today to ha v e me worried. That France team is still all over the place and desperate at defending mauls.

Any structured team will beat both those teams.

France 5th and Italy 6th is my prediction.

Bazzo

sydthebeat wrote: »

Haimona, palazzani and McLean are all players who should have demanded that.

I don't know why posters are saying 'i fear for ireland in this 6n' ?
I saw absolutely nothing there today to ha v e me worried. That France team is still all over the place and desperate at defending mauls.

Any structured team will beat both those teams.

France 5th and Italy 6th is my prediction.

Haimona had dropped in to the pocket a couple phases before so the blame for that idiocy rests solely on Parisse. So disappointing from somebody who is usually one of the best in the business at every facet of the game.

Buer

sydthebeat wrote: »

I don't know why posters are saying 'i fear for ireland in this 6n' ?
I saw absolutely nothing there today to ha v e me worried. That France team is still all over the place and desperate at defending mauls.
.

Yup, odd bit of flair and attacking initiative from them but they were really poor up front. That's supposedly their first choice pack against Italy at home and needed a monster kick from a needlessly conceded late penalty to win.

I'm not sure if we'll win there but there's nothing to fear based on today. Plus we know Vakatawa is their go to tactic and we can shut him down early.

Flipper22

Buer wrote: »

I know you're being tongue in cheek but it was the height of glory hunting from him. He takes on far too much at times with Italy when his team would be better served by the simpler action.

Think glory hunting is harsh. I thought he was super today. He's more than capable of kicking a drop goal from there. If he'd kicked it, we'd all be dissolving into floods of adoration.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

In my far from expert opinion I thought France looked slightly better than they did at the WC in that for one or two minutes one or two players looked like they'd actually met each other before.
Italy... I don't know, we struggled against them at the World Cup so it's hard to say whether they've improved or not.

thebaz

Buer wrote: »

In fairness, Parisse was on the way down into the tackle if you're talking about the high one. It was a 50/50 to my mind and it appeared to me that he was held so correct call for me.

yeah - that was the one - just sick of watching the smaller nations never getting the big calls in International rugby

my friend

Could Ireland be in line for the wooden spoon?

Buer

Flipper22 wrote: »

Think glory hunting is harsh. I thought he was super today. He's more than capable of kicking a drop goal from there. If he'd kicked it, we'd all be dissolving into floods of adoration.

I'm more than capable of kicking a drop goal from there but I wouldn't in a match.

A no. 8 taking a shot at goal for the win, after the clock has gone dead in a huge test match is absolutely glory hunting, in my opinion.

That was completely absurd decision whether he got it or not. He had no business even being back there. He's badly needed up front to eke out yards, protect their ball and stand in the line to hinder any French chase to block.

Stheno

my friend wrote: »

Could Ireland be in line for the wooden spoon?

Eh what?

Bazzo

my friend wrote: »

Could Ireland be in line for the wooden spoon?

Lol, what?