Autumn Internationals 2022

I dont think many realizes how bad England actually are. Nobody is coming through to be getting excited about except marcus smith, and the only world class player they have is itoje, everyone else is meh.

Losing to argentina at home is mortifiying, their reliance on bulk is just keeping the size of the losses small but it will be shown up when SA come to town.

With retallick back, mounga starting and tackiahou as an impact sub NZ look a lot stronger.

I cant see england getting anything from this except for the way NZ have been leaking some soft scores in their games recently,

Capuozzo is a phenomenal young talent.

Whilst I think Sheehan had the better 12 months, against better opponents, Capuozzo will win the breakthrough award for the trys he has scored.

South Africa will pull away from Italy eventually. Their pack is just too strong. But I've not been impressed by them at all this tour. If they can't get over the gainline with a big carry they have very little else in their locker.

And like Venjur says above, their lineout maul is patchy at best so they're forced to play more phases. Which they're currently struggling to generate momentum from.

Their backline stands incredible lateral and there is very little attempt to disguise their strategy with loop plays or dummy runners or screen passes. It's all very basic.

isnt it clearly playing the ball on the ground???

South Africa won a clean turnover just outside Italy's 22, a great opportunity to counterattack and score a try. Instead they went with one out runners for the next three phases and conceded a penalty at the ruck. They're playing with very little ambition and very little intelligence. Pretty sure there was a three on one overlap on the wing to be exploited.

That's better from South Africa. They're actually playing to what's in front of them, rather than looking for contact.