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<blockquote data-quote="OllyM97" data-source="post: 1214773" data-attributes="member: 85525"><p>Italy have gone backwards this year and it&#039;s a real shame. You can get beaten but the lack of appetite and stomach for the fight was completely unacceptable. Some of the tries that France scored were a disgrace to concede from a 6 Nations team. That performance from Italy really annoyed me. It was a soft, weak surrender.&nbsp; There&#039;s not enough nastiness in this Italy team - they are desperately missing some absolute dogs in the pack. This Italian team won&#039;t achieve what they could achieve if they don&#039;t improve in the tight. By Italian levels, this is a weak pack. The pack in the Mauro Bergamasco, Zanni and Parisse era would absolutely monster this current one. As good as some of the attacking phases looked, ultimately, against the top teams, you cannot win the game if you&#039;re not physical enough and you let them get over the gain-line at will.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="OllyM97, post: 1214773, member: 85525"] Italy have gone backwards this year and it's a real shame. You can get beaten but the lack of appetite and stomach for the fight was completely unacceptable. Some of the tries that France scored were a disgrace to concede from a 6 Nations team. That performance from Italy really annoyed me. It was a soft, weak surrender. There’s not enough nastiness in this Italy team - they are desperately missing some absolute dogs in the pack. This Italian team won’t achieve what they could achieve if they don’t improve in the tight. By Italian levels, this is a weak pack. The pack in the Mauro Bergamasco, Zanni and Parisse era would absolutely monster this current one. As good as some of the attacking phases looked, ultimately, against the top teams, you cannot win the game if you’re not physical enough and you let them get over the gain-line at will. [/QUOTE]

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