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<blockquote data-quote="Darwin" data-source="post: 480201" data-attributes="member: 24910">Got to think England should win this game reasonably comfortably.&nbsp; They were hardly convincing against Scotland, but they have had another week to gel together now, while Italy didn&#039;t really look to pose to many threats versus France.I expect Italy will look to target the relatively inexperienced England scrum, but I expect England should be able to hold there own in that department.&nbsp; I actually think Italy may have a slight edge in the loose-forwards, so I think Croft, Robshaw, and particularly Dowson need to really step up this game.&nbsp; The England backline didn&#039;t threaten much against Scotland, but I expect they will have a bit more room to move this weekend. I expected that they may spin it wide a bit as the Italian outside backs (Venditti in particular) looked very shaky on defense last week, but if the weather is as bad as predicted this almost certainly wont be the case!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Darwin, post: 480201, member: 24910"] Got to think England should win this game reasonably comfortably. They were hardly convincing against Scotland, but they have had another week to gel together now, while Italy didn't really look to pose to many threats versus France. I expect Italy will look to target the relatively inexperienced England scrum, but I expect England should be able to hold there own in that department. I actually think Italy may have a slight edge in the loose-forwards, so I think Croft, Robshaw, and particularly Dowson need to really step up this game. The England backline didn't threaten much against Scotland, but I expect they will have a bit more room to move this weekend. I expected that they may spin it wide a bit as the Italian outside backs (Venditti in particular) looked very shaky on defense last week, but if the weather is as bad as predicted this almost certainly wont be the case! [/QUOTE]

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