[RWC2023] France vs Italy (06/10/2023)

[Tooting Carmen]

Ouch

 

[Jer1cho]

Much better D from Italy.

 

[Gavin]

Jalibert is awesome. I actually think he gives more to France in attack

 

[AlRums]

Good call on touch

 

[Lé Ddanno]

France's ball presentation is unreal, it's out the back before the tackle is complete

 

[Reiser99]

Are you watching this game? When Penaud just kicked a grubber out for touch. When they kicked but caught for being offside when they could have kept the ball. Plays that would have been crucified if England did it.

Not going to argue this, but I can definitely tell you, England would not be 17-0 up by now.

 

[Jer1cho]

France's ball presentation is unreal, it's out the back before the tackle is complete

Lucu is also fast with his distribution. Underrated player cause he is duponts shadow.

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

Penaud now bounce passing the ball off Italians. Show mercy

 

[IT157]

Not going to argue this, but I can definitely tell you, England would not be 17-0 up by now.

France are a better team than England. But France also kick a lot. And not all their kicks are the right decision. I can tell you that.

 

[Tooting Carmen]

I actually thought that the gap between Tier Two (plus Italy) and Tier One was genuinely closing, with Portugal, Fiji and Uruguay being esp impressive in this tournament. Now, I am not so sure.

 

[ncurd]

France are a better team than England. But France also kick a lot. And not all their kicks are the right decision. I can tell you that.

England can't do what France just did for that third try. They just don't have the ambition.

 

[IT157]

Italy should have just back home already. Just awful.

Speculation by Bruce_ma gooshvili s probably spot on....

 

[Which Tyler]

Another match where the race is between the score board and the clock.

I expected France to be comfortable, but I also expected some sort of backlash from Italy

 

[OllyM97]

Yes France are a good team but this is an absolute embarrassment from Italy.

 

[IT157]

I actually thought that the gap between Tier Two (plus Italy) and Tier One was genuinely closing, with Portugal, Fiji and Uruguay being esp impressive in this tournament. Now, I am not so sure.

The top 4 teams in the world are in their own separate tier atm.

 

[Jimbo]

France are a better team than England. But France also kick a lot. And not all their kicks are the right decision. I can tell you that.

No but they back it up with something else that works not a semi aimless so called spiral bomb on or around the 22 with a poor possession return, as in this game they have warned Italy they are prepared to kick and got some reward for it, they then shape to and don't, variations is all I am saying.

 

[Jer1cho]

Utter domination. Are Italy a tier 1 team? Are we sure?

 

[Tooting Carmen]

Are Italy at last waking up?

 

[IT157]

England can't do what France just did for that third try. They just don't have the ambition.

Yeah I know. Doesn't negate my point that France also kick. And not all their kicks are the best decision.

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

Yeah I know. Doesn't negate my point that France also kick. And not all their kicks are the best decision.

It's not that their kicks are always right, it's that they are more often right and achieve more than England's do. The majority of England's kicks have no aim other than to put the opposition in possession closer to their posts than ours. The issue isn't how much England kick, it's how bad our decision are to kick and how bad the results of them are.