Italy v England - March 15th

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Thought i'd get one of these up and running and I haven't spotted another.

Firstly, congratulations to the boys for a superb performance against Wales, backing up a strong showing versus Ireland. Will the usual complacency be an issue this year? The lat two occasions we've faced Italy it's actually been both a poor performance and a lot closer.

Any changes anyone would like to see made? The full EPS squad available is listed below:

Forwards

David Attwood (Bath Rugby)  
Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints)  
Tom Johnson (Exeter Chiefs)
Joe Launchbury (London Wasps)  
Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints)  
Joe Marler (Harlequins)  
Ben Morgan (Gloucester Rugby)    
Chris Robshaw (Harlequins)  
Henry Thomas (Sale Sharks)  
Mako Vunipola (Saracens)
David Wilson (Bath Rugby)
Tom Wood (Northampton Saints)  
Tom Youngs (Leicester Tigers)
Matt Kvesic (Gloucester Rugby)
Matt Mulan (London Wasps)
Ed Slater (Leicester Tigers)

Backs

Mike Brown (Harlequins)  
Luther Burrell (Northampton Saints)  
Danny Care (Harlequins)  
Lee Dickson (Northampton Saints)  
Owen Farrell (Saracens)  
George Ford (Bath Rugby)
Alex Goode (Saracens)  
Jonny May (Gloucester Rugby)  
Jack Nowell (Exeter Chiefs)  
Billy Twelvetrees (Gloucester Rugby)
Manusamoa Tuilagi (Leicester Tigers)
Kyle Eastmond (Bath Rugby)
Chris Ashton (Saracens)
Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers)
Richard Wigglesworth (Saracens)
Anthony Watson (Bath Rugby)
Brad Barritt (Saracens)

Good luck boys! Fridge stocked - stress levels rising !

i don't think we'll win by a cricket score, i think it will be fairly tense to start with.

If England are around 15 to the good at half time then I think that they will finish off in style. Cant see them winning by 50points away from home though. Italy are strong at home.

I'd like to see more of that girl standing beside that singer bloke. Fantastic. The way she was looking at him with hungry eyes. I wouldn't be able concentrate on the singing. It's turkey time.

No way are we going to get enough points but the win is essential.

The win is essential because we all know what Ireland are like in France...

Italys rush defense is looking hungry

I didn't like Inverndale say that France have a slight chance if England don't win big in Italy. No they have a big chance if England lose!

have we had any ball yet?

Italy have started well.

That's two big pushes from Italy against Englands scrum.

They start pushing just before the ball is put in. Clever if you get away with it.

So now it's at least 53 points they need to score, not 50

Now England has to score 53 points

well done mods! lol

England look too desperate, they should just keep their structure.

Nachos Jones wrote:England look too desperate, they should just keep their structure.

You can tell there trying to play to score 50 odd points, at this rate they won't win!

nathan wrote:well done mods! lol

Haha, here to serve (and point out the obvious)

get in brown!

Nice try

Brown again, that's much better

Nice pass by Burrell after the tackle

he wasn't going to give it to May to man sausage up! lol

So another 43 points needed (can I be a mod too? )

42 even!

If Ireland win they'll get at least one more PD

Italy have been watching ireland with that move.

A little frantic right now

i.e pushing early :p

our passing has been Poopie, there all head high

Ahhhhhhhh Nowell!

yappysnap wrote:Ahhhhhhhh Nowell!

You can't blame Nowell for that! the pass was crap!

Hhhnmnnn

36 running into a brick wall with nobody with him.

England really need to keep their composure here.

Question.

If you are on the ground, you are out of the game, therefor you may not tackle a player?

Surely Italy should have gotten a penalty for the desperate tackle on the Italian 14?

nathan wrote:

yappysnap wrote:Ahhhhhhhh Nowell!

You can't blame Nowell for that! the pass was crap!

Yea saw on the replay, we are far too frenetic at the moment

nathan wrote:

yappysnap wrote:Ahhhhhhhh Nowell!

You can't blame Nowell for that! the pass was crap!

Yea saw on the replay, we are far too frenetic at the moment

Biltong wrote:Question.

If you are on the ground, you are out of the game, therefor you may not tackle a player?

Surely Italy should have gotten a penalty for the desperate tackle on the Italian 14?

Thats a new one to me, not being able to tackle a player whilst not on your feet.

36 complete Love sacks again so far.

Biltong wrote:Question.

If you are on the ground, you are out of the game, therefor you may not tackle a player?

Surely Italy should have gotten a penalty for the desperate tackle on the Italian 14?

Only if it's a ruck/maul/etc. not in open play, as far I'm aware

Biltong wrote:Question.

If you are on the ground, you are out of the game, therefor you may not tackle a player?

Surely Italy should have gotten a penalty for the desperate tackle on the Italian 14?

Not sure about rule but it was open play so looked ok to me.

tackled players are not placing the ball back for us.

technically that was a tip tackle

maybe it wasn't

How many turnovers and handling errors (due to poor passing)?

Oh dear oh dear

Angelo Esposito   

May weighs like a schoolboy as well as playing like one. For the love of god we need Yarde back.

England need to settle down, sooooo many handling errors

oh my Frak god, so we get done for pushing early lol