England v Italy - Squads and Match Thread

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ENGLAND v ITALY
14 February 2015
KO: 14:30
Twickenham Stadium

Referee: John Lacey (IRFU)
AR1: Pascal Gauzere (FFR)
AR2: Mike Fraser (NZR)
TMO: George Ayoub (ARU)

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So England have confirmed an unchanged squad after Parling is still ruled out injured.

ENGLAND's 23

Starting XV: Mike Brown (Harlequins), Anthony Watson (Bath Rugby), Jonathan Joseph (Bath Rugby), Luther Burrell (Northampton Saints), Jonny May (Gloucester Rugby). George Ford (Bath Rugby), Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers), Joe Marler (Harlequins), Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints), Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers), Dave Attwood (Bath Rugby), George Kruis (Saracens), James Haskell (Wasps), Chris Robshaw (captain, Harlequins), Billy Vunipola (Saracens).

Replacements: Tom Youngs (Leicester Tigers), Mako Vunipola (Saracens), Kieran Brookes (Newcastle Falcons), Nick Easter (Harlequins), Tom Croft (Leicester Tigers), Richard Wigglesworth (Saracens), Danny Cipriani (Sale Sharks), Billy Twelvetrees (Gloucester Rugby).

ITALY
Luke McLean; Leonardo Sarto, Luca Morisi, Andrea Masi, Giovanbattista Venditti; Kelly Haimona, Edoardo Gori; Alberto DeMarchi, Leonardo Ghiraldini, Martin Castrogiovanni; George Biagi, Marco Bortolami; Francesco Minto, Mauro Bergamasco, Sergio Parisse.
Replacements: Andrea Manici, Matias Aguero, Dario Chistolini, Joshua Furno, Samuela Vunisa, Guglielmo Palazzani, Tommaso Allan, Giulio Bisegni

by Geordie Sat Feb 14, 2015 3:47 pm

I just cant work out having Easter as the lock replacement,

by Liam Sat Feb 14, 2015 3:47 pm

Do any England fans feel Ford's somewhat poor form is linked to a lack of game time at club level or is he playing with Williams moving to 12?

by bedfordwelsh Sat Feb 14, 2015 3:48 pm

Hood83 wrote:England have been useless. But well done Italy. Please can we just have two decent performances in a row?

Welcome to our world lol, two halves in one game would suit me for now.

by nathan Sat Feb 14, 2015 3:49 pm

Liam wrote:Do any England fans feel Ford's somewhat poor form is linked to a lack of game time at club level or is he playing with Williams moving to 12?

He's just a bit incossistant. He was like that at the Tigers too.

by bedfordwelsh Sat Feb 14, 2015 3:49 pm

You just can't under estimate the value of a top class kicker at this level 10 points gone astray now.

by quinsforever Sat Feb 14, 2015 3:49 pm

nathan wrote:
quinsforever wrote:is it just me or is youngs poor today?

I suspect hood with agree lol

Not his best game, but the Italians are making a mess of the breakdowns.

that they are. was clean in the first half. gettting rapidly worse as lungs burn.

by TightHEAD Sat Feb 14, 2015 3:49 pm

Liam wrote:Do any England fans feel Ford's somewhat poor form is linked to a lack of game time at club level or is he playing with Williams moving to 12?

Troll alert.

by Hood83 Sat Feb 14, 2015 3:50 pm

Our intensity needs to be far better.

by TightHEAD Sat Feb 14, 2015 3:50 pm

by quinsforever Sat Feb 14, 2015 3:51 pm

haha. well done youngs. now just ruck some italian hands on the ball to speed up delivery and i'll be happy.

by FecklessRogue Sat Feb 14, 2015 3:52 pm

Irish commentator's just mentioned Italy would be three points up if their kicker had taken his kicks. He's missed four. Not good enough for this level.

by Hood83 Sat Feb 14, 2015 3:52 pm

bedfordwelsh wrote:
Hood83 wrote:England have been useless. But well done Italy. Please can we just have two decent performances in a row?

Welcome to our world lol, two halves in one game would suit me for now.

Haha, fair point.

by Liam Sat Feb 14, 2015 3:52 pm

TightHEAD wrote:
Liam wrote:Do any England fans feel Ford's somewhat poor form is linked to a lack of game time at club level or is he playing with Williams moving to 12?

Troll alert.

I'm being serious you numpty. What part of that is a wind up?

by TightHEAD Sat Feb 14, 2015 3:53 pm

Ford hasn't done much wrong, troll

by Hood83 Sat Feb 14, 2015 3:54 pm

Every Youngs pass is over head height.

by quinsforever Sat Feb 14, 2015 3:55 pm

Liam wrote:
TightHEAD wrote:
Liam wrote:Do any England fans feel Ford's somewhat poor form is linked to a lack of game time at club level or is he playing with Williams moving to 12?

Troll alert.

I'm being serious you numpty. What part of that is a wind up?

he doesnt play for tigers any more Doh

by Geordie Sat Feb 14, 2015 3:55 pm

And so begins the million substitutions....

by nathan Sat Feb 14, 2015 3:55 pm

Hood83 wrote:Every Youngs pass is over head height.

Be honest with everyone.

You dislike youngs, even if he had a perfect game you would be saying he's pants.

by Hood83 Sat Feb 14, 2015 3:56 pm

They're not pre-planned subs...honestly.

by Geordie Sat Feb 14, 2015 3:57 pm

I honestly think Subs should be limited

by nathan Sat Feb 14, 2015 3:57 pm

Hood83 wrote:They're not pre-planned subs...honestly.

They are, it's get experiance into more than just the 15 players

by TightHEAD Sat Feb 14, 2015 3:58 pm

Jj is on form

by Hood83 Sat Feb 14, 2015 3:58 pm

nathan wrote:
Hood83 wrote:Every Youngs pass is over head height.

Be honest with everyone.

You dislike youngs, even if he had a perfect game you would be saying he's pants.

Possibly true. I just really really find him infuriating. He's slow to get the ball away, his pass isn't very good, he crabs, and he kicks away perfectly good ball. At his best he snipes well round the fringes and can be a real threat that holds defences. At his worst he is, in my opinion, a massive problem.

by Liam Sat Feb 14, 2015 3:58 pm

quinsforever wrote:
Liam wrote:
TightHEAD wrote:
Liam wrote:Do any England fans feel Ford's somewhat poor form is linked to a lack of game time at club level or is he playing with Williams moving to 12?

Troll alert.

I'm being serious you numpty. What part of that is a wind up?
he doesnt play for tigers any more

Apologies i've managed to completely miss that

by nathan Sat Feb 14, 2015 3:58 pm

JJ going to be the player of the 6 nations if he keeps this on

by quinsforever Sat Feb 14, 2015 3:58 pm

beautiful try. great timing of pass by ford.

by TightHEAD Sat Feb 14, 2015 3:59 pm

Cracking dummy from 'Baths' George Ford!

Flaming trolls

by Steve_rugby Sat Feb 14, 2015 3:59 pm

What another great try for England Yahoo

by Liam Sat Feb 14, 2015 3:59 pm

Joseph again! some player already.

by Geordie Sat Feb 14, 2015 3:59 pm

Well nice to see Danny get a run out.

by nathan Sat Feb 14, 2015 3:59 pm

Anyone know what the points difference was between Ireland and Italy?

by quinsforever Sat Feb 14, 2015 3:59 pm

May must be grinding his teeth at how easily joseph is making scoring look

by quinsforever Sat Feb 14, 2015 4:00 pm

nathan wrote:Anyone know what the points difference was between Ireland and Italy?

less than this. 23 i think

by Geordie Sat Feb 14, 2015 4:00 pm

Lovely play by Johnny May

by TightHEAD Sat Feb 14, 2015 4:00 pm

by Steve_rugby Sat Feb 14, 2015 4:00 pm

Well played Jonny May ! Yahoo

by mystiroakey Sat Feb 14, 2015 4:01 pm

May creates two try's

by quinsforever Sat Feb 14, 2015 4:01 pm

oh my. cips. oh my.

by nathan Sat Feb 14, 2015 4:01 pm

Created by May there, hopefully spotted by a few folks on here

by Hood83 Sat Feb 14, 2015 4:01 pm

More like it

by Guest Sat Feb 14, 2015 4:01 pm

TightHEAD wrote:Cracking dummy from 'Baths' George Ford!

Flaming trolls

You're being a complete pr*ck.

by Liam Sat Feb 14, 2015 4:01 pm

Great support work by 'Sale's' Cipriani

by TightHEAD Sat Feb 14, 2015 4:02 pm

Watch out Danny Kelly Brook has just bought a ticket from LA to London

by bedfordwelsh Sat Feb 14, 2015 4:02 pm

GeordieFalcon wrote:And so begins the million substitutions....

GF,

I am with you I hate this part of the game I would like a time limit imposed lets say that after 60 minutes you can only make subs for injury reasons.

by quinsforever Sat Feb 14, 2015 4:02 pm

nathan wrote:Created by May there, hopefully spotted by a few folks on here

lovely run around the outside by may. and great step inside and offload.

by Guest Sat Feb 14, 2015 4:02 pm

JJ is having a stormer. What a player!

England brushing aside the Italians with relative ease now.

by Geordie Sat Feb 14, 2015 4:02 pm

nathan wrote:Created by May there, hopefully spotted by a few folks on here

Don't be daft...he's had a couple of quiet and solid but unspectacular games so he should be slung on the heap....

by FecklessRogue Sat Feb 14, 2015 4:03 pm

Now it's a question of how much damage can England do in the last 20. They stalled last year, as did Ireland last week. But I'd be worried for Italy now.

by Hood83 Sat Feb 14, 2015 4:03 pm

really pleased for cipriani.

by The Saint Sat Feb 14, 2015 4:03 pm

Ashton - 4 tries against Italy and hailed as best in the world. Few weeks later disappears.

Amazing how some fans let things go to their heads.

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