Italophile's latest activity
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Italophile replied to the thread Pic needs a caption."Mmmm. It's not just a rumour that it sends you blind". -
Italophile replied to the thread Northern Hemisphere Rugby.Pretty much. Never flash, great vision, quietly goes about oiling the cogs. He's been a huge loss.
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Italophile replied to the thread 2024 Six Nations.Absolutely true. Benetton are far and away the best, most professional club set up here. Always have been. Back in the day, as Treviso...
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Italophile replied to the thread 2024 Six Nations.More a case of Crowley being a very prickly, very stubborn individual. His philosophy was attack, with defence, structure and game...
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Italophile replied to the thread 2024 Six Nations.Probably Dewi Morris. Did the main commentator have an Irish accent? Mark Robson, usually a painful enough experience. But for...
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Italophile replied to the thread 2024 Six Nations.Now we just have to get the Italian commentators to get his name right. They're generally pretty good with the non-Italian names, or at...
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Italophile replied to the thread Spots to watch 6 Nations.Come to Italy! :D Every match covered, the Italian commentators' joy and enthusiasm is wonderful.
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Yeah I'm a bit lost to his reluctance to turning to the younger scrumhalves, great depth there. Tuilagi will be amazing in 5 years of...
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Italophile replied to the thread 2024 Six Nations.Fear not, there are young locks coming through. Did you see Tuilagi? 19 years old and a monster. As my mate in Paris says, strength in...
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Italophile replied to the thread 2024 Six Nations.Crowley was prickly in the extreme. Italian rugby is an admin minefield at the best of times and he burned a lot of bridges. Angry at...
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Italophile replied to the thread 2024 Six Nations.Garbisi has owned the error. French only advanced after the ball came off the tee and then retreated. The bigger picture, though, is...
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Italophile replied to the thread 2024 Six Nations.Italy U20 knocked off France U20 after pushing Ireland U20 to within a point last week. Arguably the best pack in the comp, a fizzing 9...
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Italophile replied to the thread Australian Rugby / RA.In today's Guardian online: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/feb/23/state-of-rugby-in-australia-success-wallabies-super-rugby-2024
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Italophile replied to the thread 2024 Six Nations.Offside on the kicks and miles in front of the kicker with restarts. On the ref's blindside but that's what assistants are for.
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Italophile replied to the thread 2024 Six Nations.Negri and Cannone are big losses. Italy U20 pushed Ireland U20 to the absolute limit last night. Big effort after last week's ordinary...
