Italy v Australia
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Italy
15 Jayden HAYWARD (Benetton Rugby, 10 caps)
14 Tommaso BENVENUTI (Benetton Rugby, 53 caps)
13 Michele CAMPAGNARO (Wasps, 36 caps)
12 Tommaso CASTELLO (Zebre Rugby Club, 13 caps)
11 Mattia BELLINI (Zebre Rugby Club, 16 caps)
10 Tommaso ALLAN (Benetton Rugby, 41 caps)
9 Tito TEBALDI (Benetton Rugby, 27 caps)
8 Abraham Jurgens STEYN (Benetton Rugby, 23 caps)
7 Jake POLLEDRI (Gloucester Rugby, 4 caps)
6 Sebastian NEGRI (Benetton Rugby, 10 caps)
5 Dean BUDD (Benetton Rugby, 14 caps)
4 Alessandro ZANNI (Benetton Rugby, 107 caps)
3 Simone FERRARI (Benetton Rugby, 15 caps)
2 Leonardo GHIRALDINI (Stade Toulousian, 97 caps) – capitano
1 Andrea LOVOTTI (Zebre Rugby Club, 28 caps)Reserves
16 Luca BIGI (Benetton Rugby, 13 caps)
17 Cherif TRAORE' (Benetton Rugby,3 caps)
18 Tiziano PASQUALI (Benetton Rugby, 11 caps)
19 Marco FUSER (Benetton Rugby, 31 caps)
20 Johan MEYER (Zebre Rugby Club, 2 caps)
21 Guglielmo PALAZZANI (Zebre Rugby Club, 26 caps)
22 Carlo CANNA (Zebre Rugby Club, 31 caps)
23 Luca MORISI (Benetton Rugby, 18 caps)One change: Jayden Hayward comes into the starting line-up instead of Luca Sperandio.
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@crucial said in Italy v Australia:
@catogrande said in Italy v Australia:
Is Krusty playing mind games? He's only named 23 in the squad.
Two weeks in a row now. The tactic didn't work against Wales yet still he persists.
Maybe 23.5 is the magic formula?I think you’d need to consider this in percentage terms. Eddie?
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Stop for a second and imagine the consequence of a Wallaby loss.
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well, that's interesting. I wonder how much the result last weekend had in determining the selections for this weekend?
That's a lot of first choice players that have played a lot of rugby, and with England next week, surely some would have been earmarked for a rest? Or is this a test run for 3 knockout games next year?
Foley at 12? AAC back in?
They just desperately need a win don't they? Which they'll get, because Italy are shit.
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@mariner4life said in Italy v Australia:
They just desperately need a win don't they? Which they'll get, because Italy are shit.
Never underestimate our ability to play at the opponent's level, when that opponent is shit.
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@nta said in Italy v Australia:
@mariner4life said in Italy v Australia:
They just desperately need a win don't they? Which they'll get, because Italy are shit.
Never underestimate our ability to play at the opponent's level, when that opponent is shit.
I can't see the Wallabies playing that poorly. They'll finish this tour with a win.
Although, imagine if they didn't...
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Jordan Petaia won't make his test debut this weekend. He has been ruled out due to a hamstring injury and is replaced by Marika Koroibete,
Also out is Rory Arnold, who suffered a fractured eye socket during training. Rob Simmons takes his spot on the bench.
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At last, a score.
After the Qantas Harmless Wallabies offer, for half an hour, a fair imitation of League - pass, pass, get tackled; pass, pass, get tackled; and again until they reach the panic zone 10 metres out from Italy's line where they either drop the ball or gift a scrum penalty.
Federazione Italiana Rugby
