One of the most memorable 6 Nations matches in its history.

Nearly as good as Stockdale's try dotted down in the extra in goal area that Eddie Jones insisted on having. I'm hoping for more interesting situations this year... followed by a first Irish grand slam double of course

@Legio XXI Rapax smarter for half an hour. They still ended up getting hammered. It was damage limitation rugby, and there's no place for it in the 6 nations

@Legio XXI Rapax English rugby doesn't need to apply those rules, because they go out to win every game, not to see if they can lose by fewer points. Such a defeatist attitude, proves why Italy should be kicked out of the 6 Nations. I'm fine with Italians knowing the rules more than the England team if we win 36-15, no problem. Although, England did know how to stop it because, I will reiterate, they hammered them.

@@robertsossi3186 it's not only english people that think italy should be chucked out

You guys need O'Shea.

We need more than O'Shea, we need a miracle

Just pretend union doesn’t exist for a few years and come back. It couldn’t be any worse by then

We 'need' a Bob Dwyer reincarnation

You need David Nucifora back, look what he did with Ireland.

ran dodrick 'well done butt'

Even if someone else gets the rewards with Italy, his incredible hard work, attention to detail and undoubted leadership will put O'Shea in line for bigger jobs - maybe even the Ireland job.

I'm Italian and I personally WORSHIP O'Shea for what he's doing, I will never forget it

If O’Shea ever retires early, hopefully a kiwi coach can take his place (I mean we’re doing it for all the other countries lmao)

Swear you've been commenting that everywhere 😂

So basically we don't know which fullback we'll be baking backstop references about on Saturday

Brexit means Brexit.

@@SamPlaysArma question is will England's exit strategy be better than the government's

@@etienne2524 yeah all videos and insta posts 😂😂

Max Richmond Seriously, I want to see the Squidge on big platforms commenting, he’s the only one who really gives us the love atm and he actually pays attention to teams not in the top five. Looking forward to his analysis of my shit team (Canada) and I didn’t even know I’ll be an Italy fan in two years - but after this video here we are. Forza Azzuri.

Don't forget France v Italy 2016. Robbed by a BS penalty for not releasing despite clearly not being held

True. I'd happily swap that victory for the defeat against Australia/Joubert in 2015. (Never forgive, never forget)

They played well and came very close but I wouldn't agree that Italy would have deserved the win. Scotland were in serious trouble and turned to their experienced leaders, in particular Laidlaw and Barclay, to manage them over the line. That was the difference between the sides, so Scotland deserved to win.

Shepardo86 Haha and yet when kiwis do it over 2007...

They played well, made it a close game, but I'm not sure how you can say they 'deserved' the win. They weren't denied in close calls any more than Scotland were, and frankly we just kept our cool in the last 10 minutes and Italy didn't.

xnebiax Italian clubs play in a higher standard league than the US and Japan (except the sunwolves). So they will always find it easier to develop players. Bennetton have been very successful this year and with success comes support and growth of the sport. The Azzurri are just buying their time until take their place as one of the elite international sides.

Liam Williams I hope so, it’s exciting to think of Italy being able to truly hang in there with the others.

@Legio XXI Rapax agree, if italian federation (FIR) doesn't change, Italy would never be competitive

What makes me hopeful is the progress the Italian U20s are enjoying. Even the Women's Six nation team is winning good games. Maybe when the time comes they won't be too disilluded with the FIR and continue to strive to become winners.

I'm on the phone to Fiji, they want him back!

Something Ireland have never achieved in a world cup

@@josephwilliams159 boom!

Visto che sei italiano, replico in italiano. Hai detto parola per parola esattamente quello che sostengo da quando mi sono innamorato del rugby, e conseguentemente della mia nazionale. Che vincano o che perdano, quello che importa è che abbiano le palle di fare ciò che sanno al 100%! Gli errori di percorso fanno parte del mestiere, ma ho visto quei ragazzi fare meraviglie e sputare sangue per amore di uno sport che in Italia non vale un gran che quanto a popolarità per i motivi che tu stesso hai elucidato. Non lo fanno per i soldi e meno che meno per la fama, lo fanno perché è ciò che amano fare, e anche solo per questo hanno meritato la mia stima e il mio rispetto fin dal principio! Non mi perderei una partita della nazionale per nessun motivo al mondo, perché anche se la guardassi da uno schermo, è come se fossi là con loro a tifare allo stadio, e lo ritengo un privilegio tifare i miei ragazzi, anche quando perdiamo miseramente, perché se ami qualcosa non la abbandoni, anche se a volte ti manda ai matti, perché la ami ugualmente, nel bene e nel male! Quindi...è bello per una volta trovare qualcuno che sa cosa provo e non sputa veleno sulla nazionale per principio.

Bah... Secondo me e un'altro problema... Il fatto che calcio É LO SPORT dell'Italia... La vedo dura per altri sport, anche se hanno potenzialità per essere la nazionale migliore al mondo tipo nuoto sci, di aver successo perche "Raga c'è la Juve stasere". Non odio il calcio... Però e un peccato che monopolizzi gli sport in italia

@leonardimas1 yea I know that italy is great at sky, ferrari, tennis, moto GP and swimming... But thats barely talked about, I cant remember exactly the evemt but just an examole on the Tg2 in the sport section, I think it was for a skiing event that a girl won a gold medal... They talked about it for 2 minutes if not less... But the serie A having a regular week... You can bet your ass that it got that regular 3/4 of the port section time... What I mean isnt that italy is only good at soccer, it didnt even qualify for the last cup haha, but that the mind of the population is fixated on soccer... More then half of the times that someone ask me if I play sport the dont even ask me if I play sort but if I play socer for an example

@leonardimas1 nah... I dont think it just happens... They have the second most wc trophies of all time... Its like if brazil was new zeland and italy south africa... South africa not only dont make it out of the pool but just straight up not even make it to the cup

@leonardimas1 italy had it good in rugby in the late 90's and early '00 heck even campese played for an Italian team, Parma, the era of domingez and troncon... With parisse bergamasco amd the others they beated a lot of tier 1 nations and became one themselves... But now it has all gone to shit... Even though the U20 is surprisingly good... Beating consistely teams like argentina wales and Ireland... But still the othe teams have you know... An actual good team unlike us who have a potentially decent youth... But yea... Italy is great in a lot of sport... But the average italian might not even know that because of soccer being everywere... Or at least thats how I see it as an Italian myself