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Amongst other improvements Italy have woken up to the fact that a game is 80 mins

Squidge: how you have not yet been threatened with a gigantic salary to be an analyst for a top tier Test Rugby nation is still beyond me. Another masterful analyses from you, cheers from South Africa! (PS: my heart broke for Italy! So close!)

Hit the notification quicker than French players charged down Garbisi’s penalty

Italy played their hearts out. God damn that defence is something that the Springboks would be proud of.

Italian fan here, to be honest no regret for that kick, it was bad luck nothing to blame to the ref. As supporters we don’t care that much for the result, but we mainly ask our players to compete every game and give their best, that’s what they did sunday and we are extremely proud of that. For the first time in our history we have a young golden generation of talent, hope we can do something great in the next seasons

Even Nigel Owens said the kick should have been taken again

I’m so glad someone has mentioned that first half defensive effort. It was astounding.

Didn’t realise it at the time, but when you spell it out in simple minutes that Italian defensive effort in the first half in particular was exceptional

There are two things I was sure about in life before watching this video: 1 everyone dies eventually 2 squidge was gonna include Varney’s facial expression at the end of the game

The kick should’ve been retaken so really Italy W

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I feel on the inside we all supoort Italy

I really love how you're pointing out Italy's great dummy lines in the build up to the try. These believable dummy runs were missing the last two years. Like we had runners, but even as an amateur, you could see from a mile away they were only going through the motions and never expected to get the pass, which in turn makes it very difficult to play expansive ball in hand rugby. This is what we were missing and together with the improved defense, it really seems like we finally have built a rounded game capable of winning matches

As a french fan that spent the last four years hearing squidge hyping up my squad, I am in geniun mourning after this video. I can only hope that they'll get back to their former glory. In the meantime well done italy for what should have been a well deserved victory !

The wardrobe! Brex had a great game - the permanent fixture in the meme XV really showed up. The slowest centre I think the game has ever produced but got so much love for this guy. Show Brex some love Squidge! You know you want to

Great video, though I think there's a good argument that Italy should have been allowed to retake the penalty after French players illegally tried to charge the kick.

Omg your analisys is brilliant. Congrats, really, never seen such a good quality stuff. Many thanks.

I’m brimming with emotion at this Italian side (something has very seldom happened) and your recounting of them really furthers that emotion! Thank you man!!!

Really liked this one, may be my favourite of this new "era" of the channel!

We don’t deserve this level of production and insight each week. The brothers squidge do the lords work.

Brilliant squidge. I always miss everything you point out due to be drunk and too excited.

one thing i would mention is that while watching this, Capuozzo really felt like an international quality fullback rather than a magic moments machine who was just at fullback out of necessity which is great to see going forward for italy

YES, they should have win it. And it's all the sadder because it may not happen again for a long time. All the ingredients were present for an upset: a French team in full post-World Cup spleen, slow in every areas, no dupont, ntamack, jelonch, aldritt... danty red card, a last minute penalty. As a french fan, I was sincerely sad for Garbisi, I didn't care to see these depressive blues lose.

Good vid as always

Love you Squidge et al

I am sure that the only piece Italy were missing was Jake Polledri... and now, we will never know

Hey Squidge, thanks for a great video! Heads up though, you don't pronounce the U in Quesada, pronounce it like Kesada. ;)

Can you make a video about Dupont at 7's ? I know you are gonna enjoy it. Greeting from Chile.

Brilliant thank you Robbie.

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Looking forward to the vid on the wales 10 jersey. I remember the last one and this time I’m thinking there’s a possible 10% chance I might be one of the choices to don the red 10 in this current crop 😂

Italy were absolutely due a 2nd chance to kick. Since when can France start charging down penalties??

Tnx squidge!

Best rugby channel by a mile.

I love your analysis, loads of details that a casual rugby watcher like me doesn't notice. I was interested to hear what you thought of the charge down not charge down at the end. Should italy have been allowed to retake that penalty?

Regardless of referee we should have we had plenty of chances but finally a team I can be proud of finally some consistency I think this won't be a one off but the beginning of some definitive improvement in Italian rugby

Your brother is definitely getting the better of you in Mario to have so much emotion in that moment

Just a few things. Italy's defence was brilliant, utterly brilliant. Last time I saw a defence being that efficient, it was from the Springboks. It felt like they were doing what England was trying to do. But better. The way that Italian team just seemed to "click" all of a sudden out of nowhere says a lot about their head coaches. The current one, of course. And their former one as well... Seeing France struggle with their changes in the coaching staff makes the soon-to-be return of the Springboks with brand new coaches all the more interesting. Wonder if we'll see them struggle, like France, or immediately find their rythm, like Italy ! Also, Squidge, shame on you ! You offer up a NordVPN discount weeks after I bought my subscription ! Shame ! xD

As a Scot, I'm very nervous for the weekend. I'd love to see Italy do well, but I don't want us to be the ones losing because of it

For the algo. Quality analysis as always

Oh I’m really looking to the Welsh and Italian match Sunday. From a Irish fan :)

It seems this year is sponsored by French madness at each game so I supposed the next video will be Wales-France. Either a 45-45 or a 60-0 for one of the side idk

Brilliant!!!!

I love Paolo Garbisi, I really hope his career isn’t defined by that kick.

Can we expect a sequel to this video now that Italy have beaten Scotland?

Great video as usual, but you really gotta work on that "Boudehent" prononciation cause I heard something like "Gourdon" for the full video, which is quite painful name to ear as a French supporter atm 😭

As in Italian, I'm bawling my eyes

Great analysis thank you but why not cover the U20s. Outstanding matches so far. Looking forward to Wales v France tonight and England v Ireland tomorrow both on the BBC Sports app.

Yes

Good effort mate! Just one tiny correction: it’s pronounced “keh-sada”. He’s a top class coach, I think he’s gonna get Italy to the next level

Great vid! Disappointed not to hear your opinions on the controversy tho?

Yeah, at the end I think a good part of French supporters were wishing the penalty passed (I felt for Garbisi ... considering the poor match from French players - event if with 14 it's harder for sure). I do not know if the Italian defense was heroic (ok it was) but it was I think mainly france played very below their level as well, wrong decisions everywhere it's astounishing they were not able to construct anything

You can summarise all of Squidges analysis, with just one word 'Kicking'. Everything shoe horned into reaffirming his core beliefs. Post hoc ergo propter hoc.

It is almost impossible for any team to improve when they are being beaten in every game, but kicking Italy out of the 6 nations is not the answer. We need to expand rugby and the World Cup showed there are some Tier 2 teams with huge potential. I think we should expand the 6 Nations to 8 teams, split into 2 pools. each team plays the others in their pool once, with the top 2 from each pool going into a knock out phase semi final and final to decide the winner of the championship. The bottom 2 teams in both pools also go into a knock out phase to win a Plate competition. The losers of the semi finals in both the championship and the plate go into a 3rd/4th place game to sort the seedings for next season with the loser of the 3rd/4th place plate competition drops out of the competition for the next season to be replaced by the winners of the Rugby Europe International Championship This format would take no longer to play than the current championship with teams playing the same number of games. It gives all teams a number of winnable games each season to develop and improve and provides a route into high profile competition to every team in Europe. Teams like Romania, Portugal, Spain, Georgia and others would benefit hugely from this.

Can't wait for their future in the six nations

Everyone’s favourite alter boy 😂

This is like when Federer switched from Nike to uniqlo

Hit the play button faster then France crumbled the moment Dupont left

Dante getting a red card again was so vintage France.

England, hope you're taking notes

Small thing but I noticed olivon try jump two or three tackles, refs need to enforce the rules

Squige. Please analyse France 7s win in Vancouver 🙏

Yep.

May I ask why at 3:32, the Italian 7 is permitted to steal the ball and not be penalised for entering from the side?

o juiz deveria ter concedido outra oportunidade para o Garbisi bater o chute. muito injusto. vitória MORAL para a Itália!

> What is wrong with France right now ? Well nothing is wrong with french national team, I would say thing are going pretty smoothly in comparison of how the national team plays. France should be last with zero point but somehow is third. The state of french national team was expected as the outcome of France results in the last world cup. France gameplay up to world cup was a huge effort from clubs, player and federation to make it happend. France lost in a very controversial game and all actors are quite cross by it for very different reason and overall champagne rugby can't be performed if those three don't play hand in hand. - Clubs, who don't care about international competition, want their player back and don't want to here from national team until in 4 years. - Players don't think World Rugby is an organisation worthy to waste time in regards of numerous controversial games that happend during last World Cup and more importantly how it was handled. - Federation is bankrupt because World Cup costed them way more than they managed to get back. Also with Dupont/Ntamac most likely joinning back the squad only for next year competition, France is more in a situation where the creative pair has to adapts to system not build for their game style, than a team build around them... obviously that situation impacts greatly performance.

Don't forget we played 15 vs 14 the whole 2nd half. Still a decent game in a tournament that is too much for us

yes

Without major wins this Italy will little by little losing its superb shape. They need to win Scotland as it's the best remaining side. Another tournamnet without a major win isn't good, a team cannot progress without those wins.

Laurent Labit is the biggest loss to France's attack and seeing the team he's currently coaching, Stade Français, is first in Top14 at the moment makes it all the more obvious...

I think that France might have a fitness issue as they keep dropping off at a later point in the game

How much influence do you think France’s attack over the last four years has had on the way Scotland are trying to attack this year?

Oui ! Tout simplement.

No Scotland/England breakdown..?

I really felt for Italy, yes they should have won.

Italiaaaaa

Forza Italia!

Yes and england

Que in spanish is pronounced like kay is in english

Italy are going to beat Wales in a few weeks time, aren’t they?

There is a very clear rule that states players cannot move when a penalty is being taken, it's not a conversion. France were practically playing frog hop in the background. Italy robbed.

Never gonna stop thinking about Capuozzo as 'everyone's favourite alterboy' now.

No Dupont no party

wouldn't put italy down against scotland

Yes and i'm french

Capuozzo completely stole Ioane’s try

clearly the French players understand the charge down rule as well as their fans 🤣🤣

soooooo.....no one remembers Italy beating Wales in Wales just 2 years ago? Why is everyone acting like this was a big first?

I can safely say i think it was you who really helped push this italy team without ur video about 3 years ago saying how good italy will be. People like me woulsnt of known about this team coming through. Thank you

The referree decisions for France have been outrageous

Agree with Squidge: France needs to shed Arlettaz. He basically gutted all French flair out of the team... last time they (Saint André) did that France XV went into 10 years of shit rugby.

Yes Italy should have won... and yes Scotland should have won... I don't feel sorry for them, that's payback for the robbery by SA and NZ ref in the WC. Plus like half of the A team is missing, injured or fcked off playing 7's to feel good about himself (at least they won a tournament so there's that. it wasn't for noting at least, plus OG to come) We will decide when it's ok to feel sorry for Scotland and Italy and any other who feel robbed. In the mean time suck it up and walk it off

France should have been at least 20 points up at half time. Their lack of ability to score after camping in the Italian 22 for what seemed like the entire half was laughable. Forwards blindly hitting up around the ruck or getting in the way and causing bad passes catches so the ball never gets wide with pace or the ability to find the runner in space. Whoever their 10 is needs a louder voice or they need to put a guy in who's decision making is far cleverer and accepted

Yes. Case closed. Wales will honestly beat them I can't believe how shite they are lol

Hosting a World Cup always forces French rugby to shelve its perpetual infighting and pull things together for the big event. Afterwards, dysfunction returns, the sense of common purpose evaporates and the team quickly slide. It's who they are: always have enormous potential, never consistent enough to realize it.

great work! France play with 14 men. Now a tradition. Also missing five essential players. I feel bad for Garbisi, but still a deserved win for a France in transition

Ireland have scored the most tries?

Italy were just level with 14 men France. France is currently trash at closing down opportunities, and finishing the game with 15 players. But France could have easily been 25-30 points ahead at the end of the first half, if not for dumb mistakes So, all cheers for the Italian squad but let's still be realistic : they are still quite far away

Italy lost because they are used to losing. They won't win against a top team until they start to believe they can.