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

[Geordie]

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

[Liam]

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?

[bedfordwelsh]

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.

[nathan]

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.

[bedfordwelsh]

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

[quinsforever]

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.

[TightHEAD]

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.

[Hood83]

Our intensity needs to be far better.

[TightHEAD]

Easy

[quinsforever]

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

[FecklessRogue]

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.

[Hood83]

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.

[Liam]

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?

[TightHEAD]

Ford hasn't done much wrong, troll

[Hood83]

Every Youngs pass is over head height.

[quinsforever]

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

[Geordie]

And so begins the million substitutions....

[nathan]

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.

[Hood83]

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

[Geordie]

I honestly think Subs should be limited

[nathan]

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

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

[TightHEAD]

Jj is on form

[Hood83]

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.

[Liam]

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

[nathan]

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

[quinsforever]

beautiful try. great timing of pass by ford.

[TightHEAD]

Cracking dummy from 'Baths' George Ford!

Flaming trolls

[Steve_rugby]

What another great try for England

[Liam]

Joseph again! some player already.

[Geordie]

Well nice to see Danny get a run out.

[nathan]

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

[quinsforever]

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

[quinsforever]

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

less than this. 23 i think

[Geordie]

Lovely play by Johnny May

[TightHEAD]

Cips

[Steve_rugby]

Well played Jonny May !

[mystiroakey]

May creates two try's

[quinsforever]

oh my. cips. oh my.

[nathan]

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

[Hood83]

More like it

[Guest]

Cracking dummy from 'Baths' George Ford!

Flaming trolls

You're being a complete pr*ck.

[Liam]

Great support work by 'Sale's' Cipriani

[TightHEAD]

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

[bedfordwelsh]

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.

[quinsforever]

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.

[Guest]

JJ is having a stormer. What a player!

England brushing aside the Italians with relative ease now.

[Geordie]

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....

[FecklessRogue]

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.

[Hood83]

really pleased for cipriani.

[The Saint]

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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