Italian LH had quite the angle there

Doesn't sound like I'm missing much, but I'm in Fiji and the resort doesn't have the channel. And my free live streams aren't working. Sky and VPN neither

Can we make sure we don’t play in Wellington for very very long time. This place is cursed

The fuck is with this French ref? Italian loosehead drives in right in front of him, 7 then changes bind and swims up to join the front row. Penalises Black.

@Landers92 said in 2026 Nations Championship: All Blacks v Italy:

Can we make sure we don’t play in Wellington for very very long time. This place is cursed

Unless you're the Hurricanes.

@sparky said in 2026 Nations Championship: All Blacks v Italy:

@Landers92 said in 2026 Nations Championship: All Blacks v Italy:

Can we make sure we don’t play in Wellington for very very long time. This place is cursed

Unless you're the Hurricanes.

Which we aren’t…

@antipodean

It would have helped if Wallace decided to not detach - the next shove with him looking to break did for us.

Too much Fifa influence there

@Landers92 said in 2026 Nations Championship: All Blacks v Italy:

Can we make sure we don’t play in Wellington for very very long time. This place is cursed

We say this every year and they still get at least one a year.

Jacobson has been doing a great imitation of DP last week and so far this week

Jacobson’s made of concrete lads

@Bones said in 2026 Nations Championship: All Blacks v Italy:

Jacobson has been doing a great imitation of DP last week and so far this week

Poor bugger has to do all the work in the loose not much help from the other 2.

Where is the Captain

Italian offside and in from the side and no call lol

How much further from the side are the Italians allowed to come in at our rucks

@Chris

We have 4 wingers though.

@Canes4life said in 2026 Nations Championship: All Blacks v Italy:

@sparky said in 2026 Nations Championship: All Blacks v Italy:

@Canes4life said in 2026 Nations Championship: All Blacks v Italy:

The quality of this game versus the Super final is night and day.

It's an entirely different game when you have a northern hemisphere ref looking to slow it down as much as he can.

And no punch up front. De Groot, Taylor and Lomax etc aren’t the types to bend a defensive line if we want to play optimistic rugby.

Grooter just carried pretty bloody well then.

He is quality link guy as well. Throws some really nice passes.

@Chris said in 2026 Nations Championship: All Blacks v Italy:

@Bones said in 2026 Nations Championship: All Blacks v Italy:

Jacobson has been doing a great imitation of DP last week and so far this week

Poor bugger has to do all the work in the loose not much help from the other 2.

Are you sure? Ardie has most tackles and 2nd most carries.

Sititi has second most tackles.

Jacobson has 2 tackles

Lacking Test intensity.

Feels more like an exhibition game performance.

Why did Vaai go blind there… smfh