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Oh I don't know. There was the amusing non-rucking tactic a couple of years ago, that flummoxed Dylan Hartley...
(and Matteo Minozzi/Jake Polledri, who are fantastic players)
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Ha - the look on his and Haskell's faces when the ref told them he wasn't their coach and couldn't solve this for them was priceless...
For the past 3-4 years Italy seem to lose two 'world class' players for each one they find. They have a potentially tasty backrow, but the props/locks are distinctly average and the backs nothing to write home about. The progress of Treviso is encouraging, however, and I rate Connor O'Shea, but making them 'safe' in the 6 nations doesn't seem to have developed the game. I would really like to see promotion - at least a play off between winner of div 2 and loser of div 1 - but it's just not going to happen. Which is a massive shame.
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I think that's harsh on Scotland considering their performances recently but Italy have offered nothing for ages now and have quite probably gone backwards over the last ~8 years...