Ireland can only be undone if they show disrespect to their Italian opponents and under Andy Farrell’s leadership that’s highly unlikely. Italy produced a much-improved display in the narrow loss to England at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome but the real problem for Italian rugby lies in the systems below the national team.
Ireland can only be undone if they show disrespect to their Italian opponents and under Andy Farrell ’s leadership that’s highly unlikely. Italy produced a much-improved display in the narrow loss to England at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome but the real problem for Italian rugby lies in the systems below the national team. In rugby, as in life, respect is an earned commodity. The only way to display respect towards your opponent is by playing to the maximum of your capabilities.
When Ireland piled 80 points on to Romania at the recent World Cup, they showed their opponents that they were worthy of a maximum effort. As Ireland meet the lowly-ranked Italians, they are also facing a side with a complex recent history of one step forwards, two steps back
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