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Friday night rugby match thread: 8pm BST. The All Blacks vs the Azzuri (www.rugbykickoff.com)

submitted 11 months ago by Olap@lemmy.world to c/rugby@sh.itjust.works

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Black on Blue tonight, with a fairly forgone conclusion, but will Italy put up a fight or give a HT scare? Find out later!

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[–] Olap@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Cards will decide knock outs for sure, so discipline really important to work on for now too

[–] TagMeInSkipIGotThis@lemmy.nz 2 points 11 months ago

Penalties too I think; defensive breakdown is so well rewarded that players might need to go against instinct and let the ball go if they're caught isolated. The mantra for any team needs to be no easy metres, make them earn it not be given it by letting the referee ping you.