Sun 16 Oct: RLWC: Scotland v Italy KO 14:30

[John Drake]

Discuss Scotland v Italy here.

[ATLANTISMAN]

Hope leaping Leo gets a win (He just messaged me have an invite for a night out in Liverpool:)

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[Cw25]

Scotland 26-18 Italy

[The Mighty Trin]

Scotland 32-10 Italy. 

[JonM]

This was one of the best games in 2013, real thriller at a packed Derwent Park. Tough one to call, because Italy haven't played any games for 3 years.

Scotland have Ryan Brierley and Matty Russell, and I like the look of Bailey Haywood, from Canterbury's NSW Cup team, and of course Dale Ferguson is a great player and they have Sam Luckley and James Bell also with SL clubs.  Italy can pretty much name 17 players from the NSW and Qld Cups, on paper I'd say a slightly stronger squad than Scotland, much will depend on how well they gel after only a few days together.

Looking forward to this one. It'll be interesting to see who the crowd is supporting.

 

[The Hallucinating Goose]

I have no idea how good the Italians are so can't really make a judgement on them. The Scots weren't fantastic against the Knights but they showed a bit of promise at some points so I've gone for a close one with Scotland taking it. 

[DavidM]

6 hours ago, JonM said:

This was one of the best games in 2013, real thriller at a packed Derwent Park. Tough one to call, because Italy haven't played any games for 3 years.

Scotland have Ryan Brierley and Matty Russell, and I like the look of Bailey Haywood, from Canterbury's NSW Cup team, and of course Dale Ferguson is a great player and they have Sam Luckley and James Bell also with SL clubs.  Italy can pretty much name 17 players from the NSW and Qld Cups, on paper I'd say a slightly stronger squad than Scotland, much will depend on how well they gel after only a few days together.

Looking forward to this one. It'll be interesting to see who the crowd is supporting.

 

Absolute cracker . Minichiello Mantellato Guerra and some nobody called Tedesco were in the Italian backline then

[Number 16]

Battle of the Plastic Passports. 

Should be a good and close game. 

[Eddie]

England D v Australia G. Not too excited about this one, though obviously I’ll be watching! 

[Tex Evans Thigh]

It’ll be ###### but probably a close game.

[2blackrooks]

Looking forward to this but disappointed at the performance against the kids last weekend, but a must win game. 
But hey Scotland are playing international RL and that’s a bonus

[MatthewWoody]

Looking forward. 

[dkw]

12 hours ago, Tex Evans Thigh said:

It’ll be ###### but probably a close game.

Why do you say that? Some of the best games in the last WC in England were between so called lesser nations.

In fact Scotland v italy at Derwent Park was outstanding.

[Tex Evans Thigh]

24 minutes ago, dkw said:

Why do you say that? Some of the best games in the last WC in England were between so called lesser nations.

In fact Scotland v italy at Derwent Park was outstanding.

I mean the standard won’t be at the levels of other games but it should be a close one. Hopefully an entertaining one like last time.

[Whippet13]

Staying over in Newcastle and going to this one as part of my odyssey to watch every team in the WC. Haven't got the foggiest who will win and don't really care, but think it'll be a very close one.

[SydneyRoosters]

Scotland- 17

Italy- 8

[Dave T]

Day 2. Come on Scotland! 

[The Partisan]

10 hours ago, Whippet13 said:

Staying over in Newcastle and going to this one as part of my odyssey to watch every team in the WC. Haven't got the foggiest who will win and don't really care, but think it'll be a very close one.

Was curious as to whether people would stick around in Newcastle. 

Had a similiar plan in 2013.  PNG and Tonga missed. 

 

The "Austalians" by 7 for me.

 

Not really concerned about where both countries are in development for this 2021 World Cup.

 

Just hope they are still around in 2041 with players drawn from Padua, Rome, Venice, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Oban rather than Parramatta, Redcliffe, Widnes, Gloucester, Avignon and Oldham.

( Teams picked at random for alliteration purposes ....in case you were wondering ..... Couldn't find an ' E ' team apart from St. Esteve !)

 

 

 

Edited October 16, 2022 by The Partisan

[Madrileño]

44 minutes ago, The Partisan said:

 

Just hope they are still around in 2041 with players drawn from Padua, Rome, Venice, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Oban rather than Parramatta, Redcliffe, Widnes, Gloucester, Avignon and Oldham.

( Teams picked at random for alliteration purposes ....in case you were wondering ..... Couldn't find an ' E ' team apart from St. Esteve !)

 

 

 

Emu Plains.

Play in the Penrith comp.

Failing that, Eccles would have done.

Edited October 16, 2022 by Madrileño

[The Partisan]

3 minutes ago, Madrileño said:

Emu Plains.

Play in the Penrith comp.

Failing that, Eccles would have done.

Yeah a few amateur or country teams I could have run with but was trying to stick to the professional or semi professional ranks

[The Hallucinating Goose]

I imagine there'll be a lot of people that are making a weekend of it and going to both games in Newcastle. Hopefully will be a lot of people from the North-East there given how many attended the England game. Would be great if some went to the England game and loved it so much they immediately bought tickets for this. After all what else is there to do in Newcastle on a Sunday? 

[MatthewWoody]

https://www.instagram.com/p/CjoA6EMIZo7/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

In memory of Tiziano Franchini, former player, pioneer and vicepresident of the Italian federation. He died this year aged 45, a good friend of mine. 

He used to be the Italy RL Women head coach.

He was in love with RL and the South Sydney Rabbitohs. 

Today it's for him, too. 

 

Edited October 16, 2022 by MatthewWoody

[Gerrumonside ref]

Hoping for a good close game.

(Secretly hoping the national anthems are done full justice as the music to Italy’s is top notch imo, stirring stuff)

[Gerrumonside ref]

57 minutes ago, The Hallucinating Goose said:

I imagine there'll be a lot of people that are making a weekend of it and going to both games in Newcastle. Hopefully will be a lot of people from the North-East there given how many attended the England game. Would be great if some went to the England game and loved it so much they immediately bought tickets for this. After all what else is there to do in Newcastle on a Sunday? 

The football lot are playing Manchester United away although it is not on TV.

Like you say though hopefully we’re converting people in the North East to take an interest in another sport.

Edited October 16, 2022 by Gerrumonside ref

[RIGGY]

Looking forward to this one our third game of the weekend and watching one of our Swinton players play for Italy before heading off down to Warrington for tonight's game. Bring it on !!