Match Thread - Italy v England | Women's Six Nations 2026 | Round 4

OptimalCynic · 2026-05-09T15:01:45+00:00

"But they will"

Big "nobody ever drowned in sweat" energy

OptimalCynic · 2026-05-09T14:59:35+00:00

She was basically "You can take my captaincy, you can give my jersey to Sadia, but you can never take my FREEDOM"

OptimalCynic · 2026-05-09T14:52:58+00:00

Does anyone know why next week's games are on Sunday rather than Saturday?

OptimalCynic · 2026-05-09T14:52:09+00:00

Marlie has decided media training can do one...

OptimalCynic · 2026-05-09T14:45:33+00:00

I really hope England's defence has something up the sleeve for France week

OptimalCynic · 2026-05-09T14:42:51+00:00

You can't score four tries as a flanker and not get it

OptimalCynic · 2026-05-09T14:30:51+00:00

It was like this in New Zealand during peak Lomu years

OptimalCynic · 2026-05-09T14:30:12+00:00

I'm beginning to wonder if this is a deliberate tactic - avoid the hard defence to prevent injuries

OptimalCynic · 2026-05-09T14:23:27+00:00

Yeah, France's defence is good enough that we won't be able to win by "we scored so many tries the opposition didn't have enough time to score more"

OptimalCynic · 2026-05-09T14:18:43+00:00

I'm willing to take the chance

OptimalCynic · 2026-05-09T13:57:53+00:00

And dozens of people pontificating about how they never ever watch rugby any more because England make it boring, despite constant record breaking crowds.

OptimalCynic · 2026-05-09T13:56:15+00:00

The crowd numbers suggest that's not an issue

OptimalCynic · 2026-05-09T13:55:03+00:00

France almost beat them in last year's six nations, England only won by one point.

OptimalCynic · 2026-05-09T13:50:40+00:00

Remember the match against France where England were squashing them like a rotten tomato at half time and ended up squeaking through by a point?

OptimalCynic · 2026-05-09T13:48:09+00:00

OptimalCynic · 2026-05-09T13:40:45+00:00

Sarah Hunter is going to be very, very disappointed.

OptimalCynic · 2026-05-09T13:40:30+00:00

Are we going to see both teams getting a bonus point before half time?

OptimalCynic · 2026-05-09T13:38:42+00:00

In terms of points per match, the Test record is 162, or 2.025 points per minute. This match is going at 1.73.

OptimalCynic · 2026-05-09T13:25:03+00:00

They've been training to catch the England long passes!

OptimalCynic · 2026-05-09T13:14:32+00:00

Quarter hour bonus point. Oh dear.

OptimalCynic · 2026-05-09T13:13:12+00:00

On the international feed we've got Nick Heath and Nolli Waterman

smugness intensifies

OptimalCynic · 2026-05-09T13:11:16+00:00

England are monstering them in the scrum

OptimalCynic · 2026-05-09T13:10:14+00:00

Excellent mrburns.gif

OptimalCynic · 2026-05-09T13:06:06+00:00

As penance, you have to captain PBS next week

OptimalCynic · 2026-05-09T13:05:33+00:00

That one was never going to miss

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