All blacks are afraid of Italy

Faraj Bin Lahousin, Media365, published on Thursday, September 28, 2023 at 10:22 pm

Despite the gap separating them from Italy, the All Blacks fear Squadra Azzurra, their opponents on Friday in Group A of the Rugby World Cup.

Next Friday, at Groupama Stadium (kick-off at 9pm), New Zealand will face Italy in its third match in Group A, a seemingly lopsided encounter between the three-time world champions and the lowly nation that ranks 11th in the world in the IRB rankings. Especially since Squadra Azzurra has never dominated the All Blacks in fifteen matches. He added: “We lost to France (27-13), and we must win to achieve our goal (…) There is additional pressure given the level of both teamsBrody Retallick’s analysis at a press conference.

He did not forget that the first defeat for the Blacks represented their first defeat in the group stage of the World Cup, while the Italians corrected Namibia and Uruguay. Without forgetting that under the orders of New Zealander Kieran Crawley, Angie Capuzzo’s teammates have already achieved a tremendous achievement by beating Australia for the first time in their history last year (28-27). “We won’t be distracted because we’ve analyzed it. We understand their structure a little better and see how they want to play. We have to focus on the present moment, from the start of the match. “The start of the match will be very important,” Brody Retallick later commented, explaining his perception of the opponent.

“The first twenty minutes will be intense and physical.”

A view shared by Brody Retallick’s second-grade friend, Scott Barrett. Beauden Barrett’s brother also said: “It will be very important that we start the game well. Italy sticks to each game, we have seen that. The first twenty minutes will be intense and physical.” “When we play against them, we remember them physically. “They picked a 6-2 bench, so they’re betting big on that,” recalls Greg Vick, the former All Black and current scrum coach. There are many speeches promising a strong start to the match on Friday at Groupama Stadium.