Novembre è finito, e con esso il rugby internazionale del 2025 Un punto della situazione sulle novità tattiche e tecniche viste in campo in questo periodo open.substack.com/pub/rugbydro...

Everyone knows how much of a threat the Springboks scrum is Unexpectedly it became one of the reasons why Italy managed to compete against the #1 team in the world Read more here: buff.ly/uDUKQ3Z

Matt Faessler on the 3 Reds players that started the season at Benetton: "My understanding is that they're loving it, particularly the number 9, I think he's getting a bit of a cult following Louis [Werchon]." In fact, supporters in Treviso just praying him to stay after just a couple of matches!

Wallabies head coach Joe Schmidt explained his choices for the Italy game today in the press conference at the team hotel in downtown Udine He was asked about not selecting Len Ikitau, choosing Carter Gordon, and then why he did not call up James O'Connor A thread with his major quotes 👇

Il Benetton ha iniziato la stagione in maniera altalenante, lasciando più dubbi che certezze nel primo blocco di partite giocate prima dei test match internazionali È ancora la più forte delle squadre italiane? open.substack.com/pub/rugbydro...

Il Munster ha battuto il Leinster per la prima volta dopo tre anni Erano quindici anni che la squadra di Dublino non perdeva tre delle prime quattro gare della stagione Ecco cosa ci dice questo risultato sulla squadra più forte dell’emisfero nord in vista del mese di novembre buff.ly/sBPluwf

Sacha is not legal You should start with a 17 point deficit if you play him

Zebre are giving everything in Parma against a Stormers side that really is on another level They managed to stay in the game in the first half thanks just to their grit Great game from Licata and Locatelli thus far

Here's the Italian squad for the November test v Australia, South Africa and Chile Zilocchi, Zanon, Bertaccini and Gesi are missing out; Opoku (Bath Academy), Todaro (3 tries in 3 Prem games at Saints), Da Re and Mazza are the unexpected calls Injured: Lucchesi, Nemer, Canali, Lamb, Fusco, Trulla

Kalvin Gourgues is just an amazing talent He was incredible this summer at the U20 RWC in Italy for France. He obscured players like Taccola and Brau-Boirie (in the semifinal against NZ) that had a lot more Top 14 experience under their belt

Toulouse fans celebrate the comeback of Ange Capuozzo with a banner in Italian: the angel is back (Ange is French for Angelo, angel)

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4️⃣ giocatori da seguire nel weekend in arrivo e in quelli successivi buff.ly/nC1hxU1

💣 Sabato 27 settembre c’è stata una vera e propria esplosione di rugby ✍ Un groviglio di risultati, storie, partite e persone da provare a sciogliere puntando la luce su alcuni dei protagonisti 👉 rugbydrop.substack.com/p/cinque-per...

That's a straight red imho, didn't get the reasoning behind Vedovelli's decision #BULvOSP

Some really good sequences in this game (that All Blacks try was just unbelievable), but I'm struggling to enjoy a game with 5 injuries in 40 mins, 4 of those players out for HIA

Dicono che la fase a gironi della Rugby World Cup 2025 sia stata noiosa, per via dei tanti risultati scontati o con ampio divario E invece, secondo me, è stata una boccata d’aria fresca rugbydrop.substack.com/p/la-fase-a-...

Pas mal Nacho Brex

It was clear to everybody that South Africa is a big team in the making, and today they've earned their biggest win in their history in the women's game Nonetheless, Italy played a bad game again after a disappointing first one v France

Uff, Canada plays a heavenly brand of rugby They're so good, can't wait to see them against the best teams in the RWC

🔷 Domenica pomeriggio si gioca una delle gare più attese della fase a gironi della Rugby World Cup fra Italia e Sudafrica 💡 Le due squadre che la giocano hanno caratteristiche opposte, ma condividono un comune cammino buff.ly/6WLqRQk

27 mins for François Mey in the big match of the opening night of ProD2 with Soyaux Angouleme The young centre is the only Italian featuring in this first round. He was a star at U20 level, but still hasn't made it in the pro game

Indiana Jones would have said: I've got a bad feeling about this

A brave half from the Azzurre, but a lot of handling errors, a really hard time at scrum and lineout and a 3pt gift with that last ball means we're behind 10-0 against a pretty average France side

Italian first division team Lyons Piacenza confirmed the signing of Waqa Nalaga, brother of Napolioni One of the brightest prospects of the Drua 2024 Super Rugby side, earned a cap against Scotland then, in November, his contract was interrupted abruptly 👇

After a number of days we're still talking about Andrea Piardi's decisions on the field on Saturday So I went back to the game, rewatched and reviewed his performance Spoiler: it was almost perfect buff.ly/BgyvePh

The 7th place at the WR U20s is the best ever result for an Italy U20 side Then why it wasn't a great year for our youngsters? buff.ly/v3YlZHw

L'idea della sconfitta onorevole era diventata una retorica da rifuggire assolutamente per il rugby italiano, a ragion veduta Questa estate in Sudafrica, però, una sconfitta onorevole è tornata ad essere una buona notizia open.substack.com/pub/rugbydro...

Zebre best player and cult hero Geronimo Prisciantelli is out to Racing 92 Thanks for the memories, it's been great to watch him break defences for three seasons

Disappointed to not read any caps lock MANUEL ZULIANI post around here 👀

It's a Springboks win 42-24 and Italian fans cannot be more proud of the team

If anyone is missing a bit of context, Italy is playing this test without 14 players: 7 of the best were rested, other 7 injured themselves with the squad Btw the guy in the 7 shirt is Manuel Zuliani. If you didn't know him, well: he's having his standard (superhuman) performance

Best players I've seen today in Rovigo at the WR U20s 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Jack Woods 🇿🇦 Mbatho Hlekani 🇿🇦 Cheswill Jooste 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jack Bracken 🇪🇸 Oriol Marsinyac

At the end of this first U20s match in Rovigo France won and Wales come away with nothing in their hands It was inevitabile that France physicality would emerge sooner or later, but it was a really nice game, above expectations Jack Woods impressed for Wales imho

Great performance from the Welsh guys so far, pinning France in their half and collecting 3 very nice tries Still a lot of time btw, France may cease to knock every ball on anytime...

I don't think there's any technical, tactical, strategic reason in calling up Owen Farrell and the staff knows it They just consider the amount of experience and charisma and standard-setting he will provide is now more valuable than having a very good player available for warmup matches

🤩 È stato un gran fine settimana di rugby, ci ha regalato un milione di spunti 🧠 Cominciamo da una parte, da un aspetto del gioco che ha messo in relazione la splendida finale di Top 14 con la spettacolare partita dei Lions di sabato mattina 👉 Il nuovo Drop: tinyurl.com/drop59

Let's take a moment to enjoy Maxime Lucu's magic Two exceptional tackles from Chocobares, UBB moving backwards, then he splendidly reads the defence A wonderful performance without success for the UBB 9

It's unbelievable how much restarts mean in this match #Top14

What I like the most about this Lions is they don't seem constrained by pressure or by gameplan Everyone goes out and feels free to make a play Kelleher's grubber, Mitchell reverse pass, PKs played quickly and so on

That pass. Just because he can

Marco Bortolami is the first Italian head coach of a major non-Italian club in pro rugby He will coach Sale Sharks next season. As a player he was at Gloucester for 4 seasons, also captaining them for a while

Da questa mattina nella Posta in arrivo degli iscritti il nuovo Drop, con tre possibili esordienti degli Springboks quando fra un mesetto in Sudafrica arriva l'Italia Per tutti gli altri si legge qui: buff.ly/ATUR2U5

Springboks announced their first squad of the year First opponent: Italy in July The Azzurri will be experimenting, so Rassie too thought to try and mix up a bit: let's bring in this new guy, Juarno Augustus 😅 Unbelievable depth, best in the world

Italy opts to rest a number of stars for the summer tour in Namibia & South Africa The tour will be meant to build depth and offer chances to fringe and new players Colomiers hooker Pablo Dimcheff, btw, is the only real novelty in the group

🟢Il nuovo allenatore dell'attacco del Benetton si è dimesso dal suo vecchio ruolo con un mese di anticipo sulla fine della stagione, la sua squadra è stata una delle delusioni dell'anno 👉 Cosa hanno visto i Leoni in Peter Wilkins? Cosa porta in dote l'ex tecnico del Connacht? 📃 buff.ly/fomPuQJ

David Odiase caught the eye with the U20s, then went to France for three years and barely disappeared, playing for Oyonnax espoirs and just 16 games for the first team Now going back to Parma to try and become an Azzurro

Italy is maybe the one team that will benefit the most from the new 6N fixtures, with all their Top14 and Prem players being able to stay within the national team environment a bit more, cutting on all the back and forth during the fallow weeks

È stato un weekend intenso. Mi sono quindi scordato di annunciare l'uscita della 52a edizione di Drop, che fa i conti con le convocazioni dei B&I Lions 2219 parole, 89 frasi, tempo di lettura 11': perfetta per corredare una pausa dalle difficoltà del lunedì Si legge qui: buff.ly/CRih6Dy

Fra meno di dieci giorni verranno annunciati i convocati per il prossimo tour dei British & Irish Lions Una roba unica del rugby, sulla quale vale la pena di ragionare un po' per capire chi indosserà la maglia rossa in Australia