Once the Sebastian Negri reflects with the a difficult month, you begin to question if the the guy and his Italy people-mates provides invested recent years months blasting out Chumbawamba from inside the this new dressing up place: “I get knocked-down, but I have upwards once again, you’re never browsing keep myself down…”

That is certainly this new means being pulled by flanker shortly after becoming improperly knocked-down within the an excellent bruising, incredible and you may – you will find unfortunately simply no other way to put it – embarrassing 96-17 defeat by the Brand new Zealand.

Italian resistance folded in Lyon because they sent 14 aims and conceded the combined-really products in a single games from the 2023 Football World Glass close to stragglers Namibia, who had previously destroyed 96-0 to help you France.

The result emerged once the a large amaze in order to whoever has paid back close attention towards development of that it talented young Azzurri front over the past two years. (more…)