Rugby: Crowley, ‘Many positives today, less in defense’

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(ANSA) – ROME, MARCH 12 – “There are many positive aspects today, we have seen that young people have also made important decisions and we will learn from this. We have seen some play, also in terms of attack. the defense is disappointed the most, because we did better in other matches. “

This was stated by the coach of the Italian national rugby team Kieran Crowley at a press conference after the Azzurri’s defeat in the 6 Nations match lost 22-33 at the Olimpico against Scotland.

Thanks to rookie Ange Capuozzo, author of the last two tries, if the Azzurri managed to put pressure and get closer to the Scots in the final: “He played very well – underlines the blue coach -: it was nice to see him score two tries, but initially he missed a tackle and made two more mistakes. But it was nice to see him bounce back from those mistakes and demonstrate resilience. He didn’t break down, he got back on his feet and that’s what I ask of a player like him. This adds more pressure to the team. next week’s selections “.

The decisive moment for the success of Scotland, the second goal achieved by Harris after an interception on Braley: “When you are in the 22 opponents and then you take a try it is a hard blow – admits captain Michele Lamaro – because between your possible goal and the one suffered there are 14 points of difference from one side to the other. It is always difficult to react after such a blow, but we did it, we got back on the score with Braley’s try, but we certainly cannot continue to concede such easy tries to the opponents “.

Positive, for the captain, the reaction in the last 20 ‘: “If we had entered the game as played in the last 20 minutes, it would have been different. We wanted to show that we were a team that attacked well, we wanted to put a first stone on it. The last 20 minutes they have shown that we can put the opponent in difficulty “. (HANDLE).

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