Gritty, competitive and determined, the female Italrugby players manage to obtain excellent results on the pitch. And so it was also in 2018, winning the fourth position tied with Ireland in the Six Nations .
A satisfaction that somehow distracts attention from the flop of the men’s team which instead collected 17 consecutive defeats and earned both a decidedly disappointing whitewash and the wooden spoon.
The women’s national team within the rugby competition has been included since 2002 and covers the six countries of England, France, Italy, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. Between them only Italy and Wales have never managed to win any competition. But the Italian national team has made great strides from its debut to today and proves that it has the numbers to be able to do it. The only drawback in the path of Italrugby in pink concerns 2017, the year in which they did not manage to get even a victory.
The rest of their career is worthy of praise because they took home at least one victory in each competition. At the moment the best year that saw them as protagonists was 2015 in which they managed to get to third place , winning three victories.
In the 2018 Six Nations the start was not the best and the blue team has collected three consecutive defeats, first with England for 42-7, then with Ireland for 21-8 and finally with France for 57-0.
But starting from the fourth game something changed and the next two victories allowed the team to collect the necessary points to climb the standings and position themselves in third place with ten points together with Ireland. Wales is then beaten for 22-15 and then and the turn of Scotland, folded for 26-12.
According to the coach of the Italian women’s rugby team, Andrea di Giandomenico, the secret is a lot of training but also healthy fun while playing:
A lot of work is needed to reach the goals we have set ourselves and now we are reaping the first fruits. In this Six Nations the pleasure of playing rugby also emerged: I saw a team having fun on the pitch
The 2018 edition was won by France, but for our country there remains the satisfaction of having a growing team that year after year improves its performance and aims to do better and better.[/ vc_column_text] [/ vc_column] [/ vc_row]
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The girls of rugby interpret this sport with the passion that distinguishes it. Beyond the athletic aspect, excellent things were also seen in the game phase and especially in the passages, as evidenced by the goals achieved in the first half against Scotland. Apart from some technical and experience flaws, the Italdonne is there. Eyes on Franco, also included in the XV of the tournament. Attention, because women’s rugby has an audience, as shown by the example of France
