Italy will need a big improvement going into their second pool game at the Rugby World Cup as coach Kieran Crowley bemoaned his side’s inaccuracy in their opening 52-8 victory over minnows Namibia at a sweltering Stade Geoffroy-Guichard on Saturday.
The scoreline may be one-sided but Italy only pulled away in the closing stages and for the most part looked below par as they knocked balls on, threw wild passes and allowed Namibia to turn over plenty of possession.
"They shut us down in the first half – we've got to be better than we were in that area. There's a whole lot ." "I'm really proud of the boys. They never gave up. They hung in there. The Italians are good at the set-piece. They are a good side," Namibia coach Allister Coetzee said.
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