Tommaso Boni: “Against the All Blacks with respect but without fear”

“It will be a difficult match, Kieran’s first in Italy, there is a lot of expectation and tension in the group but above all a great desire to do well, also because when you do it with such strong opponents, if you do well, trust in the group and in what you are doing. It will certainly be a tough match, but we face them with a lot of respect but without fear. We don’t go out on the pitch being afraid to try things or thinking we can’t. You never know and that’s what I like in these games when you’re an ‘underdog’. They do not expect it and we are preparing it really well, it will certainly be an undertaking, it is very difficult, they are the toughest opponents that could have happened to us, but we are preparing it with a lot of will, rhythm and confidence in our means, we will play it “. So Tommaso Boni, center of the Italian national rugby team, presents the challenge with the All Blacks to Adnkronos on November 6 at the Olimpico in Rome. Boni has already managed to reach the goal against the All Blacks and is ready to do it again. “I made my only goal to them in 2016, I was in the second cap, the second presence with Italy. I played with the All Blacks in November, 15 minutes and a try, I had a good dose of luck… the right man at the right time, it went well… ”, added Boni with a smile. After the All Blacks, the second match on the calendar is Saturday 13 November against Argentina at the Monigo Stadium in Treviso, while the third and final match of this tour is scheduled for 20 November at the Lanfranchi Stadium in Parma against Uruguay. “We took two top teams. The first, the All Blacks, is among the strongest in the world, the second among the top ten and the third a little weaker but we do not underestimate anyone, They are three long and hard weeks and it is not easy to always stay 100% focused “. At the Olimpico there will be a lot of public for a fascinating challenge. “The public is the 16th man in rugby, and whoever comes to the stadium really cares about it, believes and supports the national team, cheers us on and encourages us and it is an extra motivation. The fact that he returned after the covid period is almost a new thing. Even when we started the championship it was great to see the crowd, it’s something you take for granted until you no longer have it. Now that he returns he will surely be a fire and an extra strength ”.