Italy: Granzotto; Muzzo, Sillari, Rigoni, D’Inca; Stevanin, Stefan; Turani, Vecchini, Maris, Fedrighi, Duca, Tounesi, Sgorbini, Giordano (capt). Replacements: Gurioli, Zanette, Seye, Veronese, Ranuccini, Bitonci, Mannini, Capomaggi. Yellow card: Fedrighi Ireland: Flood; McCann, Dalton, Higgins, Costigan; O’Brien, Reilly; O’Dowd, Jones, Djougang, Campbell, Tuite, McMahon (capt), King, Wafer. Replacements: Moloney, McCarthy, Haney, Moore, Wall, Hogan, Lane, Breen....
Ireland coach Scott Bemand says his players are mindful of the “incredible challenge” they will face in Sunday’s Women’s Six Nations game in Parma against an Italy side who defeated them in last year’s championship. The Irish looked in potential Wooden Spoon territory a year ago after they lost in 27-21 to the Italians in...
From the win over Canada that secured England’s WXV1 title success in October, Mitchell made seven changes and some positional alterations to his starting XV, with the result a comfortable 38-5 victory in front of 8,391 supporters in York. In the early stages, no drop-off was evident. The Red Roses started in clinical fashion, the...
England extend their winning run to 21 games with a 38-5 win over Italy to get their Women’s Six Nations title defence off to a strong start at the LNER Community stadium in York. Read article in full at source...
GB Sevens player Jade Shekells could make her XV-a-side international debut on Sunday after being named on the bench for England’s Women’s Six Nations opener against Italy in York. Gloucester-Hartpury’s Shekells, 28, is joined among the replacements by another of the four uncapped players in John Mitchell’s 37-woman squad – Exeter Chiefs scrum-half Flo Robinson,...
It means he will not follow in the footsteps of his father Gianluigi, who was part of the Italy side that won the 2006 World Cup in Germany. Buffon Sr played a major part in that success as part of a stellar 28-year professional career which saw him win 176 senior international caps, 10 Serie...