Six Nations: Italy at the start with new coach and without Parisse

Italy shows up with many at its twentieth participation in the 6 Nations rugby tournament, which begins next February 1, with the guidance of a new coach, the South African Franco Smith, and without his historic captain, Sergio Parisse. A new turning point after participating in the World Cup and the resignation of "Nobody knows how we want to play and surprise plays in our favor. We want to program a game model based on us and that can lead us to good results," said the new technician at the presentation of the tournament at the Coni Hall of Honor. Italy will debut on 1 February in Wales and the captain's armband will be entrusted to hooker Luca Bigi. "Parisse has always given a lot for Italy, he has played 5 world cups - said Smith -. He told me that he wants to be remembered for a great game, so we will see how to insert him". He is expected to play the last game in Rome to greet the blue public.