Italy will play a last meeting this Saturday at Murrayfield against Scotland (1:30 p.m.).
Unsurprisingly, the Nazionale should keep its last place in the standings and record an 18th wooden spoon.
However, since the 2022 edition of the Tournament, coach Kieran Crowley's men have been making progress.
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The game seemed to have evolved, some players asserted themselves but this new potential defeat could reappear the specter of a debate on the integration of Georgia into the competition.
30 points collected during the four days
“
If you take a poll to find out who will finish in last place, everyone will say Italy.
We will always be the underdogs, and that's okay.
We only focus on our performance.
We have to do things well and be sure of ourselves knowing that we've done a good job,
” Crowley said before the Tournament.
Well this position of last place seems for the moment again promised to the Italian selection!
La Nazionale only obtained one defensive bonus against the XV of France (24-29) during the first meeting of the Tournament.
Ambitious in their game, Paolo Garbisi's teammates showed offensive guarantees that they hadn't had for a few years.
Sometimes messy and clumsy, no one can blame the Italians for trying and daring.
Returning during the Tournament, Paolo Garbisi will not have weighed enough.
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In England for the second match, Italy was largely dominated (31-14) despite a good first half.
Capuozzo, Ruzza and even Negri were doing well while Varney, the dynamic number 9, showed his limits in his kicking game.
Faced with a reduced Irish team on the third day, the Nazionale was condemned to the feat.
In Rome, the valiant Italians made the XV of Clover doubt.
Led by only seven points at the break, Crowley's men finally exploded at the end of the game, conceding 34 points.
Progress for… nothing?
Against Wales, Italy played a real final.
Faced with Welsh in great difficulty - both at the extra-sporting level and on the field - the Nazionale was the favorite of the bookmakers.
But the Leek XV took revenge on the terrible disillusion experienced last year in their den (21-22 defeat at the last minute) against these same Italians.
Taulupe Faletau's teammates largely won (17-29) and avoided a wooden spoon.
Coach Kieran Crowley should know a new wooden spoon.
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The Nazionale is still crumbly.
The questionable choices of Brex or Varney penalized the team.
The lack of support after breakthroughs by Lorenzo Cannone or Ange Capuozzo probably did not allow this team to go queen.
Still just at the level of its strategy, Italy is stagnating.
Against Scotland, what can they expect?
A match is never played, of course, but Crowley's men are doomed to exploit at Murrayfield.
A simple victory would not be enough.
To finish in penultimate place, they should win against Gregor Townsend's men with the attacking bonus hoping for a zero-point defeat for Wales against the Blues.
After showing the beginnings of progress during the last edition of the Tournament, Italy then confirmed in November.
Despite a heavy setback against reigning world champions South Africa (21-63), the Italians had struck a blow by beating Australia (28-27) for the first time in their history before crushing Samoa (49-17).
With the World Cup only a few months away, Italy will most certainly store the 18th wooden spoon in their history in their ''
trophy
'' cabinet.
And finish his Tournament with an even worse record than last year.
