The Squadra Azzurra, which has never beaten England, hopes to achieve a feat in this 2024 Six Nations Tournament. Wooden spoon last year, third in its group at the World Cup, humiliated by France (60 -7) and New Zealand (96-17), Italy seems to be falling back into its old ways.
The teammates of Toulouse Ange Capuozzo want to do better than last year against the XV de la Rose.
Beaten at Twickenham (31-14), the men of the new coach, Gonzalo Quesada, want to delight theirs at the Olympico Stadium.
Revenge duel between Italy and England
On the other hand, England is coming out of a satisfactory World Cup, concluded with a bronze medal and a victory against Argentina (26-13).
Enough to enhance the results of Steve Borthwick's first year at the head of the XV de la Rose, marked by a moribund Tournament in terms of play and results (4th in 2023 with 3 defeats, including a humiliation suffered against the Blues at residence).
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This duel of ambitious and vengeful people promises a stylistic opposition between Latins and Saxons.
With this final question: will Italy finally manage to gain the upper hand over the XV de la Rose?
Italy-England kicks off
on Saturday February 3 at 3:15 p.m. on France 2.