LONDON : Italy have two major targets still to hunt down after success over Australia and South Africa in recent years – winning a rugby test against England and New Zealand.Italian progress among the top tier rugby nations has been slow but they have had past Six Nations success over France, Ireland, S
LONDON : Italy have two major targets still to hunt down after success over Australia and South Africa in recent years – winning a rugby test against England and New Zealand.
On Sunday they face a wounded England at Twickenham, hoping for another breakthrough after running Grand Slam champions France close in last week's Six Nations fixture while England were beaten at home by Scotland. Sunday’s clash is the 30th meeting between England and Italy. All previous 29 have been won by the English, 23 of them in the Six Nations.Italy have got close to an upset, narrowly losing 23-19 in 2008, and almost pulled off an unlikely away success in 2013 when England clung on to their Grand Slam hopes by winning 18-11 at Twickenham.
It allowed Italy to play beyond the tackle line, catching the English unawares in a controversial ploy that was innovative as well as being outrageous.
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