by Italy against Ireland – life
Six nations champions Ireland want to defend their crown again on an action-packed day of rugby drama. They travel to Rome to start things and need a lot in the way if they want to seal a remarkable third title victory in a row. After having been blew by France for the last time, they sit two points ahead of Les Bleus and one behind England.
In this sense, the men in Green have to beat Italy today with a bonus point and hope that both the French and the English will lose. Even if Ireland ended the same points as France, the difference in its extremely superior points would still steer the title on their way.
Meanwhile, the hosts want to avoid a second wooden spoon in a row. They started well against France and England, but finally fell on large defeats, but beat Wales while they were impressed against Scotland. Follow all action live with the committed match blog from Standard Sport!
Italy against Ireland latest news
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Start time and event location: 2.15 p.m. GMT; Stadio Olimpico
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TV channel and live stream: ITV 1, ITVX
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Italy Team News: Michele Lamaro fell on the bench
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Ireland Team News: James Lowe and Mack Hansen return
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Italy against Ireland lists complete
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Prediction: Ireland to win at least 20 points
Six nations permutations: How England can win the title on Super Saturday
12:13 Present Jonathan Gorrie
The title of the Six Nations remains on Super Saturday for an exciting final round on Super Saturday.
As usual, the leading rugby competition of the northern hemisphere did not disappoint in 2025, since drama and discussion points about a seven-week championship that will be drawn to an exciting conclusion this weekend.
As always, the fifth round sees the end of the game in the course of the weekend, with the three games take place on Saturday instead.
Four teams can still win the title Six Nations on the last day, although Scotland in fourth place would need an absolutely remarkable episode of events to claim a first championship since the expansion of 2000.
Click here to read the Six Nations Permutations!
Italy against Ireland: The last chances of the sixth nations today
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Italy to win: 10/1
To win Ireland: 1/16
Drawing: 50/1
Chances of winning about Betfair (subject to the change).
Italy against Ireland Head -to Head (H2H) history and results
12:01 Present Jonathan Gorrie
Italy won four of the previous 37 meetings against Ireland, but three were in front of the Six Nations in the 1990s, where their only success was in Rome in 2013.
Apart from that, Ireland has won apart from that, a winning streak in this game of 15 games in 11 years.
They won 36-0 to Italy at home last year, while they also won a 2023 Rugby World Cup warm-up game in Dublin after having hit Six Nations 34: 20 in the Olimpico at the beginning of the year.
Italy wins: 4
Ireland wins: 33
Drawings: 0
Italy against Ireland: Six nations predict today
11:49 Present Jonathan Gorrie
Her total collapse in the second half against France was a really bitter pill to swallow and win her chances of winning and winning for Ireland, especially after half -time, especially after Dupont’s injury, which dominated so much of the reception discourse.
But instead they were pushed aside in a way that has simply not happened to them in recent years. Therefore, it will be interesting to see how quickly you can group again after a few changes, whereby only a slim chance to win the title on the last day is still winning the title.
You need a big victory in Rome to have a chance before England and France play, and you would expect you to quickly approach an Italy outfit that has shown your attack qualities in the last games, but also how extremely vulnerable you stay.
The Azzurri will be motivated by the strong desire not to keep the wooden spoon again, and could keep it in close and physical early doors and probably achieve one or two striking attempts, but in the end we expect that they will be knocked off when the competition is put on again.
Ireland to win to at least 20 points.
Italy against Ireland lists complete
11:48 Present Jonathan Gorrie
Italy XV: Allan; Capuozzo, Brex (C), Menoncello, Ioane; P Garbisi, Seitenrelo; Fischetti, Lucchesi, Ferrari; Lamb, Ruzza; Negri, Zuliani, L cannon
Substitute: Nicotera, Spagnolo, Zilocchi, N Cannon, Lamaro, Vintcent, Varney, Marin
Ireland XV: Keenan; Hansen, Ringrose, Henshaw, Lowe; Crowley, Gibson-Park; Porter, Shehan, Bealham; Ryan, Beirne; Conan, van der Flier, Doris (C)
Substitute: G McCarthy, Boyle, Furlong, J McCarthy, O’Mahony, Murray, Prendergast, Aki
Ireland Team News: James Lowe and Mack Hansen return
11:48 Present Jonathan Gorrie
Interim Ireland coach Simon Easterby made six of its own changes after this sobering demolition from France.
James Lowe – Lost Warmed last week – and Mack Hansen returned to the wings in a big attack when Jamie Osborne and Calvin Nash both get out of the squad, while Bundee Aki is only on the bench when Garry Ringrose returns from the suspension to partner Robbie Henshaw to the centers.
There are two changes in the pack in which James Ryan Joe McCarthy replaced in the second row and Jack Conan begins instead of Peter O’Mahony on the blind side flanker, who, together with Conor Murray, earns his last Ireland cap of the bank from the bank this weekend. Colleagues of upcoming pensioners Cian Healy is not in the squad.
After an injury, there is a welcome return to the Bank for Star Tighthead Tadhg Furlong, with Jack Boyle Loshead -porter starting instead of Healy. It is actually a completely new increase in replacement with Gus McCarthy, the Hooker cover for Dan Sheehan, instead of Rob Herring, without Ronan Kelleher.
Italy Team News: Michele Lamaro fell on the bench
11:47 Present Jonathan Gorrie
The Italian head coach Gonzalo Quesada has made seven changes to the team that sent seven tests in Tickenham. The influential captain Michele Lamaro fell on the bench in a shock train.
His run of 24 consecutive six nations is now over, since Benetton Flanker Manuel Zuliani’s fellow brooms next to Lorenzo cannon number 8 comes into the back row, as Ross Vintcent is also available. Center Juan Ignacio Brex will skip the page this weekend.
After a knee injury in his debut by Six Nations, Matt Gallagher withdrew. There is also an exchange in Scrum-Half, since Stephen Varney is replaced by Martin Page-Relo.
Gianmarco Lucchesi replaces Giacomo Nicotera in Hooker and Simone Ferrari for Marco Riccioni at Tighthead Prop, while Harlequins’ Dino Lamb is fit again in the second row and the Canone of Niccolo prefers.
How to watch Italy against Ireland
11:47 Present Jonathan Gorrie
TV channel: Italy against Ireland will be broadcast live on ITV1 in Great Britain and free of charge on television, with reporting from 1:30 p.m. GMT.
Live stream: Reporting is also available online via ITVX, which is free of charge when registering.
Live blog: You can also follow the match live with Standard sport Blog.
Welcome
11:08 Present Jonathan Gorrie
Good morning and welcome to the Live Reporting of Standard Sport on the final of the six nations against Italy in Ireland.
The kick -off from the Stadio Olimpico in Rome is at 2:15 p.m. GMT.
