France open the 2012 Six Nations tournament with a home fixture at the Stade de France against tournament minnows Italy on Saturday 4th February. France will no doubt start favourites in the betting for this match but it is well worth remembering that Italy caused one of the great upsets in 6 Nations history and indeed one of the biggest wins in Italian rugby when they won 22-21 last year. France have since reached the World Cup final and will be keen to bury any lingering memories of last year's shock.....
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France: 15-Maxime Medard, 14-Vincent Clerc, 13-Aurelien Rougerie, 12-Wesley Fofana, 11-Julien Malzieu, 10-Francois Trinh-Duc, 9-Dmitiri Yachvili; 1-Vincent Debaty, 2-William Servat, 3-Nicolas Mas, 4-Pascal Pape, 5-Lionel Nallet, 6-Thierry Dusautoir (captain), 7-Julien Bonnaire, 8-Louis Picamoles.
Replacements:16-Dimitri Szarzweski, 17-Jean-Baptiste Poux, 18-Yoan Maestri, 19-Imanol Harinordoquy, 20- Morgan Parra, 21-Lionel Beauxis, 22-Maxime Mermoz.
Italy: 15-Andrea Masi, 14-Giovanbattista Venditti, 13-Tommaso Benvenuti, 12-Alberto Sgarbi, 11-Luke Mclean, 10-Kris Burton, 9-Edoardo Gori; 1-Andrew Lo Cicero, 2-Leonardo Ghiraldini, 3-Martin Castrogiovanni, 4-Cornelius Van Zyl, 5-Quintin Geldenhuys, 6-Alessandro Zanni, 7-Robert Barbieri, 8-Sergio Parisse.
Replacements: 16-Tommaso D'Apice, 17-Lorenzo Cittadini, 18-Marco Bortolami, 19-Simone Favaro, 20-Fabio Semenzato, 21-Tobias Botes, 22-Gonzalo Canale.
Last Year:France 30 - 12 Italy - Saturday 4th February 2012, at Stade De France
France got their Six Nations campaign off to a winning start under new coach Andre Fabre as they comfortably overcame Italy 30-12. It was sweet revenge for their shock 22-21 defeat to the same opponents at last year's tournament and they remain one of the team's to beat according to the bookies. They ran in four tries and will be looking to build on their World Cup heroics.
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The previous Six Nations results between the teams were as follows:
| Year | Home | Score | Away |
| 2011 | Italy | 22-21 | France |
| 2010 | France | 46-20 | Italy |
| 2009 | Italy | 8-50 | France |
| 2008 | France | 25-13 | Italy |
| 2007 | Italy | 3-39 | France |
| 2006 | France | 37-12 | Italy |
| 2005 | Italy | 13-56 | France |
| 2004 | France | 25-0 | Italy |
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