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Ireland take on Italy during week three of the 2012 Six Nations and they are odds on favourites to get some points on the board. Ireland have made hard work of winning this fixture in recent seasons though, not least when they staged a late comeback to win through 13-11 last year. Italy were much-improved when only narrowly losing to England two weeks ago, while Ireland will be keen to get back in action after their opening day defeat to Wales and the postponement of their latest fixture with France.

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Ireland and Italy 6 Nations Odds

Get the odds on both teams to win the 2012 Six Nations.

Ireland v Italy Teams

Ireland: Rob Kearney, Tommy Bowe, Keith Earls, Gordon D'Arcy, Andrew Trimble, Jonathan Sexton, Conor Murray; Cian Healy, Rory Best, Mike Ross Donncha O'Callaghan, Paul O'Connell (captain), Stephen Ferris, Sean O'Brien, Jamie Heaslip.

Replacements: Sean Cronin, Tom Court, Donnacha Ryan, Peter O'Mahony, Eoin Reddan, Ronan O'Gara, Fergus McFadden.

Italy: Andre Masi, Giovanbattista Venditti, Tommaso Benvenuti, Alberto Sgarbi, Luke McLean, Tobias Botes, Edoardo Gori, Sergio Parisse (captain), Robert Barbieri, Alessandro Zanni, Marco Bortolamo, Quintin Geldenhuys, Lorenzo Cittadini, Leonardo Ghiraldini, Michele Rizzo.

Replacements: Tommaso D'Apice, Fabio Staibano, Antonio Pavanello, Simone Favaro, Fabio Semenzato, Kristopher Burton, Gonzalo Canale.

Previous Meetings

Last Year: Ireland 42 - 10 Italy, Saturday 25th March 2012 at the Aviva Stadium

Ireland made short of work Italy as they ran in five tries during a 42-10 victory at the Aviva Stadium. A converted Keith Earls try had given Ireland an early advantage but Italy hit back to level the scores at 10-10, although that was the last of any joy they would have during the match. The prolific Tommy Bowe crossed the tryline just before half-time and from there it was all Ireland as Bowe, Tom Court and Andrew Trimble all added tries during the second period.

The previous Six Nations results between the teams were as follows:

YearHomeScoreAway
2011Italy11-13Ireland
2010Ireland29-11Italy
2009Italy9-38Ireland
2008Ireland16-11Italy
2007Italy24-51Ireland
2006Ireland26-16Italy
2005Italy17-28Ireland
2004Ireland19-3Italy

Check the odds for the other matches on week three of the 2012 RBS Six Nations Championship:

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