Italy v England

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England cannot afford any slip ups when they travel to Rome to take on Italy in week two of the 2012 Six Nations tournament on 11th February. England start the match as firm favourites according to the bookmakers after beating Scotland last weekend, but they will be well aware that Italy managed to upset the odds against France last year. Italy will be playing Six Nations rugby in their new stadium, the Stadio Olimpico, after their move from Stadio Flaminio and the 80,000 plus seater stadium should provide an intimidating atmosphere.

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Italy v England Teams

Italy: Andrea Masi, Giovanbattista Venditti, Tomasso Benvenuti, Gonzalo Canale, Luke McLean, Kristopher Buton, Edoardo Gori; Sergio Parisse (Captain), Robert Barbieri, Alessandro Zanni, Marco Bortolami, Quintin Geldenhuys, Martin Castrogiovanni, Leonardo Ghiraldini, Andrea Lo Cicero.
Replacements: Tommasi D'Apice, Lorenzo Cittadini, Antonio Pavanello, Mauro Bergamasco, Fabio Semenzato, Tobias Botes, Luca Morisi.

England: Ben Foden, Chris Ashton, Brad Barritt, Owen Farrell, David Strettle, Charlie Hodgson, Ben Youngs, Alex Corbisiero, Dylan Hartley, Dan Cole, Mouritz Botha, Tom Palmer, Tom Croft, Chris Robshaw (Captain), Phil Dowson.
Replacements: Rob Webber, Matt Stevens, Geoff Parling, Ben Morgan, Lee Dickson, Jordan Turner-Hall, Mike Brown.

Previous Meetings

Last Year: Italy 15 - 19 England- Saturday 11th February at Stadio Olimpico

A new look England were made to work hard by Italy as they made it two wins from two under caretaker coach Stuart Lancaster. It was a far from vintage display from the English in snowy conditions at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome - the first time Italy had played a Six nations match at the stadium. Italy were ahead after several English errors in the first-half as they went in 12-6 ahead at half-time and on the verge of a first win against England. However, England fought back impressively in the second half to win through 19-15, but English fans will be in no doubt that sterner tests lie in wait

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

Year	Home	Score	Away
2011	England	59-13	Italy
2010	Italy	12-17	England
2009	England	36-11	Italy
2008	Italy	19-23	England
2007	England	20-7	Italy
2006	Italy	16-31	England
2005	England	39-7	Italy
2004	Italy	9-50	England