Italy v Scotland

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Italy v Scotland has been a fixture that signifies the battle to avoid the Six Nations wooden spoon too often for both teams' liking in the past and it will be the same old story at Stadio Olimpico on Saturday 17th March 2012. It will be only the second Six Nations match that Italy are playing at their new Stadio Olimpico home after they opted to move away from Stadio Flaminio. Home advantage has counted for plenty in this fixture in the past and there is little to choose between the two in this year's match odds.

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Italy and Scotland 6 Nations Odds

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

Italy v Scotland Teams

Italy: Andrea Masi, Giovanbattista Venditti, Tomasso Benvenuti, Gonzalo Canale, Mirco Bergamasco, Kris Burton, Edoardo Gori, Sergio Parisse (captain), Robert Barbieri, Alessandro Zanni, Marco Bortlami, Quintin Geldenhuys, Marin Castrogiovanni, Leonardo Ghiraldini, Andre Lo Cicero.

Replacements: Tommaso D'Aspice, Lorenzo Cittadini, Joshua Furno, Simone Favaro, Manoa Vosawai, Tobias Botes, Giulio Toniolatti.

Scotland: Stuart Hogg, Max Evans, Nick De Luca, Graeme Morrison, Sean Lamont, Greig Laidlaw, Mike Blair, David Denton, Ross Rennie, John Barclay, Jim Hamilton, Richie Gray, Geoff Cross, Ross Ford (captain), Allan Jacobsen.

Replacements: Scott Lawson, Euan Murray, Alastair Kellock, Richie Vernon, Chris Cusiter, Ruaridh Jackson, Jack Cuthbert.

Previous Meetings

Last Year: Italy 13 - 6 Scotland - Saturday 17th March 2012, Stadio Olimpico

Italy won the Six Nations wooden spoon decider as they humbled Scotland 16-9 in Rome, leaving the Scots to take home the dreaded wooden spoon. It was a first Six Nations win for Italy at their new Stadio Olimpico home and followed up a fine effort against England at the same stadium earlier in the tournament.

The match with Scotland was level 3-3 at half-time but a Giovanbattista Venditti try gave Italy the edge and despite some late Scottish pressure a Kris Burton drop goal gave Italy a valuable and famous win. It was Italy's fourth win in the last five Six Nations matches with Scotland in Rome.

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

Year	Home	Score	Away
2011	Scotland	21-8	Italy
2010	Italy	16-12	Scotland
2009	Scotland	26-6	Italy
2008	Italy	23-20	Scotland
2007	Scotland	17-37	Italy
2006	Italy	10-13	Scotland
2005	Scotland	18-10	Italy
2004	Italy	20-14	Scotland