The Five Nations became the Six Nations when Italy became the final member of this elite band of Northern Rugby Nations and at the time there were many dissenters as it was thought they would find it hard to hold their own and compete at this level against he likes of England and France.
2009 saw the Italians once again claimed the wooden spoon when they finished without a win which was disappointing to their fans. They look set to be fighting it out with the Scots once again for last place although you never know and they should start improving at some stage.
While they have been fighting it out for the wooden spoon ever since in recent years their performances have improved, nevertheless their ground just demonstrates where this game stands in Italian sporting rankings and that is very much as the poor relations as the Stadio Flaminio creates very little atmosphere and has a capacity of just under 25,000 and while many people for the home countries travel to Rome this is mainly for an excuse to have another six nations venue to travel too but this novelty may well wear off over the next few years unless Italy performs at a better level.
It is hoped that they can build on their 2007 performance winning two of their five matches against Wales and Scotland which was their best result to date.
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