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ITALY - poor. Conor O'Shea now has the near impossible task of unearthing a new generation of Italian players who won't be utterly reliant on Sergio Parisse and will be able to sustain intensity beyond 50 minutes. The case for Georgia's promotion to...

The Six Nations' winless outfits do battle in Rome this Saturday to avoid the ignominy of slipping towards another wooden spoon. Duncan Weir's drop goal settled the last meeting between Italy and Scotland the last time they faced off in the Italian...

An off-colour England were tested by Italy who executed an unusual gameplan to lead at half-time, before Jack Nowell scored two late tries as the hosts eventually claimed a bonus-point victory 5.14pm GMT Related: Jack Nowell propels England past spirited...

SIX NATIONS PREVIEW What a week we had to open proceedings in the Six Nations last week. Two hard fought games on Saturday with Scotland recording a real upset against the Irish, followed by a close encounter between England and their rivals France....

by Paul Cook – In part one, we ran the rule over England, Ireland and Wales. Part 2 completes the story with Scotland, France and Italy going under the Rugby News microscope… ************************************ SCOTLAND While the championship kicks...