Six Nations: Teams up for Italy v Ireland

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The teams for the 2021 Six Nations third round match between Italy and Ireland, which kicks of at 2:15 UK/IRE at the Stadio Olimpico were announced yesterday. The match will be broadcast live on ITV Sport.

The game features the bottom two teams in the competition with both sides looking their first win in the championship. Ireland have picked up a couple of losing bonus points in the opening rounds but Italy are yet to register a match point.

Both teams go into the bottom of the table clash under a fair amount of pressure, though some of that is likely eased due to the France v Scotland match being postponed, which somewhat devalues this tournament and gives the usual social media professional whingers something else to wine about.

To be fair though, neither side has had a great season. Italy appear to be on another rebuilding phase and I think they can claim this with some justification this time round. It is a young squad and with only 226 caps amongst . . .

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