Italy record historic first ever victory over Australia Full-back Ange Capuozzo scored a brace of tries as Italy claimed a historic first ever victory over Australia with a 28-27 triumph in Florence. Rugby • 12 Nov 22
Autumn Nations Series team of the week Six Ireland players are included after their gripping win over world champions South Africa, with five other nations represented. Rugby • 07 Nov 22
'We started to overplay it a little bit' - Farrell Ireland head coach Andy Farrell says there is plenty that Ireland can learn, despite the facile nature of their 57-6 Guinness Six Nations win against … Rugby • 27 Feb 22
Dream debut for Lowry as Ireland ease past 13-man Italy Ireland recorded a facile 57-6 win over 13-man Italy at the Aviva Stadium, with Michael Lowry helping himself to two tries on his international bow. Rugby • 27 Feb 22
Preview: Refreshed Ireland ready to attack Italy Neil Treacy looks ahead to Ireland's Guinness Six Nations meeting with Italy at the Aviva Stadium. Rugby • 27 Feb 22
Dupont: Ireland 'surely favourites' for Six Nations Antoine Dupont warned France they must improve quickly before facing Ireland in next weekend's Guinness Six Nations clash after needing to overcome a sloppy start … Rugby • 06 Feb 22
As it happened: Ireland bounce back to beat Italy Ireland's hopes of qualifying for the 2021 Rugby World Cup are on a knife edge heading into today's game against Italy in Parma, where they … Rugby • 19 Sep 21
Re-jigged England destroy Italy to ease into final England cruised into the Women's Six Nations final as they marked captain Sarah Hunter's comeback after more than a year on the sidelines by running … Rugby • 10 Apr 21
Scotland score eight tries in Italy hammering Scotland made it third time lucky at Murrayfield as they cruised to their first home win of the Six Nations with a record-breaking 52-10 thrashing … Rugby • 20 Mar 21
Italy start 20-year-old Garbisi as fly-half Italy will field uncapped 20-year-old fly-half Paolo Garbisi against Ireland in their Six Nations clash in Dublin on Saturday, less than a month after his … Rugby • 23 Oct 20
'Bitterly disappointed' Griggs points to Irish defence Ireland head coach Adam Griggs bemoaned his side's defence after Ireland suffered their first ever defeat to Italy in the Women's Six Nations. Rugby • 23 Feb 19
Italian players strike over bonuses Italy's Rugby World Cup preparations have been thrown into disarray by a player strike over tournament bonuses. Rugby • 15 Jun 15
Italy make four changes for England game Italy coach Jacques Brunel has made four changes to the starting XV that lost its RBS Six Nations opener against Ireland for Saturday's game against … Six Nations • 11 Feb 15
England hammer Italy in Eternal City England easily saw off the challenge of Italy to win their final RBS 6 Nations game 52-11, but could not manage to close the points … Six Nations • 05 Jul 15
Six Nations preview: Italy v England Tadhg Peavoy examines what might transpire as England travel to Rome to take on Italy at Stadio Olimpico, and why the Red Rose have been … Six Nations • 14 Mar 14
Brunel shuffles deck for Italy’s clash with France Italy coach Jacques Brunel has made five changes to the starting XV that lost against Wales last weekend for their RBS 6 Nations game against … Six Nations • 07 Feb 14
