Italy vs. England: England Looking to Dominate the Home Side

With the Six Nations tournament entering its second-week fixtures, teams would aim to set high standards and benchmarks on the field and the points table. The World’s most watched and highly popular Rugby tournament features the best pool of players playing for their national sides in the game. In week 1 of the tournament, England and Italy both lost their opening matches against their respective opponents. Now, these two teams would be up against each other on 13th February, aspiring to win important points and start off on a winning journey. In such tournaments, teams need to start focusing on their consistency and overall gameplay techniques to win games and calm their nerves in crunch situations.

Coming in this year’s Six Nations tournament, Italy was the least likely to win the tournament or even end in the top 4 in the points table. Italy’s inconsistent form and poor team selection are a definite reason for them being the least favorites for the 2022 tournament. Italy hasn’t been able to defeat England in a Rugby competition once, and it is likely that records would remain the same. Since 1991, Italy has been defeated in 28 straight matches against England. With England touring Rome to play their away game against Italy, this might be an added advantage to the hosts, who are capable of lighting the entire Stadio Olimpico with their stunning performances. It would take a belter of performance for Italy to beat England on their home turf.

• Danilo FISCHETTI;
• Niccolò CANNONE;
• Michele LAMARO;
• Stephen VARNEY;
• Marco ZANON.

England’s side and team management are confident about their selection for the upcoming game against Italy. England has won all head-to-head matches against Italy, capitalizing their match-winning form. After their first defeat in week 1, England would be searching for an ideal combination against Italy. Moreover, England would be hoping to go all-in and attack from the start of the first half. With coach Eddie Jones making few changes in the position, Harry Randall will be starting at the scrum half with Marcus Smith at Fly Half. Moreover, Jack Nowell and Max Malins would be the wingers, trying to attack from the word go. England has a decent lineup with ideal position placements.

• Harry Randall;
• Henry Slade;
• Jamie George;
• Charlie Ewels;
• Maro Itoje.

Knowing the fact that Italy isn’t the favorite of winning this year’s tournament and hasn’t been able to defeat England once in history, England is the favorite of winning the upcoming game.