Italy Six Nations Rugby History
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.
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.
Italy 2008 Six Nations Fixtures
Italy travel to Croke Park for their opening fixture, in what should be a very tough game for them against Ireland.
Saturday, 2nd February 2008
Ireland v Italy (2:00pm)
Sunday, 10th February 2008
Italy v England (2:30pm)
Saturday, 23rd February 2008
Wales v Italy (3:00pm)
Sunday, 9th March 2008
France v Italy (3:00pm)
Saturday, 15th March 2008
Italy v Scotland (1:00pm)
Six Nations Rugby Union Championship 2008
These days the Six Nations is run for TV like all sports and you can see every game live on TV over the Saturday and Sunday of the five weekends of the tournament with week one commencing on the 2nd of February with the highlight on this day the England Wales match at Twickenham. France will be looking to build on their great recent form in the Six Nations having won it four times in the last six years.
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