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The grandest Italian rugby festival is about to hit Loftus and its surrounding areas when the Vodacom Bulls and Zebre Parma meet in round 14 of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship. The #LoftusFestaItaliana will be hosted on Saturday, 29 March 2024. The beloved fortress, the herd and the XV of the North-West will all come
The back-to-back Rugby World Cup champions will kick their season off against Italy in Pretoria a week earlier, on Saturday 5 July, and will also play in Nelspruit, Johannesburg, Cape Town, and Durban in 2025. The Boks’ season opener at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria will mark Italy’s first visit to South Africa since 2013, while
Springbok chief Rassie Erasmus is hard at work analysing the Six Nations action of Italy, the world champions’ opponents for their two opening Tests of 2025. Italy defense certainly gutsy and well organized, even Kwedini noticed that! Test matches around the corner! Lekka 🇿🇦 pic.twitter.com/he5SpmSK2O — Johan Erasmus (@RassieRugby) February 6, 2025 Photo: Stu Forster/Getty
Wales face off with Italy in Rome on Saturday trying to end a record-breaking run of defeats in what will likely be the key clash in the battle to avoid the Six Nations’ wooden spoon. Warren Gatland’s beleaguered team have lost their last 13 Tests and this weekend’s fixture in the Italian capital will be
Head coach Gonzalo Quesada makes one tweak to the Italy lineup for Saturday’s Six Nations clash with Wales, which may well decide who ends up with the wooden spoon. The Italians host the Welsh in Rome and Quesada has, aside from replacing Dino Lamb with fellow lock Niccolo Cannone, kept faith with the XV which
A hat-trick of tries by Huw Jones inspired Scotland to a convincing victory against Italy in their Six Nations opener at Murrayfield on Saturday. Two of Jones’ tries in the second half secured the hosts a 31-19 win after the Azzurri had battled back from 14-0 down to level at 19-19. The Scots are at
Scotland go into their Six Nations opener against Italy at Murrayfield on Saturday with memories of last year’s shock loss to the Azzurri still fresh in their memory. The Scots have yet to win the title since Italy joined the tournament in 2000, with their hopes often dashed by France and in particular defending champions
Italy coach Gonzalo Quesada has named Tommaso Allan at fullback for their Six Nations opener against Scotland at Murrayfield on Saturday, allowing Ange Capuozzo to move to the wing. Italy’s record point-scorer in the Six Nations, Perpignan’s Allan stepped away from the Italy side after their 27-24 defeat by England in last season’s tournament, citing