Topic: Southern Europe

Wales coach Wayne Gatland insisted his side is still on course to win the Six Nations championship following their 24-16 success away to Italy.Wales were forced to hold on grimly in the second period as, with the wind behind them, Italy pushed ...

Wales sneak past brave Italy in Six Nations rugby

Italy dominated large swathes of the game but couldn't turn possession and territory into points as Wales sneaked away with a 24-16 win at the Stadio Flaminio here on Saturday.The sides shared two tries apiece and also had one each disallowed in ...

Parisse says fear can inspire Italy rugby team

Italy were hammered by England two weeks ago because they were over-confident and didn't play with enough fear, captain Sergio Parisse said Friday.Italy will try to put their 59-13 Twickenham humiliation behind them when they host Wales on Saturday in their third ...

England beat Italy 59-13 in Six Nations rugby

Winger Chris Ashton scored four tries as England overwhelmed Italy 59-13 at Twickenham here Saturday to maintain their unbeaten start to the Six Nations championship.England, who opened their campaign with victory in Cardiff last week, ran in eight tries and were always ...
England manager Martin Johnson insists England are under "no illusions" about the threat posed by Italy as they attempt to maintain their winning start to the Six Nations on Saturday.The pre-tournament favourites opened their campaign with a 26-19 win over Wales in ...

Ireland shatters Italy's Six Nations hopes

A Ronan O'Gara drop goal two minutes from time denied Italy a first ever Six Nations victory over Ireland as the 2009 Grand Slam winners sneaked away with a 13-11 victory at the Stadio Flaminio here on Saturday.Italy looked to have snatched ...

O'Driscoll warns Ireland over Italy complacency

Ireland captain Brian O'Driscoll insists his injury-hit side will be taking nothing for granted when they play Italy at the Stadio Flaminio in the Six Nations hosted in Rome.The Azzurri are the competition's weakest side having won just seven out of 55 ...

Aussie-born Burton added to Italy 6 Nations squad

Australia-born fly-half Kristopher Burton has been included in Italy coach Nick Mallett's initial 24-man squad for the start of the Six Nations next month.Italy will begin a pre-tournament get-together in Rome on January 27 and the 30-year-old Treviso player is one of ...
After the weekend's Ireland V New Zealand game, Dan Carter sits two points behind England's Jonny Wilkinson with a total of 1178 points. Wilkinson was, at 18 years and 315 days, the 2nd youngest player to represent England when he made his ...
Italy coach Nick Mallett wants the country's two Celtic League representatives to do more to help the national team.South African Mallett was a vocal supporter of Italian inclusion in the competition that previously pitted the best of Scotland, Wales and Ireland in ...