Who Will Win?
On Sunday 25th February, France will host Italy at Stade Pierre Mauroy in the Six Nations Championship.
France will enter this clash with Italy as overwhelming favourites. After all, they recently defeated the Azzurri 60-7 at the Rugby World Cup. Meanwhile, Italy endured another bruising Rugby World Cup campaign, where they were heavily defeated by both France and New Zealand. However, they’re now entering a new era and will be looking to spring an almighty surprise.
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Head-to-Head
Historic data shows that France are the favourites for this clash. After all, Les Bleus have won all of the last five meetings between the two teams. During this time, they’ve averaged 42 points per game. Meanwhile, Italy have only averaged 11.
Team Form
France will enter this game with a point to prove. After all, they failed to defend their Six Nations title last year. They then followed this up with a disappointing quarter-final defeat at the Rugby World Cup. As a result, the 2024 Six Nations is a great chance for France to prove that they remain the best side in the northern hemisphere.
Meanwhile, Italy once again failed to get past the pool stage of the Rugby World Cup. Although they did beat both Namibia and Uruguay, they were demolished by France and New Zealand, who defeated the Azzurri 60-7 and 96-17 respectively.
Below our team form guide, you can see in-depth stats about how the two sides have performed in their last five games, including stats about the number of tries they’ve scored, their overall points difference and the number of times they’ve scored the first try. We’ve also detailed how often each team has scored the first points in a game and how often they’ve won the race to 10 points.
Player Head-to-Head
France vs Italy matches can be high-scoring affairs. With this in mind, we’ve taken a look at how Thomas Ramos and Tommaso Allan have performed in recent matches between the two countries.
Will either of these players dictate the course of this game? It’s very possible that one will be the star of the show.
Other Fixtures
The upcoming France vs Italy fixture promises to be hugely exciting. However, a number of other high quality Six Nations matches are also taking place over the same weekend. So, before kick off, it’s also worth taking a look at all of the exciting rugby fixtures we have coming up, as well as all of the latest results.
Live Updates
Paolo Garbisi has kicked a conversion.
A series of passes by Italy results in a try for Ange Capuozzo
The touch judges raise their flags as Paolo Garbisi kicks the penalty goal.
Thomas Ramos kicks the penalty.
Martin Page-Relo kicks the penalty.
Jonathan Danty (France) is shown the red card
Thomas Ramos makes no mistake with that penalty goal attempt.
Thomas Ramos has kicked a conversion.
France are only a few metres out, surely they must score! And they do with Charles Ollivon touching down.