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Italy face off against Russia in Internationals on Sat 17th August 2019 at . Kick-off in the UK is scheduled for 17:25. In South Africa it’s at 18:25 SAST, 04:25 NZST in New Zealand, 02:25 AEST in Australia and 09:25 EST in the US.
Russia won the last encounter but Italy are in the best form of their last 5 games.
Heading into the fixture, Italy sits at 10 in the World Rugby Rankings, while Russia holds 32.
The two sides are separated by 22 places in the rankings with Italy in position 10 and Russia in position 32 as such Italy are favourites on paper.
The official squads for Italy vs Russia will become available around 24- 48 hours before kick-off. Teams can still make changes up to an hour before the match however.
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