England face off against Italy in Six Nations on Sat 9th March 2019 at . Kick-off in the UK is scheduled for 16:45. In South Africa it’s at 18:45 SAST, 05:45 NZST in New Zealand, 03:45 AEST in Australia and 08:45 EST in the US.
England won the last encounter but England are in the best form of their last 5 games.
Heading into the fixture, England sits at 3 in the World Rugby Rankings, while Italy holds 10.
The two sides are separated by 7 places in the rankings with England in position 3 and Italy in position 10 as such England are favourites on paper.
The official squads for England vs Italy 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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