IRELAND look to apply early pressure to England and France on Super Saturday.
The back-to-back champions will travel to Rome to take on Italy, knowing they need a win to keep their Six Nations three-peat hopes alive.
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With key names such as James Lowe and Mack Hansen out vs France, the Men in Green were subject to a demolition job by Les Blues in Dublin, blowing the Six Nations title race wide open.
The free scoring French now lead the tournament, with Ireland going from aiming for a Grand Slam to third place in the space of one weekend.
The Italians will have motivation themselves, trying to avoid winning the Wooden Spoon for the 19th time in their history.
Wales are one point behind the Italians, and have a huge clash in front of home support against England in Cardiff.
Gonzalo Quesada’s side have been handed big losses as of late, with France scoring 73 points, and England 47 against them.
SunSport has everything you need to know ahead of Ireland’s trip to Rome.
Italy vs Ireland – team news
Ireland: 15-Keenan, 14- Hansen, 13-Ringrose, 12-Henshaw, 11-Lowe, 10-Crowley, J 9-Gibson-Park; 1-Porter, 2-Sheehan, 3-Bealham, 4-Ryan, 5-Beirne, 6-Conan, 7-Van der Flier, 8-Doris (capt).
Italy: 15-Allan, 14-Capuozzo, 13-Brex (capt), 12-Menoncello, 11-Ioane, 10-P Garbisi, 9-Page-Relo; 1-Fischetti, 2-Lucchesi, 3-Ferrari, 4-Lamb, 5-Ruzza, 6-Negri, 7-Zuliani, 8-L Cannone.
How to watch Italy vs Ireland and is there a live stream?
- Italy vs Ireland will be shown live on ITV1 in the UK.
- Action will also be available to stream on ITVX.
- The match in Rome will start at 2:15pm GMT.
- Alternatively, follow along with SunSport’s live blog.
How to watch every Super Saturday game
The remaining three fixtures will be shown on the following channels:
- Italy vs Ireland – March 15 at 2.15pm | ITV
- Wales vs England – March 15 at 4.45pm | BBC
- France vs Scotland – March 15 at 8pm | ITV
