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England international Mako Vunipola will miss the upcoming World Cup warm-up game against Italy in Newcastle on 5th October following a hamstring injury.

Italy head coach Conor O'Shea has named a 31-man squad for the World Cup that kicks-off in Japan next month.

Last weekend saw the beginning of many of the northern hemisphere’s pre-Rugby World Cup campaigns. One of these games took place at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. With Joe Schmidt’s Ireland playing Six Nations rivals, Italy.

Ireland started their World Cup warm-up campaign on a positive note as they completed a 29-10 victory over Italy at Aviva Stadium on Saturday.

Munster's Jean Kleyn is set to make his Ireland debut in the upcoming World Cup warm-up game against Italy after he was named in the line-up by head coach Joe Schmidt for the Saturday's encounter.

Ireland have released Ultan Dillane and Rory Scannell from their squad ahead of the World Cup warm-up game against Italy to be played at Lansdowne Road this Saturday.

Ireland U20 lock Ryan Baird has been cleared to face Italy in the third round of the World Rugby U20 Championship in Buenos Aires despite a red-card incident during the game against Australia last weekend.

Josh Hodge scored the decisive penalty kick in the closing stage as England edged out Italy 24-23 in the second round of the World Rugby U20 Championship at Club De Rugby Ateneo Inmaculada.

Italy outhalf Ian McKinley, according to reports has welcomed the decision of World Rugby to approve an amendment to the laws of the sport that will allow players to don protective goggles at all levels of the game.

France managed to overcome Italy with a hard-fought 14-25 victory in the final round of the Six Nations 2019 campaign at Stadio Olimpico on Saturday.

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France will miss the services of Jefferson Poirot and Wenceslas Lauret for the final round of the Six Nations clash against Italy to be played in Rome on Saturday.

England have revived their Six Nations campaign as they went on to trounce Italy 57-14 at Twickenham Stadium on Saturday.

In his third column for TRU, Italy’s Sebastian Negri talks about their encouraging display against Ireland, fond memories of Twickenham and the Azzurri’s aims for their remaining fixtures in the Six Nations.

Italy have received a much-needed boost ahead of the fourth round of Six Nations clash against England to be played at Twickenham Stadium on Saturday.

Ireland survived a scare from Italy as they registered a 16-26 victory in the third round of the Six Nations clash at Stadio Olimpico on Sunday.

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Italy head coach Conor O'Shea has made five changes to the starting line-up for the third round of the Six Nations encounter against Ireland to be played in Rome on Sunday.