key events
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team
Italy is finally producing international players like Louis Lynagh after the Quin wing finally played for the country of his birth. He made his debut in a back three alongside Montanna Ioane and Ange Capuozzo.
Cam Redpath starts for Scotland with Sione Tuipulotu out injured, George Horne makes rare start at scrum half for Saracens Wing Andy Christie started.
Italy: Ange Capozzo; Luis Linna, Juan Ignacio Brex, Tommaso Menoncello, Montana Yoan; Paolo Garbisi, Martin Page-Lello; Danilo Fischetti, Giacomo Nicotra, Simone Ferrari, Niccolò Cannone, Federico Ruza, Sebastian Negri, Michel Ramaro, Ross Vincent.
replacement: Gianmarco Lucchesi, Mirko Spagnolo, Giossu Chirocchi, Andrea Zambonin, Lorenzo Cannone, Stefan Varney, Leona Do Marin, Federico Mori
Scotland: Blair Kinghorn, Kyle Steyn, Huw Jones, Cameron Redpath, Duhan van der Merwe, Finn Russell (vice-captain), George Horne; Pierre Schoolman, George Turner, Xander Ferguson, Grant Gill Crist, Scott Cummings, Andy Christie, Rory Dutch (vice-captain), Jack Dempsey.
alternatives: Ivan Ashman, Alec Hepburn, Elliot Miller-Mills, Sam Skinner, Jamie Rich, Matt Fagerson, Ali Price, Kay El Rowe.
Preface
The Italian team’s minds have been haunted for the past fortnight as that ball struck the wrong side of the post, turning the club into a powerhouse and dashing their collective hopes of victory against France. They barely reunited and their reward was to welcome Scotland to push Ireland to the end.
this blues Still the most confusing and infuriating team in 2024. They came close to winning against France, but they also pushed England to the brink in the first round. But playing the game is filled with energy, poor decision-making, fumbling, the occasional monster brawl, a never-ending confidence of 9, and more inexplicability than Marjorie Taylor Greene kickball game. To confuse you even more, despite their draw at Lille, they are bottom of the table, below a Wales side who have lost all three of their games. To be honest, I’ve given up trying to understand them.
Their inability to beat France aside, Scotland were far wiser – and as their eventual performance against England proved, they appear to be shaping up to be what we all hoped for: a team that’s best not to play in green . They should win today, and by far more than a quadrant of a rugby post.
