INTERNATIONAL TEAMS - ITALY - SQUAD PROFILE

Ever since Italy entered the Six Nations Championship, the Azzurri have been in an annual battle to avoid the wooden spoon.

However, it would be a mistake to assume that their failure to ch

INTERNATIONAL TEAMS - ITALY - OVERVIEW

While Italy have more often than not finished bottom of the Six Nations table since joining in 2000, it must be remembered that it took France 45 years to win their first Five Nations title.

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INTERNATIONAL TEAMS - ITALY - HISTORY

The Italians have had a national team since the 1920s, but it is only since the Azzurri were accepted into what was then called the Five Nations Championship that Italy became a real presence in Eu

Rugby Union Wales

The appointment of Warren Gatland as Wales coach in 2007 kick-started a new successful period for the national team.

Gatland succeeded Gareth Jenkins after Wales had been knocked out of the

Rugby Union Wales History

Ever since rugby union was first played in Wales in the mid-19th century, the game has been part of the nation's lifeblood.

The first official Welsh team was formed in February 1881 to face

Rugby Union Wales Squad Profile

Having won two Grand Slams in four seasons (in 2004 and 2008), it is no wonder that today's Welsh team is often labelled as the most talented since the golden generation of the 1970s.

Their

Rugby Union British Lions History

With one notable, and some would say pointless, exception, the British and Irish Lions have only ever been a touring side comprising the best players from England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland.

Rugby Union British Lions Squad Profile

The British and Irish Lions squad for the 2009 tour to South Africa included the usual combination of the tried and the untested, but coach Ian McGeechan is a canny operator who knows just what it

Rugby Union Argentina Squad Profile

That Argentina have plenty of talented players in their ranks is a given, but moulding them into a consistent winning unit has proved tricky.

On their day the Pumas are a match for anybody,

Rugby Union Scotland Squad Profile

Scotland have flattered to deceive on far too many occasions in recent years, but the downward spiral in fortunes was best exemplified by a terrible 2009 Six Nations Championship which saw them fin

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