6N Italy v Scotland

[Duluth]

Louis Lynagh set for debut as Italy make three changes for Scotland

Harlequins winger Louis Lynagh is set to make his Italy debut on Saturday in round four of the Guinness Six Nations...

15 Ange Capuozzo, 14 Louis Lynagh, 13 Juan Ignacio Brex, 12 Tommaso Menoncello, 11 Monty Ioane, 10 Paolo Garbisi, 9 Martin Page-Relo, 8 Ross Vintcent, 7 Michele Lamaro (c), 6 Sebastian Negri, 5 Federico Ruzza, 4 Niccolò Cannone, 3 Simone Ferrari, 2 Giacomo Nicotera, 1 Danilo Fischetti

Reserves: 16 Gianmarco Lucchesi, 17 Spanish Mirco, 18 Giosuè Zilocchi, 19 Andrea Zambonin, 20 Lorenzo Cannone, 21 Stephen Varney, 22 Leonardo Marin, 23 Federico Mori

[Duluth]

Scotland change three for Italy with 6-2 split on the bench

Gregor Townsend has made three changes to the XV that triumphed in the Calcutta Cup for their Guinness Six Nations...

15 Blair Kinghorn, 14 Kyle Steyn, 13 Huw Jones, 12 Cameron Redpath, 11 Duhan van der Merwe, 10 Finn Russell (cc), 9 George Horne, 8 Jack Dempsey, 7 Rory Darge (cc), 6 Andy Christie, 5 Scott Cummings, 4 Grant Gilchrist, 3 Zander Fagerson, 2 George Turner, 1 Pierre Schoeman

Reserves: 16 Ewan Ashman, 17 Alec Hepburn, 18 Elliot Millar-Mills, 19 Sam Skinner, 20 Jamie Ritchie, 21 Matt Fagerson, 22 Ali Price, 23 Kyle Rowe

[MN5]

Scotland by 50

[MiketheSnow]

This could be the one Italy gets over the line

[MN5]

@MiketheSnow said in 6N Italy v Scotland:

This could be the one Italy gets over the line

Two Hopes.

Bob Hope and no Hope.

Scots are on fire.

[Catogrande]

@MN5 @MiketheSnow

Italy have improved considerably from their pretty dire RWC, Quesada has them humming. They have some talent behind the scrum and are improving game by game. Scots rightfully favourites but Italy are overdue a win IMO. Will it be Scotland or will it be Wales?

Scotland much the more settled side than Wales but Wales at home.

[MiketheSnow]

The shape of things to come?

Great dig in comments section

“To be fair to Scotland their next generation of players are all in South Africa”

[Bovidae]

@MiketheSnow I saw that score. Scotland were clearly a 1st half team.

[Bones]

That "snake" setup is fucking ridiculous. It's got to go

[MiketheSnow]

Good watch

Italy are so close

Then they fuck it up

[Bones]

Russell looks like he's been living the good life in the break. That shirt fits the same way Donald's did in the '11 RWC final.

[Bones]

Kyle Steynger out performing Duhan Vandermerwedale.

[Bones]

Reckon this might be called back...

[MiketheSnow]

Should be

[MiketheSnow]

Should be YC too

[Bones]

@MiketheSnow said in 6N Italy v Scotland:

Should be YC too

One way to put a stop to it. That one was pretty clever, almost got away with it...

[MiketheSnow]

Great try

[Bones]

Fuck Garbisi!

[Bones]

Italy are immensely frustrating. A dire mistake to relieve pressure whenever they might look to build it on the back of scoring. They seem to just not be able to do a good thing without a fuck up.

[Bones]

Should be a YC again for Scotland.