Top Points Scorers – Ireland v Italy:

180 – Ronan O’Gara
96 – Diego Dominguez
76 – Jonathan Sexton
67 – David Humphreys
40 – Keith Earls, Denis Hickie
37 – Paddy Jackson
36 – Paul Burke
30 – Girvan Dempsey, Brian O’Driscoll

Ireland have won the Championship 3 times in the last decade but if they lose today they could see a drop to 8th in the World Rugby Rankings

Welcome to Stadio Olimpico as Ireland limp into Italy after suffering back to back losses in the opening two rounds for the first time in their Six Nations history. Andy Farrell's men will, no doubt, be out to right the wrongs and they face an Italian side at home who have also suffered two losses to start the campaign but have showed some new attacking spark under new coach Franco Smith. Full match day updates stats and insights to follow

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Most Appearances – Ireland v Italy:

16 – Sergio Parisse
15 – Brian O’Driscoll
14 – Rory Best, Ronan O’Gara, Alessandro Zanni
13 – Martin Castrogiovanni
12 – Mauro Bergamasco, Gordon D’Arcy, Leonardo Ghiraldini, John Hayes, Andrea Masi, Paul O’Connell, Salvatore Perugini, Alessandro Troncon
11 – Mirco Bergamasco, Marco Bortolami, Gonzalo Canale, Sean Cronin, Rob Kearney, Luke McLean, Donncha O’Callaghan, Malcolm O’Kelly, Peter Stringer

Biggest Wins:

Ireland: Points: 63-10, 2017 Six Nations; Margin: 61-6, 2003 Rugby World Cup Warm-Up

Italy: Points: 37-29, 1997 Test, Dublin; 37-22, 1997 Test, Bologna; Margin: 37-22, 1997 Test, Bologna

Ireland v Italy – Results Since 2000:

2000: Ireland won 60-13, Dublin
2001: Ireland won 41-22, Rome
2002: Ireland won 32-17, Dublin
2003: Ireland won 37-13, Rome; Ireland won 61-6, Limerick
2004: Ireland won 19-3, Dublin
2005: Ireland won 28-17, Rome
2006: Ireland won 26-16, Dublin
2007: Ireland won 51-24, Rome; Ireland won 23-20, Belfast
2008: Ireland won 16-11, Dublin
2009: Ireland won 38-9, Rome
2010: Ireland won 29-11, Dublin
2011: Ireland won 13-11, Rome; Ireland won 36-6, Dunedin
2012: Ireland won 42-10, Dublin
2013: Italy won 22-15, Rome
2014: Ireland won 46-7, Dublin
2015: Ireland won 26-3, Rome; Ireland won 16-9, London
2016: Ireland won 58-15, Dublin
2017: Ireland won 63-10, Rome
2018: Ireland won 56-19, Dublin; Ireland won 54-7, Chicago
2019: Ireland won 26-16, Rome

Head to head

Played 32 – Ireland leads 28-4

Points for: Italy 485 / Ireland 1,124 (avg. score: Italy 35-15 Ireland)

Highest score: Italy 37 (37-22 on 20 December, 1997 / 37-29 on 4 January, 1997) / Ireland 63 (63-10
on 11 February, 2017)

Biggest winning margin: Italy 15 (37-22 on 20 December, 1997) / Ireland 56 (61-6 on 30 August,
2003)


First met: 31 December, 1988 – Ireland 31-15 Italy – Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Last met: 24 October, 2020 – Ireland 50-17 Italy – Aviva Stadium, Dublin