• England’s average winning margin in their last four visits to Rome is 33 points. In the three fixtures before that it was just four points

• Italy conceded a record 239 points and 34 tries in the 2021 Six Nations

• Italy scored only six tries in the 2021 Championship and only have only reached double figures for tries scored on two occasions, 12 being their record in 2003 and 2018

• Italy ended a run of 16 consecutive test defeats with a 17-10 victory against Uruguay in their
final Autumn Nations Series match. Their previous win was against Canada

• Italy have finished bottom of the Championship for six years in a row and seven times in eight years with Scotland the exception in 2015

• Italy have lost their last 20 home matches in the Six Nations dating back to a 22-15 win against Ireland on 16 March, 2013

• England are the only team Italy are yet to beat in the Six Nations. Seven of Italy’s 12 Six Nations victories have come against Scotland with the others against France (2), Ireland (2) and Wales (1)

• The closest the Azzurri have come to victory in 28 tests with England are four-point losses in 2008 and 2012 (they did draw 15-15 in 1986 but that was a non-cap match for England)

In total, Italy have won just 12 and drawn one of their 111 Six Nations matches, losing 98

In this run, Italy have scored 51 tries and 429 points but conceded 178 tries and 1,339 points

• Referee Damon Murphy will make his Six Nations debut in Rome this weekend
• It will be the first time he referees England or Italy
• Former Australian sevens player Murphy refereed the men’s gold medal match between
Fiji and New Zealand at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games last July
• Both sides tasted defeat away from home in round one, England 20-17 to Scotland and
Italy 37-10 to France

First met: 10 May, 1986 – Italy 15-15 England – Stadio Olimpico, Rome (non-cap for England)
Last met: 13 February, 2021 – England 41-18 Italy – Twickenham Stadium, London