Ireland hope to summon Six Nations spirit of 2014 with Italy victory
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Ireland will go top if they win by more than 10 points‘Italy will have a shout in how we play,’ Andy Farrell saidThe Ireland captain, Jonathan Sexton, has said what matters most is a victory against Italy, but unless it comes wrapped with a bonus point it will relegate their title aspirations to unlikely.Ireland normally beat the Azzurri with something to spare in Dublin, winning by an average of almost 38 points in the past four Six Nations encounters, but if points difference comes to separate the champions from the runners-up they will need to emulate their 63-10 romp in Rome in 2017 before…





