Why are Italy still going nowhere in the Six Nations?

Despite Sergio Parisse only narrowly failing to lead Italy to a win against on France, head coach Jacques Brunel faces a fight to avoid the wooden spoonWhen the captains of Italy and England meet for the coin toss on Sunday, in the bowels of Rome’s Stadio Olimpico, one will be a player banned for eye-gouging who has also been suspended for swearing at a referee. The other will be Dylan Hartley.For all that Sergio Parisse is portrayed as superhuman it is important to remember that the Italy No8 is not faultless – that there is more to the Azzurri than the their talisman. Indeed, his attempted d…