{"id":10800,"date":"2022-02-04T15:39:17","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T14:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1578651"},"modified":"2022-02-04T15:51:11","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T14:51:11","slug":"italy-six-nations-2022-fixtures-squad-and-predictions","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/italy-six-nations-2022-fixtures-squad-and-predictions\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy Six Nations 2022: Fixtures, squad and predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Michael Potts\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Friday, 04 February 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Italy return to the Six Nations 2022 desperate to give a strong account of themselves amid their torrid losing streak.<\/p>\n<p>The Italians have lost 32 Six Nations matches in a row, a run stretching back to Round 3 of the 2015 edition when they shocked Scotland.<\/p>\n<p>Coach Kieran Crowley will be determined for his men to end the streak and rebuild their credibility on the world rugby stage.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"&quot;http:\/\/radiotimes.com&quot;\">RadioTimes.com<\/a> brings you everything you need to know about Italy in the Six Nations 2022.<\/p> <h2><strong>Italy Six Nations fixtures 2022<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Round 1<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sunday 6th February<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sport\/rugby-union\/france-italy-six-nations-2022-kick-off-tv\/&quot;\">France v Italy<\/a> (3pm) ITV<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Round 2<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sunday 13th February<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Italy v England (3pm) ITV<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Round 3<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sunday 27th February<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ireland v Italy (3pm) ITV<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Round 4<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sunday 12th March<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Italy v Scotland (2:15pm) ITV<\/p>\n<p>England v Ireland (4:45pm) ITV<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Round 5<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Saturday 19th March<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wales v Italy (2:15pm) BBC One \/ S4C<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Italy Six Nations squad 2022<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>FORWARDS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Niccol\u00f2 Cannone, Pietro Ceccarelli, Epalahame Faiva, Danilo Fischetti, Marco Fuser, Toa Halafihi, Michele Lamaro, Gianmarco Lucchesi, Sebastian Negri, Ivan Nemer, Giacomo Nicotera, Tiziano Pasquali, Giovanni Pettinelli, Federico Ruzza, David Sisi, Abraham Steyn, Cherif Traore, Giosu\u00e8 Zilocchi, Manuel Zuliani<\/p>\n<p><strong>BACKS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Callum Braley, Pierre Bruno, Juan Ignacio Brex, Giacomo Da Re, Alessandro Fusco, Paolo Garbisi, Monty Ioane, Leonardo Marin, Tommaso Menoncello, Federico Mori, Luca Morisi, Edoardo Padovani, Stephen Varney, Marco Zanon<\/p>\n<p><strong>Italy player to watch:\u00a0<\/strong>Paolo Garbisi \u2013 Picking out individuals from the Italy side is tricky given their relative weakness but Garbisi is a glimmer of light in the squad<\/p>\n<p><strong>Italy coach:\u00a0<\/strong>Kieran Crowley<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Italy Six Nations 2022 prediction<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>There\u2019s not much to say here other than it\u2019s going to be another tough slog for Italy as their cutlery drawer braces itself for another wooden spoon.<\/p>\n<p>Italy will finish: <strong>6th<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>If you\u2019re looking for something else to watch check out our\u00a0<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings&quot;\">TV Guide<\/a>. Visit our dedicated hub for more\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sport\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\">Sports<\/a>\u00a0news.<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Michael Potts Published: Friday, 04 February 2022 at 12:00 am Italy return to the Six Nations 2022 desperate to give a strong account of themselves amid their torrid losing streak. The Italians have lost 32 Six Nations matches in a row, a run stretching back to Round 3 of the 2015 edition when they [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":10801,"template":"","categories":[7,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/02\/italy-six-nations-2022-fixtures-squad-and-predictions-scaled.jpg",2560,1927,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/02\/italy-six-nations-2022-fixtures-squad-and-predictions-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/02\/italy-six-nations-2022-fixtures-squad-and-predictions-300x226.jpg",300,226,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/02\/italy-six-nations-2022-fixtures-squad-and-predictions-768x578.jpg",768,578,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/02\/italy-six-nations-2022-fixtures-squad-and-predictions-1024x771.jpg",800,602,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/02\/italy-six-nations-2022-fixtures-squad-and-predictions-1536x1156.jpg",1536,1156,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/02\/italy-six-nations-2022-fixtures-squad-and-predictions-2048x1542.jpg",2048,1542,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Michael Potts Published: Friday, 04 February 2022 at 12:00 am Italy return to the Six Nations 2022 desperate to give a strong account of themselves amid their torrid losing streak. 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