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Italy vs Ireland Six Nations – UAE Supporters Preview

Sport360 staff

22:18 10/02/2017

The Six Nations is back for round two and ahead of Italy’s showdown with Ireland at Stadio Flaminio, Fabrizio D’Amico and Jordan Egan join us to analyse their team’s chances ahead of the contest.

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FABRIZIO D’AMICO (ITALY)

ITALY LINE-UP: E Padovani (Zebre), A Esposito, T Benvenuti, L McLean (all Treviso), G Venditti, C Canna (both Zebre), E Gori (Treviso), A Lovotti (Zebre), L Ghiraldini (Toulouse), L Cittadini (Bayonne), M Fuser (Treviso), A Van Schalkwyk, M Mbanda (both Zebre), S Favaro (Glasgow), S Parisse (Stade Francais, capt).

PREDICTION: Italy to win 21-19.

JORDAN EGAN (IRELAND)

IRELAND LINE-UP: R Kearney (Leinster); K Earls (Munster), G Ringrose, R Henshaw (both Leinster), S Zebo (Munster) ; P Jackson (Ulster), C Murray (Munster); C Healy (Leinster), R Best (Ulster, capt), T Furlong (Leinster), D Ryan (Munster), D Toner (Leinster), CJ Stander (Munster), S O’Brien, J Heaslip (both Leinster).

PREDICTION: Ireland to win 33-12.

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