https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Captain Sergio Parisse has been ruled out through injury but Kelly Haimona returns at fly-half as Italy prepare to draw a line under their disappointing Six Nations campaign at home to Wales on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150320/italy-aim-to-impress-in-six-nations-wales-tie Fri, 20 Mar 2015 09:00:00 +0100 italy-aim-to-impress-in-six-nations-wales-tie Yoann Maestri and Mathieu Bastareaud ran in the only tries of the game as France whitewashed Italy 29-0 at the Stadio Olimpico on Sunday in what could go down as one of the worst Six Nations matches of all time. https://www.thelocal.it/20150316/france-thrashes-dominate-italy-29-0-in-six-nations Mon, 16 Mar 2015 09:01:00 +0100 france-thrashes-dominate-italy-29-0-in-six-nations Scotland coach Vern Cotter has no qualms about pitting stand-in outside-half Peter Horne against Italy's heavyweight Kelly Haimona in Saturday's Murrayfield encounter between the Six Nations' two win-less sides. https://www.thelocal.it/20150227/italy-face-difficult-scotland-six-nations-game Fri, 27 Feb 2015 09:56:00 +0100 italy-face-difficult-scotland-six-nations-game Veteran Italy prop Martin Castrogiovanni will miss the Six Nations clash away to Scotland this weekend because of a dog bite, the Italian rugby federation has announced. https://www.thelocal.it/20150224/dog-bite-rules-rugby-prop-out-of-scotland-clash Tue, 24 Feb 2015 17:11:00 +0100 dog-bite-rules-rugby-prop-out-of-scotland-clash The coach of the Italian rugby team Jacques Brunel told The Local on Thursday that he hoped that Italy would play as well as they did in 2013 when they will face England at Twickenham this Saturday, despite a big loss against Ireland in Rome last week. https://www.thelocal.it/20150213/italy-hopes-to-rekindle-strength-against-england Fri, 13 Feb 2015 10:57:00 +0100 italy-hopes-to-rekindle-strength-against-england