Italy 15 Wales 20

Scotland 26 Italy 6

Italy coach Nick Mallett has made four changes to the side that lost against Ireland for Saturday's RBS 6 Nations clash with Scotland at Murrayfield.

DANNY CIPRIANI will continue his quest to regain the England out-half jersey with Wasps this weekend after being included among 17 players Martin Johnson has made available for club duty.

Italy will be boosted by the return of lock Marco Bortolami and centre Andrea Marcato for their RBS Six Nations game in Scotland on February 28, but will be without Andrea Masi after the full-back received a three-week ban today.

Italy will be boosted by the return of lock Marco Bortolami and centre Andrea Marcato for their RBS Six Nations game against Scotland in Edinburgh on February 28.

Ireland rugby captain Brian O'Driscoll today warned there was no prospect of Italy self-destructing for a second time as the Azzurri attempt to silence their critics.

Mirco Bergamasco believes the Italian fans will have a huge role to play in tomorrow's RBS Six Nations game against Ireland at the Stadio Flaminio.

ITALY coach Nick Mallett is looking for the Azzurri to play a perfect game against Ireland as they attempt to forget their opening 6 Nations defeat at England.

England 36 Italy 11

Treviso 16 Ospreys 36

Ospreys 68 Treviso 8

Italy 14 Argentina 22

Quade Cooper scored a try on his international debut to spare Australia‘s blushes against a battling Italy side on Saturday.

Scotland head coach Frank Hadden insisted there were positives to be taken from their 23-20 defeat at Italy.

Italy 23 Scotland 20

FRANCE captain Lionel Nallet preferred to dwell on his team’s victory over Italy rather than the prospect of registering a heavy win against Wales next weekend to retain the RBS 6 Nations Championship title.

France 25 Italy 13

Wales 47 Italy 8

WALES coach Warren Gatland insists Italy deserve to be treated with more respect — and he has been drumming home that message to his players all week.

Speed machine Mark Jones is ready to exploit Italy’s new-look back three and fast-track Wales to a third straight RBS 6 Nations victory.

ENGLAND are missing a trick in not following France’s lead and looking long-term towards the 2011 World Cup, according to Les Bleus defence coach David Ellis.

Italy coach Nick Mallett has been forced to make several changes to his team to face Wales in Saturday’s RBS 6 Nations Championship encounter in Cardiff.

Leinster secured a 40-21 victory over Benetton Treviso in last night's friendly in Donnybrook.

Malcolm O'Kelly, Keith Gleeson and Luke Fitzgerald have all been named in an enlarged, strong-looking Leinster squad to play Benetton Treviso in a friendly at Donnybrook on Wednesday evening, kick-off at 6.30pm.

Perpignan finished second in Heineken Cup Pool One with a 45-25 home win over Benetton Treviso but had to wait to see if they had done enough to secure a quarter-final place.

Italy head coach Pierre Berbizier has named his 30-man squad for the forthcoming training meeting in Viadana.