Italy international and Petrarca Padova captain Matteo Barbini has switched to Super 10 rivals Benetton Treviso.

England 39 Italy 7

Italy coach John Kirwan has made one change to his 25-man squad for their final two RBS 6 Nations games against England and France.

Wales are facing another testing examination of their RBS 6 Nations title credentials today at the Stadio Flaminio, mindful of the humiliation that haunted their last trip to Rome.

THE Six Nations Championship title may out of reach but Ireland did enough to suggest they will win another Triple Crown in 2004 after putting Italy to the sword.

Ireland: Dempsey, S. Horgan, D’arcy, O’Driscoll, Murphy, O’Gara, Stringer, Corrigan, Byrne, Hayes, O’Kelly, O’Callaghan, S. Easterby, Gleeson, Foley.

HOME wins over Ireland and Italy have kept France in the race for a Six Nations title and a possible grand slam decider against England, which is enough to satisfy their coach Bernard Laporte.

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Teams for today's RBS 6 Nations clash at Stade Francais.

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Ireland v Italy teams