Italy captain Marco Bortalami says his team will take renewed confidence from their latest RBS 6 Nations defeat by England.

A LOT has been made of Bernard Laporte’s insistence on experimentation for this year’s RBS 6 Nations Championship, but it will be interesting to see if France’s head coach sticks to his word following the comprehensive opening day rout of beleaguered Italy.

Italy coach Pierre Berbizier believes his team only had themselves to blame for their poor showing in Saturday’s RBS 6 Nations opener.

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England are currently behind at Twickenham against wooden spoon favourites Italy.