Italy blow as Castrogiovanni misses rest of Six Nations

ITALY prop Martin Castrogiovanni will miss the remainder of the RBS Six Nations campaign through injury.

The Leicester Tigers star sprained his right knee in the Azzurri’s historic 37-17 triumph against Scotland at Murrayfield on Saturday.

Castrogiovanni was not included in coach Pierre Berbizier’s squad for the game against Wales on March 10 at the Flaminio Stadium. And yesterday the Italian Rugby Federation confirmed that he will also be unavailable for the final Six Nations encounter against Ireland a week later.