Title contender France has plenty of reasons to be concerned about Italy in their crunch Rugby World Cup match on Friday in Lyon. Watch France vs. Italy LIVE on TSN3 and TSN+ at 3pm et/Noon pt.
Louis Bielle-Biarrey - The Canadian PressTitle contender France has plenty of reasons to be concerned about Italy in their crunch Rugby World Cup match on Friday in Lyon.
“We are looking forward to a chance this week to at least get a performance that has a lot more respectability,” Italy coach Kieran Crowley says. Italy has never made the quarterfinals in the tournament’s history. Ireland’s failure to pass the quarterfinals is matched by the Italians’ failure on the doorstep of the quarters. They are in contention in their last pool game for the seventh time in 10 tournaments.
Italy’s last win was in 2013, two years after beating the French 22-21, both times in Rome. You then have to trawl back to 1997, when Diego Dominguez was at flyhalf, for Italy’s other win. “We look back at that game and we believe we can do it again and give France a really good game,” Varney said. “We’ve gained respect and credibility from the rugby world.”
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