Where to see Scotland-Italy of Six Nations rugby on TV and streaming – Corriere.it

The Six Nations Tournament offers itself the «Super Saturday», a day of verdicts and goodbye to the Autumn Oval World Cup. All 3 matches of the last round are played in succession, with Ireland which will close its show of number 1 in the world (6.00 pm) in Dublin against the eternal rivals of England thinking of celebrating the fourth Grand Slam of its centuries-old history, an exclusive prize for those who conclude their efforts with a clear path.

Only France could still get their hands on the Trophy (15.45 against Wales at the Stade de France), but in addition to a victory complete with an offensive bonus point (at least 4 tries scored) for Les Bleus there should be a series of star conjunctions from border on the impossible. Italy will open the day of reckoning, move to Edinburgh (at 1.30 pm live TV on pay TV on Sky Sport Uno, Sky Sport Arena and free-to-air on Tv8, while the live streaming will be on both NOW and Tv8.it.) against Scotland, for a match that brings together the 2 teams that most showed an evolution in the game during the tournament, with the non-trivial difference that while the Highlanders have shown that they know how to win (against England and Wales) and are aiming for a third joy of the season as has happened only once in the last 10 years, Italy has the last chance to avoid the whitewash (all defeats) to hope to give Wales the wooden spoon in extremis and interrupt a series from bottom of the table that has been going on since 2016.

Beyond the contingencies of the year, the one with Scotland remains the challenge to which Italy has often grabbed to save face and its season as an intruder in the other people’s party garden: out of 23 direct matches, the Azzurri have won 7 times, more than they have put together (6) against all other opponents in 24 editions of the Six Nations. It will be a challenge between teams that play offensive rugby, without too many tactics, based on the speed of the attack line and the aggression of the defence, often risking more than necessary just to keep the oval alive. But it will also be the challenge of the great absentees: Scotland has lost the genius of Fyn Russell, the most talented player of the entire Tournament, and the devastating accelerations of Stuart HoggItaly replies with the absence of Ange Capuozzo, the pocket extreme that is attracting the attention of the oval world. There are 4 changes compared to the line-up that lost last Saturday against Wales, with Kieran Crowley launching rookie winger Simone Gesi, son, nephew and brother in art, into the fray. «The goal – he said Gregor Townsend, Scotland coach – is to play the best rugby in our Six Nations. We are very determined, Italy are playing great rugby in attack, they defend well, they field great passion, we will have to make sure they don’t manage to close out the tournament like they managed to do a year ago these days in Cardiff against Wales.” . «We hope to get through the first 20 minutes unscathed – the blue captain Michele Lamaro replied – because throughout the tournament we have always paid for slow starts. We have an obligation to give meaning to our path and we can only do it with a positive result». The entire closing «Super Saturday» of the Six Nations 2023 will be broadcast, as mentioned, live on Sky Sport, with the Italy match which will also go free-to-air on TV8 (1.20 pm), preceded by an extensive pre-match from 12.45.