Italy is a European country that has a captivating charm of its own. The trip to Europe would be incomplete without visiting this country, which is deeply rooted in history. One cannot count the numerous things that make this country so popular. Roman Empire, pasta, pizza, opera, architecture, museums, palaces, churches, and of course, beautiful […]
Rugby world cup, Italy same old disappointment
It’s the same old story: every time Italy has the chance of make something special, the Azzurri doesn’t catch it: that’s the story of our last world cup match against Ireland, we resist for first half of the match and then we lost by 30, that’s frustrating! However, let’s leave our sadness and let’s speak of […]
It’s rugby world cup time!
We’re reaching one month of New Zealand rugby world cup and some matches on this weekend will be very interesting, in particular for Italy, in fact Sunday will be a clash against Ireland which will be crucial for Italy, to win will mean a step in the history, to lose will mean a trip back […]
Great week in rugby for Italy
Amazing week for Italy, first of all for the celebrations of the 150th birthday and then for who loves rugby we are still full of euphoria caused on Saturday with the Azzurri winning an historical match against France 22 to 21. But now we try to refocus in rugby, in fact Sunday is time for […]
Six Nations back in action
It’ Six Nations weekend again and it’s time for Italy-France in Rome with the Azzurri that are still looking for their first victory in the tournament after loosing against Wales. Italian coach, Nick Mallet changes 7 men in the starting XV but it’ll hard because France needs a win to keep on hoping to win […]
Six Nations weekend 26th Feb 2011
This will be an intense weekend for european rugby: Saturday, at 18 CET, in London there will be the big clash between England and France, I think the home team is the favorite one but it will be a close match so my prediction is England will win by 3 points. Also Saturday the first […]
Six Nations round two…and an upset!
No way for Italy in London on Saturday afternoon, England demolished the ‘Azzurri‘ 59-13 in an eight-try performance at Twickenham. Toby Flood and Chris Ashton were once again the top performers, with the right wing crossing four times to take his championship tally up to six. The next big one will be at weekend, a […]
It’s Six Nations time!
Hey you thirsty traveller pack your bags because the one thing coming up this weekend is Six Nations Rugby weekend and the pubs in Cardiff, Paris and Rome are waiting for you! The opening game will take place at Millennium Stadium where Wales will host England, in my opinion the best team in Europe at […]
Heineken cup ready for quarter finals
Last weekend ended the first part of the competition and 8 teams came from the 6 pools and these are the teams that will play on april the 9th and the 10th in the quarter finals. Nothampton dominated the pool 1 and Leinster did the same in the pool 2, pool 3 was more balanced […]
Heineken cup final countdown
Two weekends completely dedicated to the Heineken cup to define the rugby quarter-final clashes. Last weekend was the usual bad news for Italian teams, easy victory for Bath against Aironi and Treviso resisted only one half and then lost against the Catalan rugby team, Perpignan that claimed a five try victory and they reached the […]