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HERE'S OWEN FARRELL FOR THE CONVERSION ATTEMPT

AND NOT YET 4 MINUTES ON THE CLOCK :-D

Maro Itoje wins the England lineout

AND TRY 14 ANTHONY WATSON :-D

Ball is in ... but they concede a penalty to England for collapsing the scrum

Farrell kicks to touch for a lineout

KNOCK ON ALREADY BY MIKE BROWN IN AN AERIAL CHALLENGE

SCRUM ITALY

THE ITALIANS ARE KICKING OFF TO THE SOUND OF THE ENGLISH FANS SINGING SWEET CHARIOT

Hi Linda :-D<3

I wonder which will be the most exciting ... the game or your tree? :-D

Looking around the stadium there are loads of England fans in the Stadio Olimpico in
Italy for this game :-)

Just settling down to watch. Well sort of, I am going up my tree at the same time

NOW ITALY'S IL CANTO ITALIANI

Song of The Italians

First the Anthems

ENGLAND'S GOD SAVE THE QUEEN

The Wales Team sang theirs better I must say ;-) :-D

BUT FIRST OUT IS ITALY'S 100th CAP PLAYER

4. Alessandro Zanni

Congratulations Alessandro :-)

HERE COME THE MEN!

ENGLAND CAPTAIN IS DYLAN HARTLEY (2)

ITALIAN CAPTAIN IS SERGIO PARISSE (8)

The Captains will lead their teams onto the field

THE TEAMS

ITALY
15. Matteo Minozzi
14. Tommaso Benvenuti
13. Tommaso Boni
12. Tommaso Castello
11. Mattia Bellini
10 Tommaso Allan
9. Marcello Violi

1. Andrea Lovotti
2. Leonardo Ghiraldini
3. Simone Ferrari
4. Alessandro Zanni
5. Dean Budd
6. Sebastian Negri
7. Renato Giammarioli
8. Sergio Parisse (Captain)

Replacements:
16. Luca Bigi
17. Nicola Quaglio
18. Tiziano Pasquali
19. George Biagi
20. Maxime Mbanda
21. Edoardo Gori
22. Carlo Canna
23. Jayden Hayward



ENGLAND

Backs:
15 Mike Brown
14 Anthony Watson
13 Ben Te'o
12 Owen Farrell
11 Jonny May
10 George Ford
9 Ben Youngs

Forwards:
1 Mako Vunipola
2 Dylan Hartley
3 Dan Cole
4 Joe Launchbury
5 Maro Itoje
6 Courtney Lawes
7 Chris Robshaw
8 Sam Simmonds

Replacements
16 Jamie George
17 Alec Hepburn * uncapped
18 Harry Williams
19 George Kruis
20 Sam Underhill
21 Danny Care
22 Jonathan Joseph
23 Jack Nowell


ITALY v ENGLAND kicks off at 3pm

LIVE on ITV 1
With fun participation here on Radio Jem ;-)


ALL WELCOME :-) :-) :-)

THE ANTHEMS READY FOR THE SING-A-LONG

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN
God save our gracious Queen!
Long live our noble Queen!
God save the Queen!
Send her victorious,
Happy and glorious,
Long to reign over us,
God save the Queen.


ITALY
I'm not aware of any Italian GR Members, particularly that follow the Rugby threads, and as their anthem is very very long, I'll just provide the link

Il Canto degli Italiani
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeDmsIMwQX8

ENGLAND WILL MISS THE MACHINE THIS YEAR!

Yes, the Machine that is BILLY VUNIPOLA is injured out of the Six Nations 2018

Here's what England Fans will miss this year!

BILLY VUNIPOLA TRIBUTE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APy_QbO7a9U

And now for ENGLAND

SWING LOW SWEET CHARIOT ............. ELLA EYRE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOvQt9c-8F8

The two nations left to play in Round 1 are ITALY and ENGLAND

So, as is Radio Jem's custom ....here's something in honour of both countries participating today

First ITALY

O SOLE MIO ............ LUCIANO PAVAROTTI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_mLFHLSULw

The last game of Round 1 of this fantastic competition starts in 36 minutes

ITALY v ENGLAND ........ Kick Off 3pm

LIVE ON ITV 1 ......and RADIO JEM for fun participation :-D



ALL WELCOME ......
.................... But please leave your handbags in the lockers provided :-D

Good Afternoon Rugby Fans :-D :-D :-D <3

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjFHqMxLGjg

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