England vs Italy
2019 Rugby World Cup warm-up
Venue: St James' Park, Newcastle
Kick-off time: 7:45pm BST, today
England take on Italy in their final warm-up up match before the 2019 Rugby World Cup.
Eddie Jones' side thrashed Ireland last time out, putting on a ruthless display which put their World Cup credentials under the spotlight.
That record victory over Joe Schmidt's side followed successive fixtures against Wales, winning 33-19 at home before losing 13-6 in Cardiff.
England are in action in their first Test match at St James' Park before flying out to Japan on Sunday.
Team news and line-ups
Jones has made the interesting call of selecting Joe Marchant despite the Harlequins centre not being selected for the World Cup squad.
Ruaridh McConnochie will make his debut on the wing.
England: Watson; McConnochie, Marchant, Francis, May; Farrell (c), Youngs; Marler, George, Cole, Launchbury, Lawes, Curry, Wilson, B Vunipola.
Replacements: Cowan-Dickie, Genge, Sinckler, Ewels, Kvesic, Heinz, Ford, Cokanasiga.
Score prediction: England 33-14 Italy
The Azzurri have never beaten England - don't expect that to change this evening.
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Match odds
- England to win: 1/80
- Draw: 100/1
- Italy to win: 30/1
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TV channel and live stream, and online coverage
The match will be televised live on Sky Sports Action and Sky Sports Main Event(from 7:00pm.
Sky Sports subscribers can stream the match online via SkyGo and the SkyGo app.
You can also follow all the action with Standard Sport's LIVE blog.
Head to Head record and history (h2h)
25 games, 25 wins for tonight's hosts.
