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Robert Hynes

Italy v Ireland start time, date, TV channel information, betting odds and more

Ireland travel to Italy this weekend as they hope to record a win at the third attempt in this year's Six Nations.

Andy Farrell's side lost in Cardiff against Wales in their opening match before suffering another defeat at the hands of France seven days later in Dublin.

Italy have also their opening two games, losing to France in Rome and England in London.

Here's the key details for this weekend's game:

Date

Saturday, February 27.

Kick-off time

2.15pm Irish time.

Venue

Stadio Olimpico in Rome.

Ireland's Johnny Sexton celebrates scoring a try against Italy (©INPHO/Dan Sheridan)

TV channel information

Virgin Media 1 from 1pm.

Quotes corner

Ireland head coach Andy Farrell: "(Am I) concerned about the form? When you analyse the games, you can look at it all sorts of ways regarding the 14-man game against Wales and we played some decent rugby against those and were we unlucky not to win?

"I don’t believe in unlucky, so I am not the type of guy who wants to make any type of excuses of anything that’s happened within the squad.

"(Am I concerned about) form? Not as much. Results? Obviously results are pretty important for us in regard to the Six Nations.

"We’ve lost two and that’s the reality, so we need to get back on the horse and put in a good performance and result against Italy."

Andy Farrell (©INPHO/Dan Sheridan)

Ireland assistant coach Mike Catt: “Every team wants to score four or five tries every game, to go out and express themselves.

“Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t, but we believe the way we are going is the right way.

“We probably could have scored two or three more tries against Wales with 14 men with the opportunities we created, and against as France as well.

“So it’s making sure at this level that the players understand that you must nail what you create.

“We’ve been disappointed in terms of the finishing and the players have got to get that right this weekend.

“Rugby is about the decisions you make, and we’re happy with what we’re creating.

“Then it’s about the final pass, the final decision, or putting ourselves in the right parts of the pitch to create pressure on the opposition. We didn’t do that well enough against France.”

Betting odds

Italy win: 12/1

Ireland win: 1/40

Draw: 50/1

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