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Italy desperate for improvement to silence doubters

By PAUL REES

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AN unchanged Italy team is as a rare as an Azzurri victory in the Six Nations. A 35th successive reverse in the championship beckons in Dublin today, a statistic that drives calls for South Africa to take their place.
When Italy joined the tournament in 2000, it signalled the end of the bye weekend because there was no longer an odd number of teams, but such has been their lack of impact that opponents have come to rest some of their leading player...

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