Match Facts

England have won all 25 of their Guinness Men’s Six Nations matches against Italy, they are the only side to hold a 100% win rate against another team in the Championship.

In 2024, England beat Italy 27-24, it was the closest that Italy have come to beating England in the Guinness Men’s Six Nations, their average margin of victory across their 10 previous clashes was 30 points.

Across their 12 previous Guinness Men’s Six Nations matches against Italy at Allianz Stadium, England have failed to score 4+ tries just twice, drawing a blank in an 18-11 win in 2013 and scoring just once in a 20-7 victory in 2007.

England have won four consecutive home games in the Guinness Men’s Six Nations, with the last three of those all coming by just one point, the last time they won more consecutive Championship games at the Allianz Stadium was a 15 game run between 2012 and 2018.

England have won back to back men’s Test matches by just a single point for the first time since 1937; indeed their last 15 matches against Guinness Six Nations and Rugby Championship sides have been decided by single-digit margins and an average of just 3.5 points.

England (120) and Italy (100) rank first and second for most kicks in play in the 2025 Guinness Men’s Six Nations, however only Scotland (9.9%) have a lower kick retention rate than the two sides (England 10%, Italy 11%).

England (333) and Italy (327) are the only two sides yet to tally 500 in-contact metres from their carries in the 2025 Guinness Men’s Six Nations, England however do top the charts for gainline success (63%), tackle evasion (26%) and dominant carries (38%).

Italy’s Sebastian Negri has made more tackles (50) than anyone else in the 2025 Guinness Men’s Six Nations, as well as the most dominant tackles (9); collectively Italy (53) and England (45) have made more dominant tackles than any other sides in the Championship.

Maro Itoje has made 498 tackles in his Guinness Men’s Six Nations career, two more and he’ll become the fifth player to reach 500 after Alun Wyn Jones (752), Jonny Gray (579), Taulupe Faletau (577) and Sergio Parisse (540); Itoje (52) also needs just two more turnovers won to overtake Brian O’Driscoll (53) as the player to win the most in the Championship’s history.

Jamie George is set to win his 100th cap for England if he appears in this match, he’d be the seventh player to reach this milestone for the England men’s team after Ben Youngs (127), Dan Cole (118), Jason Leonard (114), Owen Farrell (112), Courtney Lawes (105) and Danny Care (101).