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Ireland lost their opening game 38-17 against France
Italy were beaten 48-0 by England in their first game of the tournament
Ireland v Italy (15:00 BST)
Last weekend, 14-player England recorded a bonus-point win over Italy after Sarah Beckett was sent off in their Women's Six Nations opener in Parma.
Women's Six Nations: Italy 0-48 England - highlights as Red Roses record bonus-point win
Ireland v Italy (15:00 BST)
You can watch Ireland versus Italy at the RDS, Dublin live on the BBC iPlayer
Image source, BBC SportIreland v Italy (15:00 BST)
Ireland v Italy (15:00 BST)
Cliodhna Moloney believes that if Ireland can continue on the trajectory that they're currently headed in, then Italy at home is absolutely a game they should win.
She discusses the encouraging signs from the France loss, the need to improve the lineout and Ireland's kicking game in her latest column which you can read here.
Image source, BBC SportBBC Sports columnist Cliodhna Moloney
Ireland v Italy (15:00 BST)
Ireland produced a spirited display in their opening Women's Six Nations game, but fell to a 38-17 loss against France in Le Mans.
France open Women's Six Nations with a 38-17 win over Ireland.
Ireland v Italy (15:00 BST)
Ireland defence coach Declan Danaher was pleased with aspects of Ireland's display against France in their opening game, but still believes there is room for improvement.
"The positives for me are the effort, the work rate and the intent we showed [against France].
"We've had a good look at ourselves and what we can control better, things like stopping driving tries and little thing around system when we're under pressure," he explained.
"We know Italy will come potentially with a [lineout] drive as well so we have to be ready for that.
"It's all marrying up the different areas so that we get an all-round performance that you can put out at the weekend that you're proud of and I would love for us to be all-round at the weekend."
Image source, InphoIreland v Italy (15:00 BST)
Good afternoon and welcome to our coverage of today's Women's Six Nations second round game between Ireland and Italy at the RDS.
Ireland, under new head coach Scott Bemand, produced a spirited display in their opening game against France which they lost 38-17.
They will be looking for their first victory of the campaign in Dublin as they welcome an Italian side who lost 48-0 against England in their first game of the tournament, although they did manage to beat Ireland 24-7 in last year's Six Nations.
The game will be live on the BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport website and we will have live text commentary of all the action.
Thanks for joining us, enjoy!
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