All the stats ahead of Italy v Ireland
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After defeat to France in their opening Women's Six Nations match, Ireland head to Parma to face Italy.
The match will be live on BBC Two NI, BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website from 14:45 BST on Sunday.
Stats provided by Opta
Italy's recent good form over Ireland
– Italy have won the last two Women's Six Nations meetings between the sides.
– Two of their three wins over Ireland have come at Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi in Parma (also in Dublin, 2024), where this fixture will take place
– Since the start of the 2023, Italy have won just two of their 11 Women's Six Nations - both against Ireland.
How the teams stack up
– Italy have lost each of their last three Women's Six Nations home encounters, but have only lost four in a row at home once since 2011 (2017-2018).
- They have not won their first home game in a campaign since 2014 (v Scotland)
– Ireland have won two of their last four Women's Six Nations matches (L2) after losing seven in a row previously.
– They will be aiming to avoid losing their opening two games in a campaign for the fourth year in a row, after not doing it in any of the previous 14 editions.
– Ireland have won just one of their last 11 Women's Six Nations away clashes (L10), and have lost each of their last seven by an average margin of 39 points, conceding 88 points in their most recent one (88-10 v England).
Notable individual player performances
– Italy's Alyssa D'Inca (13), Valeria Fedrighi (10), Francesca Sgorbini (9), and Aura Muzzo (9) hit more defensive rucks than any other players in the opening round last weekend
– Only England captain Zoe Aldcroft (34) hit more attacking rucks than Ireland's Erin King (32) last weekend. Six Nations debutant King also tallied up the most lineout takes of any player in round 1 (11)
– Linda Djougang made three dominant tackles against France, the most by any player in round 1. The most-capped member of the Ireland squad also made the most dominant tackles of any player in the 2024 Championship (17)
– Ireland back rower Aoife Wafer was the only player to cross the try-line more than once during the opening round of the 2025 Championship (2), also making the most carries (17), the most metres-in-contact (47), and winning the joint most turnovers (3) of any player.