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Next for ITALY ...

O SOLE MIO ......... LUCIANO PAVAROTTI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_mLFHLSULw

FRANCE v ITALY ~ THE TEAMS

FRANCE

Captain: CHARLES OLLIVON

Backs:
15. Anthony Bouthier, 14. Teddy Thomas, 13. Arthur Vincent, 12. Gaël Fickou, 11. Vincent Rattez, 10. Romain Ntamack, 9. Antoine Dupont

Forwards:
1. Cyril Baille, 2. Julien Marchand, 3. Mohamed Haouas, 4. Bernard Le Roux, 5. Paul Willemse, 6. François Cros, 7. Charles Ollivon (C), 8. Grégory Alldritt

Replacements:
16. Peato Mauvaka, 17. Jefferson Poirot, 18. Demba Bamba,19. Romain Taofifenua, 20. Boris Palu, 21. Cameron Woki, 22. Baptiste Serin, 23. Matthieu Jalibert



ITALY

Captain: LUCA BIGI

Backs:
15. Jayden Hayward, 14. Mattia Bellini, 13. Luca Morisi, 12. Carlo Canna, 11. Matteo Minozzi, 10. Tommaso Allan, 9. Callum Braley,

Forwards:
1. Andrea Lovotti, 2. Luca Bigi, 3. Giosuè Zilocchi, 4. DEAN BUDD Last minute replacement for injured Alessandro Zanni, 5. Niccolò Cannone, 6. Sebastian Negri, 7. Jake Polledri, 8. Abraham Steyn

Replacements:
16. Federico Zani, 17. Danilo Fischetti, 18. Marco Riccioni, 19. Dean Budd, 20. Federico Ruzza, 21. Giovanni Licata, 22. Guglielmo Pallazzani, 23. Giulio Bisegni

FRANCE v ITALY ~ THE ANTHEMS

First, it's customary for the visiting team's anthem to be sung first

ITALY ~ IL CANTO DEGLI ITALIANI

Fratelli d'Italia
L'Italia s'è desta
Dell'elmo di Scipio
S'è cinta la testa
Dov'è la vittoria
Le porga la chioma
Chè schiava di Roma
Iddio la creò
Stringia moci a coorte
Siam pronti alla morte
Siam pronti alla morte
L'Italia chiamò
Hymn of Mameli


NEXT the ANTHEM of the HOST NATION

FRANCE ~ LA MARSEILLAISE

Allons, enfants de la Patrie
Le jour de gloire est arrivé!
Contre nous, de la tyrannie
L'étendard sanglant est levé
Entendez-vous dans les campagnes
Mugir ces féroces soldats?
Ils viennent jusque dans nos bras
Égorger nos fils, nos compagnes!
Aux armes, citoyens!
Formez vos bataillons
Marchons, marchons!
Qu'un sang impur
Abreuve nos sillons!

But what are the fans of these teams singing about in their anthems?:-S

ITALY ~ THE SONG OF THE ITALIANS

Italian Brothers,
Italy has awakened,
She has wreathed her head
With the helmet of Scipio.
Where is Victory?
She bows her head to you,
You, whom God created
As the slave of Rome.
Let us band together,
We are ready to die,
We are ready to die,
Italy has called us.

:-0 :-0 :-0

and FRANCE -

Arise, children of the Fatherland
The day of glory has arrived
Against us tyranny's
Bloody banner is raised
Do you hear, in the countryside
The roar of those ferocious soldiers?
They're coming right into your arms
To cut the throats of your sons, your women!
To arms, citizens!
Form your battalions
Let's march, let's march
Let an impure blood
Water our furrows!

:-0 :-0 :-0 :-0 :-0

:-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

I foresee a bl**dy battle methinks ;-) ;-) ;-)

The teams are coming out onto the pitch.

France is being led out by it's Captain - Charles Ollivon who certainly impressed with his playing performance last week v England.

Italy is being led out by it's Captain Luca Bigi

Dear All

Hello

Hope everyone is okay and enjoying the rugby over the weekend.

Good luck to both teams.

Listen to the best commentary in town.....RADIO JEM.

Rock on!

Take gentle care
Love Elizabeth, EOS
xx

Good afternoon, I hope you haven’t been blown away.
The rain here this morning was incredible, but that has stopped and it is just the wind now. There is a massive amount of flooding around here.
We have three broken fence posts so far, so poor OH will have to replace them next week

Lovely to see you Elizabeth and thanks <3

Good Afternoon Linda <3

No we've survived! The worst is over I think.
Your OH is going to busy then Linda :-0

Hi everyone, hope this match is more exciting than England's game yesterday. Will pop on later, xx :-)

Italy anthem is being sung heartily by the Italian team

Hi Hilary, lovely to see you as always <3

The rousing La Marseillaise now

TODAY I AM SUPPORTING ......

ITALY! :-D

AND YES!!!!

IT IS TACTICAL ;-) :-D :-D :-D

COME ON JEMMMMMMMM ;-)

HERE WE GO ..... FRANCE v ITALY HAS KICKED OFF

Turn on your TV and select BBC1

Tune in to Radio Jem

AND POST HERE :-D :-D :-D

Afternoon Lovely Lady :-D <3

Hello Linda :-D <3 Hilary :-D <3

Hiya Jemmmmmmm :-D <3

IT'S OUR MASCOT .... THE INTREPID FLY EVERYONE ;-)

Hiya Fly :-D :-D :-D <3

Penalty advantage to France being played as they advance on Italy's ground.

Knock on so back for the penalty caused by an Italian HIGH TACKLE

Not a good start for Italy then Jem :-D