Half back Tommaso Allan says Italy are determined to prove competitive against England at Twickenham on Sunday despite conceding 96 points in their opening two Six Nations matches this year. For us it will be a great challenge. Our goal is to play a good match at Twickenham and to compete right up to the 80th minute." Allan has been working over the last two days with former England kicking coach Mike Catt, now part of Conor O'Shea's Italian staff. He's a great coach who works hard both on the skills of the team and then on the individual after training.

Source: dna February 21, 2017 21:11 UTC