Rugby / Bunker Nuggets

Scotland v Italy

HISTORY

• Italy are looking for a third straight win over Scotland in the 6 Nations
• Last season Italy were 23-20 winners in this match last season
• When the sides last met at Murrayfield Italy were 37-17 winners
• Scotland just lead the series between the two sides with five wins to four
• Scotland have a 3-1 record at Murrayfield against the Italians
• Italy’s highest score and biggest win were both in their 37-17 win at Murrayfield back in 2007
• Scotland’s biggest score against the Italians is 33 at Murrayfield in 2003 and their best win was in Rome when they won by 17 points ina 29-12 win back in 2002

THIS SEASON IN THE 6 NATIONS

• Both sides go into this match looking for their first win of the 2009 6 Nations campaign on the back of successive defeats
• Italy are the lowest try scorers with just one to date this season, but Scotland have only scored two tries, all three of the tries they have scored between them have come in the final quarter of matches
• Italy have conceded 10 tries this season twice as many as any other side in the Championship
• Nine of the 10 tries the Italians have conceded have been scored by the opposition backs
• Italy’s Luke McLean is the leading points scorer for either side with 15, five more than Chris Paterson has scored for the Scots
• Scotland along with England are the only sides not field a player 21 or under this season

ALL TIME IN THE 6 NATIONS

• Chris Paterson is fourth on the all time scoring list in the 6 Nations with 326 matches
• Paterson also holds the record for most appearances for Scotland in the Championship with 45, including three as a replacement, one behind all time leader Irish prop forward John Hayes
• No player from either side has scored a hat trick in the 6 Nations 
• Italy’s Mirco Bergamasco is the second youngest scorer in the 6 Nations when aged 20 years 14 days back in March 2003
• Former Italian fly half Diego Dominguez is the oldest player to score in the 6 Nations aged 36 years 303 days
• Mirco Bergamasco is the Italians leading try scorer in the Championship with seven, two more than his brother Mauro  

Mirco will equal the Italian record for most appearances in the 6 Nations with his 35^th which equals the record held currently by Andrea Lo Cicero (27+8), Mirco has stared 27 and come on eight times as a replacement