France vs Italy live stream: How to watch the Women’s Six Nations fixture online and on TV

France will host Italy in the Women’s Six Nations on Sunday and they will hope to get their campaigns off to a perfect start.

France beat the Black Ferns in the autumn

France will hope to finally overcome England in the tournament after such dominance from Simon Middleton’s side. But it seems the French are the favourites to win, in Middleton’s opinion at least.

The coach refused to say the Red Roses would take the trophy as the French so strong in the autumn internationals that he can’t count them out.

He said: ”France demonstrated against black ferns [when they beat New Zealand last autumn]what qualitative side they have.

“We beat them maybe 10 times on the rebound, but I think about seven of those games were by less than a score. And three of them went down in the last game of the match. And they missed a few games, absolutely missed a few games. So every day there is nothing between us.”

But are they likely to beat Italy? Here’s all you need to know.

When is it?

The match will kick-off at 3pm on Sunday 27 March.

How can I watch?

The fixture will be available to watch on the BBC iPlayer.

Team news

France are without some of their key players in Caroline Boujard and Pauline Bourdon but they still have an abundance of stars. Caroline Drouin starts at fly-half with her half-back partner named as Alexandra Chambon. In the forwards Romane Menager, captain Gaelle Hermet and Emeline Gros make up the back-row.

Meanwhile, for Italy, they also have familiar faces in their ranks as captain Manuela Furlan starts at full-back. Aura Muzzo and Maria Magatti are named on the wings and Sofia Stefan starts at scrum-half. In the forwards Gaia Maris, Melissa Bettoni and Lucia Gai make up the front row.

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