But this is the Six Nations and Italy are no longer the whipping boys, as their performance against the French in round one illustrated. Add to that a new starting half-back pairing for the Irish and the reasons to not take today's hosts lightly grow ever more significant. He's earned the right to run the team and transfer everything that we have seen in training to a performance that's got authority and takes his team with him." "We're not just turning things around for the sake of it, we are turning things around because we think it's a strong side for us going forward, for this game and for the future as well. "The reality is, this is our third game of the competition and we expect it to be our best performance of the competition.
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