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Juan Ignacio Brex: Italy have 'suffered a lot' but they know what to fix

By Ian Cameron reporting from Rome
Juan Ignacio Brex during an Italy Rugby captain's run at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy. (Photo By Seb Daly/Sportsfile via Getty Images)

Italy centre Juan Ignacio Brex says that the Azzurri know what they need to fix if they are to improve their results in the Guinness Six Nations.

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Italy may yet avoid the Wooden Spoon care of a win over Wales, but the tournament has been a case of two steps forwards, one step back for an improving side that have shown flashes of attacking brilliance this campaign.

Gonzalo Quesada’s side now seek a victory over Ireland this afternoon, themselves smarting from a heavy loss to France in Dublin last weekend.

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    For Ireland to stand a chance of claiming the Six Nations title they must collect a bonus point victory over the Italians and preferably wrack up a big scoreline in the process.

    Brex and his teammates have other ideas.

    Six Nations

    P
    W
    L
    D
    PF
    PA
    PD
    BP T
    BP-7
    BP
    Total
    1
    France
    4
    3
    1
    0
    16
    2
    England
    4
    3
    1
    0
    15
    3
    Ireland
    4
    3
    1
    0
    14
    4
    Scotland
    4
    2
    2
    0
    11
    5
    Italy
    4
    1
    3
    0
    4
    6
    Wales
    4
    0
    4
    0
    3

    “We have suffered a lot in these last two games: both for us and for the public it is never nice to lose. I believe that the problems in defense are a mix of individual attitude and collective organization,” said Brex, who has been one of Italy’s standout performers.

    “We are not a team that backs down, this never. This week we worked on both individual and collective defensive aspects.”

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    “The defensive aspect is one of those on which we worked a lot during the week. We want to improve our consistency in performance.”

    Despite being second from the bottom of the table, the Italians are determined to close out their Guinness Six Nations campaign on a high against Six Nations heavyweights Ireland.

    “We are aware that we are not at the point we would like, but we are working to show a strong Italy tomorrow and in the future.

    “To compete with Ireland we have to fix the defense and have consistency in the work, because they are capable of doing even 50 phases if necessary. In attack we have to be very precise”.

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