Italy's restart goes out on the full.

England have a scrum on the halfway line.

Italy can't afford to invite pressure on themselves like that. England have scored 10+ tries in their past two matches, remember.

England nearly have a try on the three-minute mark. Abi Burton is held up over the try line.

Excellent defence from Italy. But England smell early points.

Huge hit on England's Mia Venner as she gets underneath a box kick. Two Italy players slammed into the winger but she keeps hold of the ball.

It's quickly recycled to the right flank where Meg Jones has a little punt forward.

Can England make it four bonus point wins from four or will Italy cause an upset of epic proportions?

There's only one way to find out!

England get this match under way.

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England's Helena Rowland, earning her 50th cap, leads the sides out onto the field and it's time for the anthems at Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi.

Here's a reminder of the starting XVs for both sides in Parma.

Italy XV: Ostuni Minuzzi; Muzzo, Sillari, Mannini, D’Inca; Madia, Stefan; Turani, Vecchini, Zanette, Fedrighi, Frangipani, Veronese, Ranuccini, Giordano (c).

England XV: Sing; Venner, Jones (c), Rowland, Kildunne; Harrison, L Packer; Clifford, Cokayne, Muir, Lutui, Burns, Short, M Packer, Burton.

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Three players have already been handed England debuts during the 2026 Women's Six Nations and there'll be two new Red Roses making their bows off the bench in Parma.

Brisbane-born Haidee Head qualifies for England through her mother and joined Trailfinders from Queensland Reds, with whom she played in a Super Rugby Women's final, ahead of the 2025-26 season.

The versatile back row made her England Under-21 debut in 2026.

Fellow forward Christiana Balogun was a late addition to the 23-strong squad following the injury to Maddie Feaunati.

The 28-year-old has featured in 12 of Bristol Bears' 14 matches this season and signed a new contract with the club earlier this week.

Maud Muir returns in the front row for England after coming off the bench in Bristol to score the Red Roses' 10th try against Wales.

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England remain on course for a record eighth consecutive Women's Six Nations title and if all goes as expected in round four, they will head to Bordeaux next Sunday for yet another Grand Slam decider against France.

Despite missing more than a dozen players due to pregnancy, injury or post-World Cup retirement, John Mitchell's side have cruised through the opening three rounds, beating Ireland (33-12), Scotland (84-7) and Wales (62-24) to maintain their stranglehold on the Triple Crown.

They arrive in Parma having scored at least 10 tries in each of their past two matches and 27 across the tournament to date.

England are unbeaten in 36 Tests in all competitions and 37 matches in the Six Nations - the latter run stretching back to March 2018.

Italy head into the penultimate round of the Women's Six Nations riding the crest of a wave after getting a win on the board last time out.

Fabio Roselli's side ran in seven tries as they thrashed Scotland 41-14 to climb up to third in the table.

And leading try-scorer Alyssa D'Inca (three) will be hoping to add to her individual tally after watching Wales pick up a try bonus point against England in Bristol in round three.

While a victory for the hosts (their first against England) would be an upset of gigantic proportions, the Red Roses are wary of the challenges posed by Italy.

"They can go under the radar," said England forwards coach Louis Deacon. "We played them last year in York and it was a sticky game. They caused us problems."

England are yet to lose to Italy in the Women's Six Nations or any Test match.

Past five Women's Six Nations meeting:

• 2025 - England 38-5 Italy
• 2024 - Italy 0-48 England
• 2023 - England 68-5 Italy
• 2022 - Italy 0-74 England
• 2021 - Italy 3-67 England

Head coach Fabio Roselli makes two changes from Italy's round three thumping of Scotland.

Alessandra Frangipani partners Valeria Fedrighi in the second row while Beatrice Veronese, on the bench against Ireland but absent against Scotland, comes into the back row in place of Francesca Sgorbini.

Giordana Duca and Sgorbini drop to the bench while uncapped prop Gaia Dosi is also among the replacements.

Italy XV: Ostuni Minuzzi; Muzzo, Sillari, Mannini, D’Inca; Madia, Stefan; Turani, Vecchini, Zanette, Fedrighi, Frangipani, Veronese, Ranuccini, Giordano (c).

Replacements: Cheli, Maris, Dosi, Duca, Sgorbini, Bitonci, Stevanin, Granzotto.

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England head coach John Mitchell makes seven changes, with Ellie Kildunne moving onto the left wing to accommodate Emma Sing at full-back. Mia Venner makes her first appearance of the tournament on the right.

Demelza Short starts in the back row in place of Sadia Kabeya, who suffered shoulder and chest injuries against Wales.

Maddie Feaunati (leg) is a late addition to England's lengthy injury list, with Abi Burton replacing her at number eight and Haineala Lutui coming into the second row.

Props Kelsey Clifford and Maud Muir replace Mackenzie Carson and Sarah Bern in the front row while Zoe Harrison is preferred to Holly Aitchison at fly-half.

Centre Helena Rowland wins her 50th cap while Haidee Head and Christiana Balogun are in line for debuts off the bench.

England XV: Sing; Venner, Jones (c), Rowland, Kildunne; Harrison, L Packer; Clifford, Cokayne, Muir, Lutui, Burns, Short, M Packer, Burton.

Replacements: Powell, Carson, Bern, Balogun, Head, Robinson, Aitchison, Moloney-MacDonald.

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It's another busy day of Women's Six Nations action, with three matches coming your way this afternoon:

• Italy v England (14:00 BST)
• Scotland v France (16:15)
• Ireland v Wales (18:30)

The first two matches will be shown live on BBC Two and the BBC iPlayer. Ireland v Wales is available on BBC One Wales and the iPlayer.

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Hello there! After a week off, the Women's Six Nations is back!

It's time to get things started with Italy against England in Parma.