Italy vs Chile Preview & Prediction | 2025 End-Of Year Internationals
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Chile take on Italy in Genoa hoping to take another significant step in world rugby.
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How to watch on TV: UK – TNT Sports / US – Not televised
How to watch online: UK – discovery+ / US – Cannot be streamed
Italy team news
Squad: 15 Ange Capuozzo; 14 Mirko Belloni, 13 Tommaso Menoncello, 12 Leonardo Marin, 11 Monty Ioane; 10 Giacomo Da Re, 9 Alessandro Garbisi; 1 Muhamed Hasa, 2 Tommaso Di Bartolomeo, 3 Simone Ferrari; 4 Niccolò Cannone, 5 Federico Ruzza; 6 Alessandro Izekor, 7 Michele Lamaro (c), 8 Lorenzo Cannone
Replacements: 16 Pablo Dimcheff, 17 Danilo Fischetti, 18 Giosuè Zilocchi, 19 Enoch Opoku Gyamfi, 20 Manuel Zuliani, 21 Martin Page-Relo, 22 Juan Ignacio Brex, 23 Edoardo Todaro
Chile team news
Squad: 15 Matías Garafulic; 14 Clemente Armstrong, 13 Domingo Saavedra, 12 Santiago Videla, 11 Nicolás Saab; 10 Juan Cruz Reyes, 9 Lucas Berti; 1 Javier Carrasco, 2 Augusto Böhme, 3 Iñaki Gurruchaga; 4 Santiago Pedrero, 5 Javier Eissmann; 6 Ernesto Tchimino, 7 Clemente Saavedra (c), 8 Alfonso Escobar
Replacements: 6 Raimundo Martínez, 17 Salvador Lues, 18 Matías Dittus, 19 Bruno Sáez, 20 Augusto Villanueva, 21 Sebastián Bianchi, 22 Tomás Salas, 23 Joaquín Milesi
Italy vs Chile prediction
Despite playing against 14 men for the whole of the second half against South Africa in Turin last week, Italy were unable to make their numerical advantage count, ultimately succumbing to a 32-14 defeat to the world champions.
The Azzurre did have their chances though, and having beaten Australia two weeks ago, it has generally been an impressive month for the European nation. They will now aim to sign off 2025 in style in what is their first ever meeting with Chile.
The South American nation, a growing force in world rugby, will relish this challenge against a Tier 1 nation, having qualified for the 2027 Rugby World Cup with a 31-12 win over Samoa in September.
Italy are naturally the strong favourites for this match, but Italy head coach Gonzalo Quesada is fielding an experimental side for this Test, so there is something to be said for the visitors covering a moderate handicap.
Italy vs Chile tip: Chile +32.5
