Italy vs Canada RWC 2015 team news, fixture kick-off time, where to watch on TV and more

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Italy face Canada in Pool D at Elland Road on Saturday
The Azurri make four changes to their side ahead of the game
Canada welcome back Tyler Ardon after he missed the defeat by Ireland
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Published: 07:00 EDT, 26 September 2015 | Updated: 10:56 EDT, 26 September 2015

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Italy take on Canada in a Pool D clash at Elland Road on Saturday, keen to avoid their third consecutive defeat in Rugby World Cups.

The Azzurri fell to a 32-10 defeat by France in their previous game, while Canada lost 50-7 to Ireland.

Here, Sportsmail takes a look at the team news and key match facts ahead of the fixture...

WHERE CAN YOU WATCH IT?

You can watch the match live on ITV. Coverage starts at 2pm with kick-off at 2.30pm.

Italy fly-half Luke McLean runs with the ball during the 32-10 World Cup defeat by France at Twickenham

TEAM NEWS

Italy have dropped prop Martin Castrogiovanni as one of four changes to their side. The 33-year-old, who plays his club rugby with Racing Metro in France, sees his spot expended for Wasps' Lorenzo Cittadini.

Michele Rizzo comes into the team for Matias Aguero and centres Gonzalo Garcia and Tommaso Benvenuti come in to cover the injured Andrea Masi and Michele Campagnaro.

Canada welcome back captain Tyler Ardon, who missed the defeat by Ireland.

ITALY VS CANADA: LINE-UPS AHEAD OF POOL D ENCOUNTER

Italy: Luke McLean; Leonardo Sarto, Tommaso Benvenuti, Gonzalo Garcia, Giovanbattista Venditti; Tommaso Allan, Edoardo Gori; Michele Rizzo, Leonardo Ghiraldini (captain), Lorenzo Cittadini, Quintin Geldenhuys, Josh Furno, Alessandro Zanni, Francesco Minto, Samuela Vunisa.

Replacements: Davide Giazzon, Matias Aguero, Martin Castrogiovanni, Marco Fuser, Mauro Bergamasco, Guglielmo Palazzani, Carlo Canna, Michele Campagnaro

Canada: Matt Evans; Phil Mackenzie, Ciaran Hearn, Connor Braid, DTH Van Der Merwe; Nathan Hirayama, Jamie Mackenzie; Hubert Buydens, Ray Barkwill, Doug Wooldridge, Jebb Sinclair, Jamie Cudmore, Nanyak Dala, John Moonlight, Tyler Ardron (captain).

Replacements: Aaron Carpenter, Djustice Sears-Duru, Andrew Tiedemann, Evan Olmstead, Kyle Gilmour, Phil Mack, Conor Trainor, Harry Jones.

MATCH FACTS

Should Italy lose against Canada, it would be their third consecutive World Cup defeat and mark their worst run of form at the tournament since losing four on the bounce between 1999 and 2003.

Italy conceded 19 penalties in their match against France, while Canada gave away just eight against Ireland.