#3. Paolo Odogwu
“Paolo has been contacted, and the other two I have spoken to personally,” Crowley said at the Guinness Six Nations virtual media launch.
“We have discussed it and they have made decisions at the moment that I respect 100 per cent and I support them 100 per cent.
“I will keep in contact with them. If they declared themselves available for Italy, certainly we would be looking at them. They are all quality players. I am open to anyone being available. “
Odogwu recently revealed that he will make a firm decision on whether to play for the Azzurri this summer.
People are only just realising why Italy wear blue, despite it not being a colour on their flag
Italy aims to place above last in the 2023 Six Nations, starting with France this weekend.
And once again they will line up in their trademark blue kit.
But why do Italian sports teams always wear the colour when it’s not featured on their flag?
As many will have noticed, the Italian flag is red, white and green and does not have any blue on it.
They’ll wear their iconic blue uniform, reflecting the House of Savoy’s color (the country’s former Royal Family) since 1911.
Despite becoming a republic in 1946, the blue kit was kept and still appears on the Italian presidential standard.
The country’s sports teams are nicknamed “Azzurri”, meaning “The Blues”.