Former Italy head coach Kieran Crowley has revealed he spoke to Saracens\u2019 Alex Lozowski ahead of the 2022 Six Nations about a possible switch to Italy\u2014but Lozowski declined.<\/p>\n
The 32-year-old, capped five times by England (last in 2018), qualifies for Italy through his Italian grandparent. <\/p>\n
Join the\u00a0RUCK\u2019s WhatsApp community here<\/a>\u00a0and get the latest news sent straight to your messages.<\/p>\n While he passed in 2022, Italy\u2019s strong showings in the 2024 and 2025 Six Nations could make him rethink. His skill and versatility would be a big boost to their ambitions.<\/p>\n Lozowski\u2019s path to rugby could have gone very differently. He was in Chelsea FC\u2019s academy until 16 before choosing rugby. He later joined Leeds Carnegie Academy after A-levels and earned an Economics degree at Leeds University.<\/p>\n From Leeds, he moved to Wasps for two seasons before joining Saracens, immediately making an impact with four tries in his first five Premiership games. <\/p>\n He became a key player in Saracens\u2019 domestic and European success, earning an England call-up for the 2017 Argentina tour and five caps overall.<\/p>\n After a loan at Montpellier, Lozowski returned to Saracens in 2021, kicking off the season with a Player of the Match display against Bristol.<\/p>\n He earned a surprise England recall under Borthwick during the 2024 autumn internationals and 2025 Six Nations but didn\u2019t feature\u2014leaving the door open for a potential switch to Italy.<\/p>\n EDITORS PICKS:<\/p>\n Martin Johnson and Jonny Wilkinson Reveal the Toughest Opponent They Ever Faced<\/p>\n Jonny Wikinson and Martin Johnson have both opened up about the toughest players they respectively faced in their illustrious playing careers.<\/p>\n The 2003 World Cup-winners, along with three of their teammates from that triumph in Sydney, snubbed a number of top stars.<\/p>\n Jonny Wilkinson: Christophe Dominici\u00a0(France)<\/p>\n Dominici played 67 times for his country and won the French championship five times with Stade Fran\u00e7ais before retiring in 2008. In recent years he had worked as a pundit for French radio and\u00a0TV before his death in 2020.<\/a><\/p>\n WILKINSON SAID:\u00a0\u201cHis opportunism, his flair, his game reading, his sheer explosivity to really change a game is something that sticks in my memory.\u201d<\/p>\n DID YOU KNOW?\u00a0Dominci appeared in three World Cups for his country in 1999, 2003 and 2007, scoring eight tries over that time.<\/p>\n CONTINUES ON PAGE TWO<\/a><\/p>\n Like this:<\/p>\n Like Loading…<\/p>\n