England 18-11 Italy

Date: Sunday 10th March 2013

Venue: Twickenham, London

Referee: George Clancy (IRFU)

Attendance: 81,458

England v Italy Match Reports

Grand Slam chasing England were given an almighty scare at Twickenham, as Italy almost salvaged a draw from this very tight encounter. The Italians scored the only try of the match, but six penalties from the boot of Toby Flood ensured that England ended the match 18-11 winners. A selection of match reports is listed below:

England v Italy Match Highlights

England v Italy Match Statistics

England (12) 18
Penalties: Flood 6

Italy (3) 11
Tries: McLean
Penalties: Orquera 2

Man of the Match: Andrea Masi (Italy)

England Team Line-up

Forwards

1. Mako Vunipola
2. Tom Youngs
3. Dan Cole
4. Joe Launchbury
5. Geoff Parling
6. James Haskell
7. Chris Robshaw (Captain)
8. Tom Wood

Backs

9. Danny Care
10. Toby Flood
11. Mike Brown
12. Brad Barritt
13. Manusamoa Tuilagi
14. Chris Ashton
15. Alex Goode

Replacements

16. Dylan Hartley
17. David Wilson
18. Joe Marler
19. Courtney Lawes
20. Tom Croft
21. Ben Youngs
22. Freddie Burns
23. Billy Twelvetrees

Italy Team Line-up

Forwards

1. Alberto De Marchi
2. Leonardo Ghiraldini
3. Martin Castrogiovanni
4. Quintin Geldenhuys
5. Joshua Furno
6. Alessandro Zanni
7. Robert Barbieri
8. Sergio Parisse (Captain)

Backs

9. Edoardo Gori
10. Luciano Orquera
11. Luke Mclean
12. Gonzalo Garcia
13. Gonzalo Canale
14. Giovanbattista Venditti
15. Andrea Masi

Replacements

16. Davide Giazzon
17. Andrea Lo Cicero
18. Lorenzo Cittadini
19. Antonio Pavanello
20. Francesco Minto
21. Simone Favaro
22. Tobias Botes
23. Tommaso Benvenuti