Ireland 42-10 Italy
Date:
Venue: Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa)
Attendance: 51,000
Ireland v Italy Match Reports
Ireland scored five tries, including two from winger Tommy Bowe, as they comprehensively beat Italy 42-10 at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. A selection of match reports is listed below:
- BBC: Six Nations: Ireland 42-10 Italy
- Guardian: Ireland's second-half Six Nations romp against Italy masks flaws
- Independent: Ireland record comprehensive defeat of Italy
- Telegraph: Ireland 42 Italy 10: match report
- Daily Mail: Bowe arrows in to spark hosts' title challenge into life at long last
- RTE: Ireland 42-10 Italy
- RBS 6 Nations: Sexton stars as Ireland see off Italy
- Sydney Morning Herald: Irish cruise fails to arouse Kidney
Ireland v Italy Match Statistics
Ireland (17) 42
Tries: Earls, Bowe 2, Court, Trimble
Conversions: Sexton 4
Penalties: Sexton 3
Italy (10) 10
Tries: Parisse
Conversions: Botes
Penalties: Botes
Man of the Match: Jonathan Sexton (Ireland)
Ireland Team Line-up
Backs: 15 Kearney, 14 Bowe, 13 Earls, 12 D'Arcy, 11 Trimble, 10 Sexton, 9 Murray
Forwards: 1 Healy, 2 Best, 3 Ross, 4 O'Callaghan, 5 O'Connell (captain), 6 Ferris, 7 O'Brien, 8 Heaslip
Replacements: 16 Cronin, 17 Court, 18 Ryan, 19 O'Mahony, 20 Reddan, 21 O'Gara, 22 McFadden
Italy Team Line-up
Backs: 15 Masi, 14 Venditti, 13 Benvenuti, 12 Sgarbi, 11 McLean, 10 Botes, 9 Gori
Forwards: 1 Rizzo, 2 Ghiraldini, 3 Cittadini, 4 Geldenhuys, 5 Bortolami, 6 Zanni, 7 Barbieri, 8 Parisse (captain)
Replacements: 16 D'Apice, 17 Staibano, 18 Pavanello, 19 Favaro, 20 Semenzato, 21 Burton, 22 Canale