Italy v Scotland Match Reports
Giovanbattista Venditti scored the only try of the game as Italy beat Scotland 13-6 at Stadio Olimpico in Rome. Scotland ended the 2012 Six Nations Championship without a single win and were therefore awarded the Wooden Spoon. A selection of match reports is listed below:
- BBC: Scotland finish with the Wooden Spoon
- Guardian: Scotland pick up Six Nations wooden spoon after losing to Italy
- Independent: Roman conquerors: Italy hand Scotland 6 Nations wooden spoon
- Telegraph: Italy 13 Scotland 6: match report
- Daily Mail: Italy 13 Scotland 6: Robinson's try-shy Scots condemned to wooden spoon
- Scotsman: Six Nations: Italy 13 - 6 Scotland: Sad Scots beaten and bewildered
- RBS 6 Nations: Venditti try edges Italy past Scotland
- Sydney Morning Herald: Wooden-spoon Robinson to take time over future
Italy v Scotland Match Statistics
Italy (3) 13
Tries: Venditti
Conversions: Burton
Penalties: Bergamasco
Drop-goals: Burton
Scotland (3) 6
Penalties: Laidlaw 2
Man of the Match: Martin Castrogiovanni (Italy)
Italy Team Line up
Backs: 15 Massi, 14 Venditti, 13 Benvenuti, 12 Canale, 11 Bergamasco, 10 Burton, 9 Gori
Forwards: 1 Lo Cicero, 2 Ghiraldini, 3 Castrogiovanni, 4 Geldenhuys, 5 Bortolami, 6 Zanni, 7 Barbieri, 8 Parisse
Replacements: 16 D'Apice, 17 Cittadini, 18 Furno, 19 Favaro, 20 Vosawai, 21 Botes, 22 Toniolatti
Scotland Team Line up
Backs: 15 Hogg, 14 Evans, 13 De Luca, 12 Morrison, 11 Lamont, 10 Laidlaw, 9 Blair
Forwards: 1 Jacobsen, 2 Ford, 3 Cross, 4 Gray, 5 Hamilton, 6 Barclay, 7 Rennie, 8 Denton
Replacements: 16 Lawson, 17 Murray, 18 Kellock, 19 Vernon, 20 Cusiter, 21 Jackson, 22 Cuthbert