Italy 10-50 France
Date:
Venue: Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Referee: Matthew Carley (England)
Attendance: Played behind closed doors
Italy v France Match Reports
France romped to a 50-10 bonus-point victory over Italy in the opening match of the 2021 Six Nations Championship. Scrum-half Antoine Dupont pulled the strings for France with another man-of-the-match display. A selection of match reports is listed below:
- Six Nations Guide: France score seven tries as they kick off Six Nations with thumping win in Italy
- BBC: France score seven tries in Six Nations opener
- Daily Mail: Les Bleus coast to bonus point victory in Rome to kick off Six Nations campaign in dazzling style
- ESPN: France cruise to massive win against Italy in Six Nations Opener
Italy v France - Match Highlights
Italy v France - Match Stats
Italy: (3) 10
Try: Sperandio (65')
Conversion: Garbisi (66')
Penalty: Garbisi (20')
France: (24) 50
Try: Cretin (6'), Fickou (27'), Vincent (30'), Dulin (49'), Dupont (53'), Thomas (57', 74')
Conversion: Jalibert (7', 28', 31', 51', 54', 58')
Penalty: Jalibert (11')
Man of the Match: Antoine Dupont (France)
Italy v France - Team Line-ups
Italy Team Line-up
Forwards
- 1 Daniele Rimpelli
- 2 Luca Bigi (Captain)
- 3 Marco Riccioni
- 4 Marco Lazzaroni
- 5 David Sisi
- 6 Sebastian Negri
- 7 Johan Meyer
- 8 Michele Lamaro
Backs
- 9 Stephen Varney
- 10 Paolo Garbisi
- 11 Montanna Ioane
- 12 Juan Ignacio Brex
- 13 Marco Zanon
- 14 Luca Sperandio
- 15 Jacopo Trulla
Replacements
- 16 Gianmarco Lucchesi
- 17 Danilo Fischetti
- 18 Giosuè Zilocchi
- 19 Niccolò Cannone
- 20 Federico Ruzza
- 21 Maxime Mbanda
- 22 Guglielmo Palazzani
- 23 Carlo Canna
France Team Line-up
Forwards
- 1 Cyril Baille
- 2 Julien Marchand
- 3 Mohamed Haouas
- 4 Bernard Le Roux
- 5 Paul Willemse
- 6 Dylan Cretin
- 7 Charles Ollivon (Captain)
- 8 Grégory Alldritt
Backs
- 9 Antoine Dupont
- 10 Matthieu Jalibert
- 11 Gabin Villière
- 12 Gaël Fickou
- 13 Arthur Vincent
- 14 Teddy Thomas
- 15 Brice Dulin
Replacements
- 16 Pierre Bourgarit
- 17 Jean-Baptiste Gros
- 18 Dorian Aldegheri
- 19 Romain Taofifenua
- 20 Anthony Jelonch
- 21 Baptiste Serin
- 22 Louis Carbonel
- 23 Damian Penaud