Italy v Ireland

Date:

Venue: Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Referee: Mathieu Raynal (France)

Attendance: Played behind closed doors

Italy v Ireland Match Reports

Ireland scored six tries in Rome as they defeated Italy 48-10 to record a first victory in this year's Six Nations. The visitors dominated their hosts throughout the match, scoring three tries in each half. The scoreline could have been even bigger as Ireland had three tries disallowed. A selection of match reports is listed below:

Italy v Ireland - Match Highlights

Italy v Ireland - Match Stats

Italy: (10) 10
Try: Meyer (41'+2)
Conversion: Garbisi (41'+3)
Penalty: Garbisi (4')

Ireland: (27) 48
Try: Ringrose (11'), Keenan (31'), Connors (36', 66'), Stander (43'), Earls (81')
Conversion: Sexton (11', 33', 38', 44', 67', 81'+2)
Penalty: Sexton (6', 18')

Man of the Match: Tadhg Beirne (Ireland)


Italy v Ireland - Team Line-ups

Italy Team Line-up

Forwards

  • 1 Andrea Lovotti
  • 2 Luca Bigi (Captain)
  • 3 Marco Riccioni
  • 4 Marco Lazzaroni
  • 5 David Sisi
  • 6 Sebastian Negri
  • 7 Johan Meyer
  • 8 Michele Lamaro

Backs

  • 9 Callum Braley
  • 10 Paolo Garbisi
  • 11 Montanna Ioane
  • 12 Carlo Canna
  • 13 Juan Ignacio Brex
  • 14 Luca Sperandio
  • 15 Jacopo Trulla

Replacements

  • 16 Gianmarco Lucchesi
  • 17 Cherif Traore’
  • 18 Giosuè Zilocchi
  • 19 Niccolò Cannone
  • 20 Maxime Mbanda’
  • 21 Guglielmo Palazzani
  • 22 Federico Mori
  • 23 Mattia Bellini

Ireland Team Line-up

Forwards

  • 1 Dave Kilcoyne
  • 2 Ronan Kelleher
  • 3 Tadhg Furlong
  • 4 Iain Henderson
  • 5 James Ryan
  • 6 Tadhg Beirne
  • 7 Will Connors
  • 8 CJ Stander

Backs

  • 9 Jamison Gibson Park
  • 10 Jonathan Sexton (Captain)
  • 11 James Lowe
  • 12 Robbie Henshaw
  • 13 Garry Ringrose
  • 14 Jordan Larmour
  • 15 Hugo Keenan

Replacements

  • 16 Rob Herring
  • 17 Cian Healy
  • 18 Andrew Porter
  • 19 Ryan Baird
  • 20 Jack Conan
  • 21 Craig Casey
  • 22 Billy Burns
  • 23 Keith Earls
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