Italy 22-33 Scotland
Date:
Venue: Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Referee: Luke Pearce (England)
Attendance: 41,214
Italy v Scotland Match Reports
Scotland recorded a 33-22 bonus-point victory over Italy in Rome. The visitors scored five tries in total, including a brace from centre Chris Harris, but they faced a plucky Italy side that scored three tries of their own. A selection of match reports is listed below:
- Six Nations Guide: Chris Harris scores two tries as Scotland record convincing victory in Italy
- BBC: Scotland bounce back with disjointed win in Italy
- Guardian: Scotland see off Italy in Six Nations thanks to Chris Harris’s two tries
- Telegraph: Ali Price stars as Scotland pull away from Italy in second half to secure bonus-point win
- Sky Sports: Visitors win in Rome to pick up first Six Nations win since opening round
- ESPN: Scotland secure scrappy bonus-point victory over Italy
- Scotsman: Scotland defeat Italy in Rome with five-try display
Italy v Scotland - Match Highlights
Italy v Scotland - Match Stats
Italy: (10) 22
Try: Braley (30'), Capuozzo (66', 81'+2)
Conversion: Garbisi (31', 67')
Penalty: Garbisi (4')
Scotland: (19) 33
Try: Johnson (18'), Harris (22', 37'), Graham (48'), Hogg (61')
Conversion: Russell (23', 38', 49', 62')
Man of the Match: Ali Price (Scotland)
Italy v Scotland - Team Line-ups
Italy Team Line-up
Forwards
- 1 Danilo Fischetti
- 2 Giacomo Nicotera
- 3 Pietro Ceccarelli
- 4 Niccolò Cannone
- 5 Federico Ruzza
- 6 Giovanni Pettinelli
- 7 Michele Lamaro (Captain)
- 8 Toa Halafihi
Backs
- 9 Callum Braley
- 10 Paolo Garbisi
- 11 Montanna Ioane
- 12 Leonardo Marin
- 13 Juan Ignacio Brex
- 14 Pierre Bruno
- 15 Edoardo Padovani
Replacements
- 16 Luca Bigi
- 17 Ivan Nemer
- 18 Giosuè Zilocchi
- 19 David Sisi
- 20 Manuel Zuliani
- 21 Alessandro Fusco
- 22 Marco Zanon
- 23 Ange Capuozzo
Scotland Team Line-up
Forwards
- 1 Pierre Schoeman
- 2 George Turner
- 3 Zander Fagerson
- 4 Sam Skinner
- 5 Grant Gilchrist
- 6 Rory Darge
- 7 Hamish Watson
- 8 Matt Fagerson
Backs
- 9 Ali Price
- 10 Finn Russell
- 11 Kyle Steyn
- 12 Sam Johnson
- 13 Chris Harris
- 14 Darcy Graham
- 15 Stuart Hogg (Captain)
Replacements
- 16 Stuart McInally
- 17 Allan Dell
- 18 WP Nel
- 19 Jamie Hodgson
- 20 Magnus Bradbury
- 21 Ben Vellacott
- 22 Adam Hastings
- 23 Sione Tuipulotu