Italy 15-19 England
Date:
Venue: Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Referee: Jerome Garces (France)
Attendance: 72,000
Italy v England Match Reports
For a second successive week, it was a Charlie Hodgson charge-down try that won the day for England, as they beat Italy 19-15 in the first ever Six Nations match to be staged at Stadio Olimpico in Rome. A selection of match reports is listed below:
- BBC: Six Nations: Italy 15-19 England
- Guardian: Owen Farrell and Charlie Hodgson take rocky England past Italy in snow
- Independent: Hodgson takes charge and Azzurri uprising is quashed
- Telegraph: England coach Stuart Lancaster encouraged by squad's refusal to panic against Italy
- Daily Mail: Lucky Lancaster still skating on thin ice despite kick king Farrell
- RBS 6 Nations: Hodgson does it again as England make it two from two
- Sydney Morning Herald: England hit back to deny Italy
Italy v England Match Statistics
Italy (12) 15
Tries: Venditti, Benvenuti
Conversions: Burton
Penalties: Burton
England (6) 19
Tries: Hodgson
Conversions: Farrell
Penalties: Farrell 4
Man of the Match Sergio Parisse (Italy)
Italy Team Line-up
Backs: 15 Andrea Masi, 14 Giovanbattista Venditti, 13 Tommaso Benvenuti, 12 Gonzalo Canale, 11 Luke McLean, 10 Kris Burton, 9 Edoardo Gori
Forwards: 1 Andrea Lo Cicero, 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini, 3 Martin Castrogiovanni, 4 Quintin Geldenhuys, 5 Marco Bortolami, 6 Alessandro Zanni, 7 Robert Barbieri, 8 Sergio Parisse (captain)
Replacements: 16 Tommaso D'Apice, 17 Lorenzo Cittadini, 18 Antonio Pavanello, 19 Mauro Bergamasco, 20 Fabio Semenzato, 21 Tobias Botes, 22 Luca Morisi
England Team Line-up
Backs: 15 Ben Foden, 14 Chris Ashton, 13 Brad Barritt, 12 Owen Farrell, 11 David Strettle, 10 Charlie Hodgson, 9 Ben Youngs
Forwards: 1 Alex Corbisiero, 2 Dan Cole, 3 Dylan Hartley, 4 Mouritz Botha, 5 Tom Palmer, 6 Tom Croft , 7 Chris Robshaw (capt), 8 Phil Dowson
Replacements: 16 Rob Webber, 17 Matt Stevens, 18 Geoff Parling, 19 Ben Morgan, 20 Lee Dickson, 21 Jordan Turner-Hall, 22 Mike Brown