France 34-17 Italy
Date:
Venue: Orange Vélodrome, Marseille
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
Attendance: 50,000
France v Italy Match Reports
France ended an eight-match winless streak with a 34-17 victory over Italy at the Orange Vélodrome in Marseille. Paul Gabrillagues, Hugo Bonneval and Mathieu Bastareaud all scored tries for France in their first-ever Six Nations home match to played outside of Paris. A selection of match reports is listed below:
- Six Nations Guide: France clinch first win at 2018 Six Nations by overcoming Italy in Marseille
- BBC: France end winless run by inflicting more misery on Italy
- Guardian: Hugo Bonneval settles France’s nerves with vital try against Italy
- Telegraph: Hugo Bonneval bounces back as Les Bleus end 343-day wait for Test win
- Daily Mail: Jacques Brunel's side secure first Six Nations victory with comfortable home win
- ESPN: Rampaging Mathieu Bastareaud helps France smash Italy
- NatWest 6 Nations: Bastareaud returns in style to help France past Italy
France v Italy - Match Highlights
France v Italy - Match Stats
France: (11) 34
Try: Gabrillagues (5'), Bonneval (60'), Bastareaud (73')
Conversion: Machenaud (61'), Trinh-Duc (74')
Penalty: Machenaud (29', 40', 46', 65', 71')
Italy: (7) 17
Try: Penalty Try (10'), Minozzi (79')
Conversion: Canna (79')
Penalty: Allan (50')
Man of The Match: Yacouba Camara (France)
France v Italy - Team Line-ups
France Team Line-up
- 1 Jefferson Poirot
- 2 Guilhem Guirado (CAPTAIN)
- 3 Rabah Slimani
- 4 Paul Gabrillagues
- 5 Sebastien Vahaamahina
- 6 Wenceslas Lauret
- 7 Yacouba Camara
- 8 Marco Tauleigne
Backs
- 9 Maxime Machenaud
- 10 Lionel Beauxis
- 11 Remy Grosso
- 12 Geoffrey Doumayrou
- 13 Mathieu Bastareaud
- 14 Benjamin Fall
- 15 Hugo Bonneval
Replacements
- 16 Adrien Pelissie
- 17 Dany Priso
- 18 Cedate Gomes Sa
- 19 Romain Taofifenua
- 20 Kelian Galletier
- 21 Baptiste Couilloud
- 22 Francois Trinh-Duc
- 23 Gael Fickou
Italy Team Line-up
- 1 Andrea Lovotti
- 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini
- 3 Simone Ferrari
- 4 Alessandro Zanni
- 5 Dean Budd
- 6 Sebastian Negri Da Oleggio
- 7 Maxime Mata Mbanda'
- 8 Sergio Parisse (CAPTAIN)
Backs
- 9 Marcello Violi
- 10 Tommaso Allan
- 11 Mattia Bellini
- 12 Tommaso Castello
- 13 Tommaso Boni
- 14 Tommaso Benvenuti
- 15 Matteo Minozzi
Replacements
- 16 Luca Bigi
- 17 Nicola Quaglio
- 18 Tiziano Pasquali
- 19 George Fabio Biagi
- 20 Federico Ruzza
- 21 Edoardo Gori
- 22 Carlo Canna
- 23 Jayden Hayward