Italy 16-26 Ireland
Date:
Venue: Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Referee: Glen Jackson (New Zealand)
Attendance: 49,720
Italy v Ireland Match Reports
Ireland avoided a potential upset by coming from behind to beat Italy 26-16 at Stadio Olimpico. Both sides scored two tries apiece in the first half, but Tommaso Allan's penalty kicks helped Italy to a 16-12 half-time advantage. Ireland then scored two further tries in the second-half, whilst keeping Italy scoreless, to take a hard earned bonus-point victory in Rome. A selection of match reports is listed below:
- Six Nations Guide: Ireland fail to convince as they edge past Italy
- BBC: Ireland labour to bonus-point victory over Italy
- Guardian: Conor Murray seals bonus-point victory as Ireland survive Italy scare
- Sky Sports: Visitors survive Six Nations scare in Rome
- ESPN: Ireland dig deep to deny Italy a memorable victory
- Irish Independent: Hollow victory for Ireland as poor form continues in Italy slog
- Irish Times: Ireland pull it out of the fire to avoid leaving Rome in ruins
Italy v Ireland - Match Highlights
Italy v Ireland - Match Stats
Italy: (16) 16
Try: Padovani (33'), Morisi (39')
Penalty: Allan (20', 26')
Ireland: (12) 26
Try: Roux (11'), Stockdale (21'), Earls (50'). Murray (67')
Conversion: Sexton (12'). Murray (52', 68')
Man of the Match: Peter O'Mahony (Ireland)
Italy v Ireland - Team Line-ups
Italy Team Line-up
Forwards
- 1 Andrea Lovotti
- 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini (Captain)
- 3 Simone Ferrari
- 4 Federico Ruzza
- 5 Dean Budd
- 6 Jimmy Tuivaiti
- 7 Maxime Mbanda
- 8 Abraham Jurgens Steyn
Backs
- 9 Tito Tebaldi
- 10 Tommaso Allan
- 11 Angelo Esposito
- 12 Luca Morisi
- 13 Michele Campagnaro
- 14 Edoardo Padovani
- 15 Jayden Hayward
Replacements
- 16 Luca Bigi
- 17 Cherif Traore
- 18 Tiziano Pasquali
- 19 David Sisi
- 20 Alessandro Zanni
- 21 Guglielmo Palazzani
- 22 Ian Mckinley
- 23 Tommaso Castello
Ireland Team Line-up
Forwards
- 1 Dave Kilcoyne
- 2 Sean Cronin
- 3 Tadhg Furlong
- 4 Ultan Dillane
- 5 Quinn Roux
- 6 Peter O'Mahony (Captain)
- 7 Sean O'Brien
- 8 Jordi Murphy
Backs
- 9 Conor Murray
- 10 Jonathan Sexton
- 11 Jacob Stockdale
- 12 Bundee Aki
- 13 Chris Farrell
- 14 Keith Earls
- 15 Rob Kearney
Replacements
- 16 Niall Scannell
- 17 Jack McGrath
- 18 John Ryan
- 19 Iain Henderson
- 20 Josh van der Flier
- 21 John Cooney
- 22 Jack Carty
- 23 Andrew Conway