Six Nations: England vs Italy – Game Thread

Published 12 February 2011 | By grootblousmile

England (31) 59 / Italy (6) 13 (Final Score)

England hosted Italy at Twickenham at 16:30 SA Time. This was the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SS1 on TV in SA.

England absolutely demolished Italy, with Chris Ashton scoring an impressive 4 tries in the process.

Scorers:

England: 5 Conversions & 1 Penalty Toby Flood, 3 Conversions Johnny Wilkinson, 4 Tries Chris Ashton, 1 Try Mark Cueto, 1 Try Mike Tindall, 1 Try Danny Care, 1 Try James Haskell

Italy: 2 Penalties & 1 Conversion Mirco Bergamasco, 1 Try Fabio Ongaro

Teams:

England: 15 Ben Foden, 14 Chris Ashton, 13 Mike Tindall (captain), 12 Shontayne Hape, 11 Mark Cueto, 10 Toby Flood, 9 Ben Youngs, 8 Nick Easter, 7 James Haskell, 6 Tom Wood, 5 Tom Palmer, 4 Louis Deacon, 3 Dan Cole, 2 Dylan Hartley, 1 Alex Corbisiero.
Replacements: 16 Steve Thompson, 17 David Wilson, 18 Simon Shaw, 19 Henre Fourie, 20 Danny Care, 21 Jonny Wilkinson, 22 Matt Banahan.

Italy (revised team): 15 Luke McLean, 14 Andrea Masi, 13 Gonzalo Canale, 12 Alberto Sgarbi, 11 Mirco Bergamasco, 10 Luciano Orquera, 9 Fabio Semenzato, 8 Sergio Parisse (captain), 7 Alessandro Zanni, 6 Valerio Bernabò, 5 Quintin Geldenhuys, 4 Carlo Antonio Del Fava, 3 Martin Castrogiovanni, 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini, 1 Salvatore Perugini.
Replacements: 16 Fabio Ongaro, 17 Andrea Lo Cicero, 18 Santiago Dellapè, 19 Robert Barbieri, 20 Pablo Canavosio, 21 Kristopher Burton, 22 Gonzalo Garcia.

Date: Saturday, February 12
Venue: Twickenham, London
Kick-off: 14.30 (16.30 SA Time)
Expected weather: Cloudy at first with patchy rain or drizzle, then becoming brighter from the west. A dry and largely sunny afternoon. Light winds. High 11°C, low 6°C
Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa)
Assistant referees: Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland), Peter Allan (Scotland)
TMO: Tony Redmond (Ireland)

49 Responses to Six Nations: England vs Italy – Game Thread

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grootblousmile on 12 February 2011 at 4:34 pm

Hello, just made it in time for the game!

Game just started
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grootblousmile on 12 February 2011 at 4:35 pm

Try Chris Ashton for England

England 7 / 0
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grootblousmile on 12 February 2011 at 4:37 pm

Penalty Italy, easy one to take to posts… on hte Eng 22m line
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grootblousmile on 12 February 2011 at 4:38 pm

Eng 7 / 3 as Mirco Bergamasco slots it
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grootblousmile on 12 February 2011 at 4:41 pm

England are going to run away with this, they are clearly way over Italy already….
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grootblousmile on 12 February 2011 at 4:43 pm

Eng now a couple of meters short… they knock but get the penalty.
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grootblousmile on 12 February 2011 at 4:44 pm

England 10 / 3
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grootblousmile on 12 February 2011 at 4:45 pm

Penalty Italy, not too difficult to go for posts
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grootblousmile on 12 February 2011 at 4:46 pm

England 10 / 6
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grootblousmile on 12 February 2011 at 4:55 pm

Another kicable penalty for Italy….. England very ill-diciplined

This time Bergamasco misses to the right
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grootblousmile on 12 February 2011 at 4:56 pm

Itai backline leaking like a seave….
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grootblousmile on 12 February 2011 at 4:59 pm

2nd Try for Chris Ashton
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grootblousmile on 12 February 2011 at 5:00 pm

England 17 / 6
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grootblousmile on 12 February 2011 at 5:04 pm

Chris Ashton scores his hat trick… no sorry, this time it is Mark Cueto
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grootblousmile on 12 February 2011 at 5:06 pm

England 24 / 6
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grootblousmile on 12 February 2011 at 5:09 pm

Penalty for England on their 10m line but then Italy gets marched 10 back… England kicks for touch anyway
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grootblousmile on 12 February 2011 at 5:10 pm

Mike Tindall now scres…. easy peasy…
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grootblousmile on 12 February 2011 at 5:11 pm

Score is now 31 / 6
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grootblousmile on 12 February 2011 at 5:16 pm

Lemoenetyd
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grootblousmile on 12 February 2011 at 5:20 pm

Wat drink ons…. ek bedoel, wat drink ek… siende dat ek maar alleen rugby kyk en gesels….

OK, dis Wit Jerepico vir my….
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grootblousmile on 12 February 2011 at 5:26 pm

2Nd Half on.
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grootblousmile on 12 February 2011 at 5:30 pm

Martin Catrogiovanni gets a yellow
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superBul on 12 February 2011 at 5:35 pm

Hello GBS , nou is jy nie meer home alone nie.
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grootblousmile on 12 February 2011 at 5:37 pm

23@ superBul:
Hello.

Ken jy vir Badie Opperman… sy bynaam is Boks?

Hulle boer NET buite Hoedspruit
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grootblousmile on 12 February 2011 at 5:41 pm

Ingeland hardloop Italië farktup….

… dink Ingeland gaan ‘n handvol wees in die RWC
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grootblousmile on 12 February 2011 at 5:42 pm

Try again for Ashton…. hat trick
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grootblousmile on 12 February 2011 at 5:43 pm

England 38 / 6
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grootblousmile on 12 February 2011 at 5:44 pm

Lots of subs now for England…. Johnny Wilkinson and Danny Care on amongst others
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grootblousmile on 12 February 2011 at 5:46 pm

My SuperBru is going to be way out… I picked England but only by 21.
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grootblousmile on 12 February 2011 at 5:48 pm

Try Danny Care…. this was try No 6 already…. sjeeez

Six Nations: England vs Italy – Game Thread

England (31) 59 / Italy (6) 13 (Final Score)

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