Italy (6) 11 / Ireland (3) 13 (Final Score)
Italy hosted Ireland at the Stadio Flaminio, Rome at 16:30 SA Time. This was the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1, SHD & CSN.
Italy nearly upset the apple cart but Ireland scrapes a win with a late Ronan O’Gara drop goal.
Scorers:
Italy: 2 Penalties Mirco Bergamasco, 1 Try Luke McLean
Ireland: 1 Penalty & 1 Conversion Johnathan Sexton, 1 Try Brian O’Driscoll, 1 Drop goal Ronan O’Gara
Teams:
Italy: 15 Luke McLean, 14 Andrea Masi, 13 Gonzalo Canale, 12 Alberto Sgarbi, 11 Mirco Bergamasco, 10 Kris Burton, 9 Edoardo Gori, 8 Sergio Parisse (captain), 7 Alessandro Zanni, 6 Josh Sole, 5 Quintin Geldenhuys, 4 Santiago Dellape, 3 Martin Castrogiovanni, 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini, 1 Salvatore Perugini.
Replacements: 16 Fabio Ongaro, 17 Andrea Lo Cicero, 18 Carlo Del Fava, 19 Valerio Bernabo, 20 Paulo Canavosio, 21 Luciano Orquera, 22 Gonzalo Garcia.
Ireland: 15 Luke Fitzgerald, 14 Fergus McFadden, 13 Brian O’Driscoll (captain), 12 Gordon D’Arcy, 11 Keith Earls, 10 Jonathan Sexton, 9 Tomas O’Leary, 8 Sean O’Brien, 7 David Wallace, 6 Denis Leamy, 5 Paul O’Connell, 4 Donncha O’Callaghan, 3 Mike Ross, 2 Rory Best, 1 Cian Healy.
Replacements: 16 Sean Cronin, 17 Tom Court, 18 Leo Cullen, 19 Shane Jennings, 20 Eoin Reddan, 21 Ronan O’Gara, 22 Paddy Wallace.
Date: Saturday, February 5
Venue: Stadio Flaminio, Rome
Kick-off: 15.30 (16.30 SA Time)
Expected weather: Clear skies and moderate temperatures. High of 14°C and low of 2°C.
Referee: Romain Poite (France)
Assistant referees: Jérôme Garces (France), David Changleng (Scotland)
TMO: Geoff Warren (England)
I’m in a bit of a conundrum…. SuperBees is at a wedding this afternoon… poor man… and this game overlaps largely with the Stormers / Sharks game…
So, I’ll handle this game nicely untill about a half an hour in, thereafter sporadically update it whilst giving my full attention to the Stormers vs Sharks game.
Ok, shuffle up… Six Nations time, then Stormers & Sharks, then Six Nations again….
Ireland overwhelming adds on favourites… I played conservative and only picked Ireland by 18 on Bru, I think.
Score could be bigger though, Italy have a forwards pack but not much in the backs.
OK, game on!
Penalty Ireland, too far out
Italty with most of the ball early on.
Penalty to Italy, about 10m line of Ireland, middle of the field, Bergamasco will go for goal
Italy gets first blood!
Italy 3 / 0
Italian scrummie badly injured… looks like a broken shoulder or rib… off replaced
Ireland making basic mistakes…. and again… passing past the player and straight into touch
Compared to last night’s match, this one is cumbersome and error-ridden, so far
Very good play now by Ireland and then 5m out a brilliant Italian tackle which loosens the ball up and it ends up on the Italian side.
Will be going over to the Stormers vs Sharks thread just now…. but will keep the scores up at the top here too.
Penalty Ireland on the Italian 22, in front….
3 / 3 as Sexton slots it
Lemoenetyd
Italy 6 / 3
@ grootblousmile:
Afternoon GBS – So will the Paddy’s pull ahead in the second half?
Ireland 10 / 6 as O’Driscoll scores a try
@ grootblousmile:
Cat got your tongue?
18@ Blue Bird:
Sorry, concentrating on the Stormers / Sharks game.
Nothing much happening in this game, score wise.
Italy try…
Italy 11 / 10
Drop goal by O’Gara…
Ireland 13 / 11
Final Score Ireland 13 / 11
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