France (15) 30 / Italy (6) 12 (Final Score)
France and Italy did battle in the First Six Nations encounter of 2012 at Stade De France, Paris at 16:30 SA Time (14:30 GMT).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1, SHD & M-Net on TV in SA.
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Scorers:
France:
- Penalties – Morgan Parra (1), Dmitri Yachvili (1)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Aurelien Rougerie (1), Julien Malzieu (1), Vincent Clerc (1), Wesley Fofana (1)
- Conversions – Dmitri Yachvili (2)
Italy:
- Penalties – Kris Burton (3)
- Drop Goals – Kris Burton (1)
- Tries – 0
- Conversions – 0
Teams:
France: 15 Maxime Medard, 14 Vincent Clerc, 13 Aurelien Rougerie, 12 Wesley Fofana, 11 Julien Malzieu, 10 Francois Trinh-Duc, 9 Dmitri Yachvili, 8 Julien Bonnaire, 7 Louis Picamoles, 6 Thierry Dusautoir (captain), 5 Lionel Nallet, 4 Pascal Pape, 3 Nicolas Mas, 2 William Servat, 1 Vincent Debaty.
Replacements: 16 Dimitri Szarzewski, 17 Jean-Baptiste Poux, 18 Yohann Maestri, 19 Imanol Harinordoquy, 20 Morgan Parra, 21 Lionel Beauxis, 22 Maxime Mermoz.
Italy: 15 Andrea Masi, 14 Giovanbattista Venditti, 13 Tommaso Benvenuti, 12 Alberto Sgarbi, 11 Luke McLean, 10 Kris Burton, 9 Edoardo Gori, 8 Sergio Parisse, 7 Robert Barbieri, 6 Alessandro Zanni, 5 Quintin Geldenhuys, 4 Cornelius van Zyl, 3 Martin Castrogiovanni, 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini, 1 Andrea Lo Cicero.
Replacements: 16 Tommaso D’Apice, 17 Lorenzo Cittadini, 18 Marco Bortolami, 19 Simone Favaro, 20 Fabio Semenzato, 21 Tobias Botes, 22 Gonzalo Canale.
Date: Saturday 4 February 2012
Venue: Stade de France, Paris
Kick-off: 16:30 SA Time (14:30 GMT)
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
Expected weather: Bright but cold. Light Northeasterly breeze with a high of 1°C and a low of -5°C
Assistant referees: Andrew Small (England), John Lacey (Ireland)
TMO: Graham Hughes (England)
Well, a few hours early to put this up… but this is to remind you that rugby starts in all earnest this afternoon for the year.
Gooooooooooo Rugby!
Don’t know if you guys saw, our 3 SuperBru pools on Rugby-Talk, each has their own little WIDGET on the Home Page, where our pool leaders will be shown, right throughout the competitions for which they apply.
I am looking forward to these games, have bought biltong & everything.
Is JFK going to give us updates from Boooooooooolands?
3 @ Loosehead:
Yip, he should be there just now…. meeting up with PissAnt’s brother to guide him into the Pressbox and settle him in.
Players coming out!
Anthems…
Both teams quite fiery in singing the anthems
Game ON!
France should win this one comfortably.
My Bru Pick for this one is France by 28.
Was I way too heavy?
Italy’s forwards looking good
Middag oom GBS, kom ons kyk of n komentaartjie oor die game kan gee sonder om weer in die moeilikheid te wees. Ek trap mos deesdae heeltyd op tone.
France’s defence equally good
9 @ superBul:
Mirrag Oom SuperSnorrie…. hehehe
@ grootblousmile:
7 Italy won last year, quite a shock if i recall.
Ciao a tutti! Forza Italia!
Middag manne, lekker om weer rugby op ‘n saterdag te hê.
Ahhh, Turkey is here… so too Stinkvis!
13 @ The_Young_Turk:
Ciao you Old Fruit!
Vive le France!
Italie lyk sommer lus vir speel.
14 @ Snoek:
Mirrag, ja, is dit nie wonderlik nie!
Ek het die Franse met 17.
First penalty attempt by France’s Parra….
France 3 / 0
Italie moet probeer meer fases afdwing, hulle verloor die bal te maklik.
Both sides with new coaches… suppose they’ll both find some sort of Rhytm after a while
Hello Turk and Snoek
Last year Italy broke the ice and with France you never know witch team will show up
2011: Italy won 22-21, Stadio Flaminio, Rome
Italy attacking and attacking, some nice phases!
Drop Goal by Burton for Italy… over!
France 3 / 3 Italy
@ superBul:
Would love Italy to win but realistically went for France by 5 on Superbru.
25 @ The_Young_Turk:
Turkey, did you guys get my SuperBru Newsletters?
Rougerie clear through and scores for France
Mooi drie, goeie angle deur die gaping
France 10 / 3 Italy
Te veel foute deur die Italiers.
@ grootblousmile:
Yes got all your mails and thanks for the reminders and for making it so easy and simple to participate in superbru. Up to the high and professional standards we’ve come to expect from you as always.
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