Italy (12) 15 / England (6) 19 (Final Score)
Italy and England did battle in week 2 of the Six Nations of 2012 at the Stadio Olimpico, Rome at 18:00 SA Time (16:00 GMT).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 & SHD on TV in SA.
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Scorers:
Italy:
- Penalties – 0
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Giovanbattista Venditti (1), Tommaso Benvenuti (1)
- Conversions – Kris Burton (2)
England:
- Penalties – Owen Farrell (4)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Charlie Hodgson (1)
- Conversions – Owen Farrell (1)
Teams:
Italy: 15 Andrea Masi, 14 Giovanbattista Venditti, 13 Tommaso Benvenuti, 12 Gonzalo Canale, 11 Luke McLean, 10 Kris Burton, 9 Edoardo Gori, 8 Sergio Parisse (captain), 7 Robert Barbieri, 6 Alessandro Zanni, 5 Marco Bortolami, 4 Quintin Geldenhuys, 3 Martin Castrogiovanni, 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini, 1 Andrea Lo Cicero.
Replacements:16 Tommaso D’Apice, 17 Lorenzo Cittadini, 18 Antonio Pavanello, 19 Mauro Bergamasco, 20 Fabio Semenzato, 21 Tobias Botes, 22 Luca Morisi.
England: 15 Ben Foden, 14 Chris Ashton, 13 Brad Barritt, 12 Owen Farrell, 11 David Strettle, 10 Charlie Hodgson, 9 Ben Youngs, 8 Phil Dowson, 7 Chris Robshaw (captain), 6 Tom Croft, 5 Tom Palmer, 4 Mouritz Botha, 3 Dan Cole, 2 Dylan Hartley, 1 Alex Corbisiero.
Replacements: 16 Rob Webber, 17 Matt Stevens, 18 Geoff Parling, 19 Ben Morgan, 20 Lee Dickson, 21 Jordan Turner-Hall, 22 Mike Brown.
Date: Saturday 11 February 2012
Venue: Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Kick-off: 18:00 SA Time (16:00 GMT)
Expected weather: Partly cloudy, 20 kph wind with light rain expected. High of 5°C and a low of 1°C
Referee: Jérôme Garces (France)
Assistant referees: George Clancy (Ireland), Neil Paterson (Scotland)
TMO: Tony Redmond (Ireland)
Forza Italia!
C O M E O N E N G L A N D……
Afternoon All…..
I have only just rememberd my superbru picks. Why do I not get an e mail reminder these days??
Howzit YT, England team coming out
And now the Italians
@ Just For Kicks:
Hi, even if the Italians manage to win today I promise not to make any Italian jokes!!
Anthems
@ Blue Bird:Please do, I need a laugh, having spent the afternoon with GBS!!!
Terrible problems with the site, Gbs!!!!!!!
Struggling to log in and very slow!
Kick off Italy
Early Penalty England
8@ The_Young_Turk:
Agree, so slow, and I have to continuously reboot. Driving me nuts!
Bar some handling errors, England in command early on with some good attacks
Those viewers not in Europe can appreciate the severe weather we’re having when you see the field speckled in snow.
13@ The_Young_Turk:Certainly looks chilly!
Azurri defence holding so far
@ Just For Kicks:
Sorry if I don’t comment regularly but the site is just a nightmare!
Italy on attack now, need to keep the ball in hand a little longer me thinks, before kicking it away
@ Just For Kicks:
Ha, so you have met GBS now!
He is not like you would imagine is he!! lol
@ The_Young_Turk:As for me! How are you though, long time no speak?
Won’t be surprised if Italy win this one. Can’t see England winning by much if they do manage to pull it off.
18@ Blue Bird:No, haven’t met him, sorry, meant on the other thread, I logged in early, and then got GBS’d!
How does an Italian get into an honest business?
Through the window!
Azzuri defending really well here, upsetting the English game, just need to turn it into attack
Italy with a couple against the throw now, are the poms a little ruffled here?
@ Just For Kicks:
Apart from freezing my bollocks off when going outside, I’m ok. See you’ve become a real stalwart on the site these days. Congrats, and hope you can bring some balance to the overwhelming Northern bias here.
22@ Blue Bird:Hahaha, He must have emigrated first, surely, if it was an honest business!!
25@ The_Young_Turk:Hahaha, I fight a lonely battle, but I try!!!
@ Just For Kicks:
From his posts on Keo I thought he was an old bloke, about 60 with a beard!! Hehheheh
28@ Blue Bird:Hahaha, Unfortunately, I will forever be imposed with the nightmare of the pic with the 10 gallon dreadful pseudo cowboy hat – and in blue noggal!!!
England driving forward over the 22 now, but lost it AGAIN
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