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)
@ Just For Kicks:
Lets leave the jokes to Ashley!
The game not really coming alive yet……
Harvest going well?
@ Just For Kicks:
That hat, the last word in sartorial elegance you cheeky minx!! Hehehheh
31@ Blue Bird:Done an 85 hour week so far, and back in again 7 o’clock tomorrow morning. Everything seems to be ripening at the same time. Grapes round my ears. But quality looks excellent. Just doing bubbly at the moment, still wines start next week.
Thats a scrum against the head to the Italians as well. Whats happening to England here?
At last 3 points on the board for England
@ Just For Kicks:
You make bubbly?? Wow, how wonderful…..
Gosh this game is a bit pedestrian!
Penalty Azzurri
Tempted to have a little nap here……..Yawnnnn
36@ Blue Bird:A bit for ourselves, but mainly for clients. We hand paint our bottles for a bit of fun instead of labels. Yes, it is a dull game so far, England just seem unsure of what to do when they have the ball.
Castrogiovarni is so ugly he could actually play for Wales!! Heheh
Martin Castrogiovanni looks like he’s cracked a rib or two, coming off, and replaced by Lorenzo Cittadini
Penalty England, Farrell with the kick again, bandage and all.
Over, 6-0 England
@ Just For Kicks:
The bandage is so low it is nearly covering his eyes!
Amazed he got that ball over!
Ball funble by Foden gives Italy the ball and they try!
Tough kick for Italy, hope he misses………..
Try Tommaso Benvenuti
Brava Italia! Italy score a rare try against top competition.
Missed conversion (thankfully) !!
TAnother TRYYYYYY
Flipping two tries in two minutes for the Italians……..
Tommaso Benvenuti under the posts
I better do something to our web site speed here… will do it now at halftime
Lemoentyd, as GBS says Poms on the ropes, 2 tries against the run of some very average play sees the Azzurri 12-6 ahead with the second half to play. A major upset on the cards????
And it’s another try. The poms are on the rack!
52@ grootblousmile:Please, its driving me mad, keeps breaking down too, so I lose half the comments I am posting!
Wanted to go for an Italian win on Superbru, but just didn’t have the stones. Sorry now….
Ireland wait on pitch inspection
Ireland’s Six Nations clash with France on Saturday night will undergo a pitch inspection 90 minutes before kick-off.
Referee Dave Pearson gave the surface the all-clear on Friday afternoon but will conduct a further examination with temperatures forecast to drop to minus seven this evening. The Stade de France pitch, which lacks under-soil heating, has been maintained at three degrees under covers, which are due to be removed around 6.15pm (GMT) ahead of the 8pm kick-off.
It is feared the temperature could drop as low as minus 10, but a Six Nations spokesman has stated that the match is not under threat at this stage. France winger Vincent Clerc declared earlier in the week there is “reason for concern” over the pitch, claiming sections near the touchline were frozen during last Saturday’s victory over Italy.
England will come back and win this
55 @ Just For Kicks:
OK, let’s see how it goes now
Sorry it was Giovanbattista Venditti with the 1st try, not Benvenuti, I was getting carried away!!!
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