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:
55
byt vas JFK, it will come right, GBS is a good Tech. But now you get YOUR baptism of fire
@ grootblousmile:
Kommaan maat, die plek gaan agteruit. Kry jou gat gou in rat
@ grootblousmile:Seems better now, YT you having any more luck?
62 @ The_Young_Turk:
Sorry Turkey…. ek was so verdiep in die Bulls game…. hehehe
63 @ Just For Kicks:
Seems better now
Some verrrrryyyyy pretty Italian girls in the crowd!!!!
Blue Birdie where are you girl? Eish i picked your team , you better phone them and give them a wake up call.
England to kick off 2nd half
2nd Half On
I have the poms by 15, they better come good here!!!
How was the 1st half… obviously I saw NOTHING of this game yet?
38 VENDITTI TRY! 5-6! Italy are over after Foden fumbles a ricocheted ball and from that, the winger pounces on the loose ball to score wide out. Well, isn’t this a turn up for the books?! Conversion to come from Burton. What will this score do to both side’s confidence?
39 BENVENUTI TRY! 10-6! What about this? The young centre capitalised on a loose pass from Foden and for the second time, the England full-back hangs his head. It was a clean run for the Treviso man. Burton will surely knock over these simple two points.
BURTON CONVERSION! 12-6! Yes, and that’s half-time!
Fark, my Bru says England by 13!
They better buck up here!
England start where they left off, shoddy!
Damn, terrible to play with snow on the pitch…. glad I live in a virtually snowless SA!
@ superBul:
72
if i did not watch the interviews of the Bulls i would have seen all that counted , it seems the Italians hit them hard just before half time?
Freegin hell, the Poms do look rather clueless!
@ grootblousmile:
Your magic worked a charm! It’s back to normal now
Burton has kicked away too much good go forward ball, the Italians need to gain some confidence, as they have the ability here. Taken two balls off the poms at line out and 1 against the head. They could take this one if they wanted to
Oh shit, more woes for the Poms.
Is there a card here?
No, just an Italian penalty
Penalty Azzurri, Burton with the attempt, over 15-6 Italy
Seems the Italians are coping better with the snow than the poms!
78 @ The_Young_Turk:
I’m glad.
Italy 15 / 6 England
Burton off, Botes replaces him
@ grootblousmile:
73
at least no one will score a point if England loses.
Did you set the pool up that no pick means no point, no default picks allowed
82@ The_Young_Turk:You know what the poms are like with the snow, everything comes to a halt!
85 @ superBul:
No, I kept it as was… so default picks count
Try Hodgson, a charge down of a kick again
Try Hodgsen,
Farking mistake by the italians and England are back in it!
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