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)
Charge down try gets England back into the match
Italy 15 / 13 England
Game ON!
@ grootblousmile:
87
that is a stupid rule in Superbu, you must not have a chance to score if you are fast asleep
Maybe thats the luck England needed to kick them into action
Penalty Poms, deep in their half
Can someone wake up Blue Bird please, she fell asleep when it was so boring
@ superBul:
Hi superBul, I had to bring the horses into the stables for the night. We still have snow on the ground. They dont mind a night in when it is as cold as this!
I went for a run this morning, it was minus 7 !!
Poms doing much better now.
Italians have always been a 1-half side.
Dickson on for Ben Youngs
Penalty Poms… Farrell slots it and they go into the lead
England 16 / 15 Italy
Farrell to the good, another penalty over 16-15 Eng
97 @ Blue Bird:
Minus 7…. eishhhhhhh!
@ Just For Kicks:
Hahah, nope I managed to keep awake, just tucking into tea and Lardy Cake, do you remember warm Lardy Cake?
It is worth being British for Lardy Cake alone!!
@ Blue Bird:
Good Girl , the moment you came back the team awoke. Go England do your bit, the Queen deserves it
England needs 12 more point for my Bru
Morgan changed the game since he’s come on
Shoddy clearing by the England scrummy
103@ Blue Bird:I do, I do. I have to do with koeksusters and a bit of Tannies Melktert now – not that theres anything wrong with them, before I get shot down!
Fark, it’s snowing there as we speak!
@ grootblousmile:
The upside is you get to wear lovely snuggly clothing and when the sun shines it is absolutley beautiful.
I will wear loads of layers in Cardiff tomorrow. Shall I wear a daffodil hat so you can see me in the crowd?? (Not) !
Oh Lardy Tart… England gets another penalty.
They kick for touch
Barrit with a good burst
@ superBul:
Now we need to increase the lead for my superBru choice!
110 @ Blue Bird:
You see, we just don’t have the clothing here in SA to make that type of cold bearable.
It’s shorts and slops… and of course socks are out-lawed….. hehehehe
@ Just For Kicks:
Remind me what Koeksousters are (however you spell it) I know the other is milk tart…
17 minutes of play left
115 @ Blue Bird:
Koeksusters are a lot like Chinese Bow Ties.. just fatter and much more tasty
Penalty Poms, eaaaasy one
England 19 / 15 Italy
@ Blue Bird:deep fried twisted dough covered, nay, doused in syrup. Farrell with another penalty
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