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)
Yess …Farrell…. England now lead by 19 to 15
Italy penalty, within range as well
Missed
Way wide by Botes
This is crazy , watching these players on the snow
My mom would never allowed us outside to play ball, never
@ grootblousmile:
Chinese Bow Ties….I have no idea what you are talking about GBS..
@ Just For Kicks:
But thankfully you have brought this delight to life!
Dough and syrup you say….Hummmmmmm, will have to do a taste test when I am over next month!
Who can tell me about Dickson, I know nothing about him
@ superBul:
Hey superBul, you would have loved playing in the snow…..I cannot imagine playing rugby in hot weather with the ground as hard a iron!! Seems madness to me!
126 @ Blue Bird:
You mean you’ve never had a Chinese Bow Tie when having a Chinese meal…. usually served with the Chinese Tea at the end of the meal?
Penalty only for Ashton
Penalty Italy again, Botes going for goal again
So annoying to see so many saffers playing for other nations.
Botes misses the easy one again… baaaaad kick
Botes with another go, no, messed that one up
@ grootblousmile:
So tell me, how is Italy’s No. 4 related you?
Quint Geldenhuys
Botes is another guy who was not allowed to play in the snow
5 Minutes of play left.
Hell, I need the Poms to score a converted try!
132@ The_Young_Turk:I think its nice to see the odd pom and Italian still playing!!!
Rugby should really tighten up their eligibility rules. They are making a mockery of Internationals.
@ grootblousmile:
129 – Never been offered one! I think your Chinese Restaurants may be a bit posher than ours!!
Have you put Scotland or Wales to win tomorrow btw?
135 @ Blue Bird:
No, he’s not.. not that I know about anyway.
I think he’s from Jan Hannetjie’s lot… the part of the Geldenhuys bunch who went on to become Speed cops and Policemen…… hehehehe
140 @ Blue Bird:
Wales
Italians just not holding on to the ball
@ Just For Kicks:
One of these days, that’s where we are going to end up. You should only qualify to play for a country if you’re a citizen! It’s not so complicated now, is it!
Come on England, I need a few more points too………
Come on England i need two 3 pointers from you
one will help too
Looks like England just wants to wind down the clock now…. arghhhhhh
I’ll blame it on the snow, but this is a game I won’t be watching a re-run of.
Italy gets a tighthead
50 seconds left
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