Six Nations: Italy vs France – Live Game Article

Published 3 February 2013 | By grootblousmile

Italy (13) 23 / 18 (15) France (Final Score)

Italy and France did battle in the Six Nations tournament at Stadio Olimpico, Rome at 17:00 SA Time (15:00 GMT, 16:00 Rome Time).

This was the live match discussion Article.

The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 & SHD4 on TV in SA.

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Scorers:

Italy:

Penalties – Luciano Orquera (1)
Drop Goals – Luciano Orquera (1), Chris Burton (1)
Tries – Sergio Parisse (1), Martin Castrogiovanni (1)
Conversions – Luciano Orquera (2)

France:

Penalties – Frederic Michalak (2)
Drop Goals – 0
Tries – Louis Picamoles (1), Benjamin Fall (1)
Conversions – Frederic Michalak (1)

Teams:

Italy: 15 Andrea Masi, 14 Giovanbattista Venditti, 13 Tommaso Benvenuti, 12 Alberto Sgarbi, 11 Luke McLean, 10 Luciano Orquera, 9 Tobias Botes, 8 Sergio Parisse (Captain), 7 Simone Favaro, 6 Alessandro Zanni, 5 Francesco Minto, 4 Quintin Geldenhuys, 3 Martin Castrogiovanni, 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini, 1 Andrea Lo Cicero.
Replacements: 16 Davide Giazzon, 17 Alberto De Marchi, 18 Lorenzo Cittadini, 19 Antonio Pavanello, 20 Paul Derbyshire, 21 Edoardo Gori, 22 Kristopher Burton, 23 Gonzalo Canale

France: 15 Yoann Huget, 14 Wesley Fofana, 13 Florian Fritz, 12 Maxime Mermoz, 11 Benjamin Fall, 10 Frederic Michalak, 9 Maxime Machenaud, 8 Louis Picamoles, 7 Thierry Dusautoir, 6 Fulgence Ouedraogo, 5 Yoann Maestri, 4 Pascal Pape (Captain), 3 Nicolas Mas, 2 Dimitri Szarzewski, 1 Yannick Forestier.
Replacements: 16 Benjamin Kayser, 17 Vincent Debaty, 18 Luc Ducalcon, 19 Romain Taofifenua, 20 Damien Chouly, 21 Morgan Parra, 22 Francois Trinh-Duc, 23 Mathieu Bastareaud.

Date: Sunday 3 February
Venue: Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Kick-off: 17:00 (15:00 GMT, 16:00 Rome Time)
Expected weather: There is a 20 percent chance of rain with temperature ranging between 12°C and 1°C
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
Assistant referees: Wayne Barnes (England), Leighton Hodges (Wales)
TMO: Gareth Simmonds (Wales)

175 Responses to Six Nations: Italy vs France – Live Game Article

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Bullscot on 3 February 2013 at 5:16 pm

Orqurea drop kick over
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Just For Kicks on 3 February 2013 at 5:16 pm

Good stuff by Luciano Orquera
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grootblousmile on 3 February 2013 at 5:16 pm

Droppie by Orquera… over

Italy 10 / 5 France
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Bullscot on 3 February 2013 at 5:17 pm

Sorry thats ORQUERA Italy 10-5France
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Just For Kicks on 3 February 2013 at 5:18 pm

Italians swinging that ball very nicely – they have been watching some old French videos!
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Bullscot on 3 February 2013 at 5:19 pm

Orquera lines up the penalty
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Just For Kicks on 3 February 2013 at 5:19 pm

Another chance for the Italians
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Bullscot on 3 February 2013 at 5:19 pm

Over!
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grootblousmile on 3 February 2013 at 5:20 pm

Orquera slots a penalty for Italy.

Italy 13 / 5 France
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Just For Kicks on 3 February 2013 at 5:20 pm

Orquera has his kicking boots on today
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Bullscot on 3 February 2013 at 5:20 pm

Have Italy finally found the decent flyhalf they been looking for for ages
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The_Young_Turk on 3 February 2013 at 5:21 pm

@ Just For Kicks:
True, it’s nice to see the Italians playing some decent running rugby. Their strong point has been their forward play but they were absolutely useless among the backs – a bit like the Boks 😉
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Bullscot on 3 February 2013 at 5:22 pm

Nice crisp service so far by SafItalian scrummy Tobias Botes
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The_Young_Turk on 3 February 2013 at 5:23 pm

Looks like that win the Azzurri had over France last year has done wonders for their self-belief. Looks like they may even fancy their chances…
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Just For Kicks on 3 February 2013 at 5:24 pm

So far, the French are still on their summer break
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grootblousmile on 3 February 2013 at 5:25 pm

Freegin hell, France will have to start playing, I have them on Bru by a big margin… eish
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Just For Kicks on 3 February 2013 at 5:25 pm

42 @ The_Young_Turk:So, what you’re saying, is, that there is some hope for the Springboks!!!!!?
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The_Young_Turk on 3 February 2013 at 5:26 pm

Pity Tobias kicked that directly out…
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Just For Kicks on 3 February 2013 at 5:27 pm

French starting to move it a bit now. Even at their worst, they still manage to make it look slick
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grootblousmile on 3 February 2013 at 5:27 pm

Will the Italian passion hold… and will France catch a wake-up?

Some nice dedicated defenc by the Azzurri.
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Just For Kicks on 3 February 2013 at 5:28 pm

Much, much better from the French
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grootblousmile on 3 February 2013 at 5:28 pm

France now hard on attack… France over the line but it looks held up…
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The_Young_Turk on 3 February 2013 at 5:29 pm

@ grootblousmile:
Yip, they seem to be taking this match a little too easily.
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Bullscot on 3 February 2013 at 5:29 pm

Lovely interplay but held up over the line methinks should be no try for France
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Bullscot on 3 February 2013 at 5:30 pm

Cant give that one
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grootblousmile on 3 February 2013 at 5:30 pm

54 @ Bullscot:
Bully, glad you’re also seeing this, sounded earlier like you might be at work during the game…
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Just For Kicks on 3 February 2013 at 5:31 pm

5m scrum to the French is the result
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grootblousmile on 3 February 2013 at 5:31 pm

No try, France scrum, 5m out
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Bullscot on 3 February 2013 at 5:32 pm

@ grootblousmile:
Hi thanks gbs no just busy here at home, going in tonight
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grootblousmile on 3 February 2013 at 5:32 pm

France penalty… Azzuri offside

Six Nations: Italy vs France – Live Game Article

Italy (13) 23 / 18 (15) France (Final Score)

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