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)
Orqurea drop kick over
Good stuff by Luciano Orquera
Droppie by Orquera… over
Italy 10 / 5 France
Sorry thats ORQUERA Italy 10-5France
Italians swinging that ball very nicely – they have been watching some old French videos!
Orquera lines up the penalty
Another chance for the Italians
Over!
Orquera slots a penalty for Italy.
Italy 13 / 5 France
Orquera has his kicking boots on today
Have Italy finally found the decent flyhalf they been looking for for ages
@ 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 😉
Nice crisp service so far by SafItalian scrummy Tobias Botes
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…
So far, the French are still on their summer break
Freegin hell, France will have to start playing, I have them on Bru by a big margin… eish
42 @ The_Young_Turk:So, what you’re saying, is, that there is some hope for the Springboks!!!!!?
Pity Tobias kicked that directly out…
French starting to move it a bit now. Even at their worst, they still manage to make it look slick
Will the Italian passion hold… and will France catch a wake-up?
Some nice dedicated defenc by the Azzurri.
Much, much better from the French
France now hard on attack… France over the line but it looks held up…
@ grootblousmile:
Yip, they seem to be taking this match a little too easily.
Lovely interplay but held up over the line methinks should be no try for France
Cant give that one
54 @ Bullscot:
Bully, glad you’re also seeing this, sounded earlier like you might be at work during the game…
5m scrum to the French is the result
No try, France scrum, 5m out
@ grootblousmile:
Hi thanks gbs no just busy here at home, going in tonight
France penalty… Azzuri offside
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