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)
Frogs creeping back into it now
Freddy Frog slots it.
Italy 13 / 8 France
Surprised that France took the 3 points. May have been a wise decision to narrow the gap and take the sure points…
Good maul by Italy…
@ The_Young_Turk:
This is a test and so early in the game why would they not take the sure points
Farkit, I have France by 29 on Bru… can’t see it happening now
@ Bullscot:
Thought they would back themselves to score a try against the Italians. Maybe they are treating them with a bit more respect than in the past.
Try, France No 11, under the sticks
Benjamin Fall in for the French
France make it look easy. They still don’t seem to have gotten out of 2nd gear yet.
France 15 / 13 Italy
Nice chip into the corner, just in need of a real speedster or 2
Nice bit of running by the Italians.
France butcher a try scoring opportunity…. pass too far in front of Quedrago
French back from their summer break, just haven’t finished unpacking yet
Poor handling by the Italians there…
One feels that France is now picking up the pace….
Dummy throw at the lineout… free kick Italy
At halftime, Italians still in the game
Lemoenetyd
Will the Frogs put the match away in the 2nd half?
Players coming back out onto the pitch… can the French dominate the 2nd Half?
2Nd Half ON!
France immediately turn over an Italian ball and earn a penalty on their own 10m line
I think that the Frogs may well come into their own this half – Hope I’m wrong!
Nice set move from the Italians from the scrum
Italians keeping the ball nicely but France defence is good
France penalty… time to get out of their own half
Benvenuti sounds like an Italian Ice Cream!
Italian backline resembling the Stormers
@ Just For Kicks:
Benvenuto is welcome in Italian.
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