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)
If the Italians could just cut out some of those silly errors…..
@ The_Young_Turk:Ice Cream a very welcome addition to any dinner meal!
Michalak slots a penalty from the Italian 10m line.
France 18 / 13 Italy
Freddy’s been to Monty’s kicking 101 course
France penalty…. what happened there… Michalak milks a penalty… hehehe
Spot on Nige!
Penalty was on halfway, Michalak just short with the attempt
Italy looking better on defense than attack – some crunching tackles there.
Looks like France is resigned to winning ugly here… not too much urgency, kicking the ball back aimlessly sometimes
Some nice rugby from the Italians, they’ve come on along way in their brief time at the top, thats for sure
Italy make three simultaneous subs
Italy hard on attack, 5m out
COME ON ITALY
Tryyyyyyyy Castrogiovanni!
Magnificent try by the Azzurri!
YEEEEHAAAAAAA!!!!!!!
Very good build up, and very, very good try
Italy 20 / 18 France
France still have plenty to do to win this match.
So, the French have some work to do!
Pascal Pape off subbed… injured
Aargh, silly mistake just gives possession away to the French!
Nothing working for France now….
Silly mistakes again
Gosh last time checked France were leading
Italians tails are up. Freddy Frog will have to pull something out to win this one.
Is Parisse the best no 8 in the world or does he have an equal?
France makes changes… Parra is on Basteraud too
France lacklustre… this is not the way they will win the Six Nations, that’s for sure
Azzurri penalty from a scrum…
Italy maul the ball from their lineout… France gets the turnover scrum
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