England (12) 18 / 11 (3) Italy (Final Score)
England and Italy did battle in the Six Nations tournament at Twickenham, London at 17:00 SA Time (15:00 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:
England:
- Penalties – Toby Flood (6)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – 0
- Conversions – 0
Italy:
- Penalties – Luciano Orqueara (2)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Luke McLean (1)
- Conversions – 0
Teams:
England: 15 Alex Goode, 14 Chris Ashton, 13 Manu Tuilagi, 12 Brad Barritt, 11 Mike Brown,10 Toby Flood, 9 Danny Care, 8 Tom Wood, 7 Chris Robshaw (Captain), 6 James Haskell, 5 Geoff Parling, 4 Joe Launchbury, 3 Dan Cole, 2 Tom Youngs, 1 Mako Vunipola.
Replacements: 16 Dylan Hartley, 17 David Wilson, 18 Joe Marler, 19 Courney Lawes, 20 Tom Croft, 21 Ben Youngs, 22 Freddie Burns, 23 Billy Twelvetrees.
Italy: 15 Andrea Masi, 14 Giovanbattista Venditti, 13 Gonzalo Canale, 12 Gonzalo Garcia, 11 Luke McLean, 10 Luciano Orquera, 9 Edoardo Gori, 8 Sergio Parisse (Captain), 7 Robert Barbieri, 6 Alessandro Zanni, 5 Joshua Furno, 4 Quintin Geldenhuys, 3 Martin Castrogiovanni, 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini, 1 Alberto de Marchi.
Replacements: 16 Davide Giazzon, 17 Andrea Lo Cicero, 18 Lorenzo Cittadini, 19 Antonio Pavanello, 20 Francesco Minto, 21 Simone Favaro, 22 Tobias Botes, 23 Tommaso Benvenuti.
Date: Sunday 10 March
Venue: Twickenham, London
Kick-off: 17:00 SA Time (15:00 GMT)
Expected weather: Predominantly cloudy weather with a gentle north-easter blowing at 15 miles-per-hour. Maximum temperatures of 4°c and a minimum of -2°c
Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Nigel Owens (Wales), Mathieu Raynal (France)
TMO: Simon McDowell (Ireland)
About 40 minutes to go till kick-off in this match.
Hope we’ll see a good crowd of commentors here for the game… on a nice Sunday afternoon.
A Dark-haired bella singing some song…
Italian side taking the field
OK, shuffle up, shuffle up.
England taking to the field as well
Anthems
Italian Anthem up first
God Save The Queen up now
She must be a tad chilly
…. and Turkey is sitting bolt upright seeing the Bella….
Hehehe
England mustn’t be complacant, but having said that, they should walk this one
Game ON!
England look to be giving the ball a bit of air. Hope it makes for a good game
13 @ Just For Kicks:
Weater better than yesterday and that alone should help as well
Massive England scrum, first up… and they get the deserved penalty
Just too powerful for the Italians
Toby Flood going for goal
England 3 / 0 Italy
@ grootblousmile:Yup, weather definitely marred proceedings yesterday, spoilt what looked to have the makings of a great Irish/French match-up
Another England penalty on halfway and Flood does not kick out
Conundrum for this afternoon. – Would Brad Barrett be playing for the Springboks, were he still in South Africa, Given that the English seem to have some good depth in the mid-field department?
England looks like a well-coached side
Another England penalty and this time Flood does manage to kick it out
Danny Care should have passed that one with a bit more, well……care!
Certainly enough go-forward ball for England
Stoic defence by the Italians. Good stuff
Second steal in as many minutes. England need to protect that ball a little better
Ama-Blomme beat Pakistan by 125 runs.
Pakistan all out for 190 runs on 36.2 overs
Penalty England again…. and not out once again
Expanding on a previous comment, it looks as if both sides are out to enjoy themselves today. Both throwing the ball around when they get the chance.
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