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)
England 15 / 11 Italy
Nothing going Englands way now
Now the Pastas are not going to take it easy.
Ref penalised Italy every time at the scrum. Twice now England have infringed, and it is merely a reset. Consistancy??????
And the pommies are rattled. The Azzurri are fired up. They smell rosbif!
Another kickable Italy penalty
Looks like Flood has taken over captaincy
Missed right
Ah flokit!
See what a difference it has made to the Italians now that they are clearing the rucks quickly?
All the luck going italy’s way at the moment.
Now England on the attack…
Lovely pressure from the Italians, Isn’t it great when the underdog does well!
Manu Tuilagi’s name hasn’t been mentioned once yet this game. Been a very quiet game for him. Italians have very successfully snuffed him
Where does Tobias Botes hail from?
Good England scrum and they get a penalty… kicked to touch
105 @ Just For Kicks:
Don’t know… somewhere in SA, I presume
@ Just For Kicks:
saffer of course
Penalty England, smack bang in front.
England 18 / 11 Italy
Having said what I did about Tuilagi, it must be kak having someone like Barratt inside him. Imagine playing with someone who cannot pass, or refuses to either!
108 @ The_Young_Turk:Yes, but whats his pedigree?
I went for England by 19 on superbru.
Italy penalty on the England 10m line…
Fark, my Bru is going to be soooo wrong, I picked England BIGGGG (by 30)
@ Just For Kicks:
I think he plays for a French club.
Who would have thought that after 65 mins, Italy would still be in the game.
@ The_Young_Turk:I see all the bully boys went for the Blues too in their Bru picks – only Bean a true supporter!!!! They have little faith in their team!
Yup, a good change at last. Barratt has held up the back line. Watch Billy open up the back line now
@ Just For Kicks:
Ha ha, unlike us who back our Stormpoppies through thick and thin 😉
Italians just not prepared to tow the line and let England run amok.
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