Italy (13) 20 / 21 (3) Scotland (Final Score)
Italy and Scotland did battle in the Six Nations at
Stadio Olimpico, Rome at 15:30 SA Time (14:30 Rome Time, 13:30 GMT).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 8 on TV in SA and BBC1 in UK.
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Scorers:
Italy:
- Penalties – Tommaso Allan (2)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Tommaso Allan (1), Joshua Furno (1)
- Conversions – Tommaso Allan (1), Luciano Orquera (1)
Scotland:
- Penalties – Greig Laidlaw (2)
- Drop Goals – Greig Laidlaw (1)
- Tries – Alex Dunbar (2)
- Conversions – Greig Laidlaw (1)
Teams:
Italy: 15 Luke McLean, 14 Angelo Esposito, 13 Michele Campagnaro, 12 Gonzalo Garcia, 11 Leonardo Sarto, 10 Tommaso Allan, 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 Matias Aguero, 18 Lorenzo Cittadini, 19 Marco Bortolami, 20 Paul Derbyshire, 21 Tobias Botes, 22 Luciano Orquera, 23 Tommaso Iannone.
Scotland: 15 Stuart Hogg, 14 Tommy Seymour, 13 Alex Dunbar, 12 Matt Scott, 11 Sean Lamont, 10 Duncan Weir, 9 Greig Laidlaw (Captain), 8 Johnnie Beattie, 7 Chris Fusaro, 6 Ryan Wilson, 5 Jim Hamilton, 4 Richie Gray, 3 Moray Low, 2 Scott Lawson, 1 Ryan Grant
Replacements: 16 Ross Ford, 17 Alasdair Dickinson, 18 Geoff Cross, 19 Tim Swinson, 20 David Denton, 21 Chris Cusiter, 22 Duncan Taylor, 23 Max Evans.
Date: Saturday 22 February
Venue: Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Kick-off: 15:30 SA Time (14:30 Rome Time, 13:30 GMT)
Predicted weather: rong>Partly cloudy, 20% chance of rain, high of 16, 15 kph wind
Referee: Steve Walsh (Australia)
Assistant Referees: Jérôme Garcès (France), Luke Pearce (England)
TMO: Geoff Warren (England)
Afternoon all, Turky’s first home game – enjoy boet, you should give the Bravehearts a hammering, the way they are playing at the moment!
I see Smith has become Johnson’s bunny, gone again very cheaply, SA currently 53/2
Ciao a tutti e forza Italia!
@ Just For Kicks:
Thanks mate, sorry to have to go against the Rokke for this one.
Howzit guys, also hoping the Italians pip this one
I see Jack & Coke Walsh is on the bottle, mean whistle.
He does enjoy favoring the home teams
@ The_Young_Turk: I have the wife next to me, so I’ll remain mute!!!
@ nortierd: Zinny book hard cover, will buy that one, Fitzy’s book has been sold. Will keep a look out for the rest
Anthems
@ Just For Kicks:Looks like a great day with you
5 @ nortierd:
Oh dear not good to hear that then nortierd
Game on
GO SCOTLAND!
Early scrum Italy
Very very experienced Italy pack
Nice steady scrum… until it wheeled
Very even scrum first up, reset though
Penalty Italy
Moray Low is pinged for pulling scrum down
1st Italian line out
Nice steal at the lineout Scotland and get penalty
Scotland take it against the head, and earn a penalty too. Good stuff
Tommy Seymour with a heavy boot, ball over the dead ball line. Nice run by the Scots though. Scrum Italy
Italian scrum looming much the stronger now, as the pitch looks like its been brought in from Murrayfield
2nd Scotland steal at lineout
Luke McLean with a nice clearance kick to almost Scotland 22
Lots of kicking early doors, some pretty aimless, but a could of good punts by both fullbacks
Scotland with all the running
SA 67/2, 244 runs ahead, arghh Moray Low pinged again at the scrum!
Another Italian penalty from the scrum. Scots not looking good at scrum – Moray Low the culprit
Suggestion that next penalty will be sin binning for Scotland, surely not – so early in the game
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