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)
Italy looking dangerous who may get the penalty if they don’t use the advantage.
Penalty advantage Italy a few m out from the Scots line, after some great work by the Italians
Italy knock on and score a spectators try but ref takes them back for the penalty
Penalty given
Allan steps up to kick
Over Ita 3-0 Sco
Scotland look like they’re starting to panic a bit, a couple of hospital passes there
Scrappy play, knock ons by both sides but Hogg knocked on first so its scrum Italy
Scotland need a better scrum now
…and it is much better
Massive kick by Hogg takes play from his 22 into Italy 22
Italian line outs looking better now. Penalty Italy for Gray going up early
Scotlands defence leaking a bit
Good steal by Scotland
Hard work by the Scots see the ball back in the Italian 22, and scrum Italy
Allan takes it from the scrum, and kicks out in his own 10m line. Scotland throw in
Nice sleight of hand by Lawson
Its such a nice day going to head out with the family enjoy the game JFK, GO SCOTLAND!
Scotland get a penalty for their efforts. Kickable
Laidlaws kick good Ita 3-3 Sco 23 min gone
And scores are tied 3 all. Close contest at the moment.
Italy strong down the rhs of the field, but ends in a Scot scrum just outside Scotland 22. Scots 1st feed
Very good shove by Italians earns them a penalty, kickable.
Massive Italian scrum leads to a penalty
Allan misses, score remains the same
Kick missed by the Scots/Italian mongrel
Italy starting to get more into the game now, but errors see Scotland steal the ball, only to give away ANOTHER penalty – which is not helping their cause at all
Italy lineout
Another Scotland turnover, but lose the ball again, and, guess what, another penalty Italy, quickly taken
Unfortunate slip by the Scot there just when things were looking promising and now Italy are on the attack and win the penalty.
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