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 up to Scots 22, and Scotland concede another penalty – Walsh being his usual dubious self!
@ The_Young_Turk:
@ Just For Kicks:
YesYes!
Who is the Italian coach these days, you know?
Allan steps up, and over – Italy 6-3 Scot 31 min gone
And the Italian Allan kicks the 3 points!
@ Pietman:Jacques Brunel
@ Pietman:
Ciao ole toppie! A frog of course.
Scotland hard on attack now. Has been a very even game so far. Into Italian 22
Just For Kicks wrote:
Fantastic, thanks.
Sent you a mail as well.
Atlas is taking a touring side over to the UK end of March, so he says that if you can meet up, he can bring it over as well
Aaaaargh, ends in a knock. Italian ball
@ Just For Kicks:
Difficult to pick who will win this game at this stage. Italy might just have the edge because they are at home.
Another Italian penalty, Italy opt for the line
Fumo with a great run, but foot in touch
@ nortierd:Saw your mail. Have bought the Zinny book. Where is Atlas going to. I am up north (Scottish border), but can easily send it to him when he gets here, if we can’t meet up
AND Italy over , great try by Allan
Magnificent by Parisse and the Italian Allan gets the try on half time! Brava Italia!
Awesome run by Parisse, set up that try, thats for sure
@ Just For Kicks:
@ The_Young_Turk:
Grazie per il vostro contributo!
Conversion good, Italy 13/3 Scotland (40 min)
Now Italy go into half time with a 10 point lead. Going to be tough for Scotland now…
SA looking much better in the cricket, SA now 112/2, Amla 55 (Good to see him back in form!!!), DuP 24
@ Pietman:Pleasure!
@ Pietman:
niente, vecchio!
Frenitico Italia! Otimo lavero, andare avante!
Scotland going to find it very hard to come back from here. Scotland gave away far too many penalties in that 1st half, tackling wasn’t out of the top drawer, and the odd handling error let them down. Their scrum leaves a lot to be desired as well.
Italy on the other hand, got stronger as the match went on. After a poor start in the line out, they got that going ok. Defence looked good, and scrum awesome. Just handling errors, and a few wayward kicks let them down.
Scotland really need to up their game if they’re to come back in the second half.
Faf has also gone in the cricket
SA 113/3
Hey, go read our interview with the Vake Manager of rugby…. ask questions if you want… quickly!
Players back out on the pitch
2nd half on
Fairly scrappy start, but Italians clear and Scotland line out on their 10m
Indecision by Hogg
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