Ireland (17) 41 / 7 (7) Italy (Final Score)
Ireland and Italy did battle in the Six Nations tournament at
Aviva Stadium, Dublin at 16:30 SA Time (14:30 GMT, 15:30 Italy Time).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 7 on TV in SA.
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Scorers:
Ireland:
- Penalties – Jonathan Sexton (1)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Jonathan Sexton (2), Andrew Trimble (1), Cian Healy (1), Sean Cronin (1), Fergus McFadden (1), Jack McGrath (1(
- Conversions – Jonathan Sexton (2), Paddy Jackson (2)
Italy:
- Penalties – 0
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Leonardo Sarto (1)
- Conversions – Luciano Orquera (1)
Teams:
Ireland: 15 Rob Kearney, 14 Andrew Trimble, 13 Brian O’Driscoll, 12 Gordon D’Arcy, 11 Dave Kearney, 10 Jonathan Sexton, 9 Conor Murray, 8 Jamie Heaslip, 7 Chris Henry, 6 Iain Henderson, 5 Paul O’Connell (captain), 4 Devin Toner, 3 Mike Ross, 2 Rory Best, 1 Cian Healy.
Replacements: 16 Sean Cronin, 17 Jack McGrath, 18 Martin Moore, 19 Rhys Ruddock, 20 Jordi Murphy, 21 Eoin Reddan, 22 Paddy Jackson, 23 Fergus McFadden.
Italy: 15 Luke McLean, 14 Angelo Esposito, 13 Michele Campagnaro, 12 Gonzalo Garcia, 11 Leonardo Sarto, 10 Luciano Orquera, 9 Tito Tebaldi, 8 Robert Barbieri, 7 Paul Derbyshire, 6 Joshua Furno, 5 Marco Bortolami (captain), 4 Quintin Geldenhuys, 3 Martin Castrogiovanni, 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini, 1 Alberto De Marchi.
Replacements: 16 Davide Giazzon, 17 Michele Rizzo, 18 Lorenzo Cittadini, 19 Antonio Pavanello, 20 Manoa Vosawai, 21 Edoardo Gori, 22 Tommaso Allan, 23 Andrea Masi.
Date: Saturday 8 March
Venue: Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Kick-off: 16:30 SA Time (14:30 GMT, 15:30 Italy Time)
Referee: Romain Poite (France)
Assistant Referees: Steve Walsh (Australia), Lourens van der Merwe (South Africa)
TMO: Simon McDowell (Ireland)
But Ireland steal it back and boot well down field
Much more enjoyable, on the other hand the Crusaders lost it all.
Ireland have hardly put boot to ball at all. Makes for great running rugby
Frenetic stuff so far. Ireland with the ball again into Italy’s half they go
Meat was good, the braaibroodjies was the clincher.
Luckily I started early, didn’t want to run outside and miss the rugby, ha ha, but finished just before the first drops fell, so timing was lucky
How was your whiskey tasting?
Kearney brake that mid field again, looks like this is where the Italian weak spot is today
Connor Murray off with injury, Eoin Reddan on
Irelansd take scrum against head, up to Italian 22
Irish tighthead, not often one sees the Italian scrum retreat, especially when Castrogiovanni is propping
@ nortierd: No Whisky this week, been all wine tasting lectures – same again next week too. Have you had much rain?
Thought a tackle like that on O’Connor would be classified as a dangerous tackle?
@ nortierd: Castro went off early – 3 broken ribs
Ireland 5m out
….and lose ball on line. Italy get ball up to nearly halfway
Too much rain, the beginning of the week it was relentless. In the mornings the water was almost bumper high in the roads by us.
Has subsided somewhat since yesterday, luckily, too much rain is almost as bad as too little rain
Guess you are used to rain 360 days of the year?
Ireland making a very ‘Crusaders-like’ meal of this so far, but, unlike the Crusaders, I do expect them to improve as the game goes on
Just For Kicks wrote:
Ok, thanks, must have missed that.
Now the tighthead makes more sense
@ nortierd:Yeah, although, this year, so far, up North, we’ve had very little rain – now going into a mini heat wave – say it’s hotter here than the Greek islands!!!
TRYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
Massive tackle but still a good try to Italy
Sarto under the posts after some very lacklustre defence from Ireland
Ireland 7 / 7 Italy (25 min)
Scrum Ireland on Italy’s 22
Connor Murray feeling nauseous reason for leaving pitch
Very nice try by Italy
Poor from Kearny, but well taken none the less
Very much against the run of play
OK i am going to watck the Bulls game
I see Thinus Delport is in studio guest for Sky again – he is there every w/end. Must be making some serious tom
Ireland almost over, penalty advantage, and given. right on line
Sexton going for posts
Over
Ireland 10 / 7 Italy (29 min)
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