SIX Nations: Italy vs France – Live Game Article

Published 15 March 2015 | By grootblousmile

Italy (0) 0 / 29 (9) France (Final Score)

Italy and France did battle in the RBS 6 Nations at

Stadio Olimpico, Rome at 17:00 SA Time (16:00 Italian & French Time, 15:00 GMT).

This was the live match discussion Article.

The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 on TV in SA.

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Scorers:

Italy:

Penalties – 0
Drop Goals – 0
Tries – 0
Conversions – 0

France:

Penalties – Camille Lopez (2), Scott Spedding (1), Jules Plisson (2)
Drop Goals – 0
Tries – Yoann Maestri (1), Mathieu Bastareaud (1)
Conversions – Jules Plisson (2)

Teams:

Italy	France
15 March at 17:00 SA Time
Team: 15 Luke McLean, 14 Leonardo Sarto, 13 Luca Morisi, 12 Andrea Masi, 11 Giovanbattista Venditti, 10 Tomaso Allen, 9 Edoardo Gori, 8 Sergio Parisse (Captain), 7 Samuela Vunisa, 6 Francesco Minto, 5 Josh Furno, 4 George Biagi, 3 Dario Chistolini, 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini, 1 Matias Aguero Replacements: 16 Andrea Manici, 17 Alberto De Marchi, 18 Lorenzo Cittadini, 19 Quintin Geldenhuys, 20 Marco Barbini, 21 Guglielmo Palazzani, 22 Luciano Orquera, 23 Enrico Bacchin	Team: 15 Scott Spedding, 14 Yoann Huget, 13 Gael Fickou, 12 Maxime Mermoz, 11 Noa Nakaitaci, 10 Camille Lopez, 9 Sebastian Tillous-Borde, 8 Loann Goujon, 7 Bernard Le Roux, 6 Thierry Dusautoir (Captain), 5 Yoann Maestri, 4 Alexandre Flanquart, 3 Nicolas Mas, 2 Guilhem Guirado, 1 Eddy Ben Arous Replacements: 16 Benjamin Kayser, 17 Vincent Debaty, 18 Rabah Slimani, 19 Romain Taofifenua, 20 Damien Chouly, 21 Rory Kockott, 22 Jules Plisson, 23 Mathieu Bastareaud

Expected weather: Cloudy with a chance of rain, high of 11 °C.
Referee: JP Doyle (England)
Assistant Referees: Wayne Barnes (England), Stuart Berry (South Africa)
TMO: Simon McDowell (Ireland)

90 Responses to SIX Nations: Italy vs France – Live Game Article

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grootblousmile on 15 March 2015 at 4:53 pm

OK, shuffle up… the teams are about to come onto the pitch!
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grootblousmile on 15 March 2015 at 4:55 pm

Teams out on the field at Stadio Olimpico, Rome.
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grootblousmile on 15 March 2015 at 4:56 pm

Anthems

France anthem up first!
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grootblousmile on 15 March 2015 at 4:57 pm

Now the Italian Opera music!
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grootblousmile on 15 March 2015 at 5:02 pm

Game ON!

Kick-Off by the Azzurri!

Of course, this game is a bit of a dead rubber, neither these 2 teams stands a chance to win the RBS 6 Nations!

Sound quality not of the best from the feed…
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grootblousmile on 15 March 2015 at 5:04 pm

Spedding marks and kicks far upfield
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grootblousmile on 15 March 2015 at 5:05 pm

22 Drop in for france… Azzurri with all the early ball and action.
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grootblousmile on 15 March 2015 at 5:06 pm

Counter-attack by the Fijian French left wing, Parisse covers well
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grootblousmile on 15 March 2015 at 5:08 pm

Italy penalty, Frenchman diving on the retreating Azzurri player who collected the ball
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grootblousmile on 15 March 2015 at 5:09 pm

Another Italian penalty on their own 10m line
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grootblousmile on 15 March 2015 at 5:10 pm

Now a kickable Azzurri penalty, Bernard le Roux the offender yet again.
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grootblousmile on 15 March 2015 at 5:11 pm

Tomaso Allen to goal… missed sitter
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grootblousmile on 15 March 2015 at 5:12 pm

France kick out directly, lineout way back
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grootblousmile on 15 March 2015 at 5:13 pm

France forced to dribble it out inside their own 22, Italian attacking lineout.
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grootblousmile on 15 March 2015 at 5:14 pm

Parisse knocks a kick-receipt, then france knock, back for the scrum, French ball.
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grootblousmile on 15 March 2015 at 5:15 pm

Azzurri Free Kick, early engage. Italy opt to scrum!
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grootblousmile on 15 March 2015 at 5:16 pm

Strong Azzurri scrum… and they almost create space out wide left.
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grootblousmile on 15 March 2015 at 5:17 pm

Tomaso Allen off, he was playing half-injured from the start
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grootblousmile on 15 March 2015 at 5:18 pm

Parisse taken out in the air from a kick, penalty
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grootblousmile on 15 March 2015 at 5:19 pm

Orcera for goal… off the upright and just bounces away.
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grootblousmile on 15 March 2015 at 5:20 pm

The Azzurri might rue all their chances not taken whilst having all the ball and territory.
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grootblousmile on 15 March 2015 at 5:21 pm

Bernard le Roux does not impress me one bit
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grootblousmile on 15 March 2015 at 5:22 pm

This game is like watching paint dry…
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grootblousmile on 15 March 2015 at 5:23 pm

France scrum penalty… looks kickable
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grootblousmile on 15 March 2015 at 5:24 pm

Scott Spedding will take the shot at goal
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grootblousmile on 15 March 2015 at 5:24 pm

Missed right… still 0 / 0
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grootblousmile on 15 March 2015 at 5:25 pm

Apparently the pitch is very wet… so that partly explains all the handling errors!
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grootblousmile on 15 March 2015 at 5:27 pm

France get the scrum… going forward, but the Azzurri scrum is putting them under big pressure.

Azzurri Free Kick, skew scrum feed
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grootblousmile on 15 March 2015 at 5:29 pm

France slowly but surely getting more into the game… arghhh… forward pass by the Azzurri, just outside the France 22
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grootblousmile on 15 March 2015 at 5:29 pm

When last have we seen France so mediocre, so flawed, so… well… kak, to put it mildly?

SIX Nations: Italy vs France – Live Game Article

Italy (0) 0 / 29 (9) France (Final Score)

Italy

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