SIX Nations 2018: Italy vs England – Live Game Article

Published 4 February 2018 | By grootblousmile

Italy (10) 15 / 46 (17) England (Final Score)

The Italian Azzurri and England did battle in the RBS SIX Nations 2018 at

Stadio Olympico, Rome, Italy at 17:00 SA Time (16:00 Italy Time, 15:00 UK Time & 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 – Tommaso Allan (1)
Drop Goals – 0
Tries – Tommaso Benvenuti (1), Mattia Bellini (1)
Conversions – Tommaso Allan (1)

England:

Penalties – Owen Farrell (1)
Drop Goals – 0
Tries – Anthony Watson (2), Owen Farrell (1), Sam Simmonds (2), George Ford (1), Jack Nowell (1)
Conversions – Owen Farrell (4)

Teams:

Italian Azzurri	England
4 February 2018 at 17:00 SA Time
Team: 15 Matteo Minozzi, 14 Tommaso Benvenuti, 13 Tommaso Boni, 12 Tommaso Castello, 11 Mattia Bellini, 10 Tommaso Allan, 9 Marcello Violi, 8 Sergio Parisse (Captain), 7 Renato Giammarioli, 6 Sebastian Negri, 5 Dean Budd, 4 Alessandro Zanni, 3 Simone Ferrari, 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini, 1 Andrea Lovotti Replacements: 16 Luca Bigi, 17 Nicola Quaglio, 18 Tiziano Pasquali, 19 George Biagi, 20 Maxime Mbanda, 21 Edoardo Gori, 22 Carlo Canna, 23 Jayden Hayward	Team: 15 Mike Brown, 14 Anthony Watson, 13 Ben Te’o, 12 Owen Farrell, 11 Jonny May, 10 George Ford, 9 Ben Youngs, 8 Sam Simmonds, 7 Chris Robshaw, 6 Courtney Lawes, 5 Maro Itoje, 4 Joe Launchbury, 3 Dan Cole, 2 Dylan Hartley (Captain), 1 Mako Vunipola Replacements: 16 Jamie George, 17 Alec Hepburn, 18 Harry Williams, 19 George Kruis, 20 Sam Underhill, 21 Danny Care, 22 Jonathan Joseph, 23 Jack Nowell

Expected weather: Cool, with rain tapering off. High of 12°C and low of 3°C
Referee: Mathieu Raynal (France)
Assistant Referees: Jérôme Garcès (France), Nic Berry (Australia)
TMO: Glenn Newman (New Zealand)

41 Responses to SIX Nations 2018: Italy vs England – Live Game Article

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grootblousmile on 4 February 2018 at 4:57 pm

Players out on the field and the English Anthem is just finished.

The Italian Anthem is now ringing out in Rome.
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2018 at 4:57 pm

Anthems done and dusted!
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2018 at 5:00 pm

Game ON!

Kick-Off by England!
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2018 at 5:02 pm

England scrum penalty on halfway, kicked to touch.
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2018 at 5:03 pm

Try England, No 14, Anthony Watson!
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2018 at 5:05 pm

Conversion bounces away off the right upright.

Italy 0 / 5 England
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2018 at 5:16 pm

Ben Youngs is stretchered off for England… and replaced.
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2018 at 5:17 pm

Athony Watson smokes the opposition again…. try!

TMO
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2018 at 5:17 pm

That is a try!

Awarded!
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2018 at 5:18 pm

Italy 0 / 10 England
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2018 at 5:24 pm

I think England will win big today…

England penalty, deeeep in their own half, kicked to touch.
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2018 at 5:25 pm

Parisse and Zanni does well on halfway and Italy gets a scrum on halfway.
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2018 at 5:27 pm

Try Italy, Tommasso Benvenuti, on the right wing.
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2018 at 5:28 pm

Italy 7 / 10 England
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2018 at 5:32 pm

Try Owen Farrell, England!
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2018 at 5:33 pm

Italy 7 / 17 England
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2018 at 5:47 pm

Italy penalty, shot at goal and easily slotted!

Italy 10 / 17 England
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2018 at 5:49 pm

Lemoenetyd
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2018 at 6:04 pm

2nd Half ON!
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2018 at 6:12 pm

Italy 10 / 20 England
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2018 at 6:15 pm

Try Italy, No 13, Tommaso Boni!

TMO

Not awarded!!
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2018 at 6:19 pm

Try Sam Simmonds, England!
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2018 at 6:21 pm

Italy 10 / 27 England
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2018 at 6:24 pm

Try Italy, Bellini?
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2018 at 6:25 pm

TMO

Looks like his knee was out.
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2018 at 6:25 pm

Now it looks like he was not out…
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2018 at 6:25 pm

Try stands!
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2018 at 6:27 pm

Italy 15 / 27 England
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2018 at 6:39 pm

Try George Ford, England!
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2018 at 6:40 pm

Italy 15 / 34 England

SIX Nations 2018: Italy vs England – Live Game Article

Italy (10) 15 / 46 (17) England (Final Score)

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