ITALY
No.Name
15Andrea Masi, FB
14Giovanbattista Venditti, W
T
13Gonzalo Canale, C
12Gonzalo Garcia, C
11Luke McLean, W
10Luciano Orquera, FH
4
9Edoardo Gori, SH
1Andrea Lo Cicero Vaina, P
2Leonardo Ghiraldini, H
3Lorenzo Cittadini, P
4Quintin Geldenhuys, L
5Joshua Furno, L
6Alessandro Zanni, FL
7Simone Favaro, FL
8Sergio Parisse, N8
Replacements
16Davide Giazzon, H
17Michele Rizzo, P
18Alberto de Marchi, P
19Antonio Pavanello, L
20Francesco Minto, L
21Paul Derbyshire, FL
22Tobie Botes, SH
23Tommaso Benvenuti, FB

*Players currently on the pitch are shown in bold

Game Info

Venue: Stadio Olimpico
10:30 AM, March 16, 2013
Attendance: 74,174
All CommentaryKey Events

Match Commentary

81'22-15 End of half
81'22-15 End of half
81'22-15 End of second half
81'22-15 Penalty goal - Luciano Orquera , Italy
80'Orquera slots the penalty to rub salts into wounds of the Irish.
80'Player substituted - Donnacha Ryan , Ireland
80'Substitute on - Paul Marshall , Ireland
80'Yellow card - Conor Murray , Ireland
79'More ill-discipline as Murray sees yellow for a trip.
75'Player substituted - Lorenzo Cittadini , Italy
75'Player substituted - Leonardo Ghiraldini , Italy
75'Player substituted - Edoardo Gori , Italy
75'Substitute on - Tobie Botes , Italy
75'Substitute on - Alberto de Marchi , Italy
75'Substitute on - Davide Giazzon , Italy
70'Player substituted - Rory Best , Ireland
70'Substitute on - Sean Cronin , Ireland
70'Player substituted - Cian Healy , Ireland
70'Substitute on - Dave Kilcoyne , Ireland
70'19-15 Penalty goal - Luciano Orquera , Italy
69'Orquera is the toast of the Olimpico as he punishes Ryan's petulance to give Italy a four-point lead.
69'Yellow card - Donnacha Ryan , Ireland
68'That was poor from Ryan - he catches an Italian with a late hit for no apparent reason
67'Substitute on - Stephen Archer , Ireland
67'Player substituted - Mike Ross , Ireland
66'Substitute on - Tommaso Benvenuti , Italy
66'Player substituted - Andrea Masi , Italy
65'Player substituted - Quintin Geldenhuys , Italy
65'Substitute on - Antonio Pavanello , Italy
64'Substitute on - Michele Rizzo , Italy
64'Substitute on - Devin Toner , Ireland
64'Player substituted - Andrea Lo Cicero Vaina , Italy
64'Player substituted - Mike McCarthy , Ireland
64'16-15 Penalty goal - Paddy Jackson , Ireland
63'Jackson cuts the deficit to just a point - he has been nerveless today
58'Substitute on - Paul Derbyshire , Italy
58'Player substituted - Simone Favaro , Italy
58'Player substituted - Joshua Furno , Italy
58'Substitute on - Francesco Minto , Italy
58'16-12 Penalty goal - Paddy Jackson , Ireland
57'Jackson punishes Furno's ill discipline and it's a four-point game
53'16-9 Penalty goal - Paddy Jackson , Ireland
52'Jackson slots the penalty and it is Italy 16-9 Ireland
52'Yellow card - Sergio Parisse , Italy
51'Parisse sees yellow for a trip on Madigan
50'16-6 Conversion - Luciano Orquera , Italy
49'Really impressive conversion from Orquera from the right of the sticks
49'14-6 Try - Giovanbattista Venditti , Italy
48'After numerous phases, Venditti eventually gets over the tryline. Barnes goes to the TMO and asks 'is there any reason why I cannot award the try' - there isn't and Italy have the first score of the game
41'Despite Kearney perhaps committing an offence worthy of swapping the penalty around, Wayne Barnes allows Jackson to go for the posts and the difference is just three points
41'+19-6 End of first half
41'+19-6 Penalty goal - Paddy Jackson , Ireland
40'9-6 Start of second half
37'Substitute on - Iain Henderson , Ireland
37'Player substituted - Luke Fitzgerald , Ireland
36'9-3 Penalty goal - Gonzalo Garcia , Italy
35'Great effort from Garcia and Italy are smelling blood here
30'Yellow card - Brian O'Driscoll , Ireland
28'Substitute on - Ian Madigan , Ireland
28'Player substituted - Luke Marshall , Ireland
25'Substitute on - Luke Fitzgerald , Ireland
25'Player substituted - Keith Earls , Ireland
22'6-3 Penalty goal - Luciano Orquera , Italy
21'More ill-discipline from Orquera as he makes up for his missed penalty to put Italy ahead
14'3-3 Penalty goal - Luciano Orquera , Italy
13'Easy penalty for Orquera from the left of the sticks - it's all square at the Olimpico
6'0-3 Penalty goal - Paddy Jackson , Ireland
5'Jackson puts Ireland ahead with a well struck penalty from just outside the 22
1'0-0 Start of first half

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