ITALY
	No.	Name
15Matteo Minozzi, -
14Tommaso Benvenuti, - T
13Tommaso Boni, -
12Tommaso Castello, -
11Mattia Bellini, - T
10Tommaso Allan, -  
9Marcello Violi, -
1Andrea Lovotti, -
2Leonardo Ghiraldini, -
3Simone Ferrari, -
4Alessandro Zanni, -
5Dean Budd, -
6Sebastian Negri, -
7Renato Giammarioli, -
8Sergio Parisse, -
Replacements
16Luca Bigi, -
17Nicola Quaglio, -
18Tiziano Pasquali, -
19George Biagi, -
20Maxime Mbanda, -
21Edoardo Gori, -
22Carlo Canna, -
23Jayden Hayward, -

ENG
	No.	Name
15Mike Brown, -
14Anthony Watson, - T 2
13Ben Te'o, -
12Owen Farrell, - T  4 
11Jonny May, -
10George Ford, - T
9Ben Youngs, -
1Mako Vunipola, -
2Dylan Hartley, -
3Dan Cole, -
4Joe Launchbury, -
5Maro Itoje, -
6Courtney Lawes, -
7Chris Robshaw, -
8Sam Simmonds, - T 2
16Jamie George, -
17Alec Hepburn, -
18Harry Williams, -
19George Kruis, -
20Sam Underhill, -
21Danny Care, -
22Jonathan Joseph, -
23Jack Nowell, - T

*Players currently on the pitch are shown in bold

Game Info

Venue: Stadio Olimpico

10:00 AM, February 4, 2018

2485dMartyn Thomas

Youngs injury leaves England with work to do before Wales test

While a seven-try romp in Rome is nothing to be looked down upon, the early injury to scrum-half Ben Youngs leaves Eddie Jones' men short of cover at a key position ahead of a crucial match against Wales at Twickenham on Saturday.

Match Commentary

81'		Despite the comfortable scoreline, it wasn't all plain sailing for the defending champions, but Eddie Jones is bound to be pleased with the result ahead of next weekend's showdown with Wales. There will also be plenty of positives for Italy coach Conor O'Shea to take away from the match, with his young players producing several excellent passages of play before ultimately falling short.
81'		That's the game! Danny Care puts the ball in to touch to bring proceedings to a close with England ending as 46-15 winners in Rome.
81'		15-46 End of second half

Match Stats

ITALY

ENG

52%

48%

52%

48%

ITALY

ENG

139	Runs	134
357	Meters Run	443
8	Clean Breaks	14
131	Tackles	153
26	Missed Tackles	17
8	Turnover Knock On	5

Standings

Six Nations
R	Team	GP	PD	P
1	IRE	5	+84	20
2	FRA	5	+6	15
3	ENG	5	-5	14
4	SCOT	5	0	12
5	ITALY	5	-34	11
6	WALES	5	-51	4

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