Teams

Italy	Ireland
Tries Dominguez, Pilat, Stoica	Tries O'Mahony
Cons Dominguez 2	Cons Elwood
Pens Dominguez 6	Pens Elwood, Humphreys 4
Team 15 FB Corrado Pilat 14 W Paolo Vaccari 13 C Cristian Stoica 12 C Manuel Dallan 11 W Marcello Cuttitta 10 FH Diego Dominguez 9 SH Alessandro Troncon 1 P Massimo Cuttitta 2 H Carlo Orlandi 3 P Andrea Castellani 4 L Giambattista Croci 5 L Carlo Checchinato 6 F Massimo Giovanelli (c) 7 F Julian Gardner 8 N8 Andrea Sgorlon     Replacements 16 F Orazio Arancio 17 L Walter Cristofoletto 18 Luca Martin 19 Andrea Scanavacca 20 Gianluca Guidi 21 Giampiero de Carli	Team 15 FB Kevin Nowlan 14 W Denis Hickie 13 C Kevin Maggs 12 C Mark McCall 11 W Darragh O'Mahony 10 FH David Humphreys 9 SH Niall Hogan 1 P Reggie Corrigan 2 H Keith Wood (c) 3 P Peter Clohessy 4 L Paddy Johns 5 L Malcolm O'Kelly 6 F David Erskine 7 F Dylan O'Grady 8 N8 Eric Miller     Replacements 16 FH Eric Elwood 17 H Allen Clarke 18 BR Victor Costello 19 Brian O'Meara 20 Jonathan Bell 21 Justin Fitzpatrick

Notes

Result Italy won by a margin of 15 points

Ground name Campo Arcoveggio, Bologna

Referee D Mene (France)

Italy Test debuts C Pilat

Ireland Test debuts D O'Grady

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