Teams

Ireland	Italy
Tries Bell	Tries M Cuttitta, Dominguez, Vaccari 2
Cons none	Cons Dominguez 4
Pens Burke 8	Pens Dominguez 3
Team 15 FB Conor O'Shea 14 W James Topping 13 C Jonathan Bell 12 C Mark McCall 11 W Dominic Crotty 10 FH Paul Burke 9 SH Stephen McIvor 1 P Nick Popplewell 2 H Keith Wood (c) 3 P Paul Wallace 4 L Gabriel Fulcher 5 L Jeremy Davidson 6 F David Corkery 7 F Eric Miller 8 N8 Anthony Foley     Replacements 16 F Denis McBride 17 L Paddy Johns 18 David Humphreys 19 Niall Hogan 20 Paul Flavin 21 Allen Clarke	Team 15 FB Javier Pertile 14 W Paolo Vaccari 13 C Stefano Bordon 12 C Cristian Stoica 11 W Marcello Cuttitta 10 FH Diego Dominguez 9 SH Alessandro Troncon 1 P Massimo Cuttitta (c) 2 H Carlo Orlandi 3 P Franco Properzi-Curti 4 L Walter Cristofoletto 5 L Giambattista Croci 6 F Andrea Sgorlon 7 F Julian Gardner 8 N8 Orazio Arancio     Replacements 16 W Nicola Mazzucato 17 L Carlo Checchinato 18 Andrea Castellani 19 Francesco Mazzariol 20 Gianluca Guidi 21 Alessandro Moscardi

Notes

Result Italy won by a margin of 8 points

Ground name Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Attendance 25000

Referee RG Davies (Wales)

Ireland Test debuts ERP Miller

Italy Test debuts AC Stoica