Teams

Ireland	Italy
Tries O'Gara, Trimble	Tries Pratichetti, Troncon
Cons O'Gara 2	Cons Bortolussi, de Marigny
Pens O'Gara 2	Pens Bortolussi
Drops O'Gara	Drops Bortolussi
Team 15 FB Girvan Dempsey 14 W Geordan Murphy 13 C Andrew Trimble 12 C Gordon D'Arcy 11 W Denis Hickie 10 FH Ronan O'Gara 9 SH Peter Stringer 1 P Marcus Horan 2 H Rory Best 3 P John Hayes 4 L Donncha O'Callaghan 5 L Paul O'Connell (c) 6 F Simon Easterby 7 F Neil Best 8 N8 Denis Leamy     Replacements 16 H Jerry Flannery 17 P Simon Best 18 L Malcolm O'Kelly 19 Alan Quinlan 20 SH Isaac Boss 21 Paddy Wallace 22 OB Brian Carney	Team 15 FB David Bortolussi 14 W Kaine Robertson 13 C Gonzalo Canale 12 C Mirco Bergamasco 11 W Matteo Pratichetti 10 FH Roland de Marigny 9 SH Alessandro Troncon 1 P Salvatore Perugini 2 H Fabio Ongaro 3 P Martin Castrogiovanni 4 L Valerio Bernabo 5 L Marco Bortolami (c) 6 F Alessandro Zanni 7 F Robert Barbieri 8 N8 Sergio Parisse     Replacements 16 Leonardo Ghiraldini 17 P Matias Aguero 18 F Josh Sole 19 F Manoa Vosawai 20 C Pablo Canavosio 21 C Paul Griffen 22 FB Ezio Galon

Notes

Result Ireland won by a margin of 3 points

Ground name Ravenhill, Belfast

Attendance 14100

Referee N Owens (Wales)

Ireland Test debuts none

Italy Test debuts none

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