Teams

Ireland	Italy
Tries Byrne, Dempsey, Hickie 4, Humphreys, Kelly	Tries none
Cons Humphreys 6	Cons none
Pens Humphreys 3	Pens Peens 2
Team 15 FB Girvan Dempsey 14 W John Kelly 13 C Brian O'Driscoll (c) 12 C Rob Henderson 11 W Denis Hickie 10 FH David Humphreys 9 SH Guy Easterby 1 P Marcus Horan 2 H Shane Byrne 3 P Reggie Corrigan 4 L Gary Longwell 5 L Leo Cullen 6 F Simon Easterby 7 F Eric Miller 8 N8 Victor Costello     Replacements 16 H Paul Shields 17 P Justin Fitzpatrick 18 L Donncha O'Callaghan 19 F Kieron Dawson 20 SH Brian O'Meara 21 FB Geordan Murphy 22 C Jonathan Bell	Team 15 FB Gert Peens 14 W Nicola Mazzucato 13 C Cristian Stoica 12 C Matteo Barbini 11 W Diego Sacca 10 FH Francesco Mazzariol 9 SH Alessandro Troncon (c) 1 P Andrea Lo Cicero Vaina 2 H Fabio Ongaro 3 P Martin Castrogiovanni 4 L Cristian Bezzi 5 L Mark Giacheri 6 F Andrea de Rossi 7 F Mauro Bergamasco 8 N8 Sergio Parisse     Replacements 16 H Carlo Festuccia 17 Ramiro Martinez Frugoni 18 F Aaron Persico 19 N8 Matthew Phillips 20 Matteo Mazzantini 21 Ramiro Pez 22 FB Andrea Masi

Notes

Result Ireland won by a margin of 55 points

Ground name Thomond Park, Limerick

Attendance 14000

Referee SJ Lander (England)

Ireland Test debuts none

Italy Test debuts D Sacca

Other scores

England tour
France	17 - 16	England	Marseille
Scotland tour
Wales	23 - 9	Scotland	Millennium Stadium
Pan-American Championship
Argentina	62 - 22	Canada	Buenos Aires
USA	31 - 17	Uruguay	Buenos Aires