Six Nations
- Croke Park, 2 February 2008, 14:00 local, 14:00 GMT
Ireland
(10)
16 - 11
(3)
Italy
(FT)
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Teams
Ireland
Italy
Tries
Dempsey
Tries
Castrogiovanni
Cons
O'Gara
Cons
none
Pens
O'Gara 3
Pens
Bortolussi 2
Team
15
FB
Girvan Dempsey
14
W
Andrew Trimble
13
C
Brian O'Driscoll
(c)
12
C
Gordon D'Arcy
11
W
Geordan Murphy
10
FH
Ronan O'Gara
9
SH
Eoin Reddan
1
P
Marcus Horan
2
H
Rory Best
3
P
John Hayes
4
L
Donncha O'Callaghan
5
L
Malcolm O'Kelly
6
F
Simon Easterby
7
F
David Wallace
8
N8
Denis Leamy
Replacements
16
H
Bernard Jackman
17
P
Tony Buckley
18
L
Mick O'Driscoll
19
F
Jamie Heaslip
20
SH
Peter Stringer
21
Paddy Wallace
22
C
Rob Kearney
Team
15
FB
David Bortolussi
14
W
Kaine Robertson
13
C
Gonzalo Canale
12
C
Mirco Bergamasco
11
W
Pablo Canavosio
10
FH
Andrea Masi
9
SH
Pietro Travagli
1
P
Andrea Lo Cicero Vaina
2
H
Leonardo Ghiraldini
3
P
Martin Castrogiovanni
4
L
Santiago Dellape
5
L
Carlo Antonio del Fava
6
F
Josh Sole
7
F
Mauro Bergamasco
8
N8
Sergio Parisse
(c)
Replacements
16
H
Carlo Festuccia
17
P
Salvatore Perugini
18
P
Lorenzo Cittadini
19
L
Tommaso Reato
20
F
Alessandro Zanni
21
FB
Andrea Marcato
22
W
Ezio Galon
Notes
Result
Ireland won by a margin of 5 points
Six Nations points
Ireland 2, Italy 0
Ground name
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance
75387
Referee
JI Kaplan
(South Africa)
Ireland Test debuts
none
Italy Test debuts
L Cittadini
,
T Reato
Other scores
Six Nations
England
19 - 26
Wales
Twickenham
Six Nations B
Georgia
31 - 3
Portugal
Tbilisi
