| IRELAND 37 | V | ITALY 13 | |||
| COMPETITION: 6 Nations International Championship Updated 02.09.2007 | |||||
| VENUE: Stadio Faminio, Rome | DATE: 22 February, 2003 | SPECTATORS: 22,500 | |||
| REFEREE: Tony Spreadbury (England) | HALFTIME: 18-3 | ||||
| SCORERS: | SCORERS: | ||||
| TRIES: Humphreys, O'Driscoll, Kelly, Murphy, Stringer | TRIES: Dallan | ||||
| CONVERSIONS: Humphreys (3) | CONVERSIONS: | ||||
| PENALTY GOALS: Humphreys (2) | PENALTY GOALS: Dominguez, Pez | ||||
| DROPPED GOALS: | DROPPED GOALS: | ||||
| 15 | Geordan Murphy | Leicester RFC, England | 15 | Paolo Vaccari | Ghail Calvisano RFC |
| 14 | John Kelly (21) | Munster | 14 | Mauro Bergamasco | Benetton Treviso RFC |
| 13 | Brian O'Driscoll | Leinster | 13 | Cristian Stoica | Castres RFC, France |
| 12 | Kevin Maggs | Bath RFC, England | 12 | Giovanni Raineri | |
| 11 | Denis Hickie | Leinster | 11 | Dennis Dallan (22) | Benetton Treviso RFC |
| 10 | David Humphreys | Ulster | 10 | Diego Dominguez (21) | Stade Toulousian RFC, France |
| 9 | Peter Stringer (20) | Munster | 9 | Alessandro Troncon (Capt.) | Benetton Treviso RFC |
| 8 | Anthony Foley | Munster | 8 | Matthew Phillips (19) | |
| 7 | Victor Costello (19) | Leinster | 7 | Aaron Perisco | Viadana RFC |
| 6 | Keith Gleeson | Leinster | 6 | Andrea De Rossi | Ghail Calvisano RFC |
| 5 | Malcolm O'Kelly | Leinster | 5 | Christian Bezzi | |
| 4 | Gary Longwell (18) | Ulster | 4 | Marco Bortolami | Petraca Padova RFC |
| 3 | John Hayes | Munster | 3 | Giampiero De Carli | |
| 2 | Shane Byrne (16) | Leinster | 2 | Carlo Festuccia | |
| 1 | Reg Corrigan (17) | Leinster | 1 | Ramiro Martinez-Fugoni (17) | Benetton Treviso RFC |
| 16 | Frank Sheahan (2) | Munster | 16 | Andrea Moretti | Overmach Parma RFC |
| 17 | Marcus Horan (1) | Munster | 17 | Leandro Castrogiovanni (1) | |
| 18 | Leo Cullen (4) | Leinster | 18 | Marc Giacheri | North Harbour, New Zealand |
| 19 | Alan Quinlan (7) | Munster | 19 | Scott Palmer (8) | Benetton Treviso RFC |
| 20 | Guy Easterby (9) | Llanelli RFC, Wales | 20 | Juan Manuel Quierolo | Dax RFC, France |
| 21 | Rob Henderson (14) | Munster | 21 | Ramiro Pez (10) | |
| 22 | Paul Burke | Harlequins RFC, England | 22 | Mirco Bergamasco (11) | Petraca Padova RFC |
| COACH: Eddie O'Sullivan | COACH: John Kirwan | ||||
| MATCH NOTES This win saw Ireland pass its previous best run of matches without defeat. That was 7 (6 wins and a draw) set back in 1968-69. Sources www.rugby-planet.com; www.msn.skysports.com Missing data/information 1) Missing club affiliations for various Italian players. |
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