| FRANCE 53 | V | ITALY 17 | |||
| COMPETITION: 6-Nations International Championship | |||||
| VENUE: Rome | DATE: 23 March, 2003 | SPECTATORS: 17,250 | |||
| REFEREE: N.Williams (Wales) | HALFTIME: 41-10 | ||||
| SCORERS: | SCORERS: | ||||
| TRIES: Rougerie (2), Traille (2), Btesen, Castaignede, Michalak | TRIES: Phillips, Mirco Bergamasco, Persico, Pez | ||||
| CONVERSIONS:Yachville (6) | CONVERSIONS: Pez (2) | ||||
| PENALTY GOALS: Yachville (2) | PENALTY GOALS: Pez | ||||
| DROPPED GOALS: | DROPPED GOALS: | ||||
| 15 | Clement Poitreneaud | Toulouse RFC | 15 | Mirco Bergamasco | Petraca Padova RFC |
| 14 | Xavier Gabajosa (22) | Toulouse RFC | 14 | Nicola Mazzucato (22) | Benetton Treviso RFC |
| 13 | Thomas Castaignede | Saracens RFC, England | 13 | Paolo Vaccari (21) | Ghail Calvisano RFC |
| 12 | Damien Traille | Pau RFC | 12 | Giovanni Raineri | Amatori & Calvisano RFC |
| 11 | Aurelien Rougerie | Montferrand RFC | 11 | Dennis Dallan | Benetton Treviso RFC |
| 10 | Frederik Michalak (21) | Toulouse RFC | 10 | Ramiro Pez | Rotherham RFC, England |
| 9 | Dimiri Yachvili (20) | Biarritz RFC | 9 | Alessandro Troncon (C) (20) | Benetton Treviso RFC |
| 8 | Imanol Harinordoquy (19) | Pau RFC | 8 | Matthew Phillips | Viadana RFC |
| 7 | Olivier Magne | Montferrand RFC | 7 | Aaron Perisco | Viadana RFC |
| 6 | Serge Betsen | Biarritz RFC | 6 | Andrea De Rossi (19) | Ghail Calvisano RFC |
| 5 | Olivier Brouzet (18) | Montferrand RFC | 5 | Christian Bezzi | Viadana RFC |
| 4 | Fabien Polous (C) | Toulouse RFC | 4 | Marc Giacheri (18) | North Harbour, New Zealand |
| 3 | Sylvain Marconnet | Stade Francais RFC | 3 | Andrea Lo Cicero | Stade Toulousian RFC, France |
| 2 | Raphael Ibanez (16) | Castres RFC | 2 | Carlo Festuccia (16) | Overmach Parma RFC |
| 1 | Jean-Jacques Crenca (17) | Agen RFC | 1 | Ramiro Martinez-Fugoni (17) | Benetton Treviso RFC |
| 16 | Jean-Baptiste Rue (2) | Agen RFC | 16 | Fabio Ongaro (2) | Benetton Treviso RFC |
| 17 | Olivier Milloud (1) | Bourgoin RFC | 17 | Leandro Castrogiovanni (1) | Amatori & Calvisano RFC |
| 18 | David Auradou (5) | Stade Francais RFC | 18 | Santiago Dellape (4) | Benetton Treviso RFC |
| 19 | Patrick Tabacco (8) | Stade Francais RFC | 19 | Scott Palmer (6) | Benetton Treviso RFC |
| 20 | Jean-Baptiste Elissalde (9) | Toulouse RFC | 20 | Matteo Mazzantini (20) | |
| 21 | Gerald Merceron (10) | Montferrand RFC | 21 | Gert Peens (13) | Overmach Parma RFC |
| 22 | Vincent Clerc (14) | Toulouse RFC | 22 | Andrea Masi (14) | |
| COACH | COACH: John Kirwan | ||||
| MATCH NOTES Sources-www.planet-rugby.com; www.ffr.fr;www.rugby.it Missing data/information 1) Club affiliations for Italian players Mazzantini & Masi |
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