| ENGLAND 23 | V | ITALY 19 | |||||
| COMPETITION: 6 Nations International Championship Updated 21.02.2008 | |||||||
| VENUE: Stadio Flaminio, Rome | DATE: 10 February 2008 | SPECTATORS: 48,000 | |||||
| REFEREE: Alain Rolland (Ireland) | HALFTIME: 20-6 | ||||||
| SCORERS: | SCORERS: | ||||||
| TRIES: Sackey, Flood | TRIES: Picone | ||||||
| CONVERSIONS: Wilkinson (2) | CONVERSIONS: Bortolussi | ||||||
| PENALTY GOALS: Wilkinson (3) | PENALTY GOALS: Bortolussi (4) | ||||||
| DROPPED GOALS: | DROPPED GOALS: | ||||||
| 15 | Ian Balshaw | Gloucester | 15 | David Bortolussi | Montpellier, France | ||
| 14 | Paul Sackey | London Wasps | 14 | Kaine Robertson | Arix Viadana | ||
| 13 | James Noon (22t) | Newcastle Falcons | 13 | Gonzalo Canale (22) | Clermont Auvergne, France | ||
| 12 | Toby Flood | Newcastle Falcons | 12 | Mirco Bergamasco | Stade Français, France | ||
| 11 | Lesley Vainikolo | Gloucester | 11 | Ezio Galon | Overmach Parma | ||
| 10 | Jonny Wilkinson | Newcastle Falcons | 10 | Andrea Masi (21) | Biarritz Olympique, France | ||
| 9 | Andy Gomarsall (20) | Harlequins | 9 | Pietro Travagli (20) | Overmach Parma | ||
| 8 | Nicholas Easter (19) | Harlequins | 8 | Sergio Parisse (Capt.) | Stade Français, France | ||
| 7 | Michael Lipman | Bath Rugby | 7 | Mauro Bergamasco | Stade Français, France | ||
| 6 | James Haskell | London Wasps | 6 | Josh Sole | Arix Viadana | ||
| 5 | Steven Borthwick (Capt.) | Bath Rugby | 5 | Carlo Del Fava | Ulster, Ireland | ||
| 4 | Simon Shaw (18) | London Wasps | 4 | Santiago Dellape (19) | Biarritz Olympique | ||
| 3 | Matthew Stevens | Bath Rugby | 3 | Martin Castrogiovanni (18) | Leicester RFC, England | ||
| 2 | Mark Regan (16) | Bristol Rugby | 2 | Leonardo Ghiraldini (16) | Cammi Calvisano | ||
| 1 | Timothy Payne | London Wasps | 1 | Andrea Lo Cicero (17) | Metro Racing, France | ||
| 16 | Lee Mears (2) | Bath Rugby | 16 | Carlo Festuccia (2) | Metro Racing, France | ||
| 17 | Jason Hobson | 17 | Salvatore Perugini (1) | Stade Toulousain, France | |||
| 18 | Benjamin Kay (4) | Leicester Tigers | 18 | Carlos Nieto (3) | Gloucester, England | ||
| 19 | Luke Narraway (8) | Gloucester | 19 | Alessandro Zanni (4) | Cammi Calvisano | ||
| 20 | Richard Wigglesworth (9) | Sale Sharks | 20 | Simon Picone (9) | Benetton Treviso | ||
| 21 | Daniel Cipriani (10) | London Wasps | 21 | Andrea Marcato (10) | Benetton Treviso | ||
| 22 | Matthew Tait (13t) | Newcastle Falcons | 22 | Alberto Sgarbi (13) | Benetton Treviso | ||
| COACH: Brian Ashton | COACH: Nik Mallett | ||||||
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| Lipman had last played for England v Australia in Melbourne 2006 and Payne against France early 2007. Wigglesworth was making his test debut for England. Wilkinson passed 1000 test points for England. | |||||||
| Sgarbi was making his test debut for Italy. Parisse was playing his 50th test for Italy. Nieto last played for Italy v Argentina in June 2007, Picone v Canada November 2006 and Marcarto v Portugal October 2006. Picone's try was his first points for Italy. | |||||||
| Sources | |||||||
| http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-union/italy-19-england-23-england-fall-apart-again-but-borthwick-spares-blushes-780738.html | |||||||
| http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/7235427.stm | |||||||