| ENGLAND 36 | V | ITALY 11 | |||||
| COMPETITION: 6 Nations International Championship | DATE: 7 February 2009 Updated: 03.04.2009 | ||||||
| VENUE: Twickenham | SPECTATORS: 82,000 | ||||||
| REFEREE: Mark Lawrence (South Africa) | HALFTIME: 22-6 | ||||||
| SCORERS: | SCORERS: | ||||||
| TRIES: Ellis (2), Goode, Flutey, Cueto | TRIES: Mirco Bergamasco | ||||||
| CONVERSIONS: Goode (4) | CONVERSIONS: | ||||||
| PENALTY GOALS: Goode | PENALTY GOALS: Mclean (2) | ||||||
| DROPPED GOALS: | DROPPED GOALS: | ||||||
| 15 | Delon Armitage | London Irish | 15 | Andrea Masi | Biarritz Olympique, France | ||
| 14 | Paul Sackey | London Wasps | 14 | Kaine Robertson | Montepashi Viadana | ||
| 13 | Jamie Noon (22) | Newcastle Falcons | 13 | Gonzalo Canale | Clermont Auvergne, France | ||
| 12 | Riki Flutey (21) | London Wasps | 12 | Gonzalo Garcia (22) | Cammi Calvisano | ||
| 11 | Mark Cueto | Sale Sharks | 11 | Mirco Bergamasco | Stade Français, France | ||
| 10 | Andrew Goode | CA Brive, France | 10 | Andrea Marcato (21) | Benetton Treviso | ||
| 9 | Harold Ellis (20) | Leicester Tigers | 9 | Mauro Bergamasco (20) | Stade Français, France | ||
| 8 | Nicholas Easter | Harlequins | 8 | Sergio Parisse (Capt.) | Stade Français, France | ||
| 7 | Steffon Armitage (19) | London Irish | 7 | Alessandro Zanni | Cammi Calvisano | ||
| 6 | James Haskell | London Wasps | 6 | Joshua Sole | Montepashi Viadana | ||
| 5 | Nicholas Kennedy (18) | London Irish | 5 | Marco Bortolami (18) | Gloucester, England | ||
| 4 | Steven Borthwick (Capt.) | Saracens | 4 | Santiago Dellapé (19) | Toulon, France | ||
| 3 | Phillip Vickery | London Wasps | 3 | Martin Castrogiovani | Leicester Tigers, England | ||
| 2 | Lee Mears (16) | Bath Rugby | 2 | Fabio Ongaro (16) | Saracens, England | ||
| 1 | Andrew Sheridan (17) | Sale Sharks | 1 | Salvatore Perugini (17) | Stade Français, France | ||
| 16 | Dylan Hartley (2) | Northampton Saints | 16 | Carlo Festuccia (2) | Racing Metro Paris, France | ||
| 17 | Julian White (1) | Leicester Tigers | 17 | Carlos Nieto (1) | Gloucester RFC, England | ||
| 18 | Thomas Croft (5) | Leicester Tigers | 18 | Tommaso Reato (5) | Femi RZ Rovigo | ||
| 19 | Joseph Worsley (7) | London Wasps | 19 | Jean-Francois Montauriol (4) | Casinò di Venezia | ||
| 20 | Benjamin Foden (9) | Northampton Saints | 20 | Giulio Toniolatti (9) | Almaviva UR Capitolina | ||
| 21 | Shane Geraghty (12) | London Irish | 21 | Luke Mclean (10) | Cammi Calvisano | ||
| 22 | Mathew Tait (13) | Sale Sharks | 22 | Matteo Pratichetti (12) | Cammi Calvisano | ||
| HEAD COACH: Martin Johnson | HEAD COACH: Nik Mallett | ||||||
| MATCH NOTES Goode last played for England v South Africa in November 2006, whilst 35 year old White made a comeback after last appearing for England v Wales in the 6 Nations match of 2007. Geraghty also last appeared for England v Wales in 2007. Trinidadian born Steffon Armitage, in the starting XV and Foden from the bench, made their test debuts for England.. Flutey's try was his first for England. Mauro Beragamasco’s selection at scrum half, after spending most of his international career on the side of the scrum, is a very rare occurrence of a forward being selected as a back at this level of international rugby. Montauriol was making his test debut for Italy. Sources http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/7873600.stm |
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