FRANCE  30 V   ITALY  12
    COMPETITION: 6 Nations International Championship     DATE:  04.02.2012                                                Updated 01.04.2012
    VENUE: Stade de France, Paris     SPECTATORS: 79,563
    REFEREE: Nigel Owens (Wales)     HALFTIME: 15-6 Home Page
    SCORERS:     SCORERS:
    TRIES: Rougerie, Malzieu, Clerc, Fofana     TRIES: 
    CONVERSIONS: Yachvili (2)     CONVERSIONS: 
    PENALTY GOALS: Yachvili (2)     PENALTY GOALS: Burton (3) 
    DROPPED GOALS:     DROPPED GOALS: Burton 
               
15   Maxime Medard Toulouse 15   Andrea Masi Aironi
14   Vincent Clerc Toulouse 14   Giovanbattista Venditti Aironi
13   Aurelien Rougerie (22) Clermont Auvergne 13   Tommaso Benvenuti Treviso
12   Wesley Fofana Clermont Auvergne 12   Alberto Sgarbi (22) Treviso
11   Julien Malzieu Clermont Auvergne 11   Luke McLean Treviso
10   François Trinh-Duc (21) Montpellier 10   Kristopher Burton (21) Treviso
9   Dimitri Yachvili (20) Biarritz 9   Edoardo Gori (20) Treviso
8   Louis Picamoles (19) Toulouse 8   Sergio Parisse (Capt.) Stade Francais, France
7   Julien Bonnaire Clermont Auvergne 7   Robert Barbieri (19) Treviso
6   Thierry Dusautoir (Capt.) Toulouse 6   Alessandro Zanni Treviso
5   Lionel Nallet (18) Racing Metro 5   Quintin Geldenhuys (18) Aironi
4   Pascal Pape Stade Francais 4   Cornelius van Zyl Treviso
3   Nicolas Mas (17) Perpignan 3   Martin Castrogiovanni Leicester Tigers
2   William Servat (16) Toulouse 2   Leonardo Ghiraldini (16) Treviso
1   Vincent Debaty Clermont Auvergne 1   Andrea Lo Cicero (17) Racing Metro, France
               
16   Dimitri Szarzewski (2) Stade Francais 16   Tommaso D'Apice (2) Aironi
17   Jean-Baptiste Poux (3) Toulouse 17   Lorenzo Cittadini (1) Treviso
18   Yoann Maestri (5) Toulouse 18   Marco Bortolami (5) Aironi
19   Imanol Harinordoquy (8) Biarritz 19   Simone Favaro (7) Aironi
20   Morgan Parra (9) Clermont Auvergne 20   Fabio Semenzato (9) Treviso
21   Lionel Beauxis (10) Toulouse 21   Tobias Botes (10) Treviso
22   Maxime Mermoz (13) Perpignan 22   Gonzalo Canale (12) Clermont Auvergne
               
    HEAD COACH: Philippe Saint-Andre     HEAD COACH: Jacques Brunel
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MATCH NOTES
Test Debuts: France-Fofana, Maestri. Italy-Botes, Venditti

Malzieu last played a test for France v Argentina, June 2010, Debaty v Romania in 2006, Beauxis v Australia in June 2009
Dusautoir and Mas were playing their 50th test for France.
Fofana scored a try for France on debut.
Favaro last played a test for Italy v South Africa, June 2010. Lo Cicero added to his record number of tests for Italy.

Sources
http://www.espnscrum.com/six-nations-2012/rugby/story/158654.html
http://www.espnscrum.com/statsguru/rugby/match/133767.html

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