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England men · Six Nations Championship

Italy
v England⁠: England rugby union, 14 February 2016

9–40

Full time

Italy v England finished 9–40.

Italy
None
Date
Sunday 14 February 2016 · England in 2016
Venue
Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

  • No. 16, Jamie George On in the 70'
  • No. 17, Joe Marler On in the 47'
  • No. 18, Paul Hill On in the 69'
  • No. 19, Joe Launchbury On in the 47'
  • No. 20, Maro Itoje On in the 54'
  • No. 21, Jack Clifford On in the 62'
  • No. 22, Danny Care On in the 49'
  • No. 23, Alex Goode On in the 16' Off in the 21'

Italy

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Andrea Lovotti Prop Off in the 63'
  • No. 2, Ornel Gega Hooker Off in the 46'
  • No. 3, Lorenzo Cittadini Prop Off in the 58'
  • No. 4, George Biagi Lock
  • No. 5, Marco Fuser Lock Off in the 14'
  • No. 6, Francesco Minto Flanker
  • No. 7, Alessandro Zanni Flanker Off in the 30'
  • No. 8, Sergio Parisse (c) Number 8
  • No. 9, Edoardo Gori Scrum Half Off in the 75'
  • No. 10, Carlo Canna Fly Half Off in the 60'
  • No. 11, Mattia Bellini Wing
  • No. 12, Gonzalo Garcia Centre Off in the 32'
  • No. 13, Michele Campagnaro Centre
  • No. 14, Leonardo Sarto Wing
  • No. 15, Luke McLean Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Davide Giazzon On in the 46'
  • No. 17, Matteo Zanusso On in the 63'
  • No. 18, Martin Castrogiovanni On in the 58'
  • No. 19, Valerio Bernabò On in the 14'
  • No. 20, Braam Steyn On in the 30'
  • No. 21, Guglielmo Palazzani On in the 75'
  • No. 22, Edoardo Padovani On in the 60'
  • No. 23, Andrea Pratichetti On in the 32'

Referee: Glen Jackson. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

2011 – 2015

01 14 Feb 2015
Six Nations Championship Twickenham Stadium, London

England 47–17 Italy England won

England tries: Billy Vunipola 24', Jonathan Joseph 28', Ben Youngs 55', Jonathan Joseph 62', Danny Cipriani 64', Nick Easter 69'

Italy tries: Sergio Parisse 4', Luca Morisi 50', Luca Morisi 79'

Match page: England v Italy, 14 February 2015

02 15 Mar 2014
Six Nations Championship Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Italy 11–52 England England won

England tries: Mike Brown 13', Owen Farrell 32', Mike Brown 38', Jack Nowell 53', Mako Vunipola 61', Manu Tuilagi 68', Chris Robshaw 82'

Italy tries: Leonardo Sarto 69'

Match page: Italy v England, 15 March 2014

04 11 Feb 2012
Six Nations Championship Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Italy 15–19 England England won

England tries: Charlie Hodgson 51'

Italy tries: Giovanbattista Venditti 38', Tommaso Benvenuti 41'

Match page: Italy v England, 11 February 2012

05 12 Feb 2011
Six Nations Championship Twickenham Stadium, London

England 59–13 Italy England won

England tries: Chris Ashton 2', Chris Ashton 25', Mark Cueto 30', Mike Tindall 35', Chris Ashton 54', Danny Care 58', James Haskell 72', Chris Ashton 76'

Italy tries: Fabio Ongaro 70'

Match page: England v Italy, 12 February 2011

Official meetings since 1991

England v Italy stats

Full head-to-head

Meetings33In our results database
England wins32England perspective
Draws0Level at full time
Italy wins1Italy victories

England have scored 1289 points to Italy's 427 across these meetings.

Individual fixture records

Who has scored most?

England · Fixture leader

6

Mark Cueto

6 tries against Italy in matches we hold scorer data for.

Italy · Fixture leader

3

Mirco Bergamasco

Italy's leading scorer against England in matches we hold scorer data for.

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