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England men · Six Nations Championship

England
v Italy⁠

40–5

Full time

England v Italy finished 40–5.

Italy
Mirco Bergamasco 58'
Date
Sunday 9 March 2003 · England in 2003
Venue
Twickenham Stadium, London

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

  • No. 16, Mark Regan On in the 64'
  • No. 17, Mike Worsley On in the 61'
  • No. 18, Simon Shaw On in the 58'
  • No. 19, Alex Sanderson On in the 19'
  • No. 20, Kyran Bracken On in the 70'
  • No. 21, Charlie Hodgson On in the 48' Off in the 54'
  • No. 22, Ollie Smith On in the 54'

Italy

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Giampiero De Carli Prop Off in the 49'
  • No. 2, Carlo Festuccia Hooker Off in the 74'
  • No. 3, Ramiro Martinez-Frugoni Prop
  • No. 4, Christian Bezzi Lock
  • No. 5, Mark Giacheri Lock Off in the 6'
  • No. 6, Andrea de Rossi Flanker
  • No. 7, Aaron Persico Flanker
  • No. 8, Matthew Phillips Number 8 Off in the 73'
  • No. 9, Alessandro Troncon (c) Scrum Half Off in the 69'
  • No. 10, Ramiro Pez Fly Half
  • No. 11, Denis Dallan Wing Off in the 14'
  • No. 12, Giovanni Raineri Centre
  • No. 13, Paolo Vaccari Centre Off in the 66'
  • No. 14, Nicola Mazzucato Wing
  • No. 15, Mirco Bergamasco Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Fabio Ongaro On in the 74'
  • No. 17, Martin Castrogiovanni On in the 49'
  • No. 18, Marco Bortolami On in the 6'
  • No. 19, Scott Palmer On in the 73'
  • No. 20, Matteo Mazzantini On in the 69'
  • No. 21, Andrea Masi On in the 14'
  • No. 22, Gert Peens On in the 66'

Referee: Alain Rolland. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1998 – 2002

01 7 Apr 2002
Six Nations Championship Stadio Flaminio, Rome

Italy 9–45 England England won

England tries: Will Greenwood, Will Greenwood, Ben Cohen, Jason Robinson, Lawrence Dallaglio, Austin Healey

Italy tries: None

Match page: Italy v England, 7 April 2002

02 17 Feb 2001
Six Nations Championship Twickenham Stadium, London

England 80–23 Italy England won

England tries: Iain Balshaw, Iain Balshaw, Austin Healey, Austin Healey, Will Greenwood, Ben Cohen, Jonny Wilkinson, Lawrence Dallaglio, Mark Regan, Joe Worsley

Italy tries: Denis Dallan 6', Carlo Checchinato 25'

Match page: England v Italy, 17 February 2001

03 18 Mar 2000
Six Nations Championship Stadio Flaminio, Rome

Italy 12–59 England England won

England tries: Penalty try 28', Matt Dawson 36', Austin Healey 46', Austin Healey 48', Austin Healey 54', Ben Cohen 59', Ben Cohen 72', Matt Dawson 77'

Italy tries: Luca Martin 7', Cristian Stoica 21'

Match page: Italy v England, 18 March 2000

04 2 Oct 1999
Rugby World Cup Twickenham, London

England 67–7 Italy England won

England tries: Matt Dawson 9', Richard Hill 33', Phil De Glanville 36', Matt Perry 48', Jonny Wilkinson 51', Dan Luger 68', Neil Back 71', Martin Corry 77'

Italy tries: Diego Dominguez 22'

Match page: England v Italy, 2 October 1999

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

Austin Healey

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

Italy · Fixture leader

3

Luca Morisi

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

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