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England men · Six Nations Championship

England
v Italy⁠

39–7

Full time

England v Italy finished 39–7.

Italy
Alessandro Troncon 46'
Date
Saturday 12 March 2005 · England in 2005
Venue
Twickenham Stadium, London

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

  • No. 16, Andy Titterrell On in the 71'
  • No. 17, Duncan Bell On in the 80'
  • No. 18, Steve Borthwick On in the 66'
  • No. 19, Andy Hazell On in the 81'
  • No. 20, Matt Dawson On in the 52'
  • No. 21, Andy Goode On in the 81'
  • No. 22, Ollie Smith On in the 70'

Italy

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Andrea Lo Cicero Prop
  • No. 2, Fabio Ongaro Hooker Off in the 24'
  • No. 3, Salvatore Perugini Prop Off in the 56'
  • No. 4, Carlo Del Fava Lock Off in the 54'
  • No. 5, Marco Bortolami (c) Lock
  • No. 6, Aaron Persico Flanker
  • No. 7, David Dal Maso Flanker Off in the 41'
  • No. 8, Sergio Parisse Number 8
  • No. 9, Alessandro Troncon Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Luciano Orquera Fly Half
  • No. 11, Ludovico Nitoglia Wing
  • No. 12, Matteo Barbini Centre Off in the 41'
  • No. 13, Andrea Masi Centre
  • No. 14, Roberto Pedrazzi Wing
  • No. 15, Gert Peens Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Giorgio Intoppa On in the 24' Off in the 62'
  • No. 17, Martin Castrogiovanni On in the 56'
  • No. 18, Mario Savi On in the 62'
  • No. 19, Santiago Dellapè On in the 54'
  • No. 20, Silvio Orlando On in the 41'
  • No. 21, Paul Griffen (not used)
  • No. 22, Walter Pozzebon On in the 34' Off in the 38'

Referee: Mark Lawrence. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

2000 – 2004

01 15 Feb 2004
Six Nations Championship Stadio Flaminio, Rome

Italy 9–50 England England won

England tries: Iain Balshaw 16', Jason Robinson 23', Jason Robinson 43', Josh Lewsey 59', Jason Robinson 64', Paul Grayson 70', Chris Jones 86'

Italy tries: None

Match page: Italy v England, 15 February 2004

02 9 Mar 2003
Six Nations Championship Twickenham Stadium, London

England 40–5 Italy England won

England tries: Josh Lewsey 2', Steve Thompson 10', James Simpson-Daniel 12', Josh Lewsey 14', Mike Tindall 22', Dan Luger 70'

Italy tries: Mirco Bergamasco 58'

Match page: England v Italy, 9 March 2003

03 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

04 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

05 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

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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