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England men · Six Nations Championship

Italy
v England⁠

16–31

Full time

Italy v England finished 16–31.

England
Mike Tindall 25', Charlie Hodgson 55', Mark Cueto 66', James Simpson-Daniel 80'
Italy
Mirco Bergamasco 77'
Date
Saturday 11 February 2006 · England in 2006
Venue
Stadio Flaminio, Rome

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

Italy

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Salvatore Perugini Prop Off in the 72'
  • No. 2, Fabio Ongaro Hooker Off in the 68'
  • No. 3, Carlos Nieto Prop Off in the 68'
  • No. 4, Santiago Dellapè Lock Off in the 59'
  • No. 5, Marco Bortolami (c) Lock
  • No. 6, Josh Sole Flanker Off in the 58'
  • No. 7, Mauro Bergamasco Flanker
  • No. 8, Sergio Parisse Number 8
  • No. 9, Paul Griffen Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Ramiro Pez Fly Half
  • No. 11, Ludovico Nitoglia Wing
  • No. 12, Mirco Bergamasco Centre
  • No. 13, Gonzalo Canale Centre
  • No. 14, Pablo Canavosio Wing Off in the 62'
  • No. 15, Cristian Stoica Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Carlo Festuccia On in the 68'
  • No. 17, Andrea Lo Cicero On in the 72'
  • No. 18, Martin Castrogiovanni On in the 68'
  • No. 19, Carlo Del Fava On in the 59'
  • No. 20, Aaron Persico On in the 58'
  • No. 21, Simon Picone On in the 62'
  • No. 22, Rima Wakarua (not used)

Referee: Kelvin Deaker. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

2001 – 2005

01 12 Mar 2005
Six Nations Championship Twickenham Stadium, London

England 39–7 Italy England won

England tries: Mark Cueto 10', Steve Thompson 43', Mark Cueto 47', Iain Balshaw 65', Mark Cueto 69', Andy Hazell 88'

Italy tries: Alessandro Troncon 46'

Match page: England v Italy, 12 March 2005

02 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

03 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

04 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

05 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

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

Tommaso Allan

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

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