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England men · Six Nations Championship

Italy
v England⁠

19–23

Full time

Italy v England finished 19–23.

Italy
Simon Picone 76'
Date
Sunday 10 February 2008 · England in 2008
Venue
Stadio Flaminio, Rome

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

  • No. 16, Lee Mears On in the 56'
  • No. 17, Jason Hobson (not used)
  • No. 18, Ben Kay On in the 77'
  • No. 19, Luke Narraway On in the 65'
  • No. 20, Richard Wigglesworth On in the 60'
  • No. 21, Danny Cipriani On in the 67'
  • No. 22, Mathew Tait On in the 52' Off in the 63'

Italy

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Andrea Lo Cicero Prop Off in the 52'
  • No. 2, Leonardo Ghiraldini Hooker Off in the 63'
  • No. 3, Martin Castrogiovanni Prop Off in the 60'
  • No. 4, Santiago Dellapè Lock Off in the 73'
  • No. 5, Carlo Del Fava Lock
  • No. 6, Josh Sole Flanker
  • No. 7, Mauro Bergamasco Flanker
  • No. 8, Sergio Parisse (c) Number 8
  • No. 9, Pietro Travagli Scrum Half Off in the 56'
  • No. 10, Andrea Masi Fly Half Off in the 73'
  • No. 11, Ezio Galon Wing
  • No. 12, Mirco Bergamasco Centre
  • No. 13, Gonzalo Canale Centre Off in the 63'
  • No. 14, Kaine Robertson Wing
  • No. 15, David Bortolussi Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Carlo Festuccia On in the 63'
  • No. 17, Salvatore Perugini On in the 52'
  • No. 18, Carlos Nieto On in the 60'
  • No. 19, Alessandro Zanni On in the 73'
  • No. 20, Simon Picone On in the 56'
  • No. 21, Andrea Marcato On in the 73'
  • No. 22, Alberto Sgarbi On in the 63'

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

2003 – 2007

02 11 Feb 2006
Six Nations Championship Stadio Flaminio, Rome

Italy 16–31 England England won

England tries: Mike Tindall 25', Charlie Hodgson 55', Mark Cueto 66', James Simpson-Daniel 80'

Italy tries: Mirco Bergamasco 77'

Match page: Italy v England, 11 February 2006

03 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

04 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

05 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

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

Mirco Bergamasco

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

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