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England men · Six Nations Championship

Italy
v England⁠

12–17

Full time

Italy v England finished 12–17.

Italy
None
Date
Sunday 14 February 2010 · England in 2010
Venue
Stadio Flaminio, Rome

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

  • No. 16, Steve Thompson On in the 70'
  • No. 17, Dave Wilson On in the 64'
  • No. 18, Matt Mullan On in the 59'
  • No. 19, Louis Deacon On in the 64'
  • No. 20, Steffon Armitage On in the 73'
  • No. 21, Paul Hodgson On in the 76'
  • No. 22, Toby Flood (not used)

Italy

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Salvatore Perugini Prop Off in the 70'
  • No. 2, Leonardo Ghiraldini (c) Hooker Off in the 76'
  • No. 3, Martin Castrogiovanni Prop Yellow card 58'
  • No. 4, Quintin Geldenhuys Lock
  • No. 5, Marco Bortolami Lock
  • No. 6, Josh Sole Flanker Off in the 70'
  • No. 7, Mauro Bergamasco Flanker
  • No. 8, Alessandro Zanni Number 8
  • No. 9, Tito Tebaldi Scrum Half Off in the 53'
  • No. 10, Craig Gower Fly Half
  • No. 11, Mirco Bergamasco Wing
  • No. 12, Gonzalo Garcia Centre Off in the 76'
  • No. 13, Gonzalo Canale Centre
  • No. 14, Andrea Masi Wing Off in the 55'
  • No. 15, Luke McLean Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Fabio Ongaro On in the 76'
  • No. 17, Matias Aguero On in the 53'
  • No. 18, Valerio Bernabò (not used)
  • No. 19, Paul Derbyshire On in the 70'
  • No. 20, Pablo Canavosio On in the 53'
  • No. 21, Riccardo Bocchino (not used)
  • No. 22, Kaine Robertson On in the 55' Off in the 62'

Referee: Christophe Berdos. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

2005 – 2009

01 7 Feb 2009
Six Nations Championship Twickenham Stadium, London

England 36–11 Italy England won

England tries: Andy Goode 2', Harry Ellis 18', Riki Flutey 28', Harry Ellis 55', Mark Cueto 78'

Italy tries: Mirco Bergamasco 72'

Match page: England v Italy, 7 February 2009

04 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

05 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

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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