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England men · Six Nations Championship

Italy
v England⁠

15–19

Full time

Italy v England finished 15–19.

Italy
Giovanbattista Venditti 38', Tommaso Benvenuti 41'
Date
Saturday 11 February 2012 · England in 2012
Venue
Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

  • No. 16, Rob Webber On in the 75'
  • No. 17, Matt Stevens On in the 75'
  • No. 18, Geoff Parling On in the 59'
  • No. 19, Ben Morgan On in the 52'
  • No. 20, Lee Dickson On in the 52'
  • No. 21, Jordan Turner-Hall On in the 77'
  • No. 22, Mike Brown (not used)

Italy

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Andrea Lo Cicero Prop
  • No. 2, Leonardo Ghiraldini Hooker Off in the 59'
  • No. 3, Martin Castrogiovanni Prop Off in the 34'
  • No. 4, Quintin Geldenhuys Lock Off in the 58'
  • No. 5, Marco Bortolami Lock
  • No. 6, Alessandro Zanni Flanker
  • No. 7, Robert Barbieri Flanker Off in the 76'
  • No. 8, Sergio Parisse (c) Number 8
  • No. 9, Edoardo Gori Scrum Half Off in the 58'
  • No. 10, Kris Burton Fly Half Off in the 48'
  • No. 11, Luke McLean Wing
  • No. 12, Gonzalo Canale Centre Off in the 64'
  • No. 13, Tommaso Benvenuti Centre
  • No. 14, Giovanbattista Venditti Wing
  • No. 15, Andrea Masi Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Tommaso D'Apice On in the 59'
  • No. 17, Lorenzo Cittadini On in the 34'
  • No. 18, Antonio Pavanello On in the 58'
  • No. 19, Mauro Bergamasco On in the 76'
  • No. 20, Fabio Semenzato On in the 58'
  • No. 21, Tobie Botes On in the 48'
  • No. 22, Luca Morisi On in the 64'

Referee: Jerome Garces · Player of the match: Sergio Parisse. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

2007 – 2011

01 12 Feb 2011
Six Nations Championship Twickenham Stadium, London

England 59–13 Italy England won

England tries: Chris Ashton 2', Chris Ashton 25', Mark Cueto 30', Mike Tindall 35', Chris Ashton 54', Danny Care 58', James Haskell 72', Chris Ashton 76'

Italy tries: Fabio Ongaro 70'

Match page: England v Italy, 12 February 2011

03 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

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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