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England men · Six Nations Championship

Italy
v England⁠

15–46

Full time

Italy v England finished 15–46.

Italy
Tommaso Benvenuti 19', Mattia Bellini 57'
Date
Sunday 4 February 2018 · England in 2018
Venue
Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

Italy

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Andrea Lovotti Prop Off in the 40'
  • No. 2, Leonardo Ghiraldini Hooker Off in the 53'
  • No. 3, Simone Ferrari Prop Off in the 53'
  • No. 4, Alessandro Zanni Lock
  • No. 5, Dean Budd Lock Off in the 60'
  • No. 6, Sebastian Negri Flanker
  • No. 7, Renato Giammarioli Flanker Off in the 49'
  • No. 8, Sergio Parisse (c) Number 8
  • No. 9, Marcello Violi Scrum Half Off in the 62'
  • No. 10, Tommaso Allan Fly Half Off in the 72'
  • No. 11, Mattia Bellini Wing
  • No. 12, Tommaso Castello Centre Off in the 72'
  • No. 13, Tommaso Boni Centre Off in the 80'
  • No. 14, Tommaso Benvenuti Wing
  • No. 15, Matteo Minozzi Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Luca Bigi On in the 53'
  • No. 17, Nicola Quaglio On in the 40'
  • No. 18, Tiziano Pasquali On in the 53'
  • No. 19, George Biagi On in the 60'
  • No. 20, Maxime Mbandà On in the 49'
  • No. 21, Edoardo Gori On in the 62'
  • No. 22, Carlo Canna On in the 72'
  • No. 23, Jayden Hayward On in the 72'

Referee: Mathieu Raynal. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

2013 – 2017

01 26 Feb 2017
Six Nations Championship Twickenham, London

England 36–15 Italy England won

England tries: Dan Cole 24', Danny Care 44', Elliot Daly 47', Jack Nowell 70', Ben Te'o 73', Jack Nowell 80'

Italy tries: Giovanbattista Venditti 40', Michele Campagnaro 60'

Match page: England v Italy, 26 February 2017

02 14 Feb 2016
Six Nations Championship Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Italy 9–40 England England won

England tries: George Ford 24', Jonathan Joseph 52', Jonathan Joseph 57', Jonathan Joseph 70', Owen Farrell 74'

Italy tries: None

Match page: Italy v England, 14 February 2016

03 14 Feb 2015
Six Nations Championship Twickenham Stadium, London

England 47–17 Italy England won

England tries: Billy Vunipola 24', Jonathan Joseph 28', Ben Youngs 55', Jonathan Joseph 62', Danny Cipriani 64', Nick Easter 69'

Italy tries: Sergio Parisse 4', Luca Morisi 50', Luca Morisi 79'

Match page: England v Italy, 14 February 2015

04 15 Mar 2014
Six Nations Championship Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Italy 11–52 England England won

England tries: Mike Brown 13', Owen Farrell 32', Mike Brown 38', Jack Nowell 53', Mako Vunipola 61', Manu Tuilagi 68', Chris Robshaw 82'

Italy tries: Leonardo Sarto 69'

Match page: Italy v England, 15 March 2014

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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