Italy vs Ireland: Irish errors denied them any chance of establishing any kind of attacking rhythm
Ireland’s Dan Sheehan slips the tackle of Italy's Paolo Garbisi to complete his hat-trick of tries during the Six Nations match at Stadio Olimpico in Rome. Photograph: Billy Stickland/Inphorequired, at a minimum, was duly achieved, so earning a lap of honour by the retiring Peter O’Mahony, Conor Murray et al in front of the estimated 30,000 or supporters clad in green and a rendition of The Fields revived memories of the World Cup on a balmy Roman afternoon.
As it happened: Ireland beat Italy with a four try bonus point at the Stadio Olimpico in patchy displayItaly 17 Ireland 22: How the Irish players rated in Rome Lorenzo Cannone ran it back, and Italy went wide right to Capuozzo and then Dino Lamb up the middle again before the Juan Ignacio Brex-Tommaso Menoncello combination struck. Menoncello gathered Brex’s long pass to beat Hansen’s tackle when he shot out of the line and also slip Garry Ringrose before offloading out of Andrew Porter’s tackle. The supporting Paolo Garbisi perfectly weighted his grubber for Monty Ioane to finish in the corner.
Amid echoes of Ireland’s defeat here in 2013, but with the shoe on the other foot, Italy lost Lamb, Lorenzo Cannone and Sebastian Negri by the half-hour mark, albeit they were grateful for their 6-2 split. They looked to exploit their numerical advantage on the resumption, although Gibson-Park was again guilty of forcing matters with a long pass to James Lowe which went over the winger’s head into touch.
Crowley missed his third conversion in a row, misses which were compounded when Stephen Varney’s long pass reached Capuozzo on the edge as Lowe shot out of the line. The fleet-footed Italian winger beat Crowley’s tackle and chipped Keenan, the bounding ball eluded the covering Hansen and Capuozzo for Varney to score.
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