It's all over! The referee Andrew Brace has blown their whistle to end the game.
Thomas Ramos has kicked a conversion.
A wonderful passing move by France is finished off by Emilien Gailleton
This is dangerous for the defence as Emilien Gailleton bursts through to advance the France attack.
Spellbinding play by Thomas Ramos is finished off with a try.
Baptiste Serin comes on.
Antoine Dupont comes off.
France decide to make a substitution, with Mickael Guillard getting some game time.
France decide to make a substitution, with Anthony Jelonch being replaced.
Italy decide to make a substitution, with David Odiase getting some game time.
Italy decide to make a substitution, with Ange Capuozzo being replaced.
Thomas Ramos has kicked a conversion.
What a kick! Gael Drean takes full advantage to score for France.
A gap opened in the defence and Gael Drean took full advantage.
That's a great try assist by Thomas Ramos.
Louis Lynagh (Italy) is shown a yellow card
Italy make a substitution with Paolo Odogwu coming on.
Italy make a substitution with Monty Ioane coming off.
France make a substitution with Emilien Gailleton coming on.
France make a substitution with Fabien Brau-Boirie coming off.
Alessandro Garbisi comes on for Italy.
Alessandro Fusco leaves the field.
Pierre-Louis Barassi comes on for France.
Emilien Gailleton leaves the field.
Peato Mauvaka comes on for France.
Julien Marchand leaves the field.
Lenni Nouchi comes on.
Francois Cros comes off.
Charles Ollivon comes on.
Oscar Jegou comes off.
Giosue Zilocchi comes on.
Simone Ferrari comes off.
Pablo Dimcheff comes on.
Giacomo Nicotera comes off.
Mirco Spagnolo comes on.
Danilo Fischetti comes off.
Federico Ruzza comes on.
Andrea Zambonin comes off.
Riccardo Favretto comes on.
Niccolo Cannone comes off.
Georges-Henri Colombe comes on.
Dorian Aldegheri comes off.
Louis Bielle-Biarrey makes the break as the defence re-enacts the parting of the red sea.
The second half kicks off.
The half-time whistle blows and both teams head for the dressing rooms.
Fabulous play by France has led to Gael Drean being able to wriggle through a gap.
Paolo Garbisi has kicked a penalty goal.
France sub Rodrigue Neti comes onto the field.
Jean-Baptiste Gros departs for France.
The ball swings towards the posts but floats to the right, Paolo Garbisi will have to re-adjust the radar.
The pressure has finally told as Ange Capuozzo scores from close range.
Trouble here as Ange Capuozzo breaches the defence.
Trouble here as Tommaso Menoncello breaches the defence.
Thomas Ramos makes no mistake with that conversion attempt.
The pressure has finally told as Thomas Ramos scores from close range.
Spellbinding play by Emilien Gailleton is finished off with a try.
Trouble here as Emilien Gailleton breaches the defence.
Trouble here as Tommaso Menoncello breaches the defence.
This is dangerous for the defence as Leonardo Marin bursts through to advance the Italy attack.
Thomas Ramos has hooked the conversion to the left of the posts.
Emmanuel Meafou scores the try from close range.
Spellbinding play by Antoine Dupont is finished off with a try.
A gap opened in the defence and Manuel Zuliani took full advantage.
The defensive line has been broken as Oscar Jegou goes through the gap.
Thomas Ramos has kicked a conversion.
The kick through from France has allowed Louis Bielle-Biarrey to touch down.
Antoine Dupont sets up the try.
The defensive line has been broken as Antoine Dupont goes through the gap.
We are underway as the referee Andrew Brace blows their whistle.
France face off against Italy in Six Nations Round 3 on Sun 22nd February 2026 at Stade Pierre Mauroy. Kick-off in the UK is scheduled for 15:10 and is broadcast on ITV X, ITV. In South Africa it’s at 17:10 SAST on SuperSport, 04:10 NZST on Sky Sport, Sky Sport Now, Sky Go in New Zealand, 02:10 AEST on Stan Sport in Australia and 07:10 EST on NBC Sports in the US.
France won the last encounter but France are in the best form of their last 5 games.
Heading into the fixture, France sits at 4 in the World Rugby Rankings, while Italy holds 10.
The two sides are separated by 6 places in the rankings with France in position 4 and Italy in position 10 as such France are favourites on paper.
The official squads for France vs Italy will become available around 24- 48 hours before kick-off. Teams can still make changes up to an hour before the match however.
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Okay. Well that’ll open it up.
Apart from France’s fast start, the second half has been very evenly matched. Both teams defences suffocating.