Ireland

33 - 17

Full Time

Italy

Ireland vs Italy

Events

Commentary

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It's all over! The referee has blown their whistle to end the game.

81'

Italy decide to make a substitution, with Tommaso Menoncello being replaced.

75'

Italy decide to make a substitution, with Giovanni Pettinelli getting some game time.

73'

Italy decide to make a substitution, with Sebastian Negri being replaced.

73'

Conversion

Ciaran Frawley has kicked a conversion.

73'

Try

Caelan Doris scores the try from close range.

72'

Cian Healy played a key part in that try.

72'

A gap opened in the defence and Calvin Nash took full advantage.

71'

A gap opened in the defence and Jacob Stockdale took full advantage.

71'

Conversion

The Italy supporters go wild as Tommaso Allan successfully kicks the conversion.

69'

Try

A series of passes by Italy results in a try for Tommaso Menoncello

68'

Juan Ignacio Brex sets up the try.

68'

Jack Crowley curls the ball too far, missing the posts to the right.

65'

Try

Ireland are only a few metres out, surely they must score! And they do with Cian Healy touching down.

64'

Ireland sub Calvin Nash comes onto the field.

61'

Robbie Henshaw departs for Ireland.

61'

Paolo Buonfiglio comes on for Italy.

59'

Danilo Fischetti leaves the field.

59'

Luca Bigi comes on for Italy.

55'

Giacomo Nicotera leaves the field.

55'

Tadhg Beirne comes on for Ireland.

55'

Iain Henderson leaves the field.

55'

Tadhg Furlong comes on.

51'

Tom O'Toole comes off.

51'

Tom Stewart comes on.

51'

Rob Herring comes off.

51'

Cian Healy comes on.

51'

Dave Kilcoyne comes off.

51'

Conversion

The touch judges raise their flags as Tommaso Allan kicks the conversion.

51'

Try

A penetrating move by Italy results in a try for Lorenzo Pani.

50'

What a run here by Lorenzo Pani as they get over the gainline!

50'

Tommaso Allan sets up the try.

50'

Italy decide to make a substitution, with Niccolo Cannone getting some game time.

45'

Italy decide to make a substitution, with Dino Lamb being replaced.

45'

Ireland make a substitution with Caolin Blade coming on.

44'

Ireland make a substitution with Craig Casey coming off.

44'

Italy make a substitution with Alessandro Fusco coming on.

40'

Italy make a substitution with Stephen Varney coming off.

40'

The second half kicks off.

40'

Ireland make a substitution with Ciaran Frawley coming on.

40'

Ireland make a substitution with Jimmy O'Brien coming off.

40'

The half-time whistle blows and both teams head for the dressing rooms.

42'

Italy make a substitution with Michele Lamaro coming on.

40'

Italy make a substitution with Manuel Zuliani coming off.

40'

Italy sub Lorenzo Pani comes onto the field.

38'

Paolo Buonfiglio departs for Italy.

38'

Conversion

Jack Crowley does the business as their conversion attempt goes over.

36'

Try

The pick and go results in a try for Ireland as Stuart McCloskey goes over.

35'

Italy sub Paolo Buonfiglio comes onto the field.

35'

Lorenzo Pani departs for Italy.

35'

Ireland sub Cian Prendergast comes onto the field.

35'

Jack Conan departs for Ireland.

35'

Conversion

Jack Crowley makes no mistake with that conversion attempt.

29'

Try

The pressure has finally told as Caelan Doris scores from close range.

28'

Trouble here as Caelan Doris breaches the defence.

28'

Yellow Card

Danilo Fischetti (Italy) is shown a yellow card

27'

Trouble here as Lorenzo Pani breaches the defence.

25'

Italy decide to make a substitution, with Lorenzo Pani getting some game time.

22'

Italy decide to make a substitution, with Paolo Odogwu being replaced.

22'

This is dangerous for the defence as Jacob Stockdale bursts through to advance the Ireland attack.

20'

Conversion

Jack Crowley converts the try.

13'

Try

Dave Kilcoyne scores the try from close range.

12'

Simone Ferrari comes on for Italy.

Marco Riccioni leaves the field.

Penalty Goal

Tommaso Allan has kicked a penalty goal.

We are underway as the referee blows their whistle.

Match Details

  
 Ireland v Italy 
  
 Sat 5th August 2023, 12:00pm PDT 
  
 Aviva Stadium

Points Flow Chart

Ireland win +16

Time in lead

Mins in lead

86%

% Of Game In Lead

12%

41%

Possession Last 10 min

59%

Points Last 10 min

Key Events

Full Time

Frawley

33 - 17

73'

Doris

31 - 17

72'

Allan

69'

26 - 17

Menoncello

68'

26 - 15

Healy

26 - 10

64'

Allan

51'

21 - 10

Pani

50'

21 - 8

Half Time

Crowley

21 - 3

36'

McCloskey

19 - 3

35'

Crowley

14 - 3

29'

Doris

12 - 3

28'

Fischetti

27'

7 - 3

Crowley

7 - 3

13'

Kilcoyne

5 - 3

12'

Allan

0 - 3

Start

22m Entries

Avg. Points Scored

2.5

Entries

Avg. Points Scored

2.8

Entries

Attack Profile

Ireland

Italy

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Defence Profile

Ireland

Italy

More Less

Ruck Speed

0-3 secs

54%

56%

3-6 secs

36%

26%

6+ secs

113

Rucks Won

Ireland vs Italy Kick Off Times & TV Channel

Ireland face off against Italy in Internationals on Sat 5th August 2023 at Aviva Stadium. Kick-off in the UK is scheduled for 20:00. In South Africa it’s at 21:00 SAST, 07:00 NZST in New Zealand, 05:00 AEST in Australia and 12:00 EST in the US.

Ireland won the last encounter but Ireland are in the best form of their last 5 games.

World Rankings

Heading into the fixture, Ireland sits at 3 in the World Rugby Rankings, while Italy holds 11.

The two sides are separated by 8 places in the rankings with Ireland in position 3 and Italy in position 11 as such Ireland are favourites on paper.

Ireland vs Italy Squads

The official squads for Ireland 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.