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Full time24 August 2007
Ireland
23–20
Italy
Ravenhill, Belfast, Northern IrelandHead-to-head

Ireland won by 3 points.

Scoring

  1. 7’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara3–0
  2. 23’DItaly drop goal · David Bortolussi3–3
  3. 28’TIreland try · Andrew Trimble8–3
  4. 29’CIreland conversion · Ronan O'Gara10–3
  5. 34’PItaly penalty · David Bortolussi10–6
  6. 39’TItaly try · Alessandro Troncon10–11
  7. 40’CItaly conversion · David Bortolussi10–13
  8. 48’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara13–13
  9. 79’DIreland drop goal · Ronan O'Gara16–13
  10. 84’TItaly try · Matteo Pratichetti16–18
  11. 85’CItaly conversion · Roland de Marigny16–20
  12. 90’TIreland try · Ronan O'Gara21–20
  13. 91’CIreland conversion · Ronan O'Gara23–20

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Marcus HoranProp
  2. 2Rory BestHooker
  3. 3John HayesProp
  4. 4Donncha O'CallaghanSecond row
  5. 5Paul O'ConnellSecond row
  6. 6Simon EasterbyFlanker
  7. 7Neil BestFlanker
  8. 8Denis LeamyNumber 8
  9. 9Peter StringerScrum-half
  10. 10Ronan O'GaraFly-half
  11. 11Denis HickieWing
  12. 12Gordon D'ArcyCentre
  13. 13Andrew TrimbleCentre
  14. 14Geordan MurphyWing
  15. 15Girvan DempseyFull-back
  16. 16Jerry FlanneryBench
  17. 17Simon BestBench
  18. 18Malcolm O'KellyBench
  19. 19Alan QuinlanBench
  20. 20Isaac BossBench
  21. 21Paddy WallaceBench
  22. 22Brian CarneyBench

Italy

  1. 1Salvatore PeruginiProp
  2. 2Fabio OngaroHooker
  3. 3Martin CastrogiovanniProp
  4. 4Valerio BernabòSecond row
  5. 5Marco BortolamiSecond row
  6. 6Alessandro ZanniFlanker
  7. 7Robert BarbieriFlanker
  8. 8Sergio ParisseNumber 8
  9. 9Alessandro TronconScrum-half
  10. 10Roland de MarignyFly-half
  11. 11Matteo PratichettiWing
  12. 12Mirco BergamascoCentre
  13. 13Gonzalo CanaleCentre
  14. 14Kaine RobertsonWing
  15. 15David BortolussiFull-back
  16. 16Leonardo GhiraldiniBench
  17. 17Matias AgueroBench
  18. 18Josh SoleBench
  19. 19Manoa VosawaiBench
  20. 20Paul GriffenBench
  21. 21Pablo CanavosioBench
  22. 22Ezio GalonBench

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Context

All-time, Ireland 35–4 Italy in 39 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Ireland going in
Italy going in

Also on this day

Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.