TheBreakdown
Full time2 February 2008
Ireland
16–11
Italy
Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland · Six Nations 2008Head-to-head

Ireland won by 5 points.

Scoring

  1. 13’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara3–0
  2. 19’TIreland try · Girvan Dempsey8–0
  3. 20’CIreland conversion · Ronan O'Gara10–0
  4. 39’PItaly penalty · David Bortolussi10–3
  5. 58’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara13–3
  6. 62’TItaly try · Martin Castrogiovanni13–8
  7. 67’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara16–8
  8. 71’PItaly penalty · David Bortolussi16–11

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Marcus HoranProp
  2. 2Rory BestHooker
  3. 3John HayesProp
  4. 4Donncha O'CallaghanSecond row
  5. 5Malcolm O'KellySecond row
  6. 6Simon EasterbyFlanker
  7. 7David WallaceFlanker
  8. 8Denis LeamyNumber 8
  9. 9Eoin ReddanScrum-half
  10. 10Ronan O'GaraFly-half
  11. 11Geordan MurphyWing
  12. 12Gordon D'ArcyCentre
  13. 13Brian O'DriscollCentre
  14. 14Andrew TrimbleWing
  15. 15Girvan DempseyFull-back
  16. 16Bernard JackmanBench
  17. 17Tony BuckleyBench
  18. 18Mick O'DriscollBench
  19. 19Jamie HeaslipBench
  20. 20Peter StringerBench
  21. 21Paddy WallaceBench
  22. 22Rob KearneyBench

Italy

  1. 1Andrea Lo CiceroProp
  2. 2Leonardo GhiraldiniHooker
  3. 3Martin CastrogiovanniProp
  4. 4Santiago DellapèSecond row
  5. 5Carlo Del FavaSecond row
  6. 6Josh SoleFlanker
  7. 7Mauro BergamascoFlanker
  8. 8Sergio ParisseNumber 8
  9. 9Pietro TravagliScrum-half
  10. 10Andrea MasiFly-half
  11. 11Pablo CanavosioWing
  12. 12Mirco BergamascoCentre
  13. 13Gonzalo CanaleCentre
  14. 14Kaine RobertsonWing
  15. 15David BortolussiFull-back
  16. 16Carlo FestucciaBench
  17. 17Salvatore PeruginiBench
  18. 18Lorenzo CittadiniBench
  19. 19Tommaso ReatoBench
  20. 20Alessandro ZanniBench
  21. 21Andrea MarcatoBench
  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.