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Full time15 February 2009
Italy
9–38
Ireland
Stadio Flaminio, Roma, Italy · Six Nations 2008Head-to-head

Ireland won by 29 points.

Scoring

  1. 6’PItaly penalty · Luke McLean3–0
  2. 17’PItaly penalty · Luke McLean6–0
  3. 20’CIreland conversion · Ronan O'Gara6–2
  4. 20’TIreland try · Tommy Bowe6–7
  5. 25’PItaly penalty · Luke McLean9–7
  6. 41’TIreland try · Luke Fitzgerald9–12
  7. 42’CIreland conversion · Rob Kearney9–14
  8. 46’TIreland try · David Wallace9–19
  9. 47’CIreland conversion · Ronan O'Gara9–21
  10. 51’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara9–24
  11. 77’TIreland try · Luke Fitzgerald9–29
  12. 78’CIreland conversion · Ronan O'Gara9–31
  13. 79’TIreland try · Brian O'Driscoll9–36
  14. 80’CIreland conversion · Ronan O'Gara9–38

Line-ups

Italy

  1. 1Salvatore PeruginiProp
  2. 2Fabio OngaroHooker
  3. 3Martin CastrogiovanniProp
  4. 4Santiago DellapèSecond row
  5. 5Tommaso ReatoSecond row
  6. 6Alessandro ZanniFlanker
  7. 7Mauro BergamascoFlanker
  8. 8Sergio ParisseNumber 8
  9. 9Paul GriffenScrum-half
  10. 10Luke McLeanFly-half
  11. 11Matteo PratichettiWing
  12. 12Mirco BergamascoCentre
  13. 13Gonzalo CanaleCentre
  14. 14Kaine RobertsonWing
  15. 15Andrea MasiFull-back
  16. 16Carlo FestucciaBench
  17. 17Carlos NietoBench
  18. 18Carlo Del FavaBench
  19. 19Josh SoleBench
  20. 20Giulio ToniolattiBench
  21. 21Gonzalo GarciaBench
  22. 22Andrea BacchettiBench

Ireland

  1. 1Marcus HoranProp
  2. 2Jerry FlanneryHooker
  3. 3John HayesProp
  4. 4Donncha O'CallaghanSecond row
  5. 5Paul O'ConnellSecond row
  6. 6Stephen FerrisFlanker
  7. 7David WallaceFlanker
  8. 8Jamie HeaslipNumber 8
  9. 9Tomás O'LearyScrum-half
  10. 10Ronan O'GaraFly-half
  11. 11Luke FitzgeraldWing
  12. 12Paddy WallaceCentre
  13. 13Brian O'DriscollCentre
  14. 14Tommy BoweWing
  15. 15Rob KearneyFull-back
  16. 16Rory BestBench
  17. 17Tom CourtBench
  18. 18Malcolm O'KellyBench
  19. 19Denis LeamyBench
  20. 20Peter StringerBench
  21. 21Gordon D'ArcyBench
  22. 22Geordan MurphyBench

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Context

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

Italy going in
Ireland 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.