TheBreakdown
Full time6 February 2010
Ireland
29–11
Italy
Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland · Six Nations 2010Head-to-head

Ireland won by 18 points.

Scoring

  1. 11’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara3–0
  2. 16’TIreland try · Jamie Heaslip8–0
  3. 17’CIreland conversion · Ronan O'Gara10–0
  4. 28’PItaly penalty · Craig Gower10–3
  5. 29’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara13–3
  6. 35’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara16–3
  7. 36’TIreland try · Tomás O'Leary21–3
  8. 38’CIreland conversion · Ronan O'Gara23–3
  9. 40’TItaly try · Kaine Robertson23–8
  10. 46’PItaly penalty · Mirco Bergamasco23–11
  11. 48’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara26–11
  12. 69’PIreland penalty · Paddy Wallace29–11

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Cian HealyProp
  2. 2Jerry FlanneryHooker
  3. 3John HayesProp
  4. 4Leo CullenSecond row
  5. 5Paul O'ConnellSecond row
  6. 6Kevin McLaughlinFlanker
  7. 7David WallaceFlanker
  8. 8Jamie HeaslipNumber 8
  9. 9Tomás O'LearyScrum-half
  10. 10Ronan O'GaraFly-half
  11. 11Andrew TrimbleWing
  12. 12Gordon D'ArcyCentre
  13. 13Brian O'DriscollCentre
  14. 14Tommy BoweWing
  15. 15Rob KearneyFull-back
  16. 16Rory BestBench
  17. 17Tom CourtBench
  18. 18Donnacha RyanBench
  19. 19Sean O'BrienBench
  20. 20Eoin ReddanBench
  21. 21Paddy WallaceBench
  22. 22Keith EarlsBench

Italy

  1. 1Salvatore PeruginiProp
  2. 2Leonardo GhiraldiniHooker
  3. 3Martin CastrogiovanniProp
  4. 4Carlo Del FavaSecond row
  5. 5Quintin GeldenhuysSecond row
  6. 6Josh SoleFlanker
  7. 7Mauro BergamascoFlanker
  8. 8Alessandro ZanniNumber 8
  9. 9Tito TebaldiScrum-half
  10. 10Craig GowerFly-half
  11. 11Mirco BergamascoWing
  12. 12Gonzalo GarciaCentre
  13. 13Gonzalo CanaleCentre
  14. 14Kaine RobertsonWing
  15. 15Luke McLeanFull-back
  16. 16Fabio OngaroBench
  17. 17Matias AgueroBench
  18. 18Marco BortolamiBench
  19. 19Paul DerbyshireBench
  20. 20Simon PiconeBench
  21. 21Riccardo BocchinoBench
  22. 22Andrea MasiBench

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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.