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Full time25 February 2012
Ireland
42–10
Italy
Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland · Six Nations 2012Head-to-head

Ireland won by 32 points.

Scoring

  1. 9’PItaly penalty · Tobie Botes0–3
  2. 12’PIreland penalty · Johnny Sexton3–3
  3. 17’TIreland try · Keith Earls8–3
  4. 19’CIreland conversion · Johnny Sexton10–3
  5. 36’TItaly try · Sergio Parisse10–8
  6. 37’CItaly conversion · Tobie Botes10–10
  7. 40’TIreland try · Tommy Bowe15–10
  8. 42’CIreland conversion · Johnny Sexton17–10
  9. 50’PIreland penalty · Johnny Sexton20–10
  10. 60’PIreland penalty · Johnny Sexton23–10
  11. 62’TIreland try · Tommy Bowe28–10
  12. 64’CIreland conversion · Johnny Sexton30–10
  13. 78’TIreland try · Tom Court35–10
  14. 80’CIreland conversion · Johnny Sexton37–10
  15. 81’TIreland try · Andrew Trimble42–10

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Cian HealyProp
  2. 2Rory BestHooker
  3. 3Mike RossProp
  4. 4Donncha O'CallaghanSecond row
  5. 5Paul O'ConnellSecond row
  6. 6Stephen FerrisFlanker
  7. 7Sean O'BrienFlanker
  8. 8Jamie HeaslipNumber 8
  9. 9Conor MurrayScrum-half
  10. 10Johnny SextonFly-half
  11. 11Andrew TrimbleWing
  12. 12Gordon D'ArcyCentre
  13. 13Keith EarlsCentre
  14. 14Tommy BoweWing
  15. 15Rob KearneyFull-back
  16. 16Sean CroninBench
  17. 17Tom CourtBench
  18. 18Donnacha RyanBench
  19. 19Peter O'MahonyBench
  20. 20Eoin ReddanBench
  21. 21Ronan O'GaraBench
  22. 22Fergus McFaddenBench

Italy

  1. 1Michele RizzoProp
  2. 2Leonardo GhiraldiniHooker
  3. 3Lorenzo CittadiniProp
  4. 4Quintin GeldenhuysSecond row
  5. 5Marco BortolamiSecond row
  6. 6Alessandro ZanniFlanker
  7. 7Robert BarbieriFlanker
  8. 8Sergio ParisseNumber 8
  9. 9Edoardo GoriScrum-half
  10. 10Tobie BotesFly-half
  11. 11Luke McLeanWing
  12. 12Alberto SgarbiCentre
  13. 13Tommaso BenvenutiCentre
  14. 14Giovanbattista VendittiWing
  15. 15Andrea MasiFull-back
  16. 16Tommaso D'ApiceBench
  17. 17Fabio StaibanoBench
  18. 18Antonio PavanelloBench
  19. 19Simone FavaroBench
  20. 20Fabio SemenzatoBench
  21. 21Kris BurtonBench
  22. 22Gonzalo CanaleBench

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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.