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Six Nations 2026 · Aviva Stadium, Dublin · 14 February 2026Head-to-head
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Ireland won by 7 points.Half-time 5–10 · Tries 3–1 · IRE 1 yellow card · ITA 1 yellow card

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173343574891Attacks1129Ball won14723432541489435231362437735%Own 2239%Own half61%Opp half85%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
IRE16624
ITA16530
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
IRE1/31/10
ITA1/12/20
← Italy attack · Ireland attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
  • Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Kick positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Ruck, line break, turnover, lineout and kick-from-hand positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tries with a dashed ring have no recorded position, so they sit in the in-goal at the end that side attacked.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
17′IrelandTry, Jamie Osborne5–0
33′ItalyTry, Giacomo Nicotera, converted5–8
43′IrelandTry, Jack Conan10–10
57′IrelandTry, Robert Baloucoune, converted15–10
Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

Score progression

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05101520HT0′20′40′60′80′1 IRE card · 1 ITA card
17′Jamie Osborne33′Giacomo Nicotera43′Jack Conan57′Robert Baloucoune
IRE

Team stats

ITA
50%Possession50%
42%Territory58%
125Carries125
455Metres gained391
8Clean breaks7
30Defenders beaten24
224Passes200
9Offloads10
166Tackles made165
24Tackles missed30
101/104Rucks won93/95
9/10Lineouts won15/17
5/8Scrums won5/6
1/3Mauls won5/5
6Turnovers won8
10Penalties conceded6
27Kicks from hand22
726Kick metres519
Goal kicking
IRE conversions 1/3, penalties 1/1 · ITA conversions 1/1, penalties 2/2. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown. This feed has team statistics but no positions for this match.

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Jeremy LoughmanProp
  2. 2Dan SheehanHooker
  3. 3Tom ClarksonProp
  4. 4Joe McCarthySecond row
  5. 5James RyanSecond row
  6. 6Cormac IzuchukwuFlanker
  7. 7Caelan DorisFlanker
  8. 8Jack ConanNumber 8
  9. 9Craig CaseyScrum-half
  10. 10Sam PrendergastFly-half
  11. 11James LoweWing
  12. 12Stuart McCloskeyCentre
  13. 13Garry RingroseCentre
  14. 14Robert BaloucouneWing
  15. 15Jamie OsborneFull-back
  16. 16Ronan KelleherBench
  17. 17Tom O'TooleBench
  18. 18Tadhg FurlongBench
  19. 19Edwin EdogboBench
  20. 20Tadhg BeirneBench
  21. 21Nick TimoneyBench
  22. 22Jamison Gibson-ParkBench
  23. 23Jack CrowleyBench

Italy

  1. 1Danilo FischettiProp
  2. 2Giacomo NicoteraHooker
  3. 3Simone FerrariProp
  4. 4Niccolo CannoneSecond row
  5. 5Andrea ZamboninSecond row
  6. 6Michele LamaroFlanker
  7. 7Manuel ZulianiFlanker
  8. 8Lorenzo CannoneNumber 8
  9. 9Alessandro FuscoScrum-half
  10. 10Paolo GarbisiFly-half
  11. 11Montanna IoaneWing
  12. 12Leonardo MarinCentre
  13. 13Tommaso MenoncelloCentre
  14. 14Louis LynaghWing
  15. 15Lorenzo PaniFull-back
  16. 16Tommaso Di BartolomeoBench
  17. 17Mirco SpagnoloBench
  18. 18Muhamed HasaBench
  19. 19Federico RuzzaBench
  20. 20Riccardo FavrettoBench
  21. 21David OdiaseBench
  22. 22Alessandro GarbisiBench
  23. 23Paolo OdogwuBench

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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.