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Full time23 March 2002
Ireland
32–17
Italy
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Six Nations 2002Head-to-head

Ireland won by 15 points.

Scoring

  1. 1’CIreland conversion · Ronan O'Gara2–0
  2. 1’PIreland penalty · David Humphreys5–0
  3. 1’PIreland penalty · David Humphreys8–0
  4. 1’PIreland penalty · David Humphreys11–0
  5. 1’PIreland penalty · David Humphreys14–0
  6. 1’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara17–0
  7. 1’TIreland try · Denis Hickie22–0
  8. 1’TIreland try · John Kelly27–0
  9. 1’TIreland try · John Kelly32–0
  10. 45’DItaly drop goal · Gert Peens32–3
  11. 55’CItaly conversion · Diego Dominguez32–5
  12. 55’TItaly try · Mauro Bergamasco32–10
  13. 81’CItaly conversion · Diego Dominguez32–12
  14. 81’TItaly try · Giampiero De Carli32–17

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Peter ClohessyProp
  2. 2Shane ByrneHooker
  3. 3John HayesProp
  4. 4Gary LongwellSecond row
  5. 5Malcolm O'KellySecond row
  6. 6Simon EasterbyFlanker
  7. 7David WallaceFlanker
  8. 8Anthony FoleyNumber 8
  9. 9Peter StringerScrum-half
  10. 10David HumphreysFly-half
  11. 11Denis HickieWing
  12. 12Shane HorganCentre
  13. 13Brian O'DriscollCentre
  14. 14John KellyWing
  15. 15Girvan DempseyFull-back
  16. 16Frankie SheahanBench
  17. 17Paul WallaceBench
  18. 18Paul O'ConnellBench
  19. 19Eric MillerBench
  20. 20Guy EasterbyBench
  21. 21Ronan O'GaraBench
  22. 22Tyrone HoweBench

Italy

  1. 1Giampiero De CarliProp
  2. 2Alessandro MoscardiHooker
  3. 3Salvatore PeruginiProp
  4. 4Marco BortolamiSecond row
  5. 5Mark GiacheriSecond row
  6. 6Aaron PersicoFlanker
  7. 7Mauro BergamascoFlanker
  8. 8Matthew PhillipsNumber 8
  9. 9Alessandro TronconScrum-half
  10. 10Diego DominguezFly-half
  11. 11Denis DallanWing
  12. 12Giovanni RaineriCentre
  13. 13Cristian StoicaCentre
  14. 14Nicola MazzucatoWing
  15. 15Gert PeensFull-back
  16. 16Andrea MorettiBench
  17. 17Federico PucciarelloBench
  18. 18Santiago DellapèBench
  19. 19Andrea de RossiBench
  20. 20Matteo MazzantiniBench
  21. 21Ramiro PezBench
  22. 22Christian ZanolettiBench

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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.