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Full time22 February 2003
Italy
13–37
Ireland
Stadio Flaminio, Roma, Italy · Six Nations 2003Head-to-head

Ireland won by 24 points.

Scoring

  1. 18’CIreland conversion · David Humphreys0–2
  2. 18’TIreland try · Peter Stringer0–7
  3. 26’PIreland penalty · David Humphreys0–10
  4. 31’TIreland try · John Kelly0–15
  5. 34’PItaly penalty · Diego Dominguez3–15
  6. 40’PIreland penalty · David Humphreys3–18
  7. 44’TIreland try · David Humphreys3–23
  8. 55’CItaly conversion · Ramiro Pez5–23
  9. 55’TItaly try · Denis Dallan10–23
  10. 60’CIreland conversion · David Humphreys10–25
  11. 60’TIreland try · Brian O'Driscoll10–30
  12. 71’PItaly penalty · Ramiro Pez13–30
  13. 74’CIreland conversion · David Humphreys13–32
  14. 74’TIreland try · Geordan Murphy13–37

Line-ups

Italy

  1. 1Giampiero De CarliProp
  2. 2Carlo FestucciaHooker
  3. 3Ramiro Martinez-FrugoniProp
  4. 4Christian BezziSecond row
  5. 5Marco BortolamiSecond row
  6. 6Andrea de RossiFlanker
  7. 7Aaron PersicoFlanker
  8. 8Matthew PhillipsNumber 8
  9. 9Alessandro TronconScrum-half
  10. 10Diego DominguezFly-half
  11. 11Denis DallanWing
  12. 12Giovanni RaineriCentre
  13. 13Cristian StoicaCentre
  14. 14Mauro BergamascoWing
  15. 15Paolo VaccariFull-back
  16. 16Andrea MorettiBench
  17. 17Martin CastrogiovanniBench
  18. 18Mark GiacheriBench
  19. 19Scott PalmerBench
  20. 20Juan Manuel QueiroloBench
  21. 21Ramiro PezBench
  22. 22Mirco BergamascoBench

Ireland

  1. 1Reggie CorriganProp
  2. 2Shane ByrneHooker
  3. 3John HayesProp
  4. 4Gary LongwellSecond row
  5. 5Malcolm O'KellySecond row
  6. 6Victor CostelloFlanker
  7. 7Keith GleesonFlanker
  8. 8Anthony FoleyNumber 8
  9. 9Peter StringerScrum-half
  10. 10David HumphreysFly-half
  11. 11Denis HickieWing
  12. 12Kevin MaggsCentre
  13. 13Brian O'DriscollCentre
  14. 14John KellyWing
  15. 15Geordan MurphyFull-back
  16. 16Frankie SheahanBench
  17. 17Marcus HoranBench
  18. 18Leo CullenBench
  19. 19Alan QuinlanBench
  20. 20Guy EasterbyBench
  21. 21Paul BurkeBench
  22. 22Rob HendersonBench

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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.