TheBreakdown
Full time9 March 2003
England
40–5
Italy
Twickenham, London, England · Six Nations 2003Head-to-head

England won by 35 points.

Scoring

  1. 3’TEngland try · Josh Lewsey5–0
  2. 4’CEngland conversion · Jonny Wilkinson7–0
  3. 11’CEngland conversion · Jonny Wilkinson9–0
  4. 11’TEngland try · Steve Thompson14–0
  5. 13’CEngland conversion · Jonny Wilkinson16–0
  6. 13’TEngland try · James Simpson-Daniel21–0
  7. 15’TEngland try · Josh Lewsey26–0
  8. 16’CEngland conversion · Jonny Wilkinson28–0
  9. 23’TEngland try · Mike Tindall33–0
  10. 59’TItaly try · Mirco Bergamasco33–5
  11. 71’TEngland try · Dan Luger38–5
  12. 72’CEngland conversion · Matt Dawson40–5

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Graham RowntreeProp
  2. 2Steve ThompsonHooker
  3. 3Robbie MorrisProp
  4. 4Danny GrewcockSecond row
  5. 5Ben KaySecond row
  6. 6Joe WorsleyFlanker
  7. 7Richard HillFlanker
  8. 8Lawrence DallaglioNumber 8
  9. 9Matt DawsonScrum-half
  10. 10Jonny WilkinsonFly-half
  11. 11Dan LugerWing
  12. 12Mike TindallCentre
  13. 13Will GreenwoodCentre
  14. 14James Simpson-DanielWing
  15. 15Josh LewseyFull-back
  16. 16Mark ReganBench
  17. 17Mike WorsleyBench
  18. 18Simon ShawBench
  19. 19Alex SandersonBench
  20. 20Kyran BrackenBench
  21. 21Charlie HodgsonBench
  22. 22Ollie SmithBench

Italy

  1. 1Giampiero De CarliProp
  2. 2Carlo FestucciaHooker
  3. 3Ramiro Martinez-FrugoniProp
  4. 4Christian BezziSecond row
  5. 5Mark GiacheriSecond row
  6. 6Andrea de RossiFlanker
  7. 7Aaron PersicoFlanker
  8. 8Matthew PhillipsNumber 8
  9. 9Alessandro TronconScrum-half
  10. 10Ramiro PezFly-half
  11. 11Denis DallanWing
  12. 12Giovanni RaineriCentre
  13. 13Paolo VaccariCentre
  14. 14Nicola MazzucatoWing
  15. 15Mirco BergamascoFull-back
  16. 16Fabio OngaroBench
  17. 17Martin CastrogiovanniBench
  18. 18Marco BortolamiBench
  19. 19Scott PalmerBench
  20. 20Matteo MazzantiniBench
  21. 21Andrea MasiBench
  22. 22Gert PeensBench

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Context

All-time, England 32–1 Italy, 1 drawn in 34 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

England 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.