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Full time6 February 2005
Italy
17–28
Ireland
Stadio Flaminio, Roma, Italy · Six Nations 2005Head-to-head

Ireland won by 11 points.

Scoring

  1. 7’PItaly penalty · Luciano Orquera3–0
  2. 22’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara3–3
  3. 29’TIreland try · Geordan Murphy3–8
  4. 37’PItaly penalty · Roland de Marigny6–8
  5. 43’PItaly penalty · Roland de Marigny9–8
  6. 50’CIreland conversion · Ronan O'Gara9–10
  7. 50’TIreland try · Peter Stringer9–15
  8. 55’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara9–18
  9. 63’PItaly penalty · Roland de Marigny12–18
  10. 78’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara12–21
  11. 81’CIreland conversion · Ronan O'Gara12–23
  12. 81’TIreland try · Denis Hickie12–28
  13. 86’TItaly try · Martin Castrogiovanni17–28

Line-ups

Italy

  1. 1Andrea Lo CiceroProp
  2. 2Fabio OngaroHooker
  3. 3Martin CastrogiovanniProp
  4. 4Santiago DellapèSecond row
  5. 5Marco BortolamiSecond row
  6. 6Aaron PersicoFlanker
  7. 7Mauro BergamascoFlanker
  8. 8Sergio ParisseNumber 8
  9. 9Alessandro TronconScrum-half
  10. 10Luciano OrqueraFly-half
  11. 11Ludovico NitogliaWing
  12. 12Andrea MasiCentre
  13. 13Gonzalo CanaleCentre
  14. 14Mirco BergamascoWing
  15. 15Roland de MarignyFull-back
  16. 16Salvatore PeruginiBench
  17. 17Giorgio IntoppaBench
  18. 18Carlo Del FavaBench
  19. 19David Dal MasoBench
  20. 20Paul GriffenBench
  21. 21Walter PozzebonBench
  22. 22Kaine RobertsonBench

Ireland

  1. 1Reggie CorriganProp
  2. 2Shane ByrneHooker
  3. 3John HayesProp
  4. 4Malcolm O'KellySecond row
  5. 5Paul O'ConnellSecond row
  6. 6Simon EasterbyFlanker
  7. 7Denis LeamyFlanker
  8. 8Anthony FoleyNumber 8
  9. 9Peter StringerScrum-half
  10. 10Ronan O'GaraFly-half
  11. 11Denis HickieWing
  12. 12Gordon D'ArcyCentre
  13. 13Brian O'DriscollCentre
  14. 14Shane HorganWing
  15. 15Geordan MurphyFull-back
  16. 16Frankie SheahanBench
  17. 17Marcus HoranBench
  18. 18Donncha O'CallaghanBench
  19. 19Eric MillerBench
  20. 20Guy EasterbyBench
  21. 21David HumphreysBench
  22. 22Girvan DempseyBench

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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

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Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.