TheBreakdown
Full time12 March 2005
England
39–7
Italy
Twickenham, London, England · Six Nations 2005Head-to-head

England won by 32 points.

Scoring

  1. 8’PEngland penalty · Charlie Hodgson3–0
  2. 11’CEngland conversion · Charlie Hodgson5–0
  3. 11’TEngland try · Mark Cueto10–0
  4. 44’TEngland try · Steve Thompson15–0
  5. 45’CEngland conversion · Charlie Hodgson17–0
  6. 47’TItaly try · Alessandro Troncon17–5
  7. 48’TEngland try · Mark Cueto22–5
  8. 48’CItaly conversion · Gert Peens22–7
  9. 66’TEngland try · Iain Balshaw27–7
  10. 70’TEngland try · Mark Cueto32–7
  11. 89’TEngland try · Andy Hazell37–7
  12. 90’CEngland conversion · Andy Goode39–7

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Graham RowntreeProp
  2. 2Steve ThompsonHooker
  3. 3Matt StevensProp
  4. 4Danny GrewcockSecond row
  5. 5Ben KaySecond row
  6. 6Joe WorsleyFlanker
  7. 7Lewis MoodyFlanker
  8. 8Martin CorryNumber 8
  9. 9Harry EllisScrum-half
  10. 10Charlie HodgsonFly-half
  11. 11Josh LewseyWing
  12. 12Olly BarkleyCentre
  13. 13Jamie NoonCentre
  14. 14Mark CuetoWing
  15. 15Iain BalshawFull-back
  16. 16Andy TitterrellBench
  17. 17Duncan BellBench
  18. 18Steve BorthwickBench
  19. 19Andy HazellBench
  20. 20Matt DawsonBench
  21. 21Andy GoodeBench
  22. 22Ollie SmithBench

Italy

  1. 1Andrea Lo CiceroProp
  2. 2Fabio OngaroHooker
  3. 3Salvatore PeruginiProp
  4. 4Carlo Del FavaSecond row
  5. 5Marco BortolamiSecond row
  6. 6Aaron PersicoFlanker
  7. 7David Dal MasoFlanker
  8. 8Sergio ParisseNumber 8
  9. 9Alessandro TronconScrum-half
  10. 10Luciano OrqueraFly-half
  11. 11Ludovico NitogliaWing
  12. 12Matteo BarbiniCentre
  13. 13Andrea MasiCentre
  14. 14Roberto PedrazziWing
  15. 15Gert PeensFull-back
  16. 16Giorgio IntoppaBench
  17. 17Martin CastrogiovanniBench
  18. 18Mario SaviBench
  19. 19Santiago DellapèBench
  20. 20Silvio OrlandoBench
  21. 21Paul GriffenBench
  22. 22Walter PozzebonBench

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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.