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Full time4 February 2006
Ireland
26–16
Italy
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Six Nations 2006Head-to-head

Ireland won by 10 points.

Scoring

  1. 13’PItaly penalty · Ramiro Pez0–3
  2. 27’TIreland try · Jerry Flannery5–3
  3. 28’CIreland conversion · Ronan O'Gara7–3
  4. 31’TItaly try · Mirco Bergamasco7–8
  5. 32’CItaly conversion · Ramiro Pez7–10
  6. 43’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara10–10
  7. 46’PItaly penalty · Paul Griffen10–13
  8. 49’TIreland try · Tommy Bowe15–13
  9. 50’CIreland conversion · Ronan O'Gara17–13
  10. 61’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara20–13
  11. 65’PItaly penalty · Ramiro Pez20–16
  12. 71’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara23–16
  13. 84’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara26–16

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Marcus HoranProp
  2. 2Jerry FlanneryHooker
  3. 3John HayesProp
  4. 4Malcolm O'KellySecond row
  5. 5Paul O'ConnellSecond row
  6. 6Simon EasterbyFlanker
  7. 7David WallaceFlanker
  8. 8Denis LeamyNumber 8
  9. 9Peter StringerScrum-half
  10. 10Ronan O'GaraFly-half
  11. 11Tommy BoweWing
  12. 12Gordon D'ArcyCentre
  13. 13Brian O'DriscollCentre
  14. 14Shane HorganWing
  15. 15Geordan MurphyFull-back
  16. 16Rory BestBench
  17. 17Simon BestBench
  18. 18Donncha O'CallaghanBench
  19. 19Jonny O'ConnorBench
  20. 20Eoin ReddanBench
  21. 21David HumphreysBench
  22. 22Andrew TrimbleBench

Italy

  1. 1Salvatore PeruginiProp
  2. 2Fabio OngaroHooker
  3. 3Carlos NietoProp
  4. 4Santiago DellapèSecond row
  5. 5Marco BortolamiSecond row
  6. 6Josh SoleFlanker
  7. 7Mauro BergamascoFlanker
  8. 8Sergio ParisseNumber 8
  9. 9Paul GriffenScrum-half
  10. 10Ramiro PezFly-half
  11. 11Ludovico NitogliaWing
  12. 12Mirco BergamascoCentre
  13. 13Gonzalo CanaleCentre
  14. 14Pablo CanavosioWing
  15. 15Cristian StoicaFull-back
  16. 16Carlo FestucciaBench
  17. 17Andrea Lo CiceroBench
  18. 18Martin CastrogiovanniBench
  19. 19Carlo Del FavaBench
  20. 20Aaron PersicoBench
  21. 21Simon PiconeBench
  22. 22Rima WakaruaBench

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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.