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Six Nations 2025 · Stadio Olimpico, Roma · 15 March 2025Head-to-head
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Ireland won by 5 points.Half-time 10–12 · Tries 2–4 · ITA 2 yellow cards

Pitch map

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33′12244047586324%Own 2239%Own half60%Opp half58%Opp 22
← Ireland attack · Italy attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
12′ItalyTry, Montanna Ioane, converted5–0
24′IrelandTry, Hugo Keenan, converted7–5
40′IrelandTry, Dan Sheehan, conversion missed10–12
47′IrelandTry, Dan Sheehan, conversion missed10–17
58′IrelandTry, Dan Sheehan, conversion missed10–22
63′ItalyTry, Stephen Varney, converted15–22
33′ItalyPenalty goal scored
Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

Score progression

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08152330HT0′20′40′60′80′3 ITA cards
12′Montanna Ioane24′Hugo Keenan40′Dan Sheehan47′Dan Sheehan58′Dan Sheehan63′Stephen Varney
ITA

Team stats

IRE
45%Possession55%
42%Territory58%
95Carries122
301Metres gained313
6Clean breaks3
28Defenders beaten22
143Passes191
3Offloads1
171Tackles made129
22Tackles missed28
75/78Rucks won94/95
15/16Lineouts won15/15
8/9Scrums won3/3
2/2Mauls won4/4
7Turnovers won3
10Penalties conceded4
28Kicks from hand18
705Kick metres537
Goal kicking
ITA conversions 2/2, penalties 1/1 · IRE conversions 1/4, penalties 0/0. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown.

Line-ups

Italy

  1. 1Danilo FischettiProp
  2. 2Gianmarco LucchesiHooker
  3. 3Simone FerrariProp
  4. 4Dino LambSecond row
  5. 5Federico RuzzaSecond row
  6. 6Sebastian NegriFlanker
  7. 7Manuel ZulianiFlanker
  8. 8Lorenzo CannoneNumber 8
  9. 9Martin Page-ReloScrum-half
  10. 10Paolo GarbisiFly-half
  11. 11Montanna IoaneWing
  12. 12Tommaso MenoncelloCentre
  13. 13Juan Ignacio BrexCentre
  14. 14Ange CapuozzoWing
  15. 15Tommaso AllanFull-back
  16. 16Giacomo NicoteraBench
  17. 17Mirco SpagnoloBench
  18. 18Giosue ZilocchiBench
  19. 19Niccolo CannoneBench
  20. 20Michele LamaroBench
  21. 21Ross VintcentBench
  22. 22Stephen VarneyBench
  23. 23Leonardo MarinBench

Ireland

  1. 1Andrew PorterProp
  2. 2Dan SheehanHooker
  3. 3Finlay BealhamProp
  4. 4James RyanSecond row
  5. 5Tadhg BeirneSecond row
  6. 6Jack ConanFlanker
  7. 7Josh van der FlierFlanker
  8. 8Caelan DorisNumber 8
  9. 9Jamison Gibson-ParkScrum-half
  10. 10Jack CrowleyFly-half
  11. 11James LoweWing
  12. 12Robbie HenshawCentre
  13. 13Garry RingroseCentre
  14. 14Mack HansenWing
  15. 15Hugo KeenanFull-back
  16. 16Gus McCarthyBench
  17. 17Jack BoyleBench
  18. 18Tadhg FurlongBench
  19. 19Joe McCarthyBench
  20. 20Peter O'MahonyBench
  21. 21Conor MurrayBench
  22. 22Sam PrendergastBench
  23. 23Bundee AkiBench

Match officials

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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.