England (31) 59 / Italy (6) 13 (Final Score)
England hosted Italy at Twickenham at 16:30 SA Time. This was the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SS1 on TV in SA.
England absolutely demolished Italy, with Chris Ashton scoring an impressive 4 tries in the process.
Scorers:
England: 5 Conversions & 1 Penalty Toby Flood, 3 Conversions Johnny Wilkinson, 4 Tries Chris Ashton, 1 Try Mark Cueto, 1 Try Mike Tindall, 1 Try Danny Care, 1 Try James Haskell
Italy: 2 Penalties & 1 Conversion Mirco Bergamasco, 1 Try Fabio Ongaro
Teams:
England: 15 Ben Foden, 14 Chris Ashton, 13 Mike Tindall (captain), 12 Shontayne Hape, 11 Mark Cueto, 10 Toby Flood, 9 Ben Youngs, 8 Nick Easter, 7 James Haskell, 6 Tom Wood, 5 Tom Palmer, 4 Louis Deacon, 3 Dan Cole, 2 Dylan Hartley, 1 Alex Corbisiero.
Replacements: 16 Steve Thompson, 17 David Wilson, 18 Simon Shaw, 19 Henre Fourie, 20 Danny Care, 21 Jonny Wilkinson, 22 Matt Banahan.
Italy (revised team): 15 Luke McLean, 14 Andrea Masi, 13 Gonzalo Canale, 12 Alberto Sgarbi, 11 Mirco Bergamasco, 10 Luciano Orquera, 9 Fabio Semenzato, 8 Sergio Parisse (captain), 7 Alessandro Zanni, 6 Valerio Bernabò, 5 Quintin Geldenhuys, 4 Carlo Antonio Del Fava, 3 Martin Castrogiovanni, 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini, 1 Salvatore Perugini.
Replacements: 16 Fabio Ongaro, 17 Andrea Lo Cicero, 18 Santiago Dellapè, 19 Robert Barbieri, 20 Pablo Canavosio, 21 Kristopher Burton, 22 Gonzalo Garcia.
Date: Saturday, February 12
Venue: Twickenham, London
Kick-off: 14.30 (16.30 SA Time)
Expected weather: Cloudy at first with patchy rain or drizzle, then becoming brighter from the west. A dry and largely sunny afternoon. Light winds. High 11°C, low 6°C
Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa)
Assistant referees: Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland), Peter Allan (Scotland)
TMO: Tony Redmond (Ireland)
England 45 / 6
@ grootblousmile:
ek het n oom nou die dag ontmoet wat homself Boks noem, ry n ou Anglia
Ek het nou nog nie behoorlik gekyk nie maar speel England goed. Ek sien hulle pass baie , is dit n nuwe spelstyl?
32@ superBul:
Glo nie Oom Boks ry ‘n Anglia nie…. taamlik bles bo op die kop, dra ‘n bril.
Sy vrou se naam is Mariaan.
Anyway, dis familie van my… stiefoom…
Nou’t ek nog meer rede om in Hoedspruit te kom kuier.
Hy weet waar jou huis is… ken hom aan die tuin…. hehehe
33@ superBul:
Engeland speel moer goed.
Try Italy.. Ongaro
@ grootblousmile:
arm man se mooi tuin, ek moet se met my karige fondse kry ek nogal reg om die dorp aan die praat te hou.
England 45 / 13
Try James Haskell
37@ superBul:
Ek het vir Oom Boks vandag by die begrafnis gesê dat as hy telefoonprobleme het moet hy my bel, ek sal jou bel…. hehe
England 52 / 13
@ grootblousmile:
is sy van dieselfde as joune,
Try No 4 for Chris Ashton
Aston is fast on his way to be player of the year
England 59 / 13
42@ superBul:
Nee, sy van is Opperman.
Sy pa was ‘n uitsonderlike oom, het byname vir almal gehad… een man, Jan Vermaak, het hy “Peervoël” gedoop… hehehe
Game over and England win by a margin of 46
man ek sal graag wil weet waar hy boer ek sal op admin vra
OK, over to the Scotland / Wales thread
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