FRA
No.Name
15Brice Dulin, FB
14Yoann Huget, W
13Mathieu Bastareaud, C
12Wesley Fofana, C
T
11Hugo Bonneval, W
T
10Jules Plisson, FH
9Jean-Marc Doussain, SH
3
3
1Thomas Domingo, P
2Dimitri Szarzewski, H
3Nicolas Mas, P
4Pascal Pape, L
5Yoann Maestri, L
6Yannick Nyanga Kabasele, FL
7Bernard Le Roux, FL
8Louis Picamoles, N8
T
Replacements
16Benjamin Kayser, H
17Yannick Forestier, P
18Rabah Slimani, P
19Sebastien Vahaamahina, L
20Damien Chouly, N8
21Maxime Machenaud, SH
22Francois Trinh-Duc, FH
23Gael Fickou, C

*Players currently on the pitch are shown in bold

Game Info

Venue: Stade de France
3:00 PM, February 9, 2014
Attendance: 68,000
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Match Commentary

81'30-10 End of half
81'30-10 End of half
81'30-10 End of second half
80'Full-time and that's the end of another lopsided contest this weekend. France continue their Grand Slam charge, but it's back to the drawing board for the Italians.
78'30-10 Conversion - Luciano Orquera , Italy
77'Orquera with the kick of the day - splitting the posts from the touchline - to bring Italy into double figures
77'30-8 Try - Tommaso Iannone , Italy
76'Italy making the most of the numerical advantage. Patient build up in the 22 and they spread it wide, with Tommaso Iannone going over in the corner. Too little, too late for Italy but reward for their efforts
76'Substitute on - Yannick Nyanga Kabasele , France
76'Player substituted - Bernard Le Roux , France
75'Substitute on - Nicolas Mas , France
75'Player substituted - Yannick Nyanga Kabasele , France
75'Substitute on - Alberto de Marchi , Italy
75'Player substituted - Mauro Bergamasco , Italy
73'Substitute on - Gael Fickou , France
73'Player substituted - Mathieu Bastareaud , France
72'Something you don't see much in rugby - a double red card. Rabah Slimani and Michele Rizzo swing some punches in a ruck, and drop a headbutt or two, and are both given their marching orders. Players dropping from this match like flies now.
71'Red card - Rabah Slimani , France
71'Red card - Michele Rizzo , Italy
71'Player substituted - Quintin Geldenhuys , Italy
71'Substitute on - Marco Bortolami , Italy
70'Yellow card - Sebastien Vahaamahina , France
69'Sebastien Vahaamahina will sit the rest of his game on the sidelines as he sees yellow for kicking the ball away in frustration. He's been on the field for barely three minutes.
67'Substitute on - Francois Trinh-Duc , France
67'Player substituted - Jules Plisson , France
67'Player substituted - Pascal Pape , France
67'Substitute on - Sebastien Vahaamahina , France
66'Tobias Botes looks to have gone over but, after a lengthy TMO referral, it is decided the ball was not grounded. Looks like it was held up by his own arm, which is an odd one - Botes had to score from there.
65'Joshua Furno loses the ball in contact with the try line at his mercy, as close as Italy have got to crossing the white stuff. Sums up their day today.
64'Player substituted - Tommaso Allan , Italy
64'Substitute on - Luciano Orquera , Italy
64'Player substituted - Edoardo Gori , Italy
64'Substitute on - Tobie Botes , Italy
61'Substitute on - Maxime Machenaud , France
61'Player substituted - Jean-Marc Doussain , France
59'Player substituted - Martin Castrogiovanni , Italy
59'Substitute on - Lorenzo Cittadini , Italy
59'Substitute on - Michele Rizzo , Italy
59'Player substituted - Alberto de Marchi , Italy
59'Player substituted - Leonardo Ghiraldini , Italy
59'Substitute on - Davide Giazzon , Italy
58'Substitute on - Damien Chouly , France
58'Player substituted - Louis Picamoles , France
58'Substitute on - Benjamin Kayser , France
58'Player substituted - Dimitri Szarzewski , France
53'30-3 Conversion - Jean-Marc Doussain , France
52'Conversion goes over again and a Mexican Wave goes around the Stade de France.
52'28-3 Try - Hugo Bonneval , France
52'Substitute on - Alessandro Zanni , Italy
52'Player substituted - Francesco Minto , Italy
51'Superb from France. Wesley Fofana gobbles up a loose pass, runs the length of the field and offloads, for debutant Hugo Bonneval to go over. Candidate for try of the Six Nations so far. Brilliant.
49'Player substituted - Nicolas Mas , France
49'Substitute on - Rabah Slimani , France
49'Player substituted - Thomas Domingo , France
49'Substitute on - Yannick Forestier , France
46'Doussain again successful with the extras and Italy have a big mountain to climb.
46'23-3 Conversion - Jean-Marc Doussain , France
46'21-3 Try - Wesley Fofana , France
45'Wesley Fofana is such a dangerous player and he may well have put this game to bed. He takes quick ball from a ruck and bursts clear down the right flank, shakes off a tackle and touches down. Game over?
44'16-3 Conversion - Jean-Marc Doussain , France
43'Doussain converts and Italy need the next score to be theirs if they want anything from this game.
43'14-3 Try - Louis Picamoles , France
42'Whatever Philippe Saint-Andre said at half-time has worked. The French get a maul going in the Italian 22 and Louis Picamoles does well to go over, bulldozing 15 metres forward to touch down. France well clear now.
41'9-3 End of first half
40'Jules Plisson gets us back underway for the second half. Big 40 minutes for both teams in store now.
40'Italy end the half in the French 22 but a knock-on brings a pretty dismal half of rugby to a close. Still very much open for both sides.
40'9-3 Start of second half
39'9-3 Penalty goal - Jean-Marc Doussain , France
38'France opening up a bit of breathing space as Doussain finds target. He had a slow start but that's two good kicks in a row from him now.
34'6-3 Penalty goal - Jean-Marc Doussain , France
33'France finally getting their act together from the tee as Doussain puts the hosts back in front - it's another one from straight in front of the posts.
31'Wow, that is a truly awful kick from Tommaso Allan. Just wide of being straight in front, the fly-half drags it the wrong side of the right upright.
29'3-3 Penalty goal - Tommaso Allan , Italy
28'Italy back on level terms as Tommaso Allan knocks over a simple kick. Two brilliant breaks from Italy prop Alberto de Marchi, of all people, in the build up.
27'3-0 Penalty goal - Jean-Marc Doussain , France
26'Finally a successful kick at goal and it's as simple as they come for Jean-Marc Doussain, who knocks over to give France an overdue lead. Italy will be happy to only be trailing by three points so far.
22'Gonzalo García puts another kick wide. Five kicks have missed the sticks so far this afternoon and we are still scoreless.
18'France deep in Italy's 22 but the visitors currently offering some stubborn resistance. They will be spending a lot of time there today at this rate.
12'Gonzalo Garcia hasn't brought his kicking boots either, as he drops one short from the half-way line. That's Italy's first chance of anything in this match, France have completely controlled the opening spell.
7'Jules Plisson shanks a drop goal wide of the posts. That's three kicks missed for France in the opening exchange so far.
1'0-0 Start of first half

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