IRE
	No.	Name
15Rob Kearney, FB
14Keith Earls, W T
13Robbie Henshaw, C T 2
12Bundee Aki, C T
11Jacob Stockdale, W T 2
10Johnny Sexton, FH  5
9Conor Murray, SH T
1Jack McGrath, P
2Rory Best, H T
3Tadhg Furlong, P
4Iain Henderson, L
5Devin Toner, L
6Peter O'Mahony, FL
7Dan Leavy, FL
8Jack Conan, N8
Replacements
16Sean Cronin, R
17Cian Healy, R
18Andrew Porter, R
19Quinn Roux, R
20CJ Stander, R
21Kieran Marmion, R
22Joey Carbery, R  3
23Jordan Larmour, R

ITALY
	No.	Name
15Matteo Minozzi, FB T
14Tommaso Benvenuti, W
13Tommaso Boni, C
12Tommaso Castello, C
11Mattia Bellini, W
10Tommaso Allan, FH T  2
9Marcello Violi, SH
1Nicola Quaglio, P
2Luca Bigi, H
3Simone Ferrari, P
4Alessandro Zanni, L
5Dean Budd, L
6Sebastian Negri, FL
7Braam Steyn, FL
8Sergio Parisse, N8
16Leonardo Ghiraldini, R
17Andrea Lovotti, R
18Tiziano Pasquali, R
19Federico Ruzza, R
20Maxime Mbanda, R
21Edoardo Gori, R T
22Carlo Canna, R
23Jayden Hayward, R

*Players currently on the pitch are shown in bold

Game Info

Venue: Aviva Stadium

2:15 PM, February 10, 2018

2265dESPN Staff

Tadhg Furlong, Robbie Henshaw injuries take shine off Ireland win

Injuries to Robbie Henshaw and Tadhg Furlong took the shine off Ireland's comprehensive 56-19 victory over Italy in the Six Nations.

Match Commentary

81'+1		56-19 End of second half
80'		The big news from Twickenham is that Leigh Halfpenny has been ruled out of the Wales XV. Plenty more to come on that and much more from Week 2 of the 2018 Six Nations!
80'		Up next in the Six Nations, at 16:45 GMT, is England vs. Wales, which promises to be a much closer encounter than this one. Stay with ESPN for all the reaction from Dublin, as well as the action from Twickenham, and tomorrow's match between Scotland and France at Murrayfield.

Match Stats

IRE

ITALY

63%

37%

65%

35%

IRE

ITALY

164	Runs	104
619	Metres Run	409
15	Clean Breaks	7
106	Tackles	175
6	Missed Tackles	27
10	Turnover Knock On	5

Standings

Six Nations
R	Team	GP	PD	P
1	IRE	5	+84	20
2	FRA	5	+6	15
3	ENG	5	-5	14
4	SCOT	5	0	12
5	ITALY	5	-34	11
6	WALES	5	-51	4

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