Italy v Ireland | Key Moments
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Italy was off to strong start against Ireland but lost their heads, and gave Ireland a chance to get back into the game which saw them walk away with a bonus point victory.
Here are some of the key moments from the game.
9’ Gibson Park throws a loose pass and gets caught by Italy, they kick it down field, Ireland win the footrace and jot it down for a tryline kick out.
11’ Mennancelo hits the line hard and breaks through, offload to number 10 and he kicks it through, and Italy are in on try Monty Ioane finishes
20’ Ireland gets their try disallowed cause of a double movement
23’ Ireland’s pressure pays off as they get a try from a scrum set-piece, and they are equal again.
36’ Italy on the attack and almost through on try but are stopped and Ireland win the turnover.
38’ Michele Lamaro gets sent off a minute before half time for a deliberate knock down and Ireland make them pay and take the lead into the break.
48 Ross Vintcent gets sent off for a high tackle which will be sent to the bunker for a review.
54’ Irelands try gets sent for a TMO review, for an earlier knock on by Doris, the try gets ruled out.
55’ Ross Vintcents earlier yellow card gets upgraded to a red card.
57’ A moment of magic from Gibson Park to give a blindside cross kick to Hansen who catches it in the air and offloads to Dan Sheehan who goes over for his 3rd try.
62’ A moment of magic from Capuozzo as he kicks it down the line and the bounce is favourable to Stephen Varney as he bounces on it and are Italy are back in the game.
66’ Conor Murray gets a standing ovation as he comes on for his final run-out in the green jersey.
72’ Lowe breaks the tackle of Capuozzo on the line and runs on the line and offloads it back in field, but the toucher claims he stepped on the line, but a check shows that he didn’t, but it still remains a Italy line out.
77’ Italy wins the turnover and are on the attack in the closing minutes, Capuozza breaks a tackle, but the offload goes forward, and Italy lose the ball forward.
79’ Giamco Nicotera gets a yellow card for an illegal clear out.
