Italy player ratings vs Ireland
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Italy were on the losing side of the score board but wow what a match from the Italians! We rate the Italian players.
Starting XV
The back three were dangrous with ball in hand and the forwards gave them a lot of room to work in.
15 Lorenzo Pani-7
14 Louis Lynagh-8
11 Monty Ioane-7
The two centers were on top of stuff. Marin were excellent on defence and Menoncello on attack. Menoncello handed Ireland an easy peanlty when he went off his feet at the breakdown.
13 Leonardo Marin-8
12 Tommaso Menoncello-6
The halfbacks were putting Italy in the right areas of the field. Garbisi were excellent off the tee.
10 Paolo Garbisi-8
9 Alessandro Fusco-8
These three loseforwards are everything that this Italian teams need. Power and pace. Zuliani was a beast on defence.
8 Lorenzo Cannone-7
7 Manuel Zuliani-8
6 Michele Lamaro (captain)-7
The Italian lineouts were on point with these two pulling the strings.
5 Andrea Zambonin-5
4 Niccolo Cannone-6
Bulldozers. That is their new name. They put Ireland under huge pressure in the scrums.
3 Simone Ferrari-9
2 Giacomo Nicotera-7
1 Danilo Fischetti-8
Replacements -8
The front row made a massive impact and kept the Irish scrum going forward. Odiase had strong carries and Odogwu made a few line breaks
16 Tommaso Di Bartolomeo
17 Mirco Spagnolo
18 Muhamed Hasa
19 Federico Ruzza
20 Riccardo Favretto
21 David Odiase
22 Alessandro Garbisi
23 Paolo Odogwu.
