ENG
No.Name
15Mike Brown, FB
14Anthony Watson, W
13Jonathan Joseph, C
T
2
12Luther Burrell, C
11Jonny May, W
10George Ford, FH
3
3
9Ben Youngs, SH
T
1Joe Marler, P
2Dylan Hartley, H
3Dan Cole, P
4Dave Attwood, L
5George Kruis, L
6James Haskell, FL
7Chris Robshaw, FL
8Billy Vunipola, N8
T
Replacements
16Tom Youngs, H
17Mako Vunipola, P
18Kieran Brookes, P
19Nick Easter, L
T
20Tom Croft, FL
21Richard Wigglesworth, SH
22Danny Cipriani, FH
T
23Billy Twelvetrees, FB

*Players currently on the pitch are shown in bold

Game Info

Venue: Allianz Stadium, Twickenham
9:30 AM, February 14, 2015
Attendance: 82,061
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Match Commentary

81'England with a comfortable victory, but they'll be disappointed with allowing three tries here. Jonathan Joseph man of the match. He tells BBC Sport: "Defensively we weren't disciplined enough [early on], we allowed them to get on top of us, but we worked much better in the second half."
Stuart Lancaster: "It was a soft try we conceded first off. We gave them a bit of a rev up, told them to up the intensity. We were a little bit off on the back of last week. Slightly disappointed because we could have done a little bit better."
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81'47-17 End of half
81'47-17 End of half
81'47-17 End of second half
80'May with a pop forward as England go for another try at the death, but it doesn't stick and there's the whistle
80'47-17 Conversion - Tommaso Allan , Italy
79'Conversion is good from Allan
79'47-15 Try - Luca Morisi , Italy
79'Substitute on - Giulio Bisegni , Italy
79'Player substituted - Leonardo Sarto , Italy
78'Italy being pushed back deeper, but Masi bursts through. Nice pass out to Morisi who touches down in the corner ... it goes to the TMO ... try given!
76'Penalty to Italy here, Parisse calls for the scrum.
75'Masi bulldozes his way through but is halted in his tracks. Is there a consolation try in this for Italy? McLean with a cheeky chip over the top, it bounces nice for Italy but Biagi can't get it down. Should've done better, perhaps. Looked like he was trying to hand it on to Allan
74'Italy get it back here after some good defensive play from Croft at the lineout
73'Wigglesworth under pressure and kicks into touch, but still inside the 22. Chris Robshaw leading the way with 14 tackles today...
72'Cipriani kicks but McLean catches easily. Beautiful kick from him into touch
71'England turnover and Twelvetrees kicks deep. Venditti returns the favour but here comes Watson
70'Italy have the penalty, England in at the side. McLean kicks into touch
70'Substitute on - Tommaso Allan , Italy
70'Player substituted - Kelly Haimona , Italy
70'Substitute on - Guglielmo Palazzani , Italy
70'Player substituted - Edoardo Gori , Italy
69'Kick from Cipriani veers away. Haimona trudges off for Italy
69'47-10 Try - Nick Easter , England
68'Heave is the cry from Twickenham again and Nick Easter crosses at the heart of the England drive! His sixth try for his country. This has become a complete rout
67'Here comes the England counter. May bursts down the left again, eventually comes back for the penalty. Italy imploding here.
67'Substitute on - Richard Wigglesworth , England
67'Player substituted - Ben Youngs , England
65'Bergamasco has been patched up and is set to come back on. Ball spilled by Italy and Cipriani boots it out
64'42-10 Conversion - Danny Cipriani , England
64'40-10 Try - Danny Cipriani , England
63'TRY from Cipriani! Twelvetrees feeds May, who stands his winger up before finding Cipriani. He ghosts through a minute after coming on. Two touches and a try in one minute, not a bad effort ... England running riot - three tries in eight minutes overall. Cipriani adds the extras. What a moment for him
63'Player substituted - James Haskell , England
63'Substitute on - Tom Croft , England
63'Player substituted - Joe Marler , England
63'Substitute on - Mako Vunipola , England
63'Player substituted - George Ford , England
63'Substitute on - Danny Cipriani , England
63'35-10 Conversion - George Ford , England
62'Conversion is good, and here comes Danny Cipriani for his first Six Nations appearance since 2008
61'33-10 Try - Jonathan Joseph , England
60'Joseph through again! He gets his second try. Great dummy from Ford before a wonderful popped pass to Joseph, who went all the way through again
59'Substitute on - Matias Aguero , Italy
59'Player substituted - Alberto de Marchi , Italy
59'Substitute on - Andrea Manici , Italy
59'Player substituted - Leonardo Ghiraldini , Italy
59'Player substituted - Mauro Bergamasco , Italy
59'Substitute on - Samu Vunisa , Italy
59'Player substituted - Martin Castrogiovanni , Italy
59'Substitute on - Dario Chistolini , Italy
59'Substitute on - Kieran Brookes , England
59'Player substituted - Dan Cole , England
59'Player substituted - Dylan Hartley , England
59'Substitute on - Tom Youngs , England
58'Tom Youngs on for Hartley, Brookes also on for Cole
58'28-10 Penalty goal - George Ford , England
57'Masi spills it, penalty given away. Bergamasco on the ground with a head injury. Ford's kick is fine and England now cruising
56'25-10 Conversion - George Ford , England
55'Ford adds the extras again - England's lead stretched to 15 points
55'23-10 Try - Ben Youngs , England
54'Heave is the cry form Twickenham and penalty is given. Quickly taken tap-penalty and Youngs goes over! Ultimate opportunism there, Italy caught cold.
52'Italian lineout. They need to clear here. Gori spills under pressure, though, and England have the scrum right under the posts. Mike Brown shown on the bench on the big screen to huge applause from Twickenham - great to see he's OK
51'Joseph chips through but McLean sees it out.
51'Player substituted - Dave Attwood , England
51'Substitute on - Nick Easter , England
50'Another wayward kick from Haimona, though. Atwood off and Easter on for England. Eight points in it
50'18-10 Try - Luca Morisi , Italy
49'Sarto was nearly away there. But ball is worked out to Morisi on the left. Dummy is bought, he's tripped but gets to his feet to cross. TRY! Excellent effort
48'England going through the phases, but they're back to the halfway line. Ford kicks it high, McLean with the clean take.
47'Scrum goes down, advantage played. Twelvetrees sees the space, Ford now into Gori. Watson nearly away again but Haimona takes him down
46'Substitute on - Josh Furno , Italy
46'Player substituted - Marco Bortolami , Italy
46'18-5 Penalty goal - George Ford , England
45'Ford with the chance to extend the lead. He's hit two from three so far ... no problem. Italy bring Furno on for Bortolami
44'Big carry from Atwood as he barges through the centre. Advantage to England - Minto coming in at the side. Back it comes for the panlty
43'Furno waiting to come on for Italy. Haimona's kick taken down by Kruis. Vunipola to Twelvetrees as England come down the left again
42'Italy defence holding firm. Turnover, Castro back to Venditti. Another turnover! Chipped over the top but goes all the way out with Masi alert
41'Vunipola charging forward again down the right. England threatening early on. No way through so far
41'15-5 End of first half
40'Back underway at Twickenham
40'But Italy have the scrum - top work. Sloppy from England again
40'15-5 Start of second half
39'Good take by Haskell, Italy standing firm but starting to fracture.
38'England eventually get the penalty from the collapsing scrum. Minto back on in the Italian back row. England get the penalty again. Italy warned, England will come again
38'Substitute on - Francesco Minto , Italy
38'Player substituted - Samu Vunisa , Italy
37'Blue put in,
35'There goes Youngs on the break, off to Vunipola on the left. Taken down but England coming forward. Twelvetrees out wide to May but he's also taken down. Missed opportunity
34'It's 50 metres but way short from Haimona. Italy could have put that deep into English territory...
33'Another penalty to Italy for English hands in the ruck. Haimona to have another crack ...
31'Italy with a chance to keep themselves right in it here. Haimona shanks it right. Wasted opportunity there
30'Sarto sends it high, but Italy have the penalty. Haskell was offside as the ball was lost forward
29'Player substituted - Francesco Minto , Italy
29'Substitute on - Samu Vunisa , Italy
29'15-5 Conversion - George Ford , England
28'Ford adds the extras and England lead by 10 points
27'Joseph breaks through and he goes all the way from almost the half-way line! Outstanding solo try, outwit's Italy's backline, skipping past the tackles. Great turnover from Twelvetrees and Robshaw in the build-up
27'13-5 Try - Jonathan Joseph , England
26'Knock on from Italy but advantage over. Kick bounces the wrong side of the corner flag and back they come.
24'England take the lead, and Ford's kick is wide of the left post. Billy Vunipola's second try for England
24'8-5 Try - Billy Vunipola , England
23'Ford comes from deep again, onto May. Ghiraldini comes steaming in from the side and penalty to England. Near-perfect kick from Ford into touch. Haskell to Vunipola who moves over the line - but didn't look like there was a grounding. Great defensive work from Gori - but TMO awards a TRY! Questionable - was he in control of the ball? ...
22'Joseph eventually takes down the high kick.
21'3-5 Penalty goal - George Ford , England
20'No problem for Ford - England have their first points on the board
19'Ford kicks into touch - lineout just inside the Italian 22. Taken down by Kruis. England have the advantage after Haimona takes out Youngs. Ref pulls it back.
18'England with another chance to go forward, Burrell can't quite get the pass away but England have the penalty. Deliberate knock down
15'England going through the phases. Robshaw out wide on the right. Coming back left, crowd have fallen a bit quiet but here comes Watson! That gets them going. England threatening
14'Ball cleared into touch by Ford.
13'Italy pouring forward again! Beautiful pick up by Masi is spilled, however, and back it comes. Mike Brown is out cold after a collision with Masi there, though. Accidental, shoulder to head. England medical staff quickly on and the stretcher is out. England need to regroup here. Twelvetrees comes on as Brown is strapped to the stretcher. Thankfully Brown has shown signs of movement and is talking to the medics. Watson goes to full-back and Joseph out to the wing, Twelvetrees into the centre
We're back underway. England need to stay sharp, scrum on the five-yard line. England's ball. Great drive by England and they get a penalty
13'Player substituted - Mike Brown , England
13'Substitute on - Billy Twelvetrees , England
11'Italy get the ball way. The visitors get another penalty with England not rolling away - England making the same mistakes they made in the early going against Wales
9'Penalty doesn't come for England, Fords kicks into the arms of McLean. Knock on from Brown as he tried to take it forward, Italy put in
8'Scrum to England - stats showing five missed tackles for the hosts so far...
7'Nice dummy by Haimona - sold the kick and shimmied to his left. Penalty eventually awarded to Italy - a fantastic start from the visitors
6'Brown hoists it high but Gori and McLean keep it in
5'What a start for Italy. Deserved. Morisi made the ground initially. England missing far too many tackles there. They had the numbers to deal with that. Haimona's kick misses, though, and it stays 5-0 to Italy.
4'Good burst forward down the left from Morisi. Italy threatening here and Parisse breaks through! TRY ITALY
4'0-5 Try - Sergio Parisse , Italy
3'All the early ball with England, poked forward but McLean clears for Italy. Now England have messed up a lineout...
2'England breaking forward here, Brown carries it in. Ford to Vunipola. Back to Ford who kicks into touch again. Well-judged from Ford. Italy fluff a second line out in a row
1'It's England 15-5 Italy at the break.
Tom Hamilton's verdict so far: "England not at their fluent best, but they have the lead. Italy more than here just to make up the numbers. First half marred by the injury to Mike Brown but they rode their luck for Vunipola's score."
1'We're underway! Sloppy pass early on from Youngs but Ford clears ...
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Stuart Lancaster tells BBC Sport: "First of all I'm delighted for them that they got their rewards [against Wales]. I felt at half-time we were composed and controlled. In the second we showed our dominance. But that was last week and we're onto this week, I can assure you. It's very much getting our feet back on the ground. There's lots of things we can improve on and definitely from our performance against Italy two years ago."
Here come Italy, with Chris Robshaw ready to lead England out. No tunnel stand-off at Twickenham ...
Time for the anthems and it's absolutely chucking it down ... Conditions had looked perfect until about two minutes ago
From ESPNscrum's Tom Hamilton at Twickenham: "Light drizzle in the air, no wind. England should win but expect Italy to be competitive and keep in touch until the last 30 minutes or so. England's superior fitness should shine through then."
1'0-0 Start of first half

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