England vs Italy

2022 - 2 - 12

Italy v England - Marcus Smith

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7 mins: England win a penalty in midfield and pin Italy back on the right hand-side of the pitch. 2 mins: Italy start on the front foot and win an early penalty and they look to kick deep to pin England back. In fact, it does straight away as the visitors win a scrum penalty right in front of the posts in Italy's 22, from which Randall feeds Smith, who plays a beautiful looping pass to Daly and the visitors are four tries to the good. Italy, however, refuse to buckle and win a much-needed penalty to give themselves some breathing room after spending what must have seemed an eternity to them in their own 10 meters. 54 mins: Italy put together some nice offloads and Montanna Ioanne breaks purposefully into England's 22, only for the move to break down as England scramble back. The Italians scrummage well and win a penalty, which Garbisi kicks into touch. 72 mins: Italy win another penalty in England's 22 after Sinckler handles in the ruck. Itoje had a try disallowed and Tom Curry had a near-miss too as England strove to ram home their advantage. Ollie Chessum pounced on an Italian fumble and the visitors had a promising platform. He wasn't himself at Murrayfield and Jones publicly made that clear, then switched him to the back row and challenged him to do better. Jones had picked a team designed to play with freedom and that is what they did, to varying degrees of success. Bold forecasts that a shock was on the cards turned out to be utterly mis-placed.

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Like Marler, did the job required for 15 minutes to see out the game. Kyle Sinckler 7/10 – Replaced Stuart at the break and immediately won the contest in the scrum. Was given the captaincy late on and prevented a sure try for the hosts. Nick Isiekwe 8/10 – Inspired England’s second try with a plunging run through Italy’s core to prove brute force sometimes is the best option. Will Stuart 6/10 – Started in place of Kyle Sinckler but laboured in the scrum and was replaced at the break. Will hope to keep his place in the XV for Wales in a fortnight’s time. Jack Nowell 6/10 – An early head injury denied Nowell the chance to impress on his first England start in over 1000 days. Was guilty of a turnover in possession in the first half and didn’t seem totally comfortable all afternoon. Henry Slade 6/10 – Found little room to dazzle and appeared to endure the game more than enjoy it. Freddie Steward 6/10 – Wasn’t much needed as an anchor at the back. “They did well today but it was in completely different conditions. Jones joked of Genge: “I won’t give him too much of a rap there, I don’t know whether he’ll be able to repeat that.” But the coach continued: “It was a good effort by him.

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Arrived as an HIA replacement for Nowell in the 16th minute and saw plenty of action with ball in hand. Marked his first-time ascent to the captaincy following Curry’s departure by winning a penalty on the ground five metres from England’s line. Perhaps fortunate to avoid a ‘red zone’ yellow card when Italy made their first serious entry into England’s 22 in the 50th minute. Another England player whose first touch went forward and as Lawrence Dallaglio observed in commentary too often faced a battle to retain control of the ball in contact. Got his name on the scoresheet late on. Got his hands on the ball in the outside channels as well as closer to the coalface where he put in a characteristically action-packed shift. Carried hard and did his share of the donkey work defensively before being replaced at half-time. Saw plenty of the ball in the first half when he often got over the gain-line. Used his big left boot to good effect in the first quarter to pin Italy back from inside England’s 22. His trademark sniping pace created England’s second try plus Itoje’s disallowed ‘score’ and kept the hosts’ fringe defence honest throughout. Looked completely at home in his preferred no.13 shirt where he consistently took the right attacking option. Lost the ball forward when attempting a one-handed offload in the Italy 22 but soon made amends by sending Smith over for his country’s opening try.

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Smith knocks on and Italy are on the attack from a scrum in the England half. England catch and drive a lineout in the Italian 22 that the Azzuri pack hold still and force Randall to release it to the backs. But it comes to a frustrating end as the white defence snaffle the ball to end the attack. Isiekwe takes a the ball at the tail of the lineout and Randall carries into the Italy 5m. The latest is sent to the corner for a lineout that the England forwards secure and suck the Italian defence in for Itoje to dot it down from a few metres out. Garbisi flashes it right and Mori takes Smith on around the outside, but the stand-off does enough to hold on and put the winger into touch on the England 22. Italy are in the England half with the ball in hand. The Italian pack do a decent job of stopping it and Randall sends it to the runners to start carrying into the Italy defensive line. They are in the Engand 22 again and the ball comes left to Ioanne to dash for the line, but he’s well shepherded by the England scramble defence. Italy go for a trick lineout with the ball pinballed short and back to Faiva. He gets the space to charge towards the line but he’s tackled by Malins and is in touch. Italy secure possession from the lineout and kick it into the England 22 before Marchant runs it out and then slices it horribly out on the full. A couple of England attacks end in errors; the first a knock-on from the Smith and the second a stray pass from Malins into touch.

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76 mins: Still Italy come, desperate to get themselves on the scoreboard. They’ve had so many of these lineouts deep in England territory, haven’t been able to make anything of them yet. Italy remained bottom of the standings. They want to do it with a try again, as they win a penalty in the England 22 but kick for the corner. Youngs came on to equal Jason Leonard as England’s most capped men’s player in his 114th test appearance. Bonus-point victory for England, and for the first time in the Six Nations they prevent Italy from getting on the scoreboard.