ITALY are up against it against France in their opening Six Nations match.
Les Bleus are making a big statement of intent as they look to take the trophy off England.
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TRY SCORED!
TEDDY THOMAS IS OVER AGAIN!
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ITALY 10-45 FRANCE
73. Pressure on Italy.
A kick forwards searching for the run of Villiere is taken back over the line by Trulla and France have the put in at the scrum five metres out.
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ITALY 10-45 FRANCE
71. Wasteful from Italy.
They lose their own line-out on the France five-metre line and France send the ball clear.
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ITALY 10-45 FRANCE
70. Penalty for Italy.
Aldegheri is penalised for collapsing the scrum and Garbisi puts the ball into the corner for an Italy line-out.
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ITALY 10-45 FRANCE
69. A France knock on in their own half, which means Italy have a scrum in a good position to try and get another score on the board.
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ITALY 10-45 FRANCE
66. The conversion is good and Italy are into double digits.
Just under fifteen minutes left to play in Rome.
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ITALY 8-45 FRANCE
65. That's a lovely try!
Sperandio collects the ball on the right and opts for a kick and chase.
It's a brilliant kick that drops into his hands as he runs on to it and all he has to do it touch it down!
Italy have their first try!
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TRYYYY!
ITALY ARE ON THE BOARD!
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TRY TIME
Here's a look at France's fifth of the afternoon, made by brilliant work from Matthieu Jalibert.
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ITALY 3-45 FRANCE
61. Matthieu Jalibert is also coming off for French.
Louis Carbonel is coming on to play the last nineteen minutes at fly-half.
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ITALY 3-45 FRANCE
60. France penalty.
Italy collapse the scrum after their own knock on and France again have good territory, just outside the Italy twenty-two.
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ITALY 3-45 FRANCE
59. Antoine Dupont's day is done.
He's coming off for Baptiste Serin after a good day's work.
What a player he is.
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ITALY 3-45 FRANCE
58. No surprises as Jalibert adds the two extra points and France's lead is now forty-two points.
There's still twenty minutes left to play.
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ITALY 3-43 FRANCE
57. Jalibert spins out from a tackle and breaks the gain line.
He draws Garbisi towards him before passing to Dupont.
Dupont could run for the line but he decides to return the favour and play in Teddy Thomas for a clean run to the line.
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TRY SCORED!
FRANCE HAVE ANOTHER!
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ITALY 3-38 FRANCE
56. France penalty.
Italy are guilty of being offside from the restart and France have yet another chance to set up an attack.
The kick for touch fails to go out though and Italy regain possession.
That's probably the first error from the French all afternoon.
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ITALY 3-38 FRANCE
55. Jalibert pops the ball through the posts and France's lead is now thirty-five points.
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ITALY 3-36 FRANCE
54. Teddy Thomas bursts through a tired looking Italy defensive line, before passing the ball infield to Dupont who has a clear run over the line.
France lead by over thirty points, and there's still twenty-five minutes left to play.
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TRY SCORED!
ANTOINE DUPONT IS IN ON THE ACTION!
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LINK-UP
Here's a look at France's fourth try of the afternoon after good work from Villiere and Dulin.
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ITALY 3-31 FRANCE
52. France penalty.
The Italians are in from the side and their ill-discipline continues.
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ITALY 3-31 FRANCE
50. Dulin with another excellent kick, this time from the touchline, to add the conversion for France.
This is starting to get quite ugly for Italy.
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ITALY 3-29 FRANCE
Dulin plays the ball into the arms of Villiere on the left wing.
Villiere looks up and chips forward, which Dulin races to gather and take the ball over the line.
Italy have been undone by another kick and France have wrapped up the bonus point with a fourth try of the game.
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TRY SCORED!
BONUS POINT SECURED BY THE FRENCH!
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ITALY 3-24 FRANCE
47. France secure the line-out and set up the maul again.
It doesn't go anywhere and France play the ball through the hands of the backs.
A kick is stabbed through towards Thomas over the try-line, but good defence from Trulla stops Thomas from touching the ball down.
Italy clear from the 22-metre dropout but it's coming straight back at the home side.
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