Italy vs France rugby LIVE: Damian Penaud try seals underwhelming victory for Les Bleus against winless Italy
Re-live the action from the final day of the Six Nations championship
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Your support makes all the difference.Re-live the latest updates live from Six Nations Grand Slam Saturday as Italy suffered a record-stretching 22nd straight defeat against France.
Following two early penalties from Tommaso Allan, France hit back to take the lead through a converted try from Antoine Dupont, with Romain Ntamack adding a further three points before the break.
The visitors stretched their lead afterwards as wing Yoan Huget scored to give them breathing space, but Italy clawed their way back into the match when scrum-half Tito Tebaldi went over for a try. Italy then looked to have scored a second try when debutant Marco Zanon went over, but Damian Penaud wisely dislodged the ball out of his hands and followed up by scoring a well-executed try minutes later to seal the win. Re-live the live action below.
When is the match?
Italy vs France takes place on Saturday 16 March at the Stadio Olimpico.
What time does it start?
The match is scheduled to kick-off at 12:30pm GMT (1.30pm CET).
Where can I watch it?
Live coverage is on ITV from midday.
Teams
Italy: J Hayward (Benetton); E Padovani (Zebre), M Zanon (Benetton), L Morisi (Benetton), A Esposito (Benetton); T Allan (Benetton), T Tebaldi (Benetton); A Lovotti (Zebre), L Ghiraldini (Toulouse), T Pasquali (Benetton), D Sisi (Zebre), F Ruzza (Benetton), A Steyn (Benetton), J Polledri (Gloucester), S Parisse (Stade Francais, capt).
Replacements: L Bigi (Benetton), C Traore (Benetton), S Ferrari (Benetton), A Zanni (Benetton), S Negri (Benetton), G Palazzani (Zebre), I McKinley (Benetton), L Sperandio (Benetton).
France: M Medard (Toulouse); D Penaud (Clermont Auvergne), M Bastareaud (Toulon), W Fofana (Clermont Auvergne), Y Huget (Toulouse); R Ntamack (Toulouse), A Dupont (Toulouse); E Falgoux (Clermont Auvergne), G Guirado (Toulon, capt), D Bamba (Brive), F Lambey (Lyon), P Willemse (Montpellier), G Alldritt (La Rochelle), Y Camara (Montpellier), L Picamoles (Montpellier).
Replacements: C Chat (Racing 92), D Priso (La Rochelle), D Aldegheri (Toulouse), P Gabrillagues (Stade Francais), A Iturria (Clermont Auvergne), B Serin (Bordeax-Begles), C Lopez (Clermont Auvergne), T Ramos (Toulouse).
Referee: Matt Carley (England).
Assistant referees: Nigel Owens (Wales) and Andrew Brace (Ireland).
Wales 16-0 Ireland, 42 minutes
Ireland make a mess of the scrum, driving the Welsh front row back and muddying matters for Ross Moriarty, who is off balance as he tries to pick the ball up and knocks on.
They'll go again from the same spot with the opposite feed.
Wales 16-0 Ireland, 44 minutes
It's another messy set piece and thus Ireland's attempted switchback play falters, Bundee Aki finding his route blocked by the imposing figure of Alun Wyn Jones, who puts him on his back.
Johnny Sexton slices his up-and-under, and it sails straight out of play.
Wales line out in the Ireland half.
Wales 16-0 Ireland, 45 minutes
And Wales maul well from the line out, making 20 metres-or-so, but failing to clear the ball when it is clearly available. The backs look on in frustration as it is sucked back into the middle of the rumbling red-and-green clutter, and as the ball goes to floor the scrum will be Ireland's.
Wales 16-0 Ireland, 47 minutes
Rob Kearney gets his first counter-attacking ball of the day, a gap open for the briefest of moments before being closed by two Welsh tacklers.
Cian Healy then takes out Tomas Francis off the ball after the Welsh tighthead slips off a tackle.
It's a touch harsh, but Wales will look for three more points from in front of the posts.
PENALTY! Wales 19-0 Ireland (Gareth Anscombe penalty, 49 minutes)
The ball ducks inside the right-hand upright and Wales add three more.
Wales 19-0 Ireland, 49 minutes
It's not Ireland's day.
Jonathan Davies misjudges Johnny Sexton's restart but the bounce of the ball takes it beyond the try line and into touch in-goal.
Wales scrum on the halfway line.
Wales 19-0 Ireland, 51 minutes
Gareth Davies scampers away from the scrum and gets away to make 15 metres, but Ireland win the turnover in the next phase.
Wales reset and form a red wall, Keith Earls met meatily as he cuts inside.
Time for some kick tennis.
Wales 19-0 Ireland, 52 minutes
Dan Biggar pushes Conor Murray back and the scrum-half's clearance is poor. Wales line out.
Sean O'Brien has had a very quiet afternoon by his standards, a disappointment given this may be his final Six Nations game. Jack Conan replaces him
Wales 19-0 Ireland, 53 minutes
Deja vu all over again.
CJ Stander wraps up Alun Wyn Jones in a good tackle but fails to show enough effort to move away.
Penalty in a virtually identical spot to Gareth Anscombe's previous three...
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