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).
2 mins: And just like Cardiff, we begin things here at Twickenham with a try! Scotland take the restart and Price fails to find touch with his clearance kick, allowing Vunipola to carry back emphatically. The ball is spread off first phase and Slade has plenty of space out wide right, and his pass to Jack Nowell sees the wing cut in onto his left, beat Maitland and Grigg with ease and score. Farrell converts. 7-0
5 mins: There's a worrying stoppage as Ben Moon is down and hurt, so much so that it sounds like he's either vomiting or wretching on the referee's microphone. Unsurprisingly, he's heading off the field and Ellis Genge is on in his place, and it looks like the prop hurt his torso somehow taking the ball into contact. Hopefully that's not a serious one.
7 mins: Curry, who has already had a good line break this afternoon, makes his first impact on the breakdown as he gets over McGuigan and wins the penalty. It's just inside the Scottish half but England kick for the corner - though that could also be due to the tricky weather conditions in trying to get into close range before going for goal.
8 mins: Referee Glenn Williams awards a penalty against Russell for offside, and we get an immediate answer. England want tries, and they go to the corner.
9 mins: It's smart from England. George throws quickly and low, finding Launchbury and England drive immediately. With no time to set the maul, Scotland's defence melts and Tom Curry bursts through for his secpond international try! Farrell converts from a tricky angle. 14-0
12 mins: Russell comes up with another error as he kicks the ball straight out, and England again try to outwit Scotland by going quickly...TRY FOR ENGLAND!
13 mins: We're in danger of this being a washout here, and that's nothing to do with the weather! England eventually kick away possession from the quick lineout and Scotland mop up through Russell before kicking to touch. From the lineout, Tuilagi clatters into Johnson, and the Scot does well to stop him. But the progress is made and allows Sinckler to charge through. He shows a little bit of immaturity by trying to run through Maitland rather than around him, but the damage is down and the ball is recycled for Joe Launchbury to throw a dummy and slide over to score. Farrell converts again, which is really impressive given the testing conditions. 21-0
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