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).
40 mins: England have a penalty for a tackle off the ball, and this time Farrell consults the troops and goes for the corner. Can England bag their sixth try of the half before the break?
40 mins: Daly get trapped in possession and Scotland have the penalty, but Russell is guilty of missing touch and England get another chance to attack. They do just that as May breaks away, but his offload to Kruis is spilt and Scotland kick to touch to end the half.
England 31-7 Scotland
Half-time: Well that was quite the brutal half from England! Five tries, 31 points and their fourth try-scoring bonus point of the championship. Jack Nowell has been brilliant, Henry Slade just as good and if it wasn;t for that late charge down, it could've been the perfect half for the hosts.
In honesty, it could've been a lot worse for Scotland.
Half-time: The players are back out and we're ready to get going once again!
43 mins: Scotland get to Farrell again, and it produces another loss of possession. This time Scotland kick the counter ball deep, and Daly responds by finding touch. It's a bright start for England though as they attempt to pick up where they left off.
45 mins: Another error from England as this time Daly's long kick rolls all the way to the deadball line, rolling over it to bring us back into the England half for a scrum.
47 mins: That's more like the Scotland we expected to see! They produce their best attacking rugby of the match so far and it produces five points. Johnson makes the break on the inside shoulder of Russell, and he in turn passes to Price who gives it to Maitland. The ball is recycled yards from the line, and Price goes left to Skinner, who in turn quickly passes to Darcy Graham and the wing rolls over to score! 31-12
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