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).
The players are back out on the Stadio Olimpico pitch.
The second half begins. No changes at half-time.
Italy 6-10 France, 41 minutes
A real shot pheasant of a kick from Antoine Dupont fails to get France away from their own territory, and Italy will attack in the visitors' half.
Andrea Lovotti has the ball slapped from his grip by Yacouba Camara and France concede a penalty at the next ruck.
Tommaso Allan will go for goal. A half-time edict from Conor O'Shea?
PENALTY! Italy 9-10 France (Tommaso Allan penalty, 43 minutes)
Another strong strike, a little bit of fade as it flies between the uprights.
Italy 9-10 France, 44 minutes
France's line out has been rather shoddy this afternoon, and Italy kick-off another game of kick tennis after Braam Steyn steals the latest misfire.
Jayden Hayward tries to pin France deep inside their territory with a banana kick, but misjudges it by fifteen metres.
Italy 9-10 France, 45 minutes
France give Mathieu Bastareaud another carry from the line out, but Antoine Dupont fires his next pass into Matthew Carley, ending the movement. French scrum.
Italy speed things along with Simone Ferrari joining proceedings from the bench. Tiziano Pasquali trots off.
TRY! Italy 9-17 France (Yoann Huget, 46 minutes)
Two lovely touches from Romain Ntamack and Yoann Huget is in for the try!
From the scrum Ntamack steps twice off his left past a pair of Italian tacklers, and though his offload finds the grass, Felix Lambey collects and France earn quick ball.
Ntamack spins the ball wide with a loquacious pass of real quality to Maxime Medard, who draws and passes in the two-on-one situation to tee up his Toulouse teammate to sprint home and score.
Ntamack converts.
Italy 9-17 France, 48 minutes
France are again penalised, this time for offside as Italy respond well to conceding.
Tommaso Allan will look for a fourth penalty goal.
Italy 9-17 France, 49 minutes
Atrocious.
One of the worst misses you'll see. Bang in front, and Allan has pulled right across it, somehow managing to kick it perfectly straight a couple of metres past the left-hand upright.
Peculiar. He'd kicked beautifully up until that effort.
Italy 9-17 France, 51 minutes
The Italian national anthem is sung by the crowd as the band tries to lift the home side.
And Tito Tebaldi responds! A gap opens as Mathieu Bastareaud is told to vacate the ruck and Tebaldi burst through the centre of the ruck. Italy to the French 22.
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