England 37-0 Italy
Date:
Venue: St James' Park, Newcastle
Referee: Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand)
Attendance: 50,157
England v Italy Match Reports
England completed their World Cup warm-up campaign with a 37-0 victory over Italy at St James' Park in Newcastle. The score was only 9-0 at half-time but England ran in four second-half tries in total to run out comfortable winners. A selection of match reports is listed below:
- Autumn Internationals: Marchant helps give England winning send-off with victory over Italy
- BBC: Four-try England cruise past Italy in final World Cup warm-up
- Guardian: England fail to impress in World Cup warm-up victory over Italy
- Daily Mail: Eddie Jones' men below-par but cruise to victory in final World Cup warm-up game
- Sky Sports: England demolish wasteful Italy
- England Rugby: England defeat Italy in Newcastle
England v Italy - Match Highlights
England v Italy - Match Stats
England: (9) 37
Try: Youngs (45'), Marchant (53'), Genge (68'), Watson (74')
Conversion: Farrell (45', 54', 70', 76')
Penalty: Farrell (5', 20', 41')
Italy: (0) 0
Man of the match: Ben Youngs (England)
England v Italy - Team Line-ups
England Team
Forwards
- 1 Joe Marler
- 2 Jamie George
- 3 Dan Cole
- 4 Joe Launchbury
- 5 Courtney Lawes
- 6 Tom Curry
- 7 Mark Wilson
- 8 Billy Vunipola
Backs
- 9 Ben Youngs
- 10 Owen Farrell (Captain)
- 11 Jonny May
- 12 Piers Francis
- 13 Joe Marchant
- 14 Ruaridh McConnochie
- 15 Anthony Watson
Replacements
- 16 Luke Cowan-Dickie
- 17 Ellis Genge
- 18 Kyle Sinckler
- 19 Charlie Ewels
- 20 Matt Kvesic
- 21 Willi Heinz
- 22 George Ford
- 23 Joe Cokanasiga
Italy Team
Forwards
- 1 Nicola Quaglio
- 2 Oliviero Fabiani
- 3 Simone Ferrari
- 4 David Sisi
- 5 Dean Budd (Captain)
- 6 Sebastian Negri
- 7 Abraham Steyn
- 8 Jimmy Tuivaiti
Backs
- 9 Callum Braley
- 10 Carlo Canna
- 11 Edoardo Padovani
- 12 Tommaso Benvenuti
- 13 Giulio Bisegni
- 14 Mattia Bellini
- 15 Jayden Hayward
Replacements
- 16 Federico Zani
- 17 Andrea Lovotti
- 18 Marco Riccioni
- 19 Federico Ruzza
- 20 Alessandro Zanni
- 21 Maxime Mbanda'
- 22 Guglielmo Palazzani
- 23 Tommaso Allan