France 36-5 Italy
Date:
Venue: Stade de France, Paris
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
Attendance: Played behind closed doors
France v Italy Match Reports
France beat Italy 36-5 in Paris to top Pool B and set up an Autumn Nations Cup final against England. France fielded a largely experimental side and it took some time to settle, with an evenly contested first half ending 10-5 in the hosts' favour. However, three quick tries in the space of 8 minutes in the second half saw Les Bleus pull clear of the visitors. A selection of match reports is listed below:
- Autumn Internationals: France ease past Italy to set up Autumn Nations Cup final clash against England
- BBC: France set up final against England
- Telegraph: France beat Italy to set up Autumn Nations Cup final against England at Twickenham
- ESPN: Reshuffled France see off Italy to set up England Autumn Nations cup final
France v Italy - Match Highlights
France v Italy - Match Stats
France: (10) 36
Try: Danty (36'), Villiere (55'), Serin (61'), Thomas (63'), Macalou (81'+1)
Conversion: Jalibert (37', 55', 62', 81'+2)
Penalty: Jalibert (3')
Italy: (5) 5
Try: Canna (26')
France v Italy - Team Line-ups
France Team Line-up
Forwards
- 1 Rodrigue Neti
- 2 Peato Mauvaka
- 3 Dorian Aldegheri
- 4 Killian Geraci
- 5 Baptiste Pesenti
- 6 Cameron Woki
- 7 Sekou Macalou
- 8 Anthony Jelonch
Backs
- 9 Baptiste Serin (Captain)
- 10 Matthieu Jalibert
- 11 Gabin Villiere
- 12 Jonathan Danty
- 13 Jean-Pascal Barraque
- 14 Teddy Thomas
- 15 Brice Dulin
Replacements
- 16 Teddy Baubigny
- 17 Hassane Kolingar
- 18 Uini Atonio
- 19 Cyril Cazeaux
- 20 Swan Rebbadj
- 21 Baptiste Couilloud
- 22 Louis Carbonel
- 23 Yoram Moefana
Italy Team Line-up
Forwards
- 1 Danilo Fischetti
- 2 Luca Bigi (Captain)
- 3 Giosuè Zilocchi
- 4 Marco Lazzaroni
- 5 Niccolò Cannone
- 6 Maxime Mbanda'
- 7 Johan Meyer
- 8 Braam Steyn
Backs
- 9 Marcello Violi
- 10 Paolo Garbisi
- 11 Luca Sperandio
- 12 Carlo Canna
- 13 Marco Zanon
- 14 Jacopo Trulla
- 15 Matteo Minozzi
Replacements
- 16 Leonardo Ghiraldini
- 17 Simone Ferrari
- 18 Pietro Ceccarelli
- 19 Cristian Stoian
- 20 Michele Lamaro
- 21 Stephen Varney
- 22 Tommaso Allan
- 23 Federico Mori