Ireland survive serious Italy scare | Post-match reaction | Ireland 20-13 Italy | Six Nations 2026 π
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What was the outcome of the Ireland vs Italy match?
Well, hello from the Aviva Stadium. So a first win for Ireland in this Six Nations. They held on to beat Italy 20 points to 13. Ireland were 5-10 down at halftime. Jack Conan and Robert Balacoon got second half tries, but no four-try bonus point in a crazy endgame. Rory O'Connor and Keane Tracy are here. Lads, you got some pizza there?
We did, one of the Italian journalists just landed in with like some Italian pizza. Don't usually get that. Highlight of the day without a shadow of a doubt. Main takeaway from the whole thing, pardon the pun.
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How did Ireland perform in the first half against Italy?
To learn more about the rugby partnerships and exclusive home energy offer for rugby fans, go to energia.ie slash rugby. It was all about the response, Rory. Okay, let's move on from Pizzagate.
What were the key moments in the second half of the game?
You want some pizza though.
I need to get myself some of that. Okay, on the scale of response, where does that come from for you?
Very in keeping with this Ireland team and where they're at in 2026. I think I said last week in Paris that it's whack-a-mole for Andy Farrell at the moment. He got his intent, he got his aerial wins. Some of the ground stuff was very good at the start, but they were playing in all the wrong areas. They started making mistakes. The scrum went pieces and they ended up in an arm wrestle with an Italian team that are rapidly improving but one that they beat 36-0 here two years ago and Italy have been on an upward graph since that game in 2024 and Ireland have been on a downward graph He got some real change out of the changes that he made. Some didn't work as well. I think the out half discussion is right back in the mixer again on the back of a poor performance from Sam Prendergast.
I didn't think Craig Casey took his chance at all. But there were a number of players who played really, really well. And there was also a lot of fight and they managed to win a game that they arguably shouldn't have won. Now, that's partly down to Italy leaving chances behind. But they did come out on the right side of it. They are back to winning ways. And maybe in time we'll look back and this is some sort of turning point. But right now... didn't feel like a particularly satisfying win albeit there was you know good scenes at the end among the crowd and you know there's new players and there's a few there's good things good and bad to take from it but look they've become a mid-table team it was a mid-table performance against another mid-table team and they they kind of roll on from here not really knowing where they're at
Yeah, I think we should give Italy a lot of credit. I think they will leave here this evening gutted that they didn't get a huge missed opportunity from an Italian point of view. I think back to Menancello's forward pass to Lui Laina for the chalked-off try. I think back to Menancello's knock-on underneath the posts. Ireland got out of jail here big time today, and I think... As I said, when Italy are the ones leaving, they'll be the ones who feel like that was a chance for us to get a history-making win. And then if that had happened, we'd be having a very different discussion now. So I think that's important in terms of how we're going to frame this discussion that we're about to have. You asked Rudd there, Sinead, where was it on the level of response?
Overall, I don't think we could say that that was the response that Andy Farrell was hoping for. I agree with what you said, Rod. I think he did get a response from certain players who came in, but I still thought a lot of the big players just didn't really deliver, particularly across the league. the 80 minutes obviously we can get on and talk about that some of whom actually were taken off um early i think that is still a concern and again it was the guys a bit like the bench last week who came on and albeit some of them were experienced i thought the bench again today was very good you mentioned uh jack crowley obviously we'll get on and talk about that a little bit more
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What was the outcome of the Ireland vs Italy match?
0:03β0:42
2
How did Ireland perform in the first half against Italy?
0:42β0:53
3
What were the key moments in the second half of the game?
0:53β4:07
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How did the Irish team respond to their halftime deficit?
4:07β9:36
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What were the standout performances from the Irish players?
9:36β11:04
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What are the implications of this win for Ireland's Six Nations campaign?
11:04β12:34
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How did Italy challenge Ireland during the match?
12:34β17:57
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What changes might Ireland consider for the next match against England?
17:57β46:26
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