Ireland vs. Italy: Score and Reaction from 2016 Six Nations Round 4

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Published: March 12, 2016

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Ireland cruised to their first win of the 2016 Six Nations tournament on Saturday, scoring nine tries and crushing Italy 58-15 at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin in Round 4.

Andrew Trimble, Jack McGrath, CJ Stander and Jamie Heaslip all scored tries in the first half, and Heaslip added a second after half-time. Jared Payne also got his name on the board, as did Sean Cronin, Ian Madigan and Fergus McFadden. Jonathan Sexton struggled from the tee, missing a number of conversions.

David Odiete and Leonardo Sarto scored tries for Italy, while Edoardo Padovani kicked an early penalty. 

Before the start of the match, Ireland coach Joe Schmidt commented on suggestions he'd play Payne at full-back, saying he adds too much to the defence at outside-cente for that, per the Press Association (for Sky Sports):

I don't know what calls there were on the outside for Jared to play full-back.We haven't trained with Jared at 15 so it would be a big step for us to suddenly change that.

Rob Kearney trained on Monday and Simon Zebo has played plenty of full-back for us. What we lack with Jared Payne not in the midfield has been particularly evident for us, particularly on the edge in defence.

We're looking for him to control our defence again in the frontline.

The Irish were desperate to add their first win of the 2016 campaign, but it was Italy who threatened first, as Gonzalo Garcia had a try disallowed just minutes into the match. ESPN Scrum's Robin Bartlett explained why the try wasn't given:



It was a big let-off for the hosts, who started the match looking rather sluggish defensively. A steal from the lineout gave them possession in a promising area, however, and a poor tap from Leonardo Sarto allowed Sexton to take control of the ball and find Trimble for the first try.

Sexton missed the conversion, but the early score set the tone for a dominant fi...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Rugby Union

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