Match: 57-6

In terms of winning the tournament with five wins, and still relevant, the difference in the Irish point over Italy in Dublin this Sunday was noticeable. Substitute Italian hooker Five (19th) receives red card Debut in a tournament match. Italy at the age of 12 (yellow card against Steyn, 75)

After Carberry’s first attempt in the fourth minute to set the tone, the Irish tries lined up – nine in total – but if their picking had been more consistent, their lives would have been complicated by being forced to flush when given offshore spaces. Before leaving for Twickenham on Saturday, March 12 (5:45 pm), note the entry of Clover’s XV 55 into Jonathan Sexton’s play.

Fact: A red card worth double

In the ninth minute, Italian hooker Lucchesi was replaced by a left-hander with a hamstring injury. Ten minutes later Shihane was awarded a red card for a dangerous tackle and left his team at the age of fourteen. But to play the scrum, even if it is simulated, the rules require a team to field three front row players. It is impossible for the Italians to bring in another player capable of developing into a hooker. They had to pull out their winger Bruno and their third column center Halafahi – to stand in the front row – thus turning into thirteen in the remaining hour.