Italy 26 lost to Ireland 60
Team Info
Italy
- Previous Game:
- [no comp] - vs. Lebanon
- Next Game:
- 2017 RLWC Group A Qualifying Tour 2016 - Round 2 vs. Serbia
- Out:
- Antonio Arrigo (fullback), Edoardo Pezzano (wing), Matteo Mazzoleni (centre), Catalin Diac (wing), Igor Giammario (halfback), Simone Boscolo (hooker), Jaume Giorgis (bench), Salvatore Catania (bench), Michele Sutto (bench), Achraf Hliwa (bench)
- In:
- Patrik Ziliotti (fullback), Soulymane Bara (wing), Raffaele Della Ragione (centre), Albert Stiopei (wing), Diego Antl (five-eighth), Pierangelo Ceretti (halfback), Lorenzo Luccardi (hooker), Mirko Benelli (front row), Nicholas Cominato (bench), Ismail Bayoui (bench)
- Changes:
- Matt Sands (five-eighth to second row), Francesco Di Trapani (front row to bench), Gioele Celerino (second row to lock), Riccardo Dodi (lock to bench)
Ireland
- Previous Game:
- [no comp] - vs. Wales
- Next Game:
- [no comp] - vs. Malta
- Out:
- Scott Grix (fullback), Brad Hargreaves (wing), Callum Mulkeen (centre), Elliott Cosgrove (centre), Ben Johnston (five-eighth), Liam Finn (halfback), Matt Hadden (front row), Bob Beswick (hooker), Luke Ambler (front row), Danny Bridge (second row), Will Hope (second row), Oliver Roberts (lock), Joe Keyes (bench), Robbie Mulhern (bench), Haydn Peacock (bench)
- In:
- Rob Armstrong (wing), Adam Boyce (centre), Alan McMahon (centre), Jordan Hylton (wing), Adam Doherty (five-eighth), James Kelly (halfback), Connor Phillips (hooker), Chris Hall (front row), Matt McKelvey (second row), Matthew Cahoon (second row), Wayne Kerr (lock), Mikey Russell (bench), Sam Boyd (bench), Conor Mackey (bench), Paddy James (bench)
- Changes:
- Casey Dunne (wing to fullback), Gareth Gill (bench to front row)
Contributions:
Andrew Ferguson