Italy deployed some interesting tactics as they looked to keep the English at bay.
England v Italy | 26 February 2017 | Twickenham
England:
15 Mike Brown
14 Jonny May
13 Ben Te'o
12 Owen Farrell
11 Elliot Daly
10 George Ford
9 Danny Care
1 Joe Marler
2 Dylan Hartley (captain)
3 Dan Cole
4 Joe Launchbury
5 Courtney Lawes
6 Maro Itoje
7 James Haskell
8 Nathan Hughes
Replacements: 16 Jamie George, 17 Mako Vunipola, 18 Kyle Sinckler, 19 Tom Wood, 20 Jack Clifford, 21 Ben Youngs, 22 Henry Slade, 23 Jack Nowell
Italy:
15 Edoardo Padovani
14 Giulio Bisegni
13 Michele Campagnaro
12 Luke McLean
11 Giovanbattista Venditti
10 Tommaso Allan
9 Edoardo Gori
1 Andrea Lovotti
2 Leonardo Ghiraldini
3 Lorenzo Cittadini
4 Marco Fuser
5 Dries van Schalkwyk
6 Braam Steyn
7 Simone Favaro
8 Sergio Parisse (captain)
Replacements: 16 Ornel Gega 17 Michele Rizzo 18 Pietro Ceccarelli 19 George Biagi 20 Maxime Mbanda 21 Giorgio Bronzini 22 Carlo Canna 23 Tommaso Benvenuti
Referee: Romain Poite (France)
Touch judges: Mathieu Raynal (France) & Andrew Brace (Ireland)
TMO: George Ayoub (Australia)
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