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Italy put to sword by Irish defence

THE Six Nations Championship title may out of reach but Ireland did enough to suggest they will win another Triple Crown in 2004 after putting Italy to the sword.

Italy put to sword by Irish defence

Mon, 22 Mar, 2004 - 00:00

Barry Coughlan

Ireland 19 Italy 3

Ireland had all the territory and most of the possession but it took an opportunist try from Malcolm O'Kelly to break the deadlock in the 26th minute. A brilliant second score six minutes later from Brian O'Driscoll, and the subsequent conversion by Ronan O'Gara, settled the nerves.

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Courts Rugby Six Nations Place: Italy Place: Treviso Place: New Zealand Person: Malcolm O'Kelly Person: Brian O'Driscoll Person: Ronan O'Gara Person: O'Sullivan Person: Shane Person: Horgan Person: O'Kelly Person: Willie John McBride Person: Matt Williams Person: Anthony Foley Person: Italians Person: John Hayes Person: G. Dempsey Person: S. Horgan Person: G. D'Arcy Person: B. O'Driscoll Person: G. Murphy Person: R. O'Gara Person: P. Stringer Person: Shannon Person: R. Corrigan Person: S. Byrne Person: J. Hayes Person: D. O'Callaghan Person: M. O'Kelly Person: S. Easterby Person: A. Foley Person: K. Gleeson Person: V. Costello Person: Gleeson Person: M. Horan Person: Corrigan Person: K. Maggs Person: D'Arcy Person: G. Easterby Person: Stringer Person: D. Humphreys Person: O'Gara Person: F. Sheahan Person: Byrne Person: G. Longwell Person: O'Callaghan Person: G. Canale Person: C. Stoica Person: M. Barbini Person: D. Dallan Person: R. De Marigny Person: P. Griffen Person: D. Lo Cicero Person: F. Ongaro Person: L. Castrogiovanni Person: M. Bortolami Person: C. Checchinato Person: A. De Rossi Person: S. Palmer Person: A. Persico Person: S. Dellape Person: Barbini Person: A Masi Person: Checchinato Person: M. Bergamasco Person: Canale Person: S. Perguni Person: Lo Cicero Person: K. Deaker Event: Six Nations Championship Organisation: Italy Organisation: Ireland Organisation: England Organisation: France Organisation: Scotland Organisation: Wales Organisation: Lansdowne Organisation: Blackrock Organisation: Leicester Organisation: Cork Constitution Organisation: Greystones Organisation: Llanelli Organisation: St. Mary's Organisation: Montpellier Organisation: Padova Organisation: Treviso Organisation: Parma Organisation: Calvisano Organisation: Lazio Organisation: Leeds

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