Ireland trail Italy at the break

Ireland 10 Italy 13

Fri, 24 Aug, 2007 - 21:48
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Ireland 10 Italy 13

Veteran scrum-half Alessandro Troncon crossed to give Italy a shock half-time lead over Ireland in Belfast.

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