Ireland 50 Italy 17: Keenan's delight but Ringrose to miss final game against France

Andy Farrell's side cruise to bonus-point win as Keenan impresses on debut, but Ringrose suffers broken jaw

HUGOS ALL ROUND: Ireland's Hugo Keenan celebrates scoring a first try on his international debut with Conor Murray and Jacob Stockdale.

KEY MOMENT: While Italy’s play was bright and caused problems for Ireland, not least with a third-minute yellow card for Conor Murray, the home side were clinical in possession, and scored 10 points in their scrum-half’s absence to take a telling seven-point lead they never looked like losing.

TALKING POINT: Plenty of positives from a bonus-point win that was the minimum requirement from the outset with impactful debuts from Hugo Keenan and Will Connors and impetus off the bench as Ireland kicked on in the final quarter to increase their points differential with a Six Nations title still to play for. Next week’s trip to Stade de France needing another maximum match-point tally and that will be a much stiffer challenge than Italy posed but this was as good as could be expected from a first international performance since a demoralising February Defeat to England at Twickenham even given the late concession of an Italian try.