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15th March 2025
04:55pm GMT
Here are our player ratings after Ireland scrape past Italy by 22-17 in Rome.
It was a relatively poor performance from the men in green, as they looked sluggish and off the pace.
Thankfully, one man in particular had a stormer.
Scrum was solid and not much more to say really.
A hat-trick, made the most metres of any forwards, and chipped in with 15 tackles.
Safe to say he is back.
Once again, didn't do much wrong and scrum was solid.
Made a couple of errors in the loose and didn't get through as much work as his lock partner.
Not his most impactful game but was excellent at set piece.
Played the 80 minutes and was Ireland's go-to man for go-forward ball.
A game that really passed him by and was taken off for Peter O'Mahony on 51 minutes.
Far from his best, but he is a man incapable of having a bad match, such is his work rate and all-round game.
Was having one of his worst showings in green but a beautiful cross-field assist for Sheehan's hat-trick was crucial.
Had some nice assists for Hugo Keenan, one of which was disallowed.
Had a shocker off the tee and would have been a lower score had that cost Ireland.
Such a danger man, and showed his quality with an unreal assist for Hugo Keenan, which was disallowed after the touch judge wrongfully put up his flag too early.
Didn't do too much wrong, but has looked sluggish the last two games.
His pace was expected to make a difference from last week, but he did not have the impact he would have wanted.
His best game in green since returning from his injury last year, and would have been Ireland's best back had he not been poor for two of Italy's tries.
Solid as ever from Keenan.
16. Gus McCarthy - 6
17. Jack Boyle - 6
18. Tadhg Furlong - 6.5
19. Joe McCarthy - 6
20. Peter O'Mahony - 6
21. Conor Murray - 6
22. Sam Prendergast - 6
23. Bundee Aki - 6.5
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