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A Roman holiday jaunt as sorry Italy surrender

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER
A DETERMINED and fluent Ireland ripped a desperately poor Italian side to shreds in Rome with an irresistible nine-try display which yielded hat-tricks for CJ Stander and replacement wing Craig Gilroy, the latter’s taking just 14 minutes.
For the Irish it was a record Championship win and very much put their Six Nations campaign back on track after losing first up in Scotland last week. Pretournament favourites in the eyes of many, they needed to get straight back on the horse and could scarcely have achieved that in more impressive style.
For Italy, however, it w...

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