Ireland 23-10 Italy
Italy held first ever Six Nations half-time lead over Ireland in Dublin
Jack Conan scored try three minutes after restart to level scores at 10-10
Lynagh has score chalked off for forward pass before Baloucoune marks Six Nations debut with key try in game
Italy press for last-gasp draw but James Lowe intercept seals Ireland victory
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Ireland 5-10 Italy
A change at the break for Ireland as Tadhg Furlong is on for Thomas Clarkson.
Monty Ioane is also back in play, so any sanctions for that incident with James Ryan will be dealt with post match.
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Rory Best
Former Ireland captain on ITV
Right from the start, the crowd felt nervous and the team responded, they look nervous.
Italy are coming at them breakdown and defensively so Ireland will have to match them. The good news for Andy Farrell is that he has some very experienced players off the bench which will help left them.
Ireland need to tighten up the set-piece, especially the scrum. It is an arm wrestle now and they have to win that.
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Gareth Steenson
Former Exeter Chiefs fly-half on BBC Radio Ulster
I think Andy Farrell's half time message will be more 'stick' than 'carrot'.
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Italy are 40 minutes away from history. Ireland are 40 minutes away from a nightmare.
Will Andy Farrell's men turn this one around?
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Don't forget, Italy really pushed Ireland in Rome last year and Andy Farrell's side only won by five points.
Doing it in Dublin, though, is a completely different matter.
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Image source, Getty ImagesItaly are pumped for this one.
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Perhaps Scotland weren’t so bad last weekend after all.
Thomas, Perth
Italy absolutely deserve their lead! Once again Sam Prendergast will be disappointed with some aspects of his game. Ireland attack has been very limited. Stu McCloskey just like in Paris probably the best Irish player on the pitch so far. Plenty of work to do in the second half!
Lewis, Belfast
They'll get the boot up the backside they deserve from Farrell and come out storming as long as Prendergast is replaced, they should come back.
Rick, Duns
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Love is in the air, everywhere you look around.
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Gareth Steenson
Former Exeter Chiefs fly-half on BBC Radio Ulster
Ireland look nervous and unsure out there. This has gone pretty much exactly to plan for Italy and they are executing their game plan perfectly.
Ireland players look like they are waiting for someone else to do something rather than taking control of the game themselves.
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Italy have been terrific but you just feel they haven’t done enough in this first half. It would be a seismic win if they can pull it off though.
Elliot, Portsmouth
Ongoing issues at 10 for Ireland. Static, poor kicking and tackling.
John, Lisburn
Even if Ireland win this match, there's no doubt there's a clear problem deep within this team. Italy have won this half across the board. And that's not a sentence I thought I'd say with Ireland playing in Dublin.
Michael, London
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Claire Small
Ireland international on BBC Radio Ulster
Ireland have done some things well like their phase play but finishing has been a problem.
Italy have grown into this and look dangerous on the attack.
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Mike McCarthy
Former Ireland second row on BBC Radio Ulster
There was a definite punch thrown by Monty Ioane at James Ryan just after the whistle. That could be interesting to see what, if anything, is done about that at half-time.
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There was some more afters between a few players after the half-time whistle.
James Ryan and Monty Ioane were in the middle of it.
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Italy have turned into a fabulous rugby team. What a joy to watch.
Rory, Hale
Italy's rise has long been coming. They've had one of the best U20 teams that's now becoming the backbone of this squad. They're also doing this despite key injuries. Building up the infrastructure and youth structure, from scratch, would always take time. They'll be championship challengers soon. Really exciting team.
Nick, Wirral
What a forward pack this Italy team has! Bullying Ireland after dominating Scotland
Nick
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I have to say, Italy are good value for their lead too and they should probably be further ahead.
A big, big team talk coming up for Andy Farrell.
Image source, Getty ImagesItaly have never won a Six Nations game in Dublin.
They are halfway there today.
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Huge from Stuart McCloskey!
He turns the ball over and rescues Ireland. That should be that for the first half.
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Mike McCarthy
Former Ireland second row on BBC Radio Ulster
Very worrying for Ireland. Completely man-handled at their own put-in.
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Craig Casey is back on, and so is the nose tissue.
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Italy smell blood and actually go for the corner.
