ROME (ITALPRESS) – The French avalanche hits the Olimpico and Italrugby, which is sharply beaten by the “galletti,” 73-24, in the third day of the Six Nations 2025. The first half is a continuous whirlwind of emotions. The Azzurri move the score first at 10′. From a closed scrum situation, the ball came to Brex who unmarked Menoncello, who broke through the tackle line and flew in goal, making the Olimpico explode. Allan’s conversion puts his side up 7-0. Two minutes later, France responded by immediately equalizing the score with a bully mark by Guillard, then converted by Ramos for 7-7, initially spoiled by a forward by Dupont that was not, however, detected by the referee and TMO. At 18′, a square by Allan brought Coach Quesada’s men back to +3, but at 22′ it was Mauvaka, on the opposite front, who went to score. Just two minutes later, a great hand action frees Dupont, who goes to dunk in the goal, in turn converted by the usual Ramos. The Gallettos run away on +11, but the locals do not let up. Capuozzo breaks through on the right, the action continues and the ball comes to Ruzza who frees Brex in a big way, who goes to dunk in the middle of the posts. Allan converts and it goes to -4. At 29′, an applause play by Dupont fools the rival defense and frees Boudehent, who goes to score the fourth French try, then converted by Ramos for 28-17.The pattern is repeated almost at the end of the first half, this time with Barrè, who signs another mark freed by Dupont. It goes to rest on 35-17. In the second half, it takes only 5 minutes to see Alldritt seal a goal with an excellent pick-and-go. The guests fly to +25. Dupont continues to invent and on 10′ kicks off the play that leads to Bielle-Biarrey’s goal, later unconverted. At 14′, Dupont goes on his own and scores his team’s eighth goal, sealing a top-notch performance that earned him the title of best in the game. Lamaro and his teammates came back to score at 21′, thanks to a goal by Paolo Garbisi later converted by the same number 10. Five minutes later, Barrè signed his personal double and the bleus went on 61-24. The last two goals of the match came almost at the expiration and were still scored by the guests, thanks to Attissogbè and Barassi. The challenge ends with an eloquent 73-24 in favor of the Galthiè-coached formation, which returns home with an extraordinary haul of 11 goals scored. In the standings, Italy thus remains in second-last place with 4 points to its credit, +3 ahead of trailing runner-up Wales. On Sunday, March 9, the Azzurri will be on stage at Twickenham against England.The transalpines, on the other hand, climb to second place with 11 points, -3 behind Ireland, still unbeaten after three matches in this Tournament. The two battleships will face each other on Saturday, March 8, in Dublin: it is a direct clash that could be worth the Six Nations.- photo Ipa Agency -(ITALPRESS).
