At the Stade Battandier-Lukowiak in La Voulte in southeastern France, France beat Italy 19-15 in a match postponed from 3 February in Bourgoin.
In winning France scored three tries to one after leading 7-0 at the break.
Scorers:
For France:
Tries: Taofifenua, Payen, Jedreziak
Cons: Escande 2, Selponi
For Italy:
Try: Conforti
The teams
France: 15 Darly Domvo, 14 Maxime Payen, 13 Jonathan Danty, 12 Fabrice Catalan, 11 Yohann Artru, 10 Ilian Perraux, 9 Eric Escande, 8 Karl Chateau (captain), 7 Julien Kazubek, 6 Kelian Galletier, 5 Paul Jedrasiak, 4 Bastien Chalureau, 3 Pascal Cotet, 2 Christopher Tolofua, 1 Romain Taofifenua.
Replacements: 16 Jean-Charles Fidinde, 17 Jefferson Poirot, 18 Jean-Baptiste Custoja, 19 Johan Aliouat, 20 Tom Ecochard, 21 Enzo Selponi, 22 Bastien Fuster, 23 Alban Placine.
Italy: 15 David Odiete, 14 Angelo Esposito, 13 Michele Campagnaro, 12 Andrea Bettin, 11 Leonardo Sarto, 10 Riccardo Della Rossa, 9 Guido Calabrese, 8 Alessio Zdrilich, 7 Federico Conforti, 6 Ruben Riccioli, 5 Matteo Ferro, 4 Alfio Luca Mammana, 3 Antonio Brandolini, 2 Giovanni Maistri (captain), 1 Sami Drissi.
Replacements: 16 Luca Conti, 17 Luca Scarsini, 18 Pietro Ceccarelli, 19 Cesare Berton, 20 Andrea De Marchi, 21 Edoardo Padovani, 22 John Apperley, 23 Alex Morsellino.
Referee: Ian Tempest (England)
Assistant referees: Tom Davis (England), Andy Watson (England)
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