Italy 10-50 France: France score seven tries in Six Nations opener

Six-Nations

Italy 10-50 France: France score seven tries in Six Nations opener

By Naveel Krishant

Sunday 07/02/2021

Teddy Thomas scores his second try. Photograph: Dave Winter/INPHO/REX/Shutterstock

France swept Italy aside to start the 2021 Six Nations with an emphatic 50-10 bonus-point win in Rome.

The 2020 runners-up never looked back after Dylan Cretin scored in the fifth minute for the first of seven tries.

Teddy Thomas crossed twice, while scrum-half Antoine Dupont set up three tries as well as scoring himself.

Italy's only try came from Luca Sperandio but the inexperienced Azzuri could do nothing to prevent their 28th consecutive Six Nations defeat.

[Source: BBC]

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