France look sure bets for the Grand Slam after an emphatic victory over Italy.
An Imanol Harinordoquy try and a brace from David Marty helped Les Bleus into a 22-3 half-time lead at the Stade de France on Sunday.
After the break Marc Andreu, Yannick Jauzion and Alexandre Lapandry added further tries, with Morgan Parra kicking 14 points in all. They did however take their foot of the pedal in the final quarter and let Italy back in as Carlo del Fava and Pablo Cannavossio grabbed consolation tries. Giving us the final score of:
France 46-20 Italy
France
Tries: Harinordoquy, Marty 2, Andreu, Jauzion, Lapandry Cons: Parra 5 Pens: Parra 2
Italy
Tries: Del Fava, Canavosio Cons: Mi Bergamasco 2 Pens: Mi Bergamasco 2
Teams
France: Poitrenaud; Andreu, Marty, Jauzion, Palisson; Trinh-Duc, Parra; Domingo, Servat, Mas, Nallet, Pierre, Dusautoir, Bonnaire, Harinordoquy.
Replacements: Malzieu for Poitrenaud (64), Bastareaud for Jauzion (69), Yachvili for Trinh-Duc (58), Szarzewski for Servat (40), Poux for Mas (40), Chabal for Nallet (48), Lapandry for Dusautoir (58).
Italy: McLean; Masi, Canale, Garcia, Mi Bergamasco; Gower, Tebaldi; Perugini, Ghiraldini, Castrogiovanni, Geldenhuys, Bortolami, Sole, Ma Bergamasco, Zanni.
Replacements: Bocchino for Gower (76), Canavosio for Tebaldi (30), Ongaro for Ghiraldini (66), Aguero for Castrogiovanni (66), Del Fava for Bortolami (55).
Not Used: Derbyshire, Robertson.
Sin Bin: Garcia (15).
Att: 78,712
Ref: Alan Lewis (Ireland).