Fans are split in regards to this Jonny Hill tackle with some fans thinking it wasn’t a penalty while other believe the England lock should have been sent off.
The forward, who was making his Test debut, was eventually shown a yellow card for making contact with the Italian wingers head with the mitigating factor being that the wideman was falling.
DID YOU KNOW? Hill is the third man to receive a yellow card on his England debut, after Sam Burgess and Calum Clark who were both sin binned on debut against France in August 2015. Breather.
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LIST | Six Nations wives and girlfriends won’t be allowed to attend games
Find out who some of the equally talented wives and girlfriends of the 2020 Six Nations are after it was confirmed they WILL NOT be able to attend the final round of fixtures.
1. Alun Wyn Jones (Wales) – Dr Anwen Jones
Wife of Welsh stalwart Alun Wyn-Jones and mum to their beautiful daughter, Anwen is a lecturer at Cardiff’s Metropolitan University, where she’s a Welsh medium physiology and health lecturer. Clever and sporty, she is a former 400m hurdler and was Welsh champion from 2000-2007.