By BRENDAN GALLAGHER

Ireland............................... 33pts
Tries: Kilcoyne 13, Doris 28, 72; McCloskey 38, Healy 66
Conversions: Crowley 14, 29, 39; Frawley 73

Italy..................................... 17pts
Tries: Pani 51, Menoncello 68
Conversions: Allan 52, 69
Penalty: Allen 2
IRELAND started and finished strongly but were made to work hard in between times by an Italy side that refused to give this game up as a lost cause.
It came at a massive cost though with Marco Riccioni and Tomasso Menoncello picking up injuries that put their World Cup in doubt.
Meanwhile for...