Ireland closer to Grand Slam

By SAM JACKSON

Ireland ............39Italy..................12AN emphatic second half performance from Richie Murphy’s unbeaten Ireland sealed a bonus point victory over Italy at Musgrave Park.Fionn Gibbons utilised his immense acceleration, and he dived over in the corner for the first try of the game.Italy’s night took a bad turn when flanker David Odiase was sin-binned for an off the ball incident with James McCormick.Charlie Tector enhanced Ireland’s lead with two further penalties before the half hour mark, before captain Giacomo Ferrari was sin-binned fo...

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