Geoff Parling made it two wins from two in his England Saxons career with a 31-5 win over Italy A in Treviso on Sunday.
Making his first start at this level after a second-half appearance as a replacement in last weekend’s win over Ireland A, Leicester Tigers second row Parling played his part as the Saxons came back from 5-0 down at half-time to claim the victory.
Miles Benjamin (Worcester Warriors), Alex Goode (Saracens) and David Strettle (Harlequins) claimed scores, and there was also a penalty try.
Coach Stuart Lancaster said: "It was a tough first half. Italy did very well, they scored a good try and we needed to break them down. We changed in the second half to a more high-tempo game.
"We've worked hard with this group of players and I'm pleased with the way they came back in the second half.
“It shows the quality we have and strength in depth of players that didn't have an opportunity last week but came through this week. And the result is through their hard work."
Italy A: 15 Paolo Buso (Futura Park Rugby Roma), 14 Michele Sepe (MPS Viadana), 13 Andrea Pratichetti (Femi-CZ Rovigo), 12 Matteo Pratichetti (MPS Viadana), 11 Samuele Pace (MPS Viadana), 10 Luciano Orquera (Brive), 9 Pablo Canavosio (MPS Viadana), 1 Franco Sbaraglini (Benetton Treviso), 2 Tommaso D'Apice (Futura Park Rugby Roma), 3 Ignacio Rouyet (Benetton Treviso), 4 Santiago Dellape' (Racing Metro Paris), 5 Tommaso Reato (Femi-CZ Rovigo), 6 Valerio Bernabo' (Futura Park Rugby Roma, captain), 7 Simone Favaro (Banca Monte Parma), 8 Manoa Vosawai (Banca Monte Parma)
Replacements: 16 Davide Giazzon (Banca Monte Parma) rep D'Apice (52), 17 Alberto De Marchi (Banca Monte Parma) rep Dellape' (60), 18 Mantvydas Tveraga (Banca Monte Parma), 19 Silvio Orlando (Benetton Treviso) rep Favaro (40), 20 Fabio Semenzato (Benetton Treviso) rep 9 (52), 21 Andrea Bacchetti, 22 Gilberto Pavan (Banca Monte Parma) rep Pratichetti (74)
Scorers: Tries: Canavosio
England Saxons: 15 Danny Cipriani (London Wasps), 14 David Strettle (Harlequins), 13 Jon Clarke (Northampton Saints), 12 Brad Barritt (Saracens), 11 Miles Benjamin (Worcester Warriors), 10 Shane Geraghty (Northampton Saints), 9 Micky Young (Newcastle Falcons), 1 David Flatman (Bath Rugby), 2 Rob Webber (London Wasps), 3 Paul Doran-Jones (Gloucester Rugby), 4 Geoff Parling (Leicester Tigers), 5 George Skivington (London Wasps, captain), 6 Chris Robshaw (Harlequins), 7 Hendre Fourie (Leeds Carnegie), 8 Phil Dowson (Northampton Saints)
Replacements:16 Rob Vickers (Newcastle Falcons) rep Webber (76), 17 Tom Mercey (Saracens) bld Flatman (18-28) rep Flatman (60), 18 Dave Attwood (Gloucester Rugby) rep Wood (60), 19 Tom Wood (Worcester Warriors) rep Fourie (58), 20 Richard Wigglesworth (Sale Sharks) rep Young (40), 21 Dominic Waldouck (London Wasps) Parling, 22 Alex Goode (Saracens) rep Geraghty (50)
Scorers: Tries: Benjamin, penalty, Goode, Strettle; Cons: Geraghty, Goode (3) Pens: Geraghty
Making his first start at this level after a second-half appearance as a replacement in last weekend’s win over Ireland A, Leicester Tigers second row Parling played his part as the Saxons came back from 5-0 down at half-time to claim the victory.
Miles Benjamin (Worcester Warriors), Alex Goode (Saracens) and David Strettle (Harlequins) claimed scores, and there was also a penalty try.
Coach Stuart Lancaster said: "It was a tough first half. Italy did very well, they scored a good try and we needed to break them down. We changed in the second half to a more high-tempo game.
"We've worked hard with this group of players and I'm pleased with the way they came back in the second half.
“It shows the quality we have and strength in depth of players that didn't have an opportunity last week but came through this week. And the result is through their hard work."
Italy A: 15 Paolo Buso (Futura Park Rugby Roma), 14 Michele Sepe (MPS Viadana), 13 Andrea Pratichetti (Femi-CZ Rovigo), 12 Matteo Pratichetti (MPS Viadana), 11 Samuele Pace (MPS Viadana), 10 Luciano Orquera (Brive), 9 Pablo Canavosio (MPS Viadana), 1 Franco Sbaraglini (Benetton Treviso), 2 Tommaso D'Apice (Futura Park Rugby Roma), 3 Ignacio Rouyet (Benetton Treviso), 4 Santiago Dellape' (Racing Metro Paris), 5 Tommaso Reato (Femi-CZ Rovigo), 6 Valerio Bernabo' (Futura Park Rugby Roma, captain), 7 Simone Favaro (Banca Monte Parma), 8 Manoa Vosawai (Banca Monte Parma)
Replacements: 16 Davide Giazzon (Banca Monte Parma) rep D'Apice (52), 17 Alberto De Marchi (Banca Monte Parma) rep Dellape' (60), 18 Mantvydas Tveraga (Banca Monte Parma), 19 Silvio Orlando (Benetton Treviso) rep Favaro (40), 20 Fabio Semenzato (Benetton Treviso) rep 9 (52), 21 Andrea Bacchetti, 22 Gilberto Pavan (Banca Monte Parma) rep Pratichetti (74)
Scorers: Tries: Canavosio
England Saxons: 15 Danny Cipriani (London Wasps), 14 David Strettle (Harlequins), 13 Jon Clarke (Northampton Saints), 12 Brad Barritt (Saracens), 11 Miles Benjamin (Worcester Warriors), 10 Shane Geraghty (Northampton Saints), 9 Micky Young (Newcastle Falcons), 1 David Flatman (Bath Rugby), 2 Rob Webber (London Wasps), 3 Paul Doran-Jones (Gloucester Rugby), 4 Geoff Parling (Leicester Tigers), 5 George Skivington (London Wasps, captain), 6 Chris Robshaw (Harlequins), 7 Hendre Fourie (Leeds Carnegie), 8 Phil Dowson (Northampton Saints)
Replacements:16 Rob Vickers (Newcastle Falcons) rep Webber (76), 17 Tom Mercey (Saracens) bld Flatman (18-28) rep Flatman (60), 18 Dave Attwood (Gloucester Rugby) rep Wood (60), 19 Tom Wood (Worcester Warriors) rep Fourie (58), 20 Richard Wigglesworth (Sale Sharks) rep Young (40), 21 Dominic Waldouck (London Wasps) Parling, 22 Alex Goode (Saracens) rep Geraghty (50)
Scorers: Tries: Benjamin, penalty, Goode, Strettle; Cons: Geraghty, Goode (3) Pens: Geraghty
