A last-minute Greig Laidlaw penalty put paid to Italy's hopes of avoiding a Six Nations whitewash Saturday.
Italy dominated much of the game and were unlucky to go down to a record 17th straight defeat in the tournament.
They were leading 27 to 26 until the 79th minute when Laidlaw kicked the match-winning penalty.
"I am destroyed and my players are destroyed because this is a match we should have won from 24-12 up," said Italy coach Conor O'Shea afterwards. "But mark my words, we're coming."
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