But an attack sparked by Haskell's powerful run led to the ball moving through the hands of Steve Borthwick, Hartley, Hipkiss and Geraghty to allow Banahan to cross and run under the posts.
Italy once again lost control of the ball at the base after Bergamasco had been sucked into a ruck and Haskell's flick saw Ellis scamper 20m to the line and dive over for an unconverted try.