Italy (38) 53 / Russia (7) 17 (Final Score)
Italy and Russia did battle in Nelson at 09:30 SA Time (19:30 NZ Time).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1, SHD & CSN on TV in SA.
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Italy scored 9 tries to 3 by Russia.
It was good rugby though, nice running and full-on dominance by Italy in the scrums.
Scorers:
Italy:
- Penalties – 0
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Sergio Parisse (1), Giulio Toniolatti (2), Tommaso Benvenuti (2), Penalty try (1), Eduardo Gori (1), Luke McLean (1), Alessandro Zanni (1)
- Conversions – Riccardo Bocchino (4)
Russia:
- Penalties – 0
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Alexander Yanyushkin (1)
- Conversions – Konstantin Rachkov (1), Vladimir Ostroushko (1), Alexei Makovetskiy (1)
Teams:
Italy: 15 Andrea Masi, 14 Giulio Toniolatti, 13 Tommaso Benvenuti, 12 Matteo Pratichetti, 11 Luke McLean, 10 Riccardo Bocchino, 9 Edoardo Gori, 8 Sergio Parisse (captain), 7 Mauro Bergamasco, 6 Paul Derbyshire, 5 Marco Bortolami, 4 Quintin Geldenhuys, 3 Lorenzo Cittadini, 2 Fabio Ongaro, 1 Salvatore Perugini.
Replacements: 16 Tommaso D’Apice, 17 Martin Castrogiovanni, 18 Cornelius van Zyl, 19 Alessandro Zanni, 20 Pablo Canavosio, 21 Luciano Orquera, 22 Alberto Sgarbi.
Russia: 15 Igor Klyuchnikov, 14 Vasile Artemiev, 13 Andrei Kuzin, 12 Alexei Makovetskiy, 11 Vladimir Ostroushko, 10 Konstantin Rachkov, 9 Alexander Shakirov, 8 Victor Gresev, 7 Andrei Garbuzov, 6 Viatcheslav Grachev, 5 Adam Byrnes, 4 Alexander Voytov, 3 Ivan Prishchepenko, 2 Vladislav Korshunov (captain), 1 Vladimir Botvinnikov>
Replacements: 16 Valerie Tsnobiladze, 17 Alexander Khrokin, 18 Denis Antonov, 19 Artem Fatahov, 20 Alexander Yanyushkin, 21 Mikhail Sidorov, 22 Yuri Kushnarev.
Date: Tuesday 20 September
Kick-off: 09:30 SA Time (19:30 NZ Time)
Venue: Trafalgar Park, Nelson
Expected weather: Clear with a high of 15°C, dropping to 5°C.
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
Assistant referees: Steve Walsh (Australia), Chris Pollock (New Zealand)
TMO: Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)
They have to protect their valuballs from the cold
Italy 48 / 17
6 minutes left in the match
Seems like italy is going to get their fifty and then the russians their 4th try and everyone will go home happy.
Try to Zanni
Italy 53 / 17
Less than a minute left in the match.
Funny stat….. 5 of the Ruskies have managed to miss the birth of a baby due to the fact that they are all at the World Cup…. hulle spyker verwoed, lyk dit my!
Final Score: Italy 53 / 17 Russia
Pity the Ruskis couldn’t get their 4th, but good on the Italians for not just stopping playing.
@ grootblousmile:
What would you do in that cold weather, Bigblu
69 @ The_Young_Turk:
You got me there…. I would probably do the same, just not make babies all the time…
Wonder if they knit their condoms…. hehehe
Thx vir die updates. Hulle spyker so lekker want hulle drink so lekker
71 @ Weti:
Voddddddkaaaaaaaaaaaa!
OK…. hope you enjoyed it
EVERY yeam now has 2 games done and dusted…. exactly halfway through the Pool Stages in RWC 2011.
20 World Cup games done…. 28 games left in the Competition.
Time really flies!
Points diff gives him first spot although he and Kwagga are both on 27.0 points
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