Italy (20) 27 / USA (10) 10 (Final Score)
Italy and the USA did battle in Nelson at 08:30 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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USA forced Italy to grind out a win, with their dominant scrum, and for the first time in a very long time, Nick Mallett’s side managed to get a bonus point for tries scored.
One could say mission accomplished by Italy, but they really made hard work of the task.
Scorers:
Italy:
- Penalties – Mirco Bergamasco (1)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Sergio Parisse (1), Luciano Orquera (1), Martin Castrogiovanni (1), Penalty Try (1)
- Conversions – Mirco Bergamasco (2)
USA:
- Penalties – Chris Wyles (1)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Chris Wyles (1)
- Conversions – Chris Wyles (1)
Teams:
Italy: 15 Luke McLean, 14 Tommaso Benvenuti, 13 Gonzalo Canale, 12 Gonzalo Garcia, 11 Mirco Bergamasco, 10 Luciano Orquera, 9 Fabio Semenzato, 8 Sergio Parisse (captain), 7 Mauro Bergamasco, 6 Alessandro Zanni, 5 Cornelius van Zyl, 4 Quintin Geldenhuys, 3 Martin Castrogiovanni, 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini, 1 Salvatore Perugini.
Replacements: 16 Fabio Ongaro, 17 Andrea Lo Cicero, 18 Marco Bortolami, 19 Paul Derbyshire, 20 Edoardo Gori, 21 Riccardo Bocchino, 22 Giulio Toniolatti.
USA Eagles: 15 Chris Wyles, 14 Takudzwa Ngwenya, 13 Paul Emerick, 12 Andrew Suniula, 11 James Paterson, 10 Roland Suniula, 9 Mike Petri, 8 Nic Johnson, 7 Todd Clever, 6 Louis Stanfill, 5 Hayden Smith, 4 John van der Giessen, 3 Mate Moeakiola, 2 Chris Biller, 1 Mike MacDonald.
Replacements: 16 Phil Thiel, 17 Shawn Pittman, 18 Scott LaValla, 19 Pat Danahy, 20 Tim Usasz, 21 Nese Malifa, 22 Blaine Scully.
Date: Tuesday 27 September
Kick-off: 08:30 SA Time (19:30 NZ Time)
Venue: Trafalgar Park, Nelson
Expected weather conditions: Fine, northerly winds. Min 6°C, Max 17°C.
Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Wayne Barnes (England), Chris Pollock (New Zealand)
TMO: Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)
Gooooooooooo Italy!
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Rugby-Talk Superbru once again put all their eggs in one basket. We all picked Italy , ranging from a 5 point win to a 41 point win
Defaults will go for a Italy win too.
@ grootblousmile:
2
the pleasure of blogging is back, yes this move worked out well.
3 @ superBul:
Is ek darem nog in No 1 spot op Bru?
For Italy we have 2 South African locks, a SA Coach, and a SA Defensive Coach….
@ grootblousmile:
Hierdie spanne wat mekaar nou aanvat is moeilik om te voorspel, USA kan baie maklik hier verras.
7 @ superBul:
Ek het die Spagetti-eeters gekies met 16 op Bru
Mike MacDonald (USA) returns to loosehead prop and will set a new Eagles record by featuring in his 11th career RWC match. He needs one more appearance to surpass Alec Parker on 10
Players out on the pitch
USA coach Eddie O’Sullivan (IRE) has made 14 changes to the starting XV that lost against Australia and has announced an exact copy of the 22-man squad that beat Russia on 15 September, to take on Italy in Nelson on Tuesday
Italy seek their second successive victory, having beaten Russia 53-17 on 20 September. If they beat USA, they will match their longest RWC winning streak (two wins in a row), a performance they posted three times earlier.
hahaha vergelyk swak met ons rekords ne.
Waar’s “Ciao a Tutti-fruitti” vanoggend!
Lê seker nog agter een van Italië se bestes se boude!
The national anthems are now being played
Anthems done and dusted!
Italians Sergio and Castro are so up for this game, it’s evident from the anthems
Game ON!
@ grootblousmile:
Hiers ek nou!
Scrum No 1…. let’s see how they go
Moer hulle Italia!
18 @ The_Young_Turk:
Laatslaper!
Try Parisse!
Good fast start by Italy
TRY
Mooi so! Donner the Yanks stukkend!
Italy 7 / 0 as Mirco Bergamasco converts
Good USA attack… all comes to naught, Italy scrum
Good reply by the States, Ngwenya is not the same exciting player he was in the previous WC
Morning all.
I forgot to make my picks for the Canada / Japan game, but would not have picked a draw in any case.
Relieving penalty to Italy
Italy should take this game comfortably. The only danger is that they relax too soon and let the States back into the game.
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