Italy (9) 14 / 19 (10) Pumas (Final Score)

Italy and the Argentinian Pumas did battle in the End Of Year Tours at

Stadio Olimpico, Rome at 16:00 SA Time (15:00 Italy Time, 14:00 GMT, 11:00 Arg 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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Scorers:

Italy:

• Penalties – Tommaso Allen (3)
• Drop Goals – 0
• Tries – Michele Campagnaro (1)
• Conversions – 0

Pumas:

• Penalties – Nicolás Sánchez (3)
  
• Drop Goals – Nicolás Sánchez (1)
• Tries – Juan Imhoff (1)
• Conversions – Nicolás Sánchez (1)

Teams:

Italy: 15 Luke McLean, 14 Giovambattista Venditti, 13 Michele Campagnaro, 12 Gonzalo Canale, 11 Tommaso Iannone, 10 Tommaso Allan, 9 Edoardo Gori, 8 Sergio Parisse (Captain), 7 Robert Barbieri, 6 Alessandro Zanni, 5 Valerio Bernabo, 4 Quintin Geldenhuys, 3 Martin Castrogiovanni, 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini, 1 Michele Rizzo.
Replacements: 16 Davide Giazzon, 17 Matias Aguero, 18 Lorenzo Cittadini, 19 Marco Bortolami, 20 Joshua Furno, 21 Tobias Botes, 22 Luciano Orquera, 23 Tommaso Benvenuti.

Argentina: 15 Joaquín Tuculet, 14 Lucas González Amorosino, 13 Horacio Agulla, 12 Gabriel Ascárate, 11 Juan Imhoff, 10 Nicolás Sánchez, 9 Martín Landajo, 8 Benjamín Macome, 7 Julio Farías Cabello, 6 Juan Manuel Leguizamón (Captain), 5 Mariano Galarza, 4 Manuel Carizza, 3 Maximiliano Bustos, 2 Eusebio Guiñazú, 1 Marcos Ayerza.
Replacements: 16 Santiago Iglesias Valdez, 17 Nahuel Lobo, 18 Matías Díaz, 19 Tomás Lavanini, 20 Pablo Matera, 21 Tomás Cubelli, 22 Javier Rojas, 23 Santiago Cordero.

Date: Saturday 23 November 2013
Venue: Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Kick-off: 16:00 SA Time (15: Italy Time, 14:00 GMT, 11:00 Arg Time)
Expected weather: Rain in the morning will make way for sunny spells in the afternoon, with a high of 14 C and a low of 6 C
Referee: Chris Pollock (New Zealand)
Assistant Referees: George Clancy (Ireland), JP Doyle (England)
TMO: Gareth Simmonds (Wales)