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)

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