Rugby World Cup , Pool C - Nelson, 27 September 2011, 19:30 local, 06:30 GMT
Italy (20) 27 - 10 (10) United States of America (FT)

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Summary

Time Score  
2 5 - 0

Sergio Parisse strolls over under the posts after Italy stretch the US defence to the left then come back to the centre and the No.8 exposes a massive gap. Mirco Bergamasco converts

3 7 - 0

M Bergamasco - conversion

17 7 - 5

Wyles - try

18 7 - 7

Chris Wyles is over for the US after a great break in midfield from Emerick and the US fullback is on hand to cross the line. Wyles converts the conversion

21 10 - 7

Mirco Bergamasco makes no mistake to stroke the ball over and give Italy the lead again

27 10 - 10

Chris Wyles lands the penalty from in front. It's all level again

29 15 - 10

Luciano Orquera slices through the US defence and scoots over the line

40 20 - 10

Martin Castrogiovanni blasts over from close range for Italy's third try after being held out by some fantastic US defence

65 25 - 10

Massive surge from the Italy scrum with Sergio Parisse controlling it at the back and the US pack collapses. Clancy signals a penalty try.

66 27 - 10

M Bergamasco - conversion

Timeline

Time Italy  Score  United States of America
0 start of first half start of first half
2 Parisse - try 5 - 0
3 M Bergamasco - conversion 7 - 0
7 Pittman - sub on
Moeakiola - sub off
13 Pittman - sub off
Moeakiola - sub on
17 7 - 5 Wyles - try
18 7 - 7 Wyles - conversion
21 M Bergamasco - penalty goal 10 - 7
27 10 - 10 Wyles - penalty goal
28 Thiel - sub on
Biller - sub off
29 Orquera - try 15 - 10
40 Castrogiovanni - try 20 - 10
40+1 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
45 Scully - sub on
AN Suniula - sub off
50 Perugini - sub off
Lo Cicero Vaina - sub on
54 Benvenuti - sub off
Toniolatti - sub on
55 Pittman - sub on
Moeakiola - sub off
58 Stanfill - yellow card
63 Usasz - sub on
Petri - sub off
65 penalty try 25 - 10
66 M Bergamasco - conversion 27 - 10
67 Semenzato - sub off
Gori - sub on
Orquera - sub off
Bocchino - sub on
68 Johnson - sub off
LaValla - sub on
70 M Bergamasco - sub off
Derbyshire - sub on
71 Perugini - sub on
Castrogiovanni - sub off		 Malifa - sub on
R Suniula - sub off
72 Ongaro - sub on
Ghiraldini - sub off
80 end of second half
end of half		 end of second half
end of half
0
80

Notes

 
Result Italy won by a margin of 17 points
Rugby World Cup points Italy 5 (1 try bonus), United States of America 0
 
Ground name Trafalgar Park, Nelson (neutral venue)
Attendance 14977
 
Referee GJ Clancy (Ireland)
 
Italy Test debuts none
United States of America Test debuts none

Teams

Italy United States of America
Tries Parisse (2), Orquera (29), Castrogiovanni (40), Penalty try (65) Tries Wyles (17)
Cons M Bergamasco (3, 66) Cons Wyles (18)
Pens M Bergamasco (21) Pens Wyles (27)
    Team
15 FB
Luke McLean
14 W
Tommaso Benvenuti
13 C
Gonzalo Canale
12 C
Gonzalo Garcia
11 W
Mirco Bergamasco
10 FH
Luciano Orquera
9 SH
Fabio Semenzato
1 P
Salvatore Perugini
2 H
Leonardo Ghiraldini
3 P
Martin Castrogiovanni
4 L
Quintin Geldenhuys
5 L
Cornelius van Zyl
6 F
Alessandro Zanni
7 F
Mauro Bergamasco
8 N8
Sergio Parisse (c)
    Replacements
16 H
Fabio Ongaro
17 P
Andrea Lo Cicero Vaina
18
Marco Bortolami
19 W
Paul Derbyshire
20 SH
Edoardo Gori
21 FH
Riccardo Bocchino
22 W
Giulio Toniolatti
    Team
15 FB
Chris Wyles
14 W
Taku Ngwenya
13 C
Paul Emerick
12 C
Andrew Suniula
11 W
James Paterson
10 FH
Roland Suniula
9 SH
Mike Petri
1 P
Mike MacDonald
2 H
Chris Biller
3 P
Mate Moeakiola
4 L
John van der Giessen
5 L
Hayden Smith
6 F
Louis Stanfill
58
7 F
Todd Clever (c)
8 N8
Nic Johnson
    Replacements
16 H
Phil Thiel
17 P
Shawn Pittman
18 N8
Scott LaValla
19
Pat Danahy
20 SH
Tim Usasz
21 FH
Nese Malifa
22 C
Blaine Scully

Match stats

Italy   United States of America
4 (1 penalty try) Tries 1
2 from 4 Conversion goals 1 from 1
1 from 1 Penalty goals 1 from 1
60.0% Kick at goal success 100.0%
0 Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
29 Kicks from hand 23
82 Passes 160
78 Runs 106
267 Metres run with ball 222
Attacking
44% Possession 56%
51% Territory 49%
4 Clean breaks 1
10 Defenders beaten 13
13 Offloads 9
57 from 61 (93.4%) Rucks won 92 from 99 (92.9%)
5 from 5 (100.0%) Mauls won 2 from 2 (100.0%)
13 Turnovers conceded 11
Defensive
115/13 Tackles made/missed 70/10
89.8% Tackling success rate 87.5%
Set pieces
14 won, 2 lost (87.5%) Scrums on own feed 3 won, 0 lost (100.0%)
10 won, 5 lost (66.7%) Lineouts on own throw 10 won, 1 lost (90.9%)
Discipline
8 Penalties conceded 21
0/0 Yellow/red cards 1/0

Italy stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB McLean 0/0 0 4/3/4 32 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Benvenuti 0/0 0 0/1/4 24 0 0 1 2 1/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Canale 0/0 0 0/0/3 1 0 0 0 0 7/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Garcia 0/0 0 1/1/4 10 0 0 1 1 8/4 0/0 0 0/0
W M Bergamasco 0/0 7 1/2/3 27 0 3 1 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH Orquera 1/0 5 0/18/2 23 2 2 0 0 6/1 0/0 2 0/0
SH Semenzato 0/1 0 6/39/7 10 0 1 1 3 5/1 0/0 0 0/0
P Perugini 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 6/0 0/0 1 0/0
H Ghiraldini 0/0 0 0/1/9 33 0 1 2 1 4/1 0/0 0 0/0
P Castrogiovanni 1/0 5 0/2/10 17 0 1 1 1 8/0 0/0 0 0/0
L Geldenhuys 0/0 0 0/2/5 4 0 0 1 0 15/0 2/0 0 0/0
L van Zyl 0/1 0 0/2/3 3 0 0 2 1 13/1 4/0 2 0/0
F Zanni 0/0 0 1/0/6 16 0 0 1 1 7/0 2/0 0 0/0
F M Bergamasco 0/0 0 0/1/2 3 0 0 0 0 12/1 0/0 1 0/0
N8 Parisse 1/0 5 1/7/12 62 2 2 1 3 10/1 2/0 0 0/0
(H) Ongaro 0/0 0 0/0/2 2 0 0 1 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Lo Cicero Vaina 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 1 0/0
(W) Derbyshire 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(SH) Gori 0/0 0 3/2/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FH) Bocchino 0/0 0 1/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 1 0/0
(W) Toniolatti 0/0 0 0/1/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/1 0/0 0 0/0
Key:  T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

USA stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Wyles 1/0 10 1/22/10 38 0 1 0 3 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Ngwenya 0/0 0 1/2/7 33 0 3 1 0 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Emerick 0/1 0 0/6/14 39 1 5 1 2 7/0 0/0 1 0/0
C AN Suniula 0/0 0 0/5/5 0 0 0 0 1 1/1 0/0 1 0/0
W Paterson 0/0 0 1/0/6 5 0 0 1 0 2/2 0/0 0 0/0
FH R Suniula 0/0 0 2/31/5 16 0 0 0 0 6/2 0/0 1 0/0
SH Petri 0/0 0 9/57/1 0 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
P MacDonald 0/0 0 0/1/7 19 0 1 1 0 4/0 0/0 5 0/0
H Biller 0/0 0 0/0/2 0 0 0 0 1 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Moeakiola 0/0 0 0/0/4 2 0 0 0 1 4/0 0/0 1 0/0
L van der Giessen 0/0 0 0/2/1 0 0 0 0 0 4/2 2/2 0 0/0
L Smith 0/0 0 0/3/9 2 0 0 1 1 6/0 1/0 0 0/0
F Stanfill 0/0 0 0/0/8 19 0 0 1 1 6/1 3/0 1 1/0
F Clever 0/0 0 1/0/10 10 0 3 3 0 2/1 2/0 3 0/0
N8 Johnson 0/0 0 1/2/5 3 0 0 0 1 4/0 0/0 1 0/0
(H) Thiel 0/0 0 0/0/3 0 0 0 0 0 6/1 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Pittman 0/0 0 0/0/3 1 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(N8) LaValla 0/0 0 0/1/2 9 0 0 0 0 1/0 2/0 1 0/0
(SH) Usasz 0/0 0 0/18/1 0 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FH) Malifa 0/0 0 1/8/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(C) Scully 0/0 0 0/2/3 26 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 3 0/0
Key:  T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

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