Rugby World Cup , Pool C - Nelson, 20 September 2011, 19:30 local, 07:30 GMT
Italy (38) 53 - 17 (7) Russia (FT)

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Summary

Time Score  
5 5 - 0

Italy No.8 Sergio Parisse bursts down the blindside, sells the dummy and crosses for the opening try

6 7 - 0

Bocchino - conversion

13 12 - 0

Italy recycle the ball quickly and Parisse and Derbyshire link well to send Toniolatti in at the right corner. The TMO confirms the try.

15 17 - 0

Artemyev fails to deal with a kick in behind and Benvenuti pounces to score Italy's third try

22 22 - 0

Italy wrap-up the bonus point after Toniolatti scores his second try in the game and international rugby. Russia in disarray

23 24 - 0

Bocchino - conversion

28 31 - 0

Italy's utter domination continues as referee Wayne Barnes awards them with a penalty try following a succession of collapsed scrums

33 31 - 5

Russia's replacement scrum-half Yanyushkin bursts through the Italy defence to score Russia's first World Cup try

34 31 - 7

Rachkov - conversion

37 38 - 7

Italy scrum-half Gori finishes off a well-worked Italy break to score the Azzuri's sixth try of the game

47 43 - 7

Italy centre Benvenuti races on to the chip through a touches down just before the ball bounces over the dead-ball line

49 43 - 12

Ostrushko surges over in the right corner to score Russia's second try of the match

64 48 - 12

McLean exploits some poor Russian defence as he breaks down the right wing and scores in the right corner for Italy

70 48 - 17

Rachkov throws a huge cut-out pass to Makovetskiy, who cruises in on the left corner with no opposition

76 53 - 17

Italy replacement Alessandro Zanni pushes his way through some weak Russian defence to score after another dominant scrum from Italy

Timeline

Time Italy  Score  Russia
0 start of first half start of first half
5 Parisse - try 5 - 0
6 Bocchino - conversion 7 - 0
13 Toniolatti - try 12 - 0
15 Benvenuti - try 17 - 0
22 Toniolatti - try 22 - 0
23 Bocchino - conversion 24 - 0
27 Ianyushkin - sub on
Shakirov - sub off
28 penalty try
Bocchino - conversion		 31 - 0
32 Ongaro - yellow card Klyuchnikov - sub off
Kushnarev - sub on
33 31 - 5 Ianyushkin - try
34 31 - 7 Rachkov - conversion
35 Bergamasco - sub off
d'Apice - sub on
37 Gori - try
Bocchino - conversion		 38 - 7
40 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
46 Ongaro - sub off
Bergamasco - sub on
47 Perugini - sub off
Castrogiovanni - sub on
van Zyl - sub on
Bortolami - sub off
Benvenuti - try		 43 - 7
49 43 - 12 Ostrushko - try
54 Khrokhin - sub on
Botvinnikov - sub off
56 Canavosio - sub on
Gori - sub off
57 Parisse - sub off
Zanni - sub on
59 Fatakhov - sub on
Grachev - sub off
60 Sgarbi - sub on
Masi - sub off		 Korshunov - sub off
Tsnobiladze - sub on
64 McLean - try 48 - 12
65 Byrnes - sub off
Antonov - sub on
69 Sidorov - sub on
Garbuzov - sub off
70 48 - 17 Makovetskiy - try
73 Bocchino - sub off
Canale - sub on
76 Zanni - try 53 - 17 Botvinnikov - sub on
Prishchepenko - 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 36 points
Rugby World Cup points Italy 5 (1 try bonus), Russia 0
 
Ground name Trafalgar Park, Nelson (neutral venue)
Attendance 12415
 
Referee W Barnes (England)
 
Italy Test debuts none
Russia Test debuts none

Teams

Italy Russia
Tries Parisse (5), Toniolatti (13, 22), Benvenuti (15, 47), Penalty try (28), Gori (37), McLean (64), Zanni (76) Tries Ianyushkin (33), Ostrushko (49), Makovetskiy (70)
Cons Bocchino (6, 23, 28, 37) Cons Rachkov (34)
    Team
15 FB
Andrea Masi
14 W
Giulio Toniolatti
13 C
Tommaso Benvenuti
12 C
Matteo Pratichetti
11 W
Luke McLean
10 FH
Riccardo Bocchino
9 SH
Edoardo Gori
1 P
Salvatore Perugini
2 H
Fabio Ongaro
32
3 P
Lorenzo Cittadini
4 L
Quintin Geldenhuys
5 L
Marco Bortolami
6 F
Paul Derbyshire
7 F
Mauro Bergamasco
8 N8
Sergio Parisse (c)
    Replacements
16 H
Tommaso d'Apice
17 P
Martin Castrogiovanni
18 L
Cornelius van Zyl
19 N8
Alessandro Zanni
20 SH
Pablo Canavosio
21 FH
Gonzalo Canale
22 FB
Alberto Sgarbi
    Team
15 FB
Igor Klyuchnikov
14 W
Vasily Artemyev
13 C
Andrei Kuzin
12 C
Alexei Makovetskiy
11 W
Vladimir Ostrushko
10 FH
Konstantin Rachkov
9 SH
Alexandr Shakirov
1 P
Vladimir Botvinnikov
2 H
Vladislav Korshunov (c)
3 P
Ivan Prishchepenko
4 L
Alexandr Voytov
5 L
Adam Byrnes
6 F
Vyacheslav Grachev
7 F
Andrei Garbuzov
8 N8
Viktor Gresev
    Replacements
16 H
Valery Tsnobiladze
17 P
Alexandr Khrokhin
18 L
Denis Antonov
19 F
Artem Fatakhov
20 SH
Alexandr Ianyushkin
21 F
Mikhail Sidorov
22 FB
Yuri Kushnarev

Match stats

Italy   Russia
9 (1 penalty try) Tries 3
4 from 9 Conversion goals 1 from 3
0 from 1 Penalty goals 0 from 0
40.0% Kick at goal success 33.3%
0 Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
22 Kicks from hand 17
127 Passes 120
103 Runs 96
418 Metres run with ball 390
Attacking
53% Possession 47%
54% Territory 46%
4 Clean breaks 2
14 Defenders beaten 14
19 Offloads 7
66 from 72 (91.7%) Rucks won 75 from 78 (96.2%)
4 from 5 (80.0%) Mauls won 1 from 1 (100.0%)
16 Turnovers conceded 18
Defensive
99/14 Tackles made/missed 96/14
87.6% Tackling success rate 87.3%
Set pieces
13 won, 1 lost (92.9%) Scrums on own feed 5 won, 1 lost (83.3%)
9 won, 1 lost (90.0%) Lineouts on own throw 7 won, 4 lost (63.6%)
Discipline
7 Penalties conceded 12
1/0 Yellow/red cards 0/0

Italy stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Masi 0/0 0 1/2/8 45 0 3 3 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Toniolatti 2/0 10 4/3/7 33 0 0 0 1 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Benvenuti 2/0 10 1/1/8 23 0 0 0 3 6/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Pratichetti 0/1 0 0/4/5 2 0 0 0 0 6/1 0/0 0 0/0
W McLean 1/1 5 2/2/12 100 1 3 2 2 3/2 0/0 0 0/0
FH Bocchino 0/1 8 4/27/2 0 0 0 1 0 5/1 0/0 0 0/0
SH Gori 1/0 5 5/43/5 28 1 2 1 0 4/1 0/0 0 0/0
P Perugini 0/0 0 0/2/4 7 0 0 0 1 4/0 0/0 1 0/0
H Ongaro 0/0 0 0/1/4 15 0 0 0 2 3/1 0/0 1 1/0
P Cittadini 0/0 0 0/1/6 17 0 1 0 3 10/1 0/0 2 0/0
L Geldenhuys 0/0 0 0/3/7 14 0 0 0 0 9/2 2/0 1 0/0
L Bortolami 0/0 0 0/5/1 0 0 0 0 2 4/2 3/0 0 0/0
F Derbyshire 0/1 0 0/3/6 15 0 0 3 0 13/0 2/0 0 0/0
F Bergamasco 0/0 0 0/0/5 32 1 1 2 1 10/1 0/0 1 0/0
N8 Parisse 1/1 5 0/15/11 30 1 2 2 0 5/0 0/1 0 0/0
(H) d'Apice 0/0 0 0/0/5 8 0 0 1 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Castrogiovanni 0/0 0 0/3/2 24 0 0 1 0 5/0 0/2 0 0/0
(L) van Zyl 0/0 0 0/0/2 11 0 0 1 0 1/1 1/0 0 0/0
(N8) Zanni 1/0 5 0/0/1 5 0 2 0 0 0/0 1/1 1 0/0
(SH) Canavosio 0/0 0 0/12/2 9 0 0 2 1 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FH) Canale 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FB) Sgarbi 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 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

Russ stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Klyuchnikov 0/0 0 0/0/4 6 0 1 0 0 0/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Artemyev 0/0 0 0/0/8 46 0 2 0 2 4/4 0/0 0 0/0
C Kuzin 0/0 0 0/1/3 18 0 1 0 1 7/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Makovetskiy 1/0 5 0/0/4 8 0 0 1 0 10/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Ostrushko 1/0 5 0/2/5 50 0 2 1 3 4/1 0/0 0 0/0
FH Rachkov 0/1 2 6/18/5 31 0 0 0 1 9/2 2/0 0 0/0
SH Shakirov 0/0 0 0/27/0 0 0 0 0 1 2/0 0/0 1 0/0
P Botvinnikov 0/0 0 0/1/6 5 0 0 1 0 1/1 0/0 1 0/0
H Korshunov 0/0 0 0/1/5 1 0 0 1 0 3/1 0/0 0 0/0
P Prishchepenko 0/0 0 0/0/3 0 0 0 0 1 6/0 0/0 3 0/0
L Voytov 0/0 0 0/0/3 7 0 0 0 2 4/1 4/0 2 0/0
L Byrnes 0/0 0 0/0/2 6 0 0 0 2 9/0 0/0 0 0/0
F Grachev 0/0 0 0/2/5 9 0 0 0 1 3/0 0/0 1 0/0
F Garbuzov 0/0 0 0/0/11 34 1 2 1 1 14/0 0/0 0 0/0
N8 Gresev 0/0 0 1/4/15 123 1 6 1 2 7/0 1/0 0 0/0
(H) Tsnobiladze 0/0 0 0/0/2 0 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Khrokhin 0/0 0 0/0/2 1 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Antonov 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 2/0 1/0 0 0/0
(F) Fatakhov 0/0 0 0/0/3 0 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
(SH) Ianyushkin 1/0 5 2/43/4 22 0 0 0 0 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
(F) Sidorov 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FB) Kushnarev 0/0 0 3/21/5 23 0 0 1 1 4/0 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