Rugby World Cup , Pool C - North Shore City, 11 September 2011, 15:30 local, 03:30 GMT
Australia (6) 32 - 6 (6) Italy (FT)

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Summary

Time Score  
18 3 - 0

PENALTY AUSTRALIA Cooper nails it to give Australia the lead

29 6 - 0

PENALTY AUSTRALIA Cooper slots the kick from in front of the posts

37 6 - 3

PENALTY ITALY This time Bergamasco finds his range and radar to half Australia's lead

40 6 - 6

PENALTY ITALY Bergamasco nails his second kick from in front to level the scores

49 11 - 6

TRY AUSTRALIA Ben Alexander is over for the Wallabies as the backs combined on the counter before the forwards took charge around the tight and the pick and go from Alexander

54 16 - 6

AUSTRALIA TRY Adam Ashley-Cooper bursts on to Cooper's delayed pass on the tight sie and the centre speeds through to touch down

55 18 - 6

O'Connor - conversion

57 23 - 6

AUSTRALIA TRY O'Connor is over after Cooper's sweet inside ball found the onrushing winger who touched down

59 25 - 6

O'Connor - conversion

66 30 - 6

AUSTRALIA TRY Ioane steps around a few covering defenders and races clear to score following a smart switch of direction in midfield from Cooper

67 32 - 6

O'Connor - conversion

Timeline

Time Australia  Score  Italy
0 start of first half start of first half
18 Cooper - penalty goal 3 - 0
29 Cooper - penalty goal 6 - 0
37 6 - 3 Bergamasco - penalty goal
40 end of first half 6 - 6 Bergamasco - penalty goal
end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
47 Fainga'a - sub off
O'Connor - sub on
49 Alexander - try 11 - 6
50 Derbyshire - sub on
Barbieri - sub off
54 Ashley-Cooper - try 16 - 6
55 O'Connor - conversion 18 - 6
57 O'Connor - try 23 - 6
59 O'Connor - conversion 25 - 6 Bortolami - sub on
del Fava - sub off
60 Pocock - sub off
McCalman - sub on
McLean - sub on
Garcia - sub off
61 Genia - sub off
Burgess - sub on
Polota-Nau - sub on
Moore - sub off
65 Alexander - sub off
Slipper - sub on
66 Ioane - try 30 - 6
67 O'Connor - conversion 32 - 6
68 Cittadini - sub on
Lo Cicero Vaina - sub off
69 Elsom - sub off
Simmons - sub on
Higginbotham - sub on
Vickerman - sub off
70 Semenzato - sub off
Gori - sub on
72 Polota-Nau - sub off
Moore - sub on
73 Bocchino - sub on
Orquera - sub off
74 Lo Cicero Vaina - sub on
Castrogiovanni - sub off
77 Polota-Nau - sub on
Moore - sub off
80+1 end of second half
end of half
end of second half
end of half
0
81

Notes

 
Result Australia won by a margin of 26 points
Rugby World Cup points Australia 5 (1 try bonus), Italy 0
 
Ground name North Harbour Stadium, North Shore City (neutral venue)
Attendance 25731
 
Referee ACP Rolland (Ireland)
 
Australia Test debuts none
Italy Test debuts none

Teams

Australia Italy
Tries Alexander (49), Ashley-Cooper (54), O'Connor (57), Ioane (66) Tries none
Cons O'Connor (55, 59, 67) Cons none
Pens Cooper (18, 29) Pens Bergamasco (37, 40)

Match stats

Australia   Italy
4 Tries 0
3 from 4 Conversion goals 0 from 0
2 from 3 Penalty goals 2 from 3
71.4% Kick at goal success 66.7%
0 Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
28 Kicks from hand 35
138 Passes 58
109 Runs 66
459 Metres run with ball 197
Attacking
61% Possession 39%
66% Territory 34%
5 Clean breaks 1
12 Defenders beaten 1
7 Offloads 9
88 from 96 (91.7%) Rucks won 49 from 53 (92.5%)
3 from 3 (100.0%) Mauls won 5 from 6 (83.3%)
15 Turnovers conceded 18
Defensive
71/1 Tackles made/missed 133/12
98.6% Tackling success rate 91.7%
Set pieces
5 won, 1 lost (83.3%) Scrums on own feed 6 won, 0 lost (100.0%)
9 won, 1 lost (90.0%) Lineouts on own throw 17 won, 3 lost (85.0%)
Discipline
16 Penalties conceded 9
0/0 Yellow/red cards 0/0

Aust stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Beale 0/0 0 4/7/7 49 0 1 2 4 1/0 0/0 1 0/0
W Ashley-Cooper 1/0 5 0/2/6 34 1 1 1 1 5/0 0/0 2 0/0
C Fainga'a 0/0 0 0/1/1 10 0 0 0 1 1/0 0/0 1 0/0
C McCabe 0/0 0 0/1/5 20 0 0 0 0 6/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Ioane 1/0 5 0/2/11 82 1 3 0 3 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH Cooper 0/3 6 12/31/10 88 1 2 1 3 3/0 0/0 1 0/0
SH Genia 0/0 0 7/65/5 27 0 0 1 1 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Kepu 0/0 0 0/2/4 6 0 0 0 0 4/0 0/0 2 0/0
H Moore 0/0 0 0/2/10 12 0 0 0 0 4/0 0/0 2 0/0
P Alexander 1/0 5 0/0/9 15 0 0 0 0 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
L Vickerman 0/0 0 0/1/6 7 0 0 0 0 5/0 2/1 3 0/0
L Horwill 0/0 0 0/1/6 6 0 0 0 0 6/0 3/1 0 0/0
F Elsom 0/0 0 0/1/6 27 1 1 0 1 2/1 2/0 0 0/0
F Pocock 0/0 0 0/5/4 20 1 1 0 1 8/0 0/0 1 0/0
N8 Samo 0/0 0 1/3/7 25 0 1 1 0 5/0 1/0 0 0/0
(H) Polota-Nau 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Slipper 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Simmons 0/0 0 0/0/1 4 0 0 0 0 0/0 1/0 0 0/0
(F) McCalman 0/0 0 0/0/3 7 0 0 1 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(F) Higginbotham 0/0 0 0/0/1 2 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(SH) Burgess 0/0 0 0/11/1 0 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/1 0 0/0
(C) O'Connor 1/0 11 0/3/4 18 0 1 0 0 2/0 0/0 1 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

Italy stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Masi 0/0 0 1/1/5 46 0 1 0 3 1/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Benvenuti 0/0 0 1/0/2 22 0 0 0 2 6/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Canale 0/0 0 1/0/2 0 0 0 0 1 3/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Garcia 0/0 0 0/0/5 11 0 0 0 1 14/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Bergamasco 0/0 6 1/3/6 27 0 0 1 2 7/1 0/0 1 0/0
FH Orquera 0/0 0 6/13/2 12 0 0 0 0 11/1 0/0 0 0/0
SH Semenzato 0/0 0 11/24/2 0 0 0 1 1 9/1 0/0 1 0/0
P Lo Cicero Vaina 0/0 0 0/0/3 3 0 0 1 0 7/1 0/0 0 0/0
H Ghiraldini 0/0 0 0/0/5 11 0 0 1 1 3/1 0/0 1 0/0
P Castrogiovanni 0/0 0 0/0/3 2 0 0 0 0 8/1 0/0 0 0/0
L del Fava 0/0 0 0/1/0 0 0 0 0 0 13/0 1/0 0 0/0
L van Zyl 0/0 0 0/1/1 5 0 0 1 1 11/0 5/0 0 0/0
F Zanni 0/0 0 0/0/9 28 0 0 1 1 8/0 5/0 1 0/0
F Barbieri 0/0 0 0/2/4 4 0 0 0 1 8/0 0/0 1 0/0
N8 Parisse 0/0 0 1/3/7 21 1 0 1 1 15/3 4/1 2 0/0
(P) Cittadini 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 1 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Bortolami 0/0 0 0/0/2 0 0 0 0 2 2/0 2/0 0 0/0
(F) Derbyshire 0/0 0 0/0/2 5 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 1 0/0
(SH) Gori 0/0 0 1/7/3 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 1 0/0
(FH) Bocchino 0/0 0 1/2/1 0 0 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(C) McLean 0/0 0 0/1/1 0 0 0 0 1 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

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