Italy vs Russia Rugby 2011 World Cup on 20 September 2011
Italy won the match 53 - 17 against Russia in Rugby 2011 World Cup at Eden Park, Auckland on 20 September 2011.
For once it was the Azzurri's backs, rather than their much-vaunted forwards, who grabbed the headlines in a nine-try win over Russia
Match Statistics
| Italy | Russia | |
|---|---|---|
| 53 | Final Score card | 17 |
| 9 | Tries | 3 |
| 4 (5) | Conversions (Missed) | 1(2) |
| 0 (1) | Penalty Goals (Missed) | 0 (0) |
| 0 (0) | Drop Goals (Missed) | 0 (0) |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| Ball Possession | ||
| 50% | Full Match | 50% |
| Territory | ||
| 59% | Full Match | 41% |
| Time In Opposition 22 | ||
| 12'27'' | Full Match | 6'24'' |
Team Lineups
| Italy | ||
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Salvatore Perugini ,
Fabio Ongaro ,
Lorenzo Cittadini ,
Quintin Geldenhuys ,
Marco Bortolami ,
Paul Derbyshire ,
Mauro Bergamasco ,
Sergio Parisse,
Edoardo Gori ,
Riccardo Bocchino ,
Luke McLean,
Matteo Pratichetti ,
Tommaso Benvenuti,
Giulio Toniolatti ,
Andrea Masi
Replacements: Tommaso D'Apice , Martin Castrogiovanni, Cornelius Van Zyl, Alessandro Zanni , Pablo Canavosio , Gonzalo Canale , Alberto Sgarbi |
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| Russia | ||
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Vladimir Botvinnikov,
Vladislav Korshunov,
Ivan Prishchepenko,
Alexander Voytov,
Adam Byrnes,
Vyacheslav Grachev,
Andrey Garbuzov,
Victor Gresev,
Alexander Shakirov,
Konstantin Rachkov,
Vladimir Ostroushko,
Alexey Makovetskiy,
Andrey Kuzin,
Vasily Artemyev,
Igor Klyuchnikov
Replacements: Valery Tsnobiladze, Alexander Khrokin, Denis Antonov, Artem Fatakhov, Alexander Yanyushkin, Mikhail Sidorov, Yury Kushnarev |
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