Schedules and Results

Italy vs USA Rugby 2011 World Cup on 27 September 2011

Italy won the match 27 - 10 against USA in Rugby 2011 World Cup at Trafalgar Park, Nelson on 27 September 2011.

The Azzurri do enough to set up a Pool C showdown with Ireland for a place in the quarter-finals after dominating USA in the scrum

Match Statistics
Italy   USA
27 Final Score card 10
4 Tries 1
2 (2) Conversions (Missed) 1(0)
1 (0) Penalty Goals (Missed) 0 (1)
0 (0) Drop Goals (Missed) 0 (0)
0 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
Ball Possession
59% Full Match 41%
Territory
66% Full Match 34%
Time In Opposition 22
15'9'' Full Match 6'49''
Team Lineups
Italy
Salvatore Perugini , Leonardo Ghiraldini , Martin Castrogiovanni, Quintin Geldenhuys , Cornelius Van Zyl , Alessandro Zanni , Mauro Bergamasco , Sergio Parisse , Fabio Semenzato , Luciano Orquera , Mirco Bergamasco , Gonzalo Garcia , Gonzalo Canale , Tommaso Benvenuti , Luke McLean

Replacements:
Fabio Ongaro , Andrea Lo Cicero , Marco Bortolami , Paul Derbyshire , Edoardo Gori , Riccardo Bocchino , Giulio Toniolatti
USA
Mike MacDonald, Chris Biller, Matekitonga Moeakiola, John Van Der Giessen, Hayden Smith, Louis Stanfill, Todd Clever, Nic Johnson, Mike Petri, Roland Suniula, James Paterson, Andrew Suniula, Paul Emerick, Takudzwa Ngwenya, Chris Wyles

Replacements:
Phil Thiel, Shawn Pittman, Scott LaValla, Pat Danahy, Tim Usasz, Nese Malifa, Blaine Scully