2008 Italy rugby union tour

The 2008 Italy rugby union tour of South Africa and Argentina was a series of matches played in June 2008 in South Africa and Argentina by Italy national rugby union team.

2008 Italy rugby union tour
Summary
P W D L
Total
02 01 00 01
Test match
02 01 00 01
Opponent
P W D L
 South Africa
1 0 0 1
 Argentina
1 1 0 0

The "Azzurri" lost heavily the first a match against "Springboks", and won afgainst the "Pumas”

Results

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First test

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21 June 2008
South Africa  26–0  Italy
Try: Steyn 6'
du Plessis 16' 43'
Mtawarira 56'
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Newlands, Cape Town
Attendance: 37,000
Referee: Clancy
  57' Conrad Jantjes FB 15 FB Andrea Marcato   67'
Odwa Ndungane W 14 W Kaine Robertson
Gcobani Bobo C 13 C Andrea Masi   36'
Jean de Villiers C 12 C Gonzalo Garcia   67'
Bryan Habana W 11 W Matteo Pratichetti
Frans Steyn FH 10 FH Luke McLean
  65' Ricky Januarie SH 9 SH Simon Picone   63'
  36' Ryan Kankowski N8 8 N8 Josh Sole
Juan Smith F 7 F Robert Barbieri
  56' Luke Watson F 6 F Alessandro Zanni
(capt.) Victor Matfield L 5 L Carlo Del Fava   36' to 46'
  64' Bakkies Botha L 4 L Santiago Dellapè   67'
   76'-80'   64' CJ van der Linde P 3 P Carlos Nieto
Bismarck du Plessis H 2 H Leonardo Ghiraldini (capt.)   67'
  76' Tendai Mtawarira P 1 P Michele Rizzo   47'
Replacements
  65' Schalk Brits H 16 H Fabio Ongaro   67'
  64' Brian Mujati P 17 P Ignacio Fernandez Rouyet   47'
  64' Andries Bekker L 18 L Tommaso Reato   67'
  36' Joe van Niekerk N8 19 C Jaco Erasmus   67'
  56' Schalk Burger F 20 SH Pablo Canavosio   63'
  57' Peter Grant FB 21 C Enrico Patrizio   33'
  65' Ruan Pienaar SH 22 FB Riccardo Pavan   67'
Coaches
  Peter de Villiers Nick Mallett  

Second test

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28 June 2008
Argentina  12–13  Italy
Pen: Hernández 2, Bosch 2ReportTry: Ghiraldini
Con: Marcato
Pen: Marcato 2
Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: M.Goddard
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Argentina
 
 
 
 
 
Italy
Bernardo Stortoni FB 15 FB Andrea Marcato
Lucas Borges W 14 W Kaine Robertson
Marcelo Bosch C 13 C Mirco Bergamasco
Miguel Avramovic C 12 C Gonzalo Garcia
Horacio Agulla W 11 W Matteo Pratichetti
  18' Juan Martín Hernández FH 10 FH Luke McLean
Nicolas Vergallo SH 9 SH Simon Picone   66'
  57' Juan Manuel Leguizamón N8 8 N8 Sergio Parisse (capt.)
Álvaro Galindo F 7 F Mauro Bergamasco
Martín Durand F 6 F Josh Sole   58'
Esteban Lozada L 5 L Carlo Del Fava
  76' Manuel Carizza L 4 L Santiago Dellapè     64'
  46'   Juan Gomez P 3 P Carlos Nieto
Alvaro Tejeda H 2 H Fabio Ongaro   71'
  (capt.) Rodrigo Roncero P 1 P Ignacio Fernandez Rouyet   66'
Replacements
  46' Pablo Gambarini 16 H Leonardo Ghiraldini   71'
Pedro Ledesma P 17 P Alejandro Moreno   66'
  76' James Stuart L 18 L Tommaso Reato   64'
  57' Alejandro Campos N8 19 F Alessandro Zanni   58'
Alfredo Lalanne 20 SH Pablo Canavosio   66'
Federico Martín Aramburú FH 21 Enrico Patrizio
  18' Hernán Senillosa 22 Jaco Erasmus
Coaches
  Santiago Phelan Nick Mallett