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

First test
21 June 2008
South Africa  26–0  Italy
Try: Steyn 6'
du Plessis 16' 43'
Mtawarira 56'
 report
Newlands, Cape Town
Attendance: 37,000
Referee: Clancy
 57' Conrad JantjesFB15FBAndrea Marcato  67'
Odwa NdunganeW14WKaine Robertson
Gcobani BoboC13CAndrea Masi  36'
Jean de VilliersC12CGonzalo Garcia  67'
Bryan HabanaW11WMatteo Pratichetti
Frans SteynFH10FHLuke McLean
 65' Ricky JanuarieSH9SHSimon Picone  63'
 36' Ryan KankowskiN88N8Josh Sole
Juan SmithF7FRobert Barbieri
 56' Luke WatsonF6FAlessandro Zanni
(capt.) Victor MatfieldL5LCarlo Antonio del Fava 36' to 46'
 64' Bakkies BothaL4LSantiago Dellape  67'
76'-80'  64' CJ van der LindeP3PCarlos Nieto
Bismarck du PlessisH2HLeonardo Ghiraldini (capt.)  67'
 76' Tendai MtawariraP1PMichele Rizzo  47'
Replacements
 65' Schalk BritsH16HFabio Ongaro  67'
 64' Brian MujatiP17PIgnacio Fernandez Rouyet  47'
 64' Andries BekkerL18LTommaso Reato  67'
 36' Joe van NiekerkN819CJaco Erasmus  67'
 56' Schalk BurgerF20SHPablo Canavosio  63'
 57' Peter GrantFB21CEnrico Patrizio  33'
 65' Ruan PienaarSH22FBRiccardo Pavan  67'
Coaches
Peter de VilliersNick Mallett

Second test
28 June 2008
Argentina  12–13  Italy
Pen: Hernandez 2, Bosch 2
 Report Try: Ghiraldini
Con: Marcato
Pen: Marcato 2
Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: M.Goddard
Argentina
Italy
Bernardo StortoniFB15FBAndrea Marcato
Lucas BorgesW14WKaine Robertson
Marcelo BoschC13CMirco Bergamasco
Miguel AvramovicC12CGonzalo Garcia
Horacio AgullaW11WMatteo Pratichetti
 18' Juan Martin HernandezFH10FHLuke McLean
Nicolas VergalloSH9SHSimon Picone  66'
 57' Juan Manuel LeguizamonN88N8Sergio Parisse (capt.)
Álvaro GalindoF7FMauro Bergamasco
Martin DurandF6FJosh Sole  58'
Esteban LozadaL5LCarlo Antonio del Fava
 76' Manuel CarizzaL4LSantiago Dellape  64'
 46' Juan GomezP3PCarlos Nieto
Alvaro TejedaH2HFabio Ongaro  71'
(capt.) Rodrigo RonceroP1PIgnacio Fernandez Rouyet  66'
Replacements
 46' Pablo Gambarini16HLeonardo Ghiraldini  71'
Pedro LedesmaP17PAlejandro Moreno  66'
 76' James StuartL18LTommaso Reato  64'
 57' Alejandro CamposN819FAlessandro Zanni  58'
Alfredo Lalanne20SHPablo Canavosio  66'
Federico AramburuFH21Enrico Patrizio
 18' Hernan Senillosa22Jaco Erasmus
Coaches
Santiago PhelanNick Mallett
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