| ITALY 31 | V | GEORGIA 22 | |||
| COMPETITION: Pre-World Cup friendly | |||||
| VENUE: Stadio Comunale Censin Bosia, Asta | DATE: 6 September 2003 | SPECTATORS: 6,000 | |||
| REFEREE: Ian Ramage (Scotland) | HALFTIME: 13-13 | ||||
| SCORERS: | SCORERS: | ||||
| TRIES: Troncon, Lo Cicero, Castrogiovanni, Checchinato | TRIES: Urjukashvili | ||||
| CONVERSIONS: Pez | CONVERSIONS: Jimsheladze | ||||
| PENALTY GOALS: Pez (3) | PENALTY GOALS: Jimsheladze (4) | ||||
| DROPPED GOALS: | DROPPED GOALS: Urjukashvili | ||||
| 15 | Gonzalo Canale (22) | Benetton Treviso RFC | 15 | Bessik Khamashuridze | Auch RFC, France |
| 14 | Mirco Bergamasco | Stade Francaise RFC, France | 14 | Malkhaz Urjukashvili | Tours RFC, France |
| 13 | Christian Stoica | Montpellier RFC, France | 13 | Irakli Giorgadze | Auxerre RFC, France |
| 12 | Giovanni Raineri | 12 | Tedo Zibzibadze | Gourdon RFC, France | |
| 11 | Nicola Mazzucato | Ghail Calvisano RFC | 11 | Irakli Machkhaneli (22) | Academy RFC |
| 10 | Ramiro Pez | 10 | Pavle Jimsheladze | Aurillac RFC, France | |
| 9 | Alessandro Troncon (Capt.)(20) | Benetton Treviso RFC | 9 | Irakli Abuseridze | Aurillac RFC, France |
| 8 | Sergio Parisse | Benetton Treviso RFC | 8 | Ilia Zedguinidze (19) | No affiliation |
| 7 | Aaron Persico | Benetton Treviso RFC | 7 | Gregoire Yachvili | Metro-Racing Paris RFC, France |
| 6 | Andrea De Rossi (19) | Ghail Calvisano RFC | 6 | George Chkhaidze | Bordeaux RFC, France |
| 5 | Marco Bortolami | Petraca Padova RFC | 5 | Victor Didebulidze (18) | Cannes RFC, France |
| 4 | Santiago Dellapè (18) | Benetton Treviso RFC | 4 | Zurab Mtchedlishvili | Domont RFC, France |
| 3 | Leandro Castrogiovanni (17) | 3 | Aleko Margvelashvili (16) | Oyonnax RFC, France | |
| 2 | Fabio Ongaro (16) | Benetton Treviso RFC | 2 | Akvsenti Guiorgadze | Rovigo RFC, Italy |
| 1 | Andrea Lo Cicero | Lazio and Primavera RFC | 1 | Avtandil Kopaliani (17) | Chalon RFC, France |
| 16 | Carlo Festuccia (2) | Overmach Parma RFC | 16 | Goderdzi Shvelidze (3) | Beziers RFC, France |
| 17 | Salvatore Perugini (3) | Ghail Calvisano RFC | 17 | David Dadunashvili (1) | Valence RFC, France |
| 18 | Carlo Checchinato (4) | Benetton Treviso RFC | 18 | Ivano Nadiradze (5) | Beziers RFC, France |
| 19 | Mauro Bergamasco (6) | Stade Francaise RFC, France | 19 | Grigol Labadze (8) | Toulon RFC, France |
| 20 | Juan Manuel Queirolo (9) | 20 | Irakli Modebadze jnr | Academy RFC | |
| 21 | Vincenzo Zullo | 21 | David Kiknadze | Academy RFC | |
| 22 | Gert Peens (15) | Overmach Parma RFC | 22 | Gocha Khonelidze (11) | Datvebi Batumi RFC |
| COACH: John Kirwan | COACH | ||||
| MATCH NOTES Sources: www.planet-rugby.com; http://www.georgianlelos.com/ Italy had the numbers advantage over Georgia after the Lelos had two players red-carded in the second half. Despite this they still had some difficulty overcoming their European Nations Cup opponents. |
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