| AUSTRALIA 30 | V | ITALY 20 | |||||
| COMPETITION: Updated 22.12.2008 | |||||||
| VENUE: Stadio Euganeo, Padova | DATE: 8 November 2008 | SPECTATORS: 30, 169 | |||||
| REFEREE: Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand) | HALFTIME: 14-14 | ||||||
| SCORERS: | SCORERS: | ||||||
| TRIES: Turner, Cooper | TRIES: Mirco Bergamasco | ||||||
| CONVERSIONS: Giteau | CONVERSIONS: | ||||||
| PENALTY GOALS: Giteau (5), Mortlock | PENALTY GOALS: Marcato (2), Orquera (2) | ||||||
| DROPPED GOALS: | DROPPED GOALS: Marcato | ||||||
| 15 | Adam Ashley-Cooper (22) | ACT Brumbies | 15 | Andrea Masi | Biarritz Olympique, France | ||
| 14 | Lachlan Turner | NSW Waratahs | 14 | Kaine Robertson | Montepashi Viadana | ||
| 13 | Stirling Mortlock (Capt.) | ACT Brumbies | 13 | Gonzalo Canale | Clermont Auvergne, France | ||
| 12 | Timana Tahu (21) | NSW Waratahs | 12 | Gonzalo Garcia | Cammi Calvisano | ||
| 11 | Digby Ioane | WA Western Force | 11 | Mirco Bergamasco | Stade Français, France | ||
| 10 | Berrick Barnes (20) | Queensland Reds | 10 | Andrea Marcato (21) | Benetton Treviso | ||
| 9 | Luke Burgess | NSW Waratahs | 9 | Pablo Canavosio (20) | Montepashi Viadana | ||
| 8 | Richard Brown | WA Western Force | 8 | Sergio Parisse | Stade Français, France | ||
| 7 | Philip Waugh (19) | NSW Waratahs | 7 | Mauro Bergamasco | Stade Français, France | ||
| 6 | Dean Mumm | NSW Waratahs | 6 | Joshua Sole (19) | Montepashi Viadana | ||
| 5 | Hugh McMeniman (18) | Queensland Reds | 5 | Marco Bortolami (18) | Gloucester RFC, England | ||
| 4 | Mark Chisholm | ACT Brumbies | 4 | Carlo Antonio Del Fava | Ulster, Ireland | ||
| 3 | Matthew Dunning | NSW Waratahs | 3 | Carlos Nieto | Gloucester RFC, England | ||
| 2 | Stephen Moore (16) | Queensland Reds | 2 | Leonardo Ghiraldini (16) | Cammi Calvisano | ||
| 1 | Benjamin Alexander (17) | ACT Brumbies | 1 | Salvatore Perugini (17) | Stade Français, France | ||
| 16 | Tatafu Polota-Nau (2) | NSW Waratahs | 16 | Fabio Ongaro (2) | Saracens RFC, England | ||
| 17 | Sekope Kefu (1) | NSW Waratahs | 17 | Matias Aguero (1) | Saracens RFC, England | ||
| 18 | Wycliff Palu (5) | NSW Waratahs | 18 | Tommaso Reato (5) | Femi RZ Rovigo | ||
| 19 | David Pocock (7) | WA Western Force | 19 | Alessandro Zanni (6) | Cammi Calvisano | ||
| 20 | Matthew Giteau (10) | WA Western Force | 20 | Giulio Toniolatti (9) | AlmavivA UR Capitolina | ||
| 21 | Quade Cooper (12) | Queensland Reds | 21 | Luciano Orquera (10) | Brive, France | ||
| 22 | James O’Connor (15) | WA Western Force | 22 | Matteo Pratichetti | Cammi Calvisano | ||
| HEAD COACH: Robbie Deans | HEAD COACH: Nik Mallett | ||||||
| MATCH NOTES Kefu, Cooper and O'Connor were making their test debuts for Australia. At 18 years of age, O'connor became the second youngest Australian to play test rugby. Ioane played his only test for Australia to date v Wales, June 2007. Turner and Cooper scored their first tries for Australia. Giteau passed 100 tests points for the year. Orquera last played for Italy v Tonga, November 2005 Sources http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/7715603.stm http://www.sportinglife.com/rugbyunion/reports/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=rugby/08/11/08/manual_170654.html http://www.federugby.it/news.asp?i=64437&s=2 |
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