| PACIFIC ISLANDS 25 | V | ITALY 17 | |||||
| COMPETITION: Updated 01.01.2009 | |||||||
| VENUE: Reggio Emilia | DATE: 22 November 2008 | SPECTATORS: 13, 595 | |||||
| REFEREE: Wayne Barnes (England) | HALFTIME: 22-10 | ||||||
| SCORERS: | SCORERS: | ||||||
| TRIES: Delasau (2), Ratuvou | TRIES: Ghiraldini, Mirco Bergamasco | ||||||
| CONVERSIONS: Bai (2) | CONVERSIONS: Marcato (2) | ||||||
| PENALTY GOALS: Bai (2) | PENALTY GOALS: Marcato | ||||||
| DROPPED GOALS: | DROPPED GOALS: | ||||||
| 15 | Kameli Ratuvou (22) | Saracens, Fiji | 15 | Andrea Masi (21) | Biarritz Olympique, France | ||
| 14 | Sailosi Tagicakibau | London Irish, Samoa | 14 | Kaine Robertson | Montepashi Viadana | ||
| 13 | Seilala Mapusua | London Irish, Samoa | 13 | Mirco Bergamasco | Stade Français, France | ||
| 12 | Epi Taione (21) | Harlequins, Tonga | 12 | Gonzalo Garcia | Cammi Calvisano | ||
| 11 | Vilimoni Delasau | Montauban, Fiji | 11 | Matteo Pratichetti | Cammi Calvisano | ||
| 10 | Seremaia Bai | Clermont Auvergne, Fiji | 10 | Andrea Marcato | Benetton Treviso | ||
| 9 | Sililo Martens (20) | Llanelli Scarlets, Tonga | 9 | Pietro Travagli | Overmach Parma | ||
| 8 | Sisa Koyamaibole (19) | Toulon, Fiji | 8 | Sergio Parisse (Capt.) | Stade Français, France | ||
| 7 | Nili Latu (Capt.) | NEC, Tonga | 7 | Mauro Bergamasco | Stade Français, France | ||
| 6 | Viliami Vaki | Perpignan, Tonga | 6 | Joshua Sole (19) | Montepashi Viadana | ||
| 5 | Paino Hehea (18) | Racing-Métro Paris, Tonga | 5 | Marco Bortolami | Gloucester RFC, England | ||
| 4 | Filipo Levi | Ricoh, Samoa | 4 | Tommaso Reato | Femi RZ Rovigo | ||
| 3 | Kisi Pulu (17) | Perpignan, Tonga | 3 | Carlos Nieto (18) | Gloucester RFC, England | ||
| 2 | Tanielu Fuga | Harlequins, Samoa | 2 | Leonardo Ghiraldini (16) | Cammi Calvisano | ||
| 1 | Justin Va'a | Glasgow, Samoa | 1 | Matias Aguero (17) | Saracens RFC, England | ||
| 16 | Sunia Koto | London Welsh, Fiji | 16 | Fabio Ongaro (2) | Saracens RFC, England | ||
| 17 | Tonga Lea'aetoa (3) | London Irish, Tonga | 17 | Andrea Lo Cicero (1) | Racing Metro Paris, France | ||
| 18 | Semisi Naevo (5) | NEC, Fiji | 18 | Salvatore Perugini (3) | Stade Français, France | ||
| 19 | Hale T Pole (8) | Suntory, Tonga | 19 | Alessandro Zanni (6) | Cammi Calvisano | ||
| 20 | Mosese Raulini (9) | Saracens, Fiji | 20 | Pablo Canavosio | Montepashi Viadana | ||
| 21 | Seru Rabeni (12) | Leicester Tigers, Fiji | 21 | Luke Mclean (15) | Cammi Calvisano | ||
| 22 | Gavin Williams (15) | US Dax, Samoa | 22 | Riccardo Pavan | Overmach Parma | ||
| HEAD COACH: Quddus Fielea (Tonga) | HEAD COACH: Nik Mallett | ||||||
| MATCH NOTES This was the combined Pacific Island teams' 9th test match and first victory over an international side. Yellow card: Bai (25) Raulini and Rebeni are the only players who have appeared in all 9 international rugby tests played by the Pacific Islands since 2004. Ghiraldini's try was his first for Italy. Sources http://www.itsrugby.fr/modules/site/game_test.php?id=48396&menu=D http://www.scrum.com/scrum/rugby/story/86858.html |
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