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

Main article: 2008 mid-year rugby union tests

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 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

28 June 2008

Argentina	12–13	Italy
Pen: Hernández 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 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