2008 Italy rugby union tour

March 2014 April 2026 Italy 2008 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 ZAF 1 0 0 1 ARG 1 1 0 0 2008 mid-year rugby union tests 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. The "Azzurri" lost heavily the first a match against "Springboks", and won afgainst the "Pumas” Results First test report 21 June 2008 ZAF 26–0 ITA Newlands, Cape Town Clancy 37,000 Steyn 6'du Plessis 16' 43'Mtawarira 56' 57 Conrad JantjesFB15FBAndrea Marcato 67Odwa NdunganeW14WKaine RobertsonGcobani BoboC13CAndrea Masi 36Jean de VilliersC12CGonzalo Garcia 67Bryan HabanaW11WMatteo PratichettiFrans SteynFH10FHLuke McLean 65 Ricky JanuarieSH9SHSimon Picone 63 36 Ryan KankowskiN88N8Josh SoleJuan SmithF7FRobert Barbieri 56 Luke WatsonF6FAlessandro Zanni(capt.) Victor MatfieldL5LCarlo Del Fava 36 46 64 Bakkies BothaL4LSantiago Dellapè 67 76'-80' 64 CJ van der LindeP3PCarlos NietoBismarck 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 ZAF Peter de Villiers Nick Mallett ZAF Second test Report 28 June 2008 ARG 12–13 ITA Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata M.Goddard 45,000 Ghiraldini Marcato Hernández 2, Bosch 2 Marcato 2 _blackline _argentina2008_h _blackline _black_stripes_adidas _hoops_white 8EBCCB 8EBCCB FFFFFF 8EBCCB Argentina 0897D3 0897D3 0897D3 ffffff 0897D3 Italy Bernardo StortoniFB15FBAndrea MarcatoLucas BorgesW14WKaine RobertsonMarcelo BoschC13CMirco BergamascoMiguel AvramovicC12CGonzalo GarciaHoracio AgullaW11WMatteo Pratichetti 18 Juan Martín HernándezFH10FHLuke McLeanNicolas VergalloSH9SHSimon Picone 66 57 Juan Manuel LeguizamónN88N8Sergio Parisse (capt.)Álvaro GalindoF7FMauro BergamascoMartín DurandF6FJosh Sole 58Esteban LozadaL5LCarlo Del Fava 76 Manuel CarizzaL4LSantiago Dellapè 64 46 Juan GomezP3PCarlos NietoAlvaro TejedaH2HFabio Ongaro 71 (capt.) Rodrigo Roncero P1PIgnacio Fernandez Rouyet 66 Replacements 46 Pablo Gambarini 16HLeonardo Ghiraldini 71Pedro LedesmaP17PAlejandro Moreno 66 76 James StuartL18LTommaso Reato 64 57 Alejandro CamposN819FAlessandro Zanni 58Alfredo Lalanne 20SHPablo Canavosio 66Federico Martín AramburúFH21Enrico Patrizio 18 Hernán Senillosa 22Jaco Erasmus Coaches ARG Santiago Phelan Nick Mallett ZAF Italy tour Category:Italy national rugby union team tours tour rugby Category:Italy national rugby union team tours of South Africa Category:Italy national rugby union team tours of Argentina