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Men's Rugby World Cup 2007 · Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne · 29 September 2007Head-to-head
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Scotland won by 2 points.Half-time 12–10 · Tries 0–1 · SCO 1 yellow card · ITA 1 yellow card

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143229Attacks1017Ball won5748302247522725183611952%Own 2254%Own half47%Opp half33%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
SCO644
ITA623
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
SCO0/06/60
ITA1/13/30
← Italy attack · Scotland attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
  • Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Kick positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Ruck, line break, turnover, lineout and kick-from-hand positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tries with a dashed ring have no recorded position, so they sit in the in-goal at the end that side attacked.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
14′ItalyTry, Alessandro Troncon, converted6–5
Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

Score progression

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05101520HT0′20′40′60′80′1 SCO card · 1 ITA card
14′Alessandro Troncon
SCO

Team stats

ITA
52%Possession48%
50%Territory50%
56Carries53
103Metres gained198
3Defenders beaten4
51Passes79
5Offloads4
64Tackles made62
4Tackles missed3
46/52Rucks won49/53
19/21Lineouts won16/19
7/7Mauls won5/5
1Turnovers won4
7Penalties conceded10
Goal kicking
SCO conversions 0/0, penalties 6/6 · ITA conversions 1/1, penalties 3/3. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown. This feed has team statistics but no positions for this match.

Line-ups

Scotland

  1. 1Gavin KerrProp
  2. 2Ross FordHooker
  3. 3Euan MurrayProp
  4. 4Nathan HinesSecond row
  5. 5Jim HamiltonSecond row
  6. 6Jason WhiteFlanker
  7. 7Allister HoggFlanker
  8. 8Simon TaylorNumber 8
  9. 9Mike BlairScrum-half
  10. 10Dan ParksFly-half
  11. 11Chris PatersonWing
  12. 12Rob DeweyCentre
  13. 13Simon WebsterCentre
  14. 14Sean LamontWing
  15. 15Rory LamontFull-back
  16. 16Scott LawsonBench
  17. 17Craig SmithBench
  18. 18Scott MacLeodBench
  19. 19Kelly BrownBench
  20. 20Chris CusiterBench
  21. 21Andrew HendersonBench
  22. 22Hugo SouthwellBench

Italy

  1. 1Salvatore PeruginiProp
  2. 2Carlo FestucciaHooker
  3. 3Martin CastrogiovanniProp
  4. 4Santiago DellapèSecond row
  5. 5Carlo Del FavaSecond row
  6. 6Josh SoleFlanker
  7. 7Mauro BergamascoFlanker
  8. 8Sergio ParisseNumber 8
  9. 9Alessandro TronconScrum-half
  10. 10Ramiro PezFly-half
  11. 11Andrea MasiWing
  12. 12Mirco BergamascoCentre
  13. 13Gonzalo CanaleCentre
  14. 14Kaine RobertsonWing
  15. 15David BortolussiFull-back
  16. 16Fabio OngaroBench
  17. 17Andrea Lo CiceroBench
  18. 18Valerio BernabòBench
  19. 19Leonardo GhiraldiniBench
  20. 20Paul GriffenBench
  21. 21Roland de MarignyBench
  22. 22Ezio GalonBench

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Context

All-time, Scotland 29–10 Italy in 39 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Scotland going in
Italy going in

Also on this day

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