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Men's Rugby World Cup 2011 · Trafalgar Park, Nelson · 20 September 2011Head-to-head
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Italy won by 36 points.Half-time 38–7 · Tries 9–3 · ITA 1 yellow card

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614162329343748506471773057Attacks1018Ball won641531944181994727822232634%Own 2229%Own half65%Opp half79%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
ITA11916
RUS9717
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
ITA4/90/10
RUS1/30/00
← Russia attack · Italy 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
6′ItalyTry, Sergio Parisse, converted5–0
14′ItalyTry, Giulio Toniolatti, conversion missed12–0
16′ItalyTry, Tommaso Benvenuti, conversion missed17–0
23′ItalyTry, Giulio Toniolatti, converted22–0
29′ItalyTry, converted29–0
34′RussiaTry, Alexander Ianiushkin, converted31–5
37′ItalyTry, Edoardo Gori, converted36–7
48′ItalyTry, Tommaso Benvenuti, conversion missed43–7
50′RussiaTry, Vladimir Ostroushko, conversion missed43–12
64′ItalyTry, Luke McLean, conversion missed48–12
71′RussiaTry, Alexey Makovetskiy, conversion missed48–17
77′ItalyTry, Alessandro Zanni, conversion missed53–17
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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6′Sergio Parisse14′Giulio Toniolatti16′Tommaso Benvenuti23′Giulio Toniolatti29′ITA34′Alexander Ianiushkin37′Edoardo Gori48′Tommaso Benvenuti50′Vladimir Ostroushko64′Luke McLean71′Alexey Makovetskiy77′Alessandro Zanni
ITA

Team stats

RUS
53%Possession47%
54%Territory46%
113Carries107
504Metres gained392
17Defenders beaten16
155Passes132
119Tackles made97
16Tackles missed17
67/72Rucks won75/78
9/10Lineouts won7/11
4/5Mauls won1/1
6Penalties conceded12
Goal kicking
ITA conversions 4/9, penalties 0/1 · RUS conversions 1/3, penalties 0/0. 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

Italy

  1. 1Salvatore PeruginiProp
  2. 2Fabio OngaroHooker
  3. 3Lorenzo CittadiniProp
  4. 4Quintin GeldenhuysSecond row
  5. 5Marco BortolamiSecond row
  6. 6Paul DerbyshireFlanker
  7. 7Mauro BergamascoFlanker
  8. 8Sergio ParisseNumber 8
  9. 9Edoardo GoriScrum-half
  10. 10Riccardo BocchinoFly-half
  11. 11Luke McLeanWing
  12. 12Matteo PratichettiCentre
  13. 13Tommaso BenvenutiCentre
  14. 14Giulio ToniolattiWing
  15. 15Andrea MasiFull-back
  16. 16Tommaso D'ApiceBench
  17. 17Martin CastrogiovanniBench
  18. 18Cornelius Van ZylBench
  19. 19Alessandro ZanniBench
  20. 20Pablo CanavosioBench
  21. 21Gonzalo CanaleBench
  22. 22Alberto SgarbiBench

Russia

  1. 1Vladimir BotvinnikovProp
  2. 2Vladislav KorshunovHooker
  3. 3Ivan PrishchepenkoProp
  4. 4Alexander VoytovSecond row
  5. 5Adam ByrnesSecond row
  6. 6Vyacheslav GrachevFlanker
  7. 7Andrey GarbuzovFlanker
  8. 8Viktor GresevNumber 8
  9. 9Alexander ShakirovScrum-half
  10. 10Konstantin RachkovFly-half
  11. 11Vladimir OstroushkoWing
  12. 12Alexey MakovetskiyCentre
  13. 13Andrey KuzinCentre
  14. 14Vasily ArtemyevWing
  15. 15Igor KlyuchnikovFull-back
  16. 16Valery TsnobiladzeBench
  17. 17Alexander KhrokinBench
  18. 18Denis AntonovBench
  19. 19Artem FatakhovBench
  20. 20Alexander IaniushkinBench
  21. 21Mikhail SidorovBench
  22. 22Yury KushnarevBench

Match officials

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Context

All-time, Italy 5–0 Russia in 5 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Italy going in
Russia going in

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Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.