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Men's Rugby World Cup 2011 · Trafalgar Park, Nelson · 27 September 2011Head-to-head
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Italy won by 17 points.Half-time 20–10 · Tries 4–1 · USA 1 yellow card

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3183041671992Attacks727Ball won471331439104134303311544401617%Own 2226%Own half44%Opp half72%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
ITA12312
USA729
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
ITA2/41/10
USA1/11/10
← USA 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
3′ItalyTry, Sergio Parisse, converted5–0
18′USATry, Chris Wyles, converted7–5
30′ItalyTry, Luciano Orquera, conversion missed15–10
41′ItalyTry, Martin Castrogiovanni, conversion missed20–10
67′ItalyTry, converted25–10
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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08152330HT0′20′40′60′80′1 USA card
3′Sergio Parisse18′Chris Wyles30′Luciano Orquera41′Martin Castrogiovanni67′ITA
ITA

Team stats

USA
44%Possession56%
51%Territory49%
85Carries114
329Metres gained278
9Defenders beaten12
97Passes183
123Tackles made72
12Tackles missed9
57/61Rucks won93/96
10/15Lineouts won9/10
6/6Mauls won2/2
7Penalties conceded18
Goal kicking
ITA conversions 2/4, penalties 1/1 · USA conversions 1/1, penalties 1/1. 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. 2Leonardo GhiraldiniHooker
  3. 3Martin CastrogiovanniProp
  4. 4Quintin GeldenhuysSecond row
  5. 5Cornelius Van ZylSecond row
  6. 6Alessandro ZanniFlanker
  7. 7Mauro BergamascoFlanker
  8. 8Sergio ParisseNumber 8
  9. 9Fabio SemenzatoScrum-half
  10. 10Luciano OrqueraFly-half
  11. 11Mirco BergamascoWing
  12. 12Gonzalo GarciaCentre
  13. 13Gonzalo CanaleCentre
  14. 14Tommaso BenvenutiWing
  15. 15Luke McLeanFull-back
  16. 16Fabio OngaroBench
  17. 17Andrea Lo CiceroBench
  18. 18Marco BortolamiBench
  19. 19Paul DerbyshireBench
  20. 20Edoardo GoriBench
  21. 21Riccardo BocchinoBench
  22. 22Giulio ToniolattiBench

USA

  1. 1Mike MacDonaldProp
  2. 2Chris BillerHooker
  3. 3Matekitonga MoeakiolaProp
  4. 4John Van Der GiessenSecond row
  5. 5Hayden SmithSecond row
  6. 6Louis StanfillFlanker
  7. 7Todd CleverFlanker
  8. 8Nic JohnsonNumber 8
  9. 9Mike PetriScrum-half
  10. 10Roland SuniulaFly-half
  11. 11James PatersonWing
  12. 12Andrew SuniulaCentre
  13. 13Paul EmerickCentre
  14. 14Takudzwa NgwenyaWing
  15. 15Chris WylesFull-back
  16. 16Phil ThielBench
  17. 17Shawn PittmanBench
  18. 18Scott LaVallaBench
  19. 19Pat DanahyBench
  20. 20Tim UsaszBench
  21. 21Valenese MalifaBench
  22. 22Blaine ScullyBench

Match officials

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Context

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

Italy going in
USA going in

Also on this day

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