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Men's Rugby World Cup 2015 · Elland Road, Leeds · 26 September 2015Head-to-head
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Italy won by 5 points.Half-time 10–10 · Tries 2–2

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14′25′32′38′41′72′82′1517445836122Attacks838Ball won7918619521288934248647311623%Own 2230%Own half59%Opp half65%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
ITA15131
CAN9018
← Canada 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.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
15′CanadaTry, DTH Van Der Merwe, converted0–8
17′ItalyTry, Michele Rizzo, converted5–10
44′CanadaTry, Matt Evans, conversion missed13–15
58′ItalyTry, Gonzalo Garcia, converted18–15
14′CanadaPenalty goal scored
25′ItalyPenalty goal scored
32′CanadaPenalty goal missed
38′ItalyPenalty goal missed
41′ItalyPenalty goal scored
72′CanadaPenalty goal scored
82′ItalyPenalty goal scored
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′
15′DTH Van Der Merwe17′Michele Rizzo44′Matt Evans58′Gonzalo Garcia
ITA

Team stats

CAN
41%Possession59%
42%Territory58%
89Carries130
369Metres gained497
5Clean breaks12
18Defenders beaten31
127Passes178
8Offloads4
151Tackles made90
31Tackles missed18
56/62Rucks won99/103
15/15Lineouts won15/15
8/9Scrums won8/8
4/7Mauls won0/0
9Turnovers won10
9Penalties conceded12
40Kicks from hand26
572Kick metres440
Goal kicking
ITA conversions 2/2, penalties 3/4 · CAN conversions 1/2, penalties 2/3. 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.

Line-ups

Italy

  1. 1Michele RizzoProp
  2. 2Leonardo GhiraldiniHooker
  3. 3Lorenzo CittadiniProp
  4. 4Quintin GeldenhuysSecond row
  5. 5Josh FurnoSecond row
  6. 6Alessandro ZanniFlanker
  7. 7Francesco MintoFlanker
  8. 8Samuela VunisaNumber 8
  9. 9Edoardo GoriScrum-half
  10. 10Tommaso AllanFly-half
  11. 11Giovanbattista VendittiWing
  12. 12Gonzalo GarciaCentre
  13. 13Tommaso BenvenutiCentre
  14. 14Leonardo SartoWing
  15. 15Luke McLeanFull-back
  16. 16Davide GiazzonBench
  17. 17Matias AgueroBench
  18. 18Martin CastrogiovanniBench
  19. 19Marco FuserBench
  20. 20Mauro BergamascoBench
  21. 21Guglielmo PalazzaniBench
  22. 22Carlo CannaBench
  23. 23Michele CampagnaroBench

Canada

  1. 1Hubert BuydensProp
  2. 2Ray BarkwillHooker
  3. 3Doug WooldridgeProp
  4. 4Jebb SinclairSecond row
  5. 5Jamie CudmoreSecond row
  6. 6Nanyak DalaFlanker
  7. 7John MoonlightFlanker
  8. 8Tyler ArdronNumber 8
  9. 9Jamie MackenzieScrum-half
  10. 10Nathan HirayamaFly-half
  11. 11DTH Van Der MerweWing
  12. 12Connor BraidCentre
  13. 13Ciaran HearnCentre
  14. 14Phil MackenzieWing
  15. 15Matt EvansFull-back
  16. 16Aaron CarpenterBench
  17. 17Djustice Duru-SearsBench
  18. 18Andrew TiedemannBench
  19. 19Evan OlmsteadBench
  20. 20Kyle GilmourBench
  21. 21Phil MackBench
  22. 22Conor TrainorBench
  23. 23Harry JonesBench

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Context

All-time, Italy 8–2 Canada in 10 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Italy going in
Canada 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.