Saturday, November 17, 2012

Italy vs New Zealand Live Stream Rugby.

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Match scheduled
Date: 17 nov 2012


    Italy were unimpressive in beating Tonga by 5 points last week but they have done reasonably well at home in 2012 with a 13-6 win over Scotland and a 15-19 defeat to England in the Six Nations. They will most likely be eyeing this clash with a mixture of excitement and trepidation as it will give them a good indication as to whether they are making meaningful progress against the top teams.

The All Blacks easily swept Scotland aside last week to open their tour with a 29 point win which was enough to get the handicap of 26.5 points. They have not lost on a year end tour since 2002 and have now gone 18 matches without defeat.

Team News
Italy have made 8 changes and field a stronger side than the one that did battle against Tonga.

Italy: 15 Andrea Masi, 14 Giovanbattista Venditti, 13 Tommaso Benvenuti, 12 Alberto Sgarbi, 11 Mirco Bergamasco, 10 Luciano Orquera, 9 Edoardo Gori, 8 Sergio Parisse (captain), 7 Simone Favaro, 6 Alessandro Zanni, 5 Francesco Minto, 4 Antonio Pavanello, 3 Martin Castrogiovanni, 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini, 1 Andrea Lo Cicero.

Replacements: 16 Davide Giazzon, 17 Alberto De Marchi, 18 Lorenzo Cittadini, 19 Quintin Geldenhuys, 20 Mauro Bergamasco, 21 Robert Barbieri, 22 Tobias Botes, 23 Luke McLean.

There are a massive 14 changes to the All Black side with only Savea keeping his place.

New Zealand: 15 Beauden Barrett, 14 Hosea Gear, 13 Conrad Smith, 12 Ma'a Nonu, 11 Julian Savea, 10 Aaron Cruden, 9 Aaron Smith, 8 Kieran Read (captain), 7 Sam Cane, 6 Liam Messam, 5 Brodie Retallick, 4 Ali Williams, 3 Charlie Faumuina, 2 Keven Mealamu, 1 Tony Woodcock.