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16-06-2012, 06:49 AM
CANADA EDGED OUT BY ITALY
TORONTO – The hot boot of Italy fly-half Kris Burton was instrumental in Canada’s downfall as the Italians walked away with a 25 – 16 victory at Toronto’s BMO Field Friday night.
It was the Canadians second international rugby game at the stadium and first loss there. Canada defeated the U.S.A. in their BMO debut in 2011.
Played in front of 12,220 fans, Canada took an early lead in the game and was 13-9 ahead at half-time. But the dominant Italian scrum handcuffed the Canadians in the second half.
Burton kicked 20 of his team’s 25 points, missing only one kick on the night. Canada fullback James Pritchard was also accurate, but had fewer chances at goal.
Pritchard did manage to kick 11 points on four shots at goal, which put him into second on Canada’s list of all time points-scorers. Only current manager Gareth Rees has more points.
Playing a more expansive game early on, Canada was stymied by Italy in the second half.
“Italy to us is a team that is very strong up front and very strong in the contact area,” stated Canada head coach Kieran Crowley. “We played into their hands by having one off runners a lot of times. That got them into the game.
“It was pretty disappointing from our perspective. We didn’t execute what we went out to do.”
“From our point of view it was a good win,” added Italy head coach Jacque Brunel. “Canada is a tough team and they showed the strong spirit they had at the World Cup and against the U.S.A. last week. We knew it would be a difficult game, so we are happy with the result.”
Canada started the match brightly, disrupting Italy’s throw on the first line out of the match. They spun the ball wide and earned a penalty, which saw them take an early 3-0 lead.
Italy replied with a penalty soon after to level the score at 3 apiece.
A turning point for Canada was the loss of prop Hubert Buydens in the 17th minute with an ankle injury.
Both sides traded penalty goals before Pritchard took a mark in his own 22m off an Italian kick and launched a towering bomb. The Italian scrum-half Tito Tebaldi couldn’t hold on to it and Canadian winger Conor Tranior scooped on the loose ball and ran it in for a try under the posts to make it 13-6 Canada.
Burton would add one more penalty to make it 13-9 at the break.
Italy struck first after the break, with Burton punishing the Canadians for a ruck infringement to reduce the lead to just one point, 13-12.
Canada was again penalized for a ruck infringement in the 50th minute and the resulting kick for touch gave Italy a lineout just 10 metres out from the Canadian line. Italy perfectly executed a driving maul off the line out to score their only try of the match and take the lead for the first time. Burton converted the try to take the score to 19-13.
Off the resulting kick-off Italy were penalized for obstruction and Pritchard was successful with the three points, closing the gap to 19-16. That was as close as the Canadians would come.
Italy won a scrum penalty right in front of Canada’s post and Burton made no mistake, extending the lead to 22-16.
Italy’s scrum dominance continued to earn them penalties. Burton extended the score to 25-16 with less than eight minutes remaining.
Canada finished the match with a strong surge on the Italian line, however the Azzurri’s defence held strong to preserve their nine point lead and 12th spot in the official IRB world rankings.
Canada next face Georgia in Burnaby, B.C., on June 23.
CANADA 16
Tries: Trainor
Cons: Pritchard
PGs: Pritchard 3
ITALY 25
Tries: D’Apice
Cons: Burton
PGs: Burton 6
CANADA (Name, club, hometown)
1 Hubert Buydens – Prairie Wolf Pack (Saskatoon, SK)
2 Mike Pletch - Ontario Blues (Lucan, ON)
3 Jason Marshall - Stade Aurillacois (North Vancouver, BC)
4 Jebb Sinclair - London Irish/Stormers (Charter's Settlement, NB)
5 Tyler Hotson - London Scottish (Vancouver, BC)
6 Tyler Ardron - Ontario Blues (Lakefield, ON)
7 Chauncey O’Toole - The Rock (Belleisle, NB)
8 Aaron Carpenter - Plymouth Albion (Brantford, ON)
9 Sean White - unattached (Victoria, BC)
10 Matt Evans - Cornish Pirates (Duncan, BC)
11 Phil Mackenzie - London Welsh (Oakville, ON)
12 Mike Scholz - Ontario Blues (Oakville, ON)
13 DTH Van der Merwe - Glasgow Warriors (Victoria, BC)
14 Conor Trainor - British Columbia (Vancouver, BC)
15 James Pritchard - Bedford Blues (Parkes, Australia)
RESERVES
16 Andrew Tiedemann - Prairie Wolf Pack (St. Albert, AB)
17 Tom Dolezel - Ontario Blues (London, ON)
18 Jon Phelan - The Rock (Montreal, QC)
19 Nanyak Dala - Prairie Wolf Pack (Saskatoon, SK)
20 Edward Fairhurst - British Columbia (Victoria, BC)
21 Liam Underwood - Ontario Blues (Toronto, ON)
22 Ciaran Hearn - The Rock (Conception Bay South, NL)
Head Coach: Kieran Crowley
Assistant Coaches: Geraint John, Neil Barnes, Clive Griffiths
Strength and Conditioning: Matt Barr
Athletic Therapists: Carla Brash, Carrie Smith
Doctor: Dr. Joe Lemoine
Performance Analyst: Peter Huigenbois
Manager: Gareth Rees
Assistant Manager: Mark Winokur
ITALY
1 Michele Rizzo
2 Tommaso D’Apice
3 Martin Castrogiovanni
4 Joshua Furno
5 Antonio Pavanello
6 Alessandro Zanni
7 Simone Favaro
8 Robert Barbieri
9 Tito Tebaldi
10 Kristopher Burton
11 Tommaso Benvenuti
12 Alberto Sgarbi
13 Andrea Pratichetti
14 Giovambattista Venditti
15 Alberto Benettin
RESERVES
16 Carlo Festuccia
17 Lorenzo Romano
18 Marco Fuser
19 Mauro Bergamasco
20 Edoardo Gori
21 Riccardo Bocchino
22 Giulio Toniolatti
Coach Jacques Brunel
Referee: David Pearson (England)
http://www.rugbycanada.ca/leagues/newsletter.cfm?clientID=3817&leagueID=0&page=62102
No Sergio Parisse, and no Jamie Cudmore ...
TORONTO – The hot boot of Italy fly-half Kris Burton was instrumental in Canada’s downfall as the Italians walked away with a 25 – 16 victory at Toronto’s BMO Field Friday night.
It was the Canadians second international rugby game at the stadium and first loss there. Canada defeated the U.S.A. in their BMO debut in 2011.
Played in front of 12,220 fans, Canada took an early lead in the game and was 13-9 ahead at half-time. But the dominant Italian scrum handcuffed the Canadians in the second half.
Burton kicked 20 of his team’s 25 points, missing only one kick on the night. Canada fullback James Pritchard was also accurate, but had fewer chances at goal.
Pritchard did manage to kick 11 points on four shots at goal, which put him into second on Canada’s list of all time points-scorers. Only current manager Gareth Rees has more points.
Playing a more expansive game early on, Canada was stymied by Italy in the second half.
“Italy to us is a team that is very strong up front and very strong in the contact area,” stated Canada head coach Kieran Crowley. “We played into their hands by having one off runners a lot of times. That got them into the game.
“It was pretty disappointing from our perspective. We didn’t execute what we went out to do.”
“From our point of view it was a good win,” added Italy head coach Jacque Brunel. “Canada is a tough team and they showed the strong spirit they had at the World Cup and against the U.S.A. last week. We knew it would be a difficult game, so we are happy with the result.”
Canada started the match brightly, disrupting Italy’s throw on the first line out of the match. They spun the ball wide and earned a penalty, which saw them take an early 3-0 lead.
Italy replied with a penalty soon after to level the score at 3 apiece.
A turning point for Canada was the loss of prop Hubert Buydens in the 17th minute with an ankle injury.
Both sides traded penalty goals before Pritchard took a mark in his own 22m off an Italian kick and launched a towering bomb. The Italian scrum-half Tito Tebaldi couldn’t hold on to it and Canadian winger Conor Tranior scooped on the loose ball and ran it in for a try under the posts to make it 13-6 Canada.
Burton would add one more penalty to make it 13-9 at the break.
Italy struck first after the break, with Burton punishing the Canadians for a ruck infringement to reduce the lead to just one point, 13-12.
Canada was again penalized for a ruck infringement in the 50th minute and the resulting kick for touch gave Italy a lineout just 10 metres out from the Canadian line. Italy perfectly executed a driving maul off the line out to score their only try of the match and take the lead for the first time. Burton converted the try to take the score to 19-13.
Off the resulting kick-off Italy were penalized for obstruction and Pritchard was successful with the three points, closing the gap to 19-16. That was as close as the Canadians would come.
Italy won a scrum penalty right in front of Canada’s post and Burton made no mistake, extending the lead to 22-16.
Italy’s scrum dominance continued to earn them penalties. Burton extended the score to 25-16 with less than eight minutes remaining.
Canada finished the match with a strong surge on the Italian line, however the Azzurri’s defence held strong to preserve their nine point lead and 12th spot in the official IRB world rankings.
Canada next face Georgia in Burnaby, B.C., on June 23.
CANADA 16
Tries: Trainor
Cons: Pritchard
PGs: Pritchard 3
ITALY 25
Tries: D’Apice
Cons: Burton
PGs: Burton 6
CANADA (Name, club, hometown)
1 Hubert Buydens – Prairie Wolf Pack (Saskatoon, SK)
2 Mike Pletch - Ontario Blues (Lucan, ON)
3 Jason Marshall - Stade Aurillacois (North Vancouver, BC)
4 Jebb Sinclair - London Irish/Stormers (Charter's Settlement, NB)
5 Tyler Hotson - London Scottish (Vancouver, BC)
6 Tyler Ardron - Ontario Blues (Lakefield, ON)
7 Chauncey O’Toole - The Rock (Belleisle, NB)
8 Aaron Carpenter - Plymouth Albion (Brantford, ON)
9 Sean White - unattached (Victoria, BC)
10 Matt Evans - Cornish Pirates (Duncan, BC)
11 Phil Mackenzie - London Welsh (Oakville, ON)
12 Mike Scholz - Ontario Blues (Oakville, ON)
13 DTH Van der Merwe - Glasgow Warriors (Victoria, BC)
14 Conor Trainor - British Columbia (Vancouver, BC)
15 James Pritchard - Bedford Blues (Parkes, Australia)
RESERVES
16 Andrew Tiedemann - Prairie Wolf Pack (St. Albert, AB)
17 Tom Dolezel - Ontario Blues (London, ON)
18 Jon Phelan - The Rock (Montreal, QC)
19 Nanyak Dala - Prairie Wolf Pack (Saskatoon, SK)
20 Edward Fairhurst - British Columbia (Victoria, BC)
21 Liam Underwood - Ontario Blues (Toronto, ON)
22 Ciaran Hearn - The Rock (Conception Bay South, NL)
Head Coach: Kieran Crowley
Assistant Coaches: Geraint John, Neil Barnes, Clive Griffiths
Strength and Conditioning: Matt Barr
Athletic Therapists: Carla Brash, Carrie Smith
Doctor: Dr. Joe Lemoine
Performance Analyst: Peter Huigenbois
Manager: Gareth Rees
Assistant Manager: Mark Winokur
ITALY
1 Michele Rizzo
2 Tommaso D’Apice
3 Martin Castrogiovanni
4 Joshua Furno
5 Antonio Pavanello
6 Alessandro Zanni
7 Simone Favaro
8 Robert Barbieri
9 Tito Tebaldi
10 Kristopher Burton
11 Tommaso Benvenuti
12 Alberto Sgarbi
13 Andrea Pratichetti
14 Giovambattista Venditti
15 Alberto Benettin
RESERVES
16 Carlo Festuccia
17 Lorenzo Romano
18 Marco Fuser
19 Mauro Bergamasco
20 Edoardo Gori
21 Riccardo Bocchino
22 Giulio Toniolatti
Coach Jacques Brunel
Referee: David Pearson (England)
http://www.rugbycanada.ca/leagues/newsletter.cfm?clientID=3817&leagueID=0&page=62102
No Sergio Parisse, and no Jamie Cudmore ...