Italy vs New Zealand - Autumn Internationals 2018 Live
Italy vs New Zealand – Autumn Internationals 2018 Live
Italy vs New Zealand – Autumn Internationals 2018 Live
Italy vs New Zealand Live
Date: Saturday, November 24
Venue: Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Kick-off: 15:00 local (14:00 GMT)
Referee: Andrew Brace (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Pascal Gaüzère (France), Sean Gallagher (Ireland)
TMO: Andrew McMenemy (Scotland)
Date: Saturday, November 24
Venue: Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Kick-off: 15:00 local (14:00 GMT)
Referee: Andrew Brace (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Pascal Gaüzère (France), Sean Gallagher (Ireland)
TMO: Andrew McMenemy (Scotland)
Live Stream : Italy vs New Zealand Live
The Azzurri kept the Wallabies camped
inside their own half and also enjoyed the majority of the possession in
the second-half but could not turn their dominance into more points as
they went down 26-7 at the Stadio Olimpico last weekend.
Live Stream : Italy vs New Zealand Live
The problem of not being able to turn
possession and territory into points is one that has haunted Italy when
playing against other tier one nations. They will need to take their
opportunities against the most clinical side in world rugby or it will
be a long day at the office.
The All Blacks failed to score a try in
the 16-9 defeat to Ireland last weekend; the first time this has
occurred in 23 Tests and just the second time in over four years.
Italy vs New Zealand – Autumn Internationals 2018 Live
So, Italy should brace themselves for a
backlash here. However, one feels All Blacks head coach Steve Hansen may
have missed an ideal opportunity to give fly-half Richie Mo’unga some
real game time before the World Cup. After all, the Men in Black only
have a maximum of five games before their opening pool match against the
Springboks in Japan next year.
Looking ahead to Saturday, Hansen is expecting a tough, physical battle from Conor O’Shea’s side.
“The Italians will bring plenty of line
speed, with a wide defensive spread, and again allows us to experience
playing this type of team. They’re big men who play with a lot of
passion and pride,” he said.
“We saw in their match against Australia
last week just how difficult they can be to play if you allow them to
dictate the terms of the game.
“Our goal will be to create quality
set-piece ball and lightning quick ruck ball, coupled with a real
accuracy in our decision-making so we can use our skillsets accordingly.
We look forward to again playing at Stadio Olimpico in front of the
Italian people and delivering a performance we can all be proud of.”
Italy vs New Zealand – Autumn Internationals 2018 Live
The All Blacks have come out on top in
all 13 of the previous encounters between the sides by an average margin
of 48 points. Hansen’s side have won 11 and lost two of their 13 Tests
this year, with those defeats coming against Ireland last weekend and
the Springboks in the Rugby Championship.
Italy, by contrast, have won just two of
their 13 matches played this year, with those victories coming over
Japan and Georgia. The closest they have come to beating a tier one
nation was when they ran Scotland close only to lose 29-27 in their Six
Nations clash.
Team News
Italy: 15 Jayden
Hayward, 14 Tommaso Benvenuti, 13 Michele Campagnaro, 12 Tommaso
Castello, 11 Luca Sperandio, 10 Tommaso Allan, 9 Tito Tebaldi; 1 Andrea
Lovotti, 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini (c), 3 Simone Ferrari, 4 Alessandro
Zanni, 5 Dean Budd, 6 Sebastian Negri, 7 Jake Polledri, 8 Abraham Steyn.
Replacements: 16 Luca
Bigi, 17 Cherif Traore, 18 Tiziano Pasquali, 19 Marco Fuser, 20 Johan
Meyer, 21 Guglielmo Palazzani, 22 Luca Morisi, 23 Edoardo Padovani.
New Zealand: 15 Damian
McKenzie, 14 Jordie Barrett, 13 Anton Lienert-Brown, 12 Ngani Laumape,
11 Waisake Naholo, 10 Beauden Barrett, 9 TJ Perenara, 1 Ofa Tuungafasi, 2
Dane Coles, 3 Nepo Laulala, 4 Patrick Tuipulotu, 5 Scott Barrett, 6
Vaea Fifita, 7 Ardie Savea, 8 Kieran Read (c).
Replacements: 16 Nathan
Harris, 17 Karl Tu’inukuafe, 18 Angus Ta’avao, 19 Brodie Retallick, 20
Dalton Papalii, 21 Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi, 22 Richie Mo’unga, 23 Rieko
Ioane.
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