2008 Italy rugby union tour
Summary
P W D L
Total
02 01 00 01
Test match
02 01 00 01
Opponent
P W D L
 South Africa
1 0 0 1
 Argentina
1 1 0 0

The 2008 Italy rugby union tour of South Africa and Argentina was a series of matches played in June 2008 in South Africa and Argentina by Italy national rugby union team.

The "Azzurri" lost heavily the first a match against "Springboks", and won afgainst the "Pumas”

Results

First test

21 June 2008
South Africa 26–0 Italy
Try: Steyn 6'
du Plessis 16' 43'
Mtawarira 56'
report
Newlands, Cape Town
Attendance: 37,000
Referee: Clancy
downward-facing red arrow 57' Conrad JantjesFB15FBAndrea Marcato downward-facing red arrow 67'
Odwa NdunganeW14WKaine Robertson
Gcobani BoboC13CAndrea Masi downward-facing red arrow 36'
Jean de VilliersC12CGonzalo Garcia downward-facing red arrow 67'
Bryan HabanaW11WMatteo Pratichetti
Frans SteynFH10FHLuke McLean
downward-facing red arrow 65' Ricky JanuarieSH9SHSimon Picone downward-facing red arrow 63'
downward-facing red arrow 36' Ryan KankowskiN88N8Josh Sole
Juan SmithF7FRobert Barbieri
downward-facing red arrow 56' Luke WatsonF6FAlessandro Zanni
(capt.) Victor MatfieldL5LCarlo Del Fava yellow card 36' to 46'
downward-facing red arrow 64' Bakkies BothaL4LSantiago Dellapè downward-facing red arrow 67'
upward-facing green arrowdownward-facing red arrow 76'-80' downward-facing red arrow 64' CJ van der LindeP3PCarlos Nieto
Bismarck du PlessisH2HLeonardo Ghiraldini (capt.) downward-facing red arrow 67'
downward-facing red arrow 76' Tendai MtawariraP1PMichele Rizzo downward-facing red arrow 47'
Replacements
upward-facing green arrow 65' Schalk BritsH16HFabio Ongaro upward-facing green arrow 67'
upward-facing green arrow 64' Brian MujatiP17PIgnacio Fernandez Rouyet upward-facing green arrow 47'
upward-facing green arrow 64' Andries BekkerL18LTommaso Reato upward-facing green arrow 67'
upward-facing green arrow 36' Joe van NiekerkN819CJaco Erasmus upward-facing green arrow 67'
upward-facing green arrow 56' Schalk BurgerF20SHPablo Canavosio upward-facing green arrow 63'
upward-facing green arrow 57' Peter GrantFB21CEnrico Patrizio upward-facing green arrow 33'
upward-facing green arrow 65' Ruan PienaarSH22FBRiccardo Pavan upward-facing green arrow 67'
Coaches
South Africa Peter de VilliersNick Mallett South Africa

Second test

28 June 2008
Argentina 12–13 Italy
Pen: Hernández 2, Bosch 2ReportTry: Ghiraldini
Con: Marcato
Pen: Marcato 2
Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: M.Goddard
Argentina
Italy
Bernardo StortoniFB15FBAndrea Marcato
Lucas BorgesW14WKaine Robertson
Marcelo BoschC13CMirco Bergamasco
Miguel AvramovicC12CGonzalo Garcia
Horacio AgullaW11WMatteo Pratichetti
downward-facing red arrow 18' Juan Martín HernándezFH10FHLuke McLean
Nicolas VergalloSH9SHSimon Picone downward-facing red arrow 66'
downward-facing red arrow 57' Juan Manuel LeguizamónN88N8Sergio Parisse (capt.)
Álvaro GalindoF7FMauro Bergamasco
Martín DurandF6FJosh Sole downward-facing red arrow 58'
Esteban LozadaL5LCarlo Del Fava
downward-facing red arrow 76' Manuel CarizzaL4LSantiago Dellapè yellow card downward-facing red arrow 64'
downward-facing red arrow 46' yellow card Juan GomezP3PCarlos Nieto
Alvaro TejedaH2HFabio Ongaro downward-facing red arrow 71'
yellow card (capt.) Rodrigo RonceroP1PIgnacio Fernandez Rouyet downward-facing red arrow 66'
Replacements
upward-facing green arrow 46' Pablo Gambarini16HLeonardo Ghiraldini upward-facing green arrow 71'
Pedro LedesmaP17PAlejandro Moreno upward-facing green arrow 66'
upward-facing green arrow 76' James StuartL18LTommaso Reato upward-facing green arrow 64'
upward-facing green arrow 57' Alejandro CamposN819FAlessandro Zanni upward-facing green arrow 58'
Alfredo Lalanne20SHPablo Canavosio upward-facing green arrow 66'
Federico Martín AramburúFH21Enrico Patrizio
upward-facing green arrow 18' Hernán Senillosa22Jaco Erasmus
Coaches
Argentina Santiago PhelanNick Mallett South Africa
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