Italy’s Captain Sergio Parisse maneuvered his side and win over Russia 53-17 in
Rugby World Cup Pool C match at Trafalgar Park in Nelson.
Parisse was influential in at least three of Italy's six first-half tries, scoring the first and setting up two others as the experimental Italians dominated the forward exchanges to record 50 points for the first time in a World Cup match. The wing Giulio Toniolatti and the centre Tommaso Benvenuti contributed two tries each, while the scrum-half Edoardo Gori, the wing Luke McLean and Alessandro Zanni also scored for the Italians.
The Italian scrum, which constantly had the Russians on the back foot, was also rewarded when the referee Wayne Barnes gave a penalty try after the Russians had collaped the scrum for the fourth time on their goal line.
The fly-half Riccardo Bocchino converted four of their first-half tries, though he and Benvenuti missed five conversions between them.
The Italy hooker Fabio Ongaro was sin-binned for an illegal tackle on Igor Klyuchnikov when he went into the challenge without wrapping his arms around the Russian.
Russia took full advantage when the replacement scrum-half Alexander Yanyushkin darted over for his side's first try at the World Cup and Konstantin Rachkov converted from wide. Benvenuti secured his second try of the game when he kicked ahead and won the race to the ball to give the Italians a 43-7 lead shortly after the break, before the Russian Vladimir Ostroushko scored his side's second try after a sustained build-up.
The Italy winger McLean, who had been a constant threat, crossed for his side's eighth try before the Russia centre Alexei Makovetsky took a long pass on the left and went over for Russia's third. The replacement loose forward Alessandro Zanni barged over for Italy's ninth and final try.
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