Italy or Canada for U19 promotion
Italy play Canada on Friday, 20 April, to see who will win Division B of the International Rugby Board’s Under-19 World Championship being played in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
In the semi-final round Italy beat the USA 31-6 and Canada beat Georgia 19-3.
The winner of the Italy-Canada clash will be promoted to Division A next year.
Results of semi-final round
Italy vs USA, 31-6
Canada vs Georgia, 19-3
Tonga vs Zimbabwe, 26-11
Uruguay vs Chile, 11-3
Russia vs Cook Islands, 22-14
Romania vs Chinese Taipei, 35-10
Final Round fxtures
11/12th: Chinese Taipei vs Cook Islands at Malone
9/10th: Romania vs Russia at Queen’s
7/8th: Chile vs Zimbabwe at Malone
5/6th: Uruguay vs Tonga at Queen’s
3rd/4th: Georgia vs USA at Bangor
1st/2nd: Canada vs Italy at Shaw’s Bridge
Earlier Results
Round 1
Canada vs Zimbabwe, 8-0
Chile vs Cook Islands, 29-14
Georgia vs Romania, 28-0
Italy vs Chinese Taipei, 62-6
Tonga vs Uruguay, 36-5
USA vs Russia, 6-0
NB * = replacement used
Round 2
Canada vs Russia, 33-5
Italy vs Chile, 32-13
Tonga vs Cook Islands, 72-6
Uruguay vs Chinese Taipei, 55-5
USA vs Romania, 16-10
Zimbabwe vs Georgia, 33-26
Round 3
Canada vs Romania, 15-7
Chinese Taipei vs Cook Islands, 10-10
Georgia vs Russia, 24-6
Italy vs Tonga, 8-6
Uruguay vs Chile, 30-20
USA vs Zimbabwe, 22-7
Match details are provided by the IRB.
Romania vs Chinese Taipei, 35-10
Bogdan Petreanu scored a hat-trick of tries as Romania picked up their first win of the IRB Under-19 World Championship 2007 by defeating Chinese Taipei 35-10 at Queen’s in Belfast, thereby keeping alive their hopes of finishing ninth in Division B.
Romania dominated possession and territory for the majority of the first half, using their larger pack well to retain the ball. It was clearly evident that Romanian were looking to score as many points as possible, turning down several penalties in the Chinese Taipei have to kick to touch.
These attacking tactics were rewarded in only the fourth minute when, having won a penalty inside the Chinese Taipei 22, Romania kicked for touch and from the resulting line-out, Cristian Munteanu won the ball before his pack drove the ball towards the line.
Scrumhalf and captain Valentin Ivan was the beneficiary of this drive, sniping round the side of the ruck to score the first try of the match, one he converted himself. Tries for Petreanu and Alexandro Braileanu followed as Romania established a 21-0 lead after only 14 minutes.
The Chinese Taipei defence worked hard, but found it difficult to stop the Romanian forwards and No.8 Petreanu claimed his second try of the match just before half time to give his side a commanding 28-0 lead at the break.
Chinese Taipei came out with a renewed determination in the second half and controlled periods of the half, but it was Romania who claimed the first points, Petreanu completing his hat-trick four minutes after the restart.
Twenty-three minutes had passed in the second half before Chinese Taipei opened their account, the Asian nation spreading the ball wide to wing Chen-Wen Li, who very nearly went over himself. The forwards arrived quickly and replacement Che-Yen Liu scored the try.
Chinese Taipei had the final say in the match, scoring their second try through Li. They now face the Cook Islands, whom they drew 10-10 with in the pool stages, in the 11th place playoff on Friday in the 17.30 local time kick off at Gibson Park, Malone.
Romania meanwhile will play Russia in the early kick off at Queen’s in the ninth place playoff.
Afterwards the Romanian coach Alexandru Achim: “After that win we feel better. We played well in the backs and mauled well. We hope we don’t have injury problems and hope to have the best 15 available for the next match.”
The Chinese Taipei coach Hung-Lung-Huang: “We weren’t scared of Romania. The players tried and tried, especially in the second half. The players came out with confidence.”
Scorers:
For Chinese Taipei:
Tries: Che-Yen Liu 2
For Romania:
Tries: Valentin Ivan, Bogdan Petreanu 3, Alexandru Braileanu
Cons: Valentin Ivan 3, Cristian Voicu 2
Teams:
Chinese Taipei: 15 Jui-Lin Chang, 14 Chung-Yu Huang, 13 I-Jen Chen, 12 Chih-Wei Chu, 11 Chen-Wen Li, 10 Wei-Fan Lu, 9 Hao-Ming Chen, 8 Cheng-Yang Chen (C), 7 Chao-Wei Guo, 6 Chun-Wei Szu, 5 Chia-Yu Tai, 4 Chun-Chieh Chiu, 3 Cheng-Wei Chang, 2 Tung-Yang Wu, 1 Jung-Chieh Chang
Replacements (from): 16 Wei-Ting Chen*, 17 Wen-Lin Liu, 18 Che-Yen Liu*, 19 Wei-Chu Lin*, 20 Chia-Lin Yen, 21 Kai-Chun Tsai*, 22 Hsun Pan, 23 Chun-Yen Fang*, 24 Hao-i Lee, 25 Wei-Cheng Cheng*, 26 Chung-Wei Chou
Romania: 15 Adrian Maftei, 14 Madalin Lemnaru, 13 Viorel Zamfir, 12 Ionel Cazan, 11 Georgel Catuna, 10 Cristian Voicu, 9 Valentin Ivan (C), 8 Bogdan Petreanu, 7 Alexandru Beldean, 6 Raducu Zaharia, 5 Cristian Munteanu, 4 Remus Necula, 3 Catalin Graur, 2 Florin Enache, 1 Marian Panzaru
Replacements (from): 16 Alexandru Braileanu*, 17 Ciprian Boca*, 18 Vasile Cioara*, 19 Sergiu Ursache, 20 Alexandru Valcu, 21 Lucian Morosan*, 22 George Tanasescu*, 23 Ionut Panturu, 24 Vlad Marian, 25 Danut Prescura
Russia vs Cook Islands, 22-14
Russia won their first match in Division B at the IRB Under-19 World Championship 2007 when they scored three tries to help them defeat the Cook Islands 22-14.
The game started with neither team in the ascendancy and it took 27 minutes before the first points were scored.
The Cook Islands were gifted a try as wing Tahiri Elikana intercepted a pass on the Russian 10-metre line and swooped in behind the posts for a touchdown that was converted by Terry Toki.
Russia did not roll over and managed to run in two tries in reply. The first came from Alexey Arnautov who pounced on an overlap to round the Cook Islands defence.
The second came from scrumhalf Gleb Babkin who was able to crash over thanks to the forwards’ dominance of the rucks.
He was left with the simplest of touchdowns when second row partners Ivan Sysoev and Ilya Osminko combined to manufacture a gap in the Cook Islands defence. Iustin Petrushka was successful with the conversion to give Russia a 12-7 half-time lead.
The Cook Island began the second half on top and they capitalised on their dominance as Terua Tuisovivi ran in for a try after some lax clearance kicking by Russia left gaps in their defence which the Cook Islands exploited.
Russia came back strongly, but the Cook Islands held onto their lead until full back Vasily Sizykh took full advantage of a tiring defence to sprint in under the posts.
Petrushka made sure of the victory with the conversion and a penalty just as the full-time whistle was blown to give Russia their first win.
Afterwards the Cook Islands No.8 Papa Mataroa: “The last few minutes of the game cost us dear. I think that the boys were all tired but we need to keep going for the whole of the game. We should improve and hope to beat Chinese Taipei in our next game.”
The Cook Islands coach Ioaba Ezekiela: “We played with a lot of heart today and we have 13 players who can come back to this tournament next year and I am sure they will try hard to qualify again. It has been a great experience.”
Scorers:
For Cook Islands:
Tries: Tahiri Elikana, Terua Tuisovivi
Cons: Terry Toki 2
For Russia:
Tries: Alexey Arnautov, Gleb Babkin, Vasily Sizykh
Cons: Iustin Petrushka 2
Pen: Iustin Petrushka
Teams:
Cook Islands: 15 Ced Toru, 14 Eddy Nicholas, 13 Jack Petero, 12 Roney Maui, 11 Tahiri Elikana, 10 Terry Toki, 9 Sean Fletcher, 8 Papa Mataroa, 7 Mana Pureau, 6 Louis Mokoroa, 5 Patella Tou, 4 Norman Heather, 3 Tupou Faireka, 2 Henry Strickland (C) , 1 Tony Moeauri
Replacements (from): 16 James Philip, 17 Tara Metuariki*, 18 Fred Enoka*, 19 Metua Tuare*, 20 Aka Matapo, 21 Terua Tuisovivi*, 22 Tepou Nipurahi*, 23 Junior Napara*, 24 Jovan Wichman, 25 Ngatoa Mana, 26 Ngati Manuela
Russia: 15 Vasily Sizykh, 14 Alexey Arnautov, 13 Dmitry Gerasimov, 12 Sergey Gavryushin, 11 Alexey Andreev, 10 Iustin Petrushka , 9 Gleb Babkin, 8 Valery Klimenko, 7 Pavel Dmitriev, 6 Andrey Gas, 5 Ilya Osminko, 4 Ivan Sysoev, 3 Gennady Berezhnov, 2 Mikhail Chechetkin, 1 Alexey Pivovarow
Replacements (from): 16 Sergey Chernyshev*, 17 Yladimir Voronin*, 18 Valentin Yusim*, 19 Ruslan Fralkov, 20 Andrey Kuleshin*, 21 Marat Abdullin, 22 Andrey Lubkov, 23 Alexey Tolstykh*, 24 Timur Temiev, 25 Sergey Malikov , 26 Roman Timofeev,
Uruguay 21 – 3 Chile, 21-3
For the second time in the space of a week Uruguay emerged victorious from an all-South American affair with Chile, this time by a 21-3 margin at Upritchard Park, Bangor to keep alive their hopes of finishing fifth in Division B at the IRB Under-19 World Championship 2007.
Uruguay, who had beaten Chile 30-20 in their final pool match last Thursday, have not lost to their opponents at this level now for some two years and they were not about to let that record slip as they stopped their opponents at source more often than not.
Chile actually opened the scoring with a 23rd minute penalty by flyhalf Francisco Gonzalez after Uruguayan fullback Jeronimo Etcheverry was penalised for holding on in a first half which was finely balanced, both sides intent on testing the other out.
It was Uruguay, though, who went leading 10-3 at half-time after a flurry of late points. They were awarded a penalty on half-way, but Chilean scrumhalf Alonso Oliver refused to hand over the ball and referee Sarah Corrigan penalised his side 10 metres, making it an easier kick for German Albanell.
The flyhalf then proved inspirational in Uruguay’s try, selling a magnificent dummy, taking the gap and then offloading to centre Adrian Lewis who, with the line at his mercy, was well tackled but managed to get the ball away for the supporting Manuel Sagarra to go in under the posts.
Albanell converted, but by this time Uruguay had been reduced to 14 men after loosehead prop Juan Verde was red carded for allegedly stamping.
The second half began as very much a kicking battle, with Albanell adding a second penalty in the 14th minute to stretch Uruguay’s advantage. Chile though seemed intent on running the ball at all costs and this proved their downfall 10 minutes later.
An overthrown pass landed at the feet of hooker Juan Pablo Ruffalini, who picked up and touched down for Uruguay’s second try in the corner. Albanell failed with the conversion attempt, but then slotted a difficult penalty from the touch-line to seal victory for his side.
Uruguay will now face either Tonga or Zimbabwe in the fifth place playoff on Friday.
Afterwards the Chile coach Rodrigo Boye: “I have to congratulate Uruguay for their performances through the tournament. They are a very brave team and I think they really should be playing for more than they are.”
The Chile wing Max Rochette: “It has been physically very difficult. We have been working every day since March 1. We are able to give any team a good game, but it’s been very hard.”
Scorers:
For Uruguay:
Tries: Manuel Sagarra, Juan Pablo Ruffalini
Con: German Albanell
Pens: German Albanell 3
For Chile:
Pen: Francisco Gonzalez
Teams:
Ururguay: 15 Jeronimo Etcheverry, 14 Manuel Sagarra, 13 Adrian Lewis, 12 Juan de Freitas, 11 Leandro Leivas, 10 German Albanell, 9 Francisco Vecino, 8 Matias Fonseca (C), 7 Juan Pablo Pereira, 6 Juan Ormaechea, 5 Federico Perez, 4 Francisco Vilaseca, 3 Rafael Tchilingirbachain, 2 Juan Pablo Ruffalini , 1 Juan Verde
Replacements (from): 16 Joaquin Rocco, 17 Tomas Jolivet, 19 Diego Magno*, 20 Ignacio Inchausti, 21 Edgardo Benitez*, 22 Eduardo Nin*, 23 Santiago Gibernau, 24 Agustin Bordaberry, 25 Alejandro Nieto*, 26 Rodrigo Mendez*
Chile: 15 Francisco Metuaze, 14 Juan Jose Ruiz, 13 Francisco de la Fuente, 12 Ricardo Sifri, 11 Max Rochette, 10 Francisco Gonzalez, 9 Alonso Oliver, 8 Fabio Rodriguez, 7 Felipe Yaconi, 6 Benjamin Del Solar (C), 5 Tomas Dahmen, 4 Nicolas Lafrentz, 3 Luka Salamunic, 2 Jose Santander, 1 Alejandro Rios
Replacements (from): 16 Matias Prado*, 17 Joaquin Carrasco*, 18 Rafael Richard, 19 Ignacio Alvarez, 20 Max Rochette, 22 Jose Ignacio Larenas*, 23 Matias Hojas, 24 Sebastian Aviles*, 25 Arturo Raby*, 26 Patricio Valladares*
Tonga vs Zimbabwe, 26-11
Tonga produced a stunning comeback to defeat Zimbabwe 26-11, having trailed 11-0 at half-time in Division B at the IRB Under-19 World Championship 2007.
Within minutes of the kick off Zimbabwe shocked Tonga with a line-out move that their defence was unable to deal with and flank Andrew Rose scored off the back of a well managed maul.
Zimbabwe flyhalf Ryan Manyika then twice looped around the Tonga defence to win a penalty, which fullback Tichafara Makwanya converted.
The game continued at a frenetic pace and after Tongan hooker Lepaola Tauveli received a yellow card, Zimbabwe were awarded a penalty which Makwanya duly converted.
For the remainder of the half Tonga put Zimbabwe under intense pressure but failed to make a breakthrough to trail 11-0 at half-time.
In the opening minutes of the second half Tonga full back Mateo Malupo finished off a well worked back move after outside centre William Takai timed his offload to perfection. Sione Toke added two points with the conversion.
A second try soon followed as prop Viliami Pola picked up at the back of a ruck and shrugged off two tackles to run in from the 22 to put his side ahead for the first time.
Tonga stretched their lead soon after when replacement Fransis Penitani caught the line-out and after a ten-metre drive was at the bottom of the pile as it went over the line for the third try.
With their newfound confidence, Tonga began to throw the ball wide and attack from deep. It was from these tactics that they converted a fourth and final try from number 8 Sione Kalamafeni for a 26-11 win.
Afterwards the Tonga captain Richard Kaufusi: “Our first half let us down a lot. In the second we worked hard on keeping Zimbabwe pinned in their half and we were able to play a bit when we got the ball.”
The Zimbabwean captain Andrew Rose: “They weren’t expecting what they got from us in the first half but in the second they upped it a bit and we lost concentration, gave balls away and didn’t really give a good account of ourselves.”
Scorers:
For Tonga:
Tries: Mateo Malupo, Viliami Pola, Fransis Penitani, Sione Kalamafeni
Cons: Sione Toke 3
For Zimbabwe:
Try: Andrew Rose
Pens: Tichafara Makwanya 2
Teams:
Tonga: 15 Mateo Malupo, 14 Mahe Fangupo, 13 William Takai, 12 Sione Toke, 11 Salesi Sete, 10 Richard Kaufusi (C), 9 Sekope Maea, 8 Sione Kalamafeni, 7 Constantin Kauvaka, 6 Tone Tukufuka, 5 Inoke Taufa, 4 Finau Tupa, 3 Viliami Pola, 2 Lepaola Tauveli, 1 Maleko Latu
Replacements (from): 16 Sila Puafisi, 17 Tevita Tangi*, 18 Salesi Veikune*, 19 Fransis Penitani*, 20 Ikuna Manuofetoa*, 21 Pauni Atiola, 22 Simote Langi*, 23 Alfred Hausia*, 24 Sione Katoa*, 25 Charles Mateo, 26 Isileli Vaka’uta
Zimbabwe: 15 Tichafara Makwanya, 14 Tanaka Chamunokara, 13 Tapuwanashe Chitima, 12 Christopher Hulley, 11 Mufaro Musara, 10 Ryan Manyika, 9 Lloyd Swift, 8 Daniel Nicholls, 7 Michael Todd, 6 Andrew Rose (C), 5 Andre Odendaal, 4 Orry Pearce, 3 John Raynor, 2 Benjamin Mavros , 1 Kudzaishe Moyo,
Replacements (from): 16 Nkosana Kunene, 17 Farai Mapunde, 18 Tinashe Bopoto, 19 Allan Kennedy, 20 Shaun Neal*, 22 Raymond de Jong*, 24 Robert Lee-Webb*, 25 Rangarirai Zembe*, 26 Dylan Bradshaw*
Canada vs Georgia, 19-3
Canada booked their place in the Division B final of the IRB Under-19 World Championship 2007 with a hard fought 19-3 victory over Georgia in their semi-final at Gibson Park, Malone on Monday 16 April.
The Canadians will face Italy in the final at Shaw’s Bridge on Friday, the 19.30 local time kick-off being a repeat of the third place play-off from last year’s tournament, one the Italians won 35-8 in Dubai.
The first half was very even with neither side putting substantial pressure on their opponents’ defence opposition defences, although Canada took the lead in the first minute through captain Nathan Hirayama’s penalty to the delight of their supporters.
Hirayama extended the lead with a second penalty just before the half-hour mark, but Georgia reduced the deficit to 6-3 at half-time with a late penalty by Beka Tsiklauri after Canada were penalised for dissent.
The second half saw Canada put Georgia under considerable pressure and they extended their lead early in the half as flyhalf Hirayama continued his 100 percent record with another penalty.
Georgia tried to get back into the game by spreading the ball wide and chipping the ball over the top, but this only succeeded in returning the ball to the Canadians, who took full advantage and camped on the Georgian line.
The defence was strong though, and Canada were forced to take another penalty, which succeeded in putting them more than one score ahead with only seven minutes to play in the semi-final.
Canada continued to exert pressure on Georgia and their tiring defence finally gave way as centre Michael Scholtz used his pace to evade the despairing tackles after a high speed break from wing Jordan Wilson-Ross.
Hirayama converted to take his personal haul from the game to 14 points. Canada can now look forward to Division B final against Italy, while Georgia face USA in the third place play-off at 18:00 local time at Upritchard Park, Bangor on Friday.
Afterwards the Canada coach Gary Johnston: “This is the best game we have played, and so I am very happy. We came here hoping to be involved in the final against either Tonga or Italy. We knew that the Georgians would play a physical game, but we also knew that we could stand up to them and use our own physicality to knock them over.”
The Georgia captain Archil Kobauri: “We wanted to make the final of course, but losing against Zimbabwe was not good and we were happy to perform so well against Russia. The start of the game was good, but we couldn’t score tries. We wanted to be in the final of Division B, but we will look to get third place now.
“Canada were very strong, but our defence was excellent, it was only it the last five minutes that they broke through our defence. I want to wish Canada all the best for the final.”
Scorers:
For Canada:
Try: Michael Scholtz
Con: Nathan Hirayama
Pens: Nathan Hirayama 4
For Georgia:
Pen: Beka Tsiklauri
Teams:
Canada: 15 Harry Jones, 14 Jordan Wilson-Ross, 13 Jeff Campbell, 12 Michael Scholtz, 11 Kyle Buckley, 10 Nathan Hirayama (C), 9 Jamie Mackenzie, 8 Thyssen de Goede, 7 Keegan Selby, 6 Ian Manly, 5 Richard Andrews, 4 Seb Pearson, 3 Mauro Perizzolo, 2 Ryan Hamilton, 1 Andrew Tiedemann
Replacements (from): 16 Kyle Leclerc*, 17 Russell Ward*, 18 Luke Racine*, 19 Thomas Schwitzer*, 20 Mike Berry, 21 Benz Henrikson, 22 Scott Manning*, 24 Matt Mosby, 26 Jesse McConney*
Georgia: 15 Michael Tsiklauri, 14 Alexander Tuchashvili, 13 Giorgi Svandize, 12 Rati Nutsubidze, 11 Beka Tsiklauri, 10 Lasha Khmaladze, 9 Zakaria Zirakashvili, 8 Archil Kobauri (C), 7 Vasil Kakovin, 6 Vakhtang Mdzinarishvili, 5 Beka Nikolaishvili, 4 David Chichua, 3 Revazi Basilashvili, 2 George Jashitashvili , 1 Irakli Mirtskhulava
Replacements (from): 16 George Tsirekidze*, 17 Beka Skhulukhia*, 18 David Aladashvili, 19 Viktor Kolelishvili*, 20 Giorgi Kalmakhelidze*, 21 Sandro Inashvili, 22 Jaba Kikividze*, 23 George Rokhvadze, 24 Vakhtang Kavtidze
Italy vs USA, 31-6
Italy stormed their way to the Division B final with a 31-6 win against the USA at the IRB Under-19 World Championship 2007.
The match at Queen’s was incredibly physical with lots of hard hitting throughout and it was the USA who scored the first points of the match.
With eight minutes gone USA flyhalf Hamish Roberts held his nerve after missing a previous kick to give the USA a 3-0 lead.
Italy where quick to bounce back and only five minutes later won the ball close to the USA line. The ball was spread out to the wing and Andrea Pratichetti beat the last defender to score.
Riccardo Bocchino, who had an excellent game, slotted the conversion from the right touch-line to make the game 7-3.
The remainder of the first half was extremely close with both sides fighting for territory and neither team threatening to score any tries.
In the last minute of the half the USA won a penalty in front of the posts and Hamish Roberts stepped up to make the score 7-6 to Italy at half-time.
If the first half was tense and defensive the second half was a lot more open, with the Italians becoming more creative in attack.
Five minute into the second half flank Simone Favaro had the strength to reach out from a tackle to score Italy’s second try, which Bocchino converted yet again to give Italy the momentum to take the game away from the USA.
Italy’s lead was increased just four minutes later when captain and centre Alberto Chiesa scored another try which Bocchino added to with the conversion.
The USA tried to get into back into the match but effective Italian defence pressured the USA back line, which couldn’t find a way through for a try.
Bocchino kicked a penalty to put the game out of reach of the USA and two minutes from the final whistle Chiesa scored a fantastic break away try to record his second try and cap an excellent performance.
The result means Italy now face Canada in the Division B final, whilst the USA will play Georgia in the third place play-off.
Afterwards the Italian coach Stefano Romagnoli said: “I’m happy. It was a good result and hopefully we can win the final. America are strong and physical. The final won’t be easy. I’ll have to think.”
The Italy flank Alex Leo said: “We’ve come on leaps and bounds. We watched videos and attacked some areas. We got the ball wider and used flair to raise the game. Hopefully we’ll pick up from the second half and take it through to the final.”
The USA captain Scott Lavalla: “We lacked depth in attack and our defence was a little soft. We let our guard down for five minutes and they gave us the one-two punch. I said to the guys after the game: ‘It’s not often you can go 4-1 in a World Cup’. So we’ll take the game against Georgia like a final.”
The USA coach Salty Thompson said: “We’ve got another game. Credit to Italy they deserved to win with the second half performance. They ran good lines and played better defence. They opened up some gaps in us that other teams hadn’t.”
Scorers:
For Italy:
Tries: Andrea Pratichetti, Simone Favaro, Alberto Chiesa 2
Cons: Riccardo Bocchino 4
Pen: Riccardo Bocchino
For USA:
Pens: Hamish Roberts
Teams:
Italy: 15 Francesco Fiorani, 14 Andrea Pratichetti, 13 Roberto Quartaroli, 12 Alberto Chiesa (C), 11 Giuseppe Sapuppo, 10 Riccardo Bocchino, 9 Luca Martinelli, 8 Rudolph Mernone, 7 Simone Favaro, 6 Nicola Simion, 5 Alberto Cazz ola, 4 Filippo Giusti, 3 Massimiliano Ravalle, 2 Gabriele Morelli , 1 Andrea De Marchi
Replacements (from): 16 Tommaso D’Apice*, 17 Elia Violi*, 18 Lorenzo Sebastiani*, 19 Giacomo Sala*, 20 Alex Leo*, 21 Edoardo Rotella, 22 Alberto Bergamo*, 23 Giovanni Massaro, 24 Vito Di Muro, 25 Marcello Magri*, 26 Lorenzo Puliti
USA: 15 Nate Ebner, 14 Adam Ducoing, 13 Hoseki Kofe, 12 Jack Tracy, 11 Zach Test, 10 Hamish Roberts, 9 Sean Treacy, 8 Taylor Mokate, 7 Ryan Roundy, 6 Liam Murphy, 5 Scott Lavalla (C), 4 Garrett Lambert, 3 Nicholas Cook, 2 Bill Wynne, 1 Stevie Johnston
Replacements (from): 16 Zach Heath, 17 Shawn Pittman*, 18 James Jewison*, 19 Kevin Erskine*, 20 Austin Cella, 21 Nick Johnson*, 22 Travis Benson*, 23 Gareth Jones, 24 Kyle Toombs, 25 Eric West, 26 Simon Kinet
