Fourteen-try New Zealand trounce Italy at Rugby World Cup
Scrum-half Aaron Smith scored a hat-trick of tries as New Zealand laid down a statement of intent with a 96-17 blitzing of a hapless Italy at the Rugby World Cup on Friday.
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New Zealand hammer sorry Italy to close in on World Cup quarter-finals
LYON, France : Three-time champions New Zealand ran in 14 tries to destroy Italy 96-17 for a bonus-point victory in Pool A and take a decisive step towards the quarter-finals at the Rugby World Cup on Friday.
New Zealand close on World Cup quarter-final spot with 14-try mauling of Italy
New Zealand lit the touchpaper on their Rugby World Cup campaign with a 14-try hammering of Italy.
Italy go back to basics for New Zealand clash in Lyon
Italy made three changes to their team to face New Zealand in their Rugby World Cup Pool A clash in Lyon on Friday, with Dino Lamb, Luca Morisi and Stephen Varney returning to the squad seeking a first ever win over the All Blacks.
Tale of two halves as ill-disciplined Italy beat Uruguay at World Cup
NICE: Ill-disciplined Italy scored 31 unanswered second-half points to take temporary charge of Pool A with a 38-17 World Cup victory over Uruguay in Nice on Wednesday (Sep 20).
Tale of two halves as ill-disciplined Italy beat Uruguay at World Cup
Ill-disciplined Italy scored 31 unanswered second-half points to take temporary charge of Pool A with a 38-17 World Cup victory over Uruguay in Nice on Wednesday.
Seven-try Italy thrash Allister Coetzee's Namibia in World Cup opener
Star wing Ange Capuozzo was amongst the try scorers, with Lorenzo Cannone, Paolo Garbisi, Dino Lamb, Epalahame Faiva, Manuel Zuliani and Paolo Odogwu also dotting down, while Gerswin Mouton replied for Namibia.