Mattia Bellini of Italy makes a break. Photo / Getty Images
Italy 29
Argentina 26
A dominant scrum, a more energised performance and 19 points from the boot of skipper Filippo Buscema saw Italy upset Argentina in Pool A.
Italy had sent out a second-string outfit on Monday in their 63-3 loss to England, so this was their targeted game. Argentina,
wearing red to avoid a blue clash, were flat and relied heavily on the accurate boot of No10 Patricio Fernandez at Albany.
At the death, Italy won a critical turnover after Argentine pressure off a lineout and duly and deservedly won their first JWC victory since they hosted the tournament in 2011.
Their first try of the tournament was a cracker, a well-worked scrum move seeing left wing Lorenzo Maria Bruno inject himself and some flypaper hands led to fullback Gabriele di Giulio crossing after just six minutes.
