2007 Rugby World Cup Pool C

Pool C of the 2007 Rugby World Cup began on 8 September and concluded on 29 September 2007. The pool was composed of Italy, New Zealand, Romania and Scotland and World Cup debutants Portugal.

Standings

New Zealand were assured of first place in the pool after only three rounds of matches, having secured the maximum of five points from each of their matches. Over their four matches, the All Blacks established a new points record for the pool stage with 309 points.

Italy were unable to carry their strong Six Nations form into the World Cup, and were knocked out by a narrow margin. Scotland qualified for the quarter-finals as pool runners-up.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	B	Pts	Qualification
1	New Zealand	4	4	0	309	35	+274	4	20	Qualified for the quarter-finals
2	Scotland	4	3	1	116	66	+50	2	14	Qualified for the quarter-finals
3	Italy	4	2	2	85	117	−32	1	9	Eliminated, automatic qualification for RWC 2011
4	Romania	4	1	3	40	161	−121	1	5
5	Portugal	4	0	4	38	209	−171	1	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Matches

All times local (UTC+2)

New Zealand vs Italy

8 September 2007
13:45

New Zealand	76–14	Italy
Try: McCaw (2) 2' c, 7' c Howlett (3) 12' c, 56' c, 59' m Muliaina 15' c Sivivatu (2) 18' c, 29' m Jack 50' c Collins (2) 68' c, 70' c Con: Carter (7/9) McAlister (2/2) Pen: Carter (1/1) 11'	Report	Try: Stanojevic 38' c Mi. Bergamasco 71' c Con: Bortolussi (1/1) De Marigny (1/1)

Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Attendance: 58,612
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)


FB	15	Leon MacDonald
RW	14	Doug Howlett
OC	13	Mils Muliaina		53'
IC	12	Luke McAlister
LW	11	Sitiveni Sivivatu
FH	10	Dan Carter		60'
SH	9	Byron Kelleher		52'
N8	8	Rodney So'oialo
OF	7	Richie McCaw (c)		60'
BF	6	Jerry Collins		46'	46'
RL	5	Ali Williams		71'
LL	4	Chris Jack
TP	3	Carl Hayman	42'
HK	2	Keven Mealamu		52'
LP	1	Tony Woodcock				55'
Replacements:
HK	16	Anton Oliver		52'
PR	17	Neemia Tialata		46'	46'	55'
FL	18	Chris Masoe		60'
N8	19	Sione Lauaki		71'
SH	20	Brendon Leonard		52'
CE	21	Aaron Mauger		60'
CE	22	Isaia Toeava		53'
Coach:
Graham Henry


FB	15	David Bortolussi		67'
RW	14	Kaine Robertson
OC	13	Andrea Masi
IC	12	Mirco Bergamasco
LW	11	Marko Stanojevic
FH	10	Roland de Marigny
SH	9	Alessandro Troncon		67'
N8	8	Sergio Parisse
OF	7	Mauro Bergamasco
BF	6	Alessandro Zanni		42'
RL	5	Marco Bortolami (c)
LL	4	Santiago Dellapè		58'
TP	3	Martin Castrogiovanni			55'
HK	2	Fabio Ongaro		57'
LP	1	Salvatore Perugini	62'	41'	55'
Replacements:
HK	16	Carlo Festuccia		57'
PR	17	Andrea Lo Cicero		41'
LK	18	Valerio Bernabò		58'
N8	19	Manoa Vosawai		42'
SH	20	Paul Griffen		67'
WG	21	Gonzalo Canale
FB	22	Ezio Galon		67'
Coach:
Pierre Berbizier

Man of the Match:
Richie McCaw (New Zealand)

Touch judges:
Mark Lawrence (South Africa)
Christophe Berdos (France)
Television match official:
Craig Joubert (South Africa)
Fourth official:
Nigel Owens (Wales)
Fifth official:
Franck Maciello (France)

Note: Doug Howlett's three tries in this match brought him level with Christian Cullen as New Zealand's all-time highest try scorer, with 46.

Scotland vs Portugal

9 September 2007
18:00

Scotland	56–10	Portugal
Try: R. Lamont (2) 12' c, 14' c S. Lawson 23' c Dewey 30' c Parks 57' c Southwell 60' c Brown 68' c Ford 76' c Con: Parks (5/5) Paterson (3/3)	Report	Try: Carvalho 28' c Con: D. Pinto (1/1) Pen: D. Pinto (1/1) 34'

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne
Attendance: 34,162
Referee: Steve Walsh (New Zealand)


FB	15	Rory Lamont
RW	14	Sean Lamont
OC	13	Marcus Di Rollo	52'
IC	12	Rob Dewey
LW	11	Simon Webster
FH	10	Dan Parks	59'
SH	9	Mike Blair	67'
N8	8	Simon Taylor
OF	7	Ally Hogg
BF	6	Jason White (c)	62'
RL	5	Scott Murray	62'
LL	4	Nathan Hines
TP	3	Euan Murray
HK	2	Scott Lawson	69'
LP	1	Allan Jacobsen	36'
Replacements:
HK	16	Ross Ford	69'
PR	17	Gavin Kerr	36'
LK	18	Scott MacLeod	62'
FL	19	Kelly Brown	62'
SH	20	Rory Lawson	67'
FH	21	Chris Paterson	59'
FB	22	Hugo Southwell	52'
Coach:
Frank Hadden


FB	15	Pedro Leal
RW	14	David Mateus
OC	13	Frederico Sousa		38'
IC	12	Diogo Mateus
LW	11	Pedro Carvalho
FH	10	Duarte Cardoso Pinto		64'
SH	9	José Pinto		66'
N8	8	Vasco Uva (c)
OF	7	João Uva	40+'	64'
BF	6	Juan Severino Somoza
RL	5	David Penalva		52'
LL	4	Gonçalo Uva
TP	3	Ruben Spachuck
HK	2	Joaquim Ferreira		52'
LP	1	Rui Cordeiro		60'
Replacements:
PR	16	Juan Muré		60'
HK	17	João Correia		52'
FL	18	Paulo Murinello		52'
FL	19	Diogo Coutinho		64'
SH	20	Luís Pissarra		66'
FH	21	Pedro Cabral		64'
CE	22	Miguel Portela		38'
Coach:
Tomaz Morais

Man of the Match:
Vasco Uva (Portugal)

Touch judges:
Hugh Watkins (Wales)
Marius Jonker (South Africa)
Television match official:
Dave Pearson (England)
Fourth official:
Alan Lewis (Ireland)
Fifth official:
Cyril Lafon (France)

Italy vs Romania

12 September 2007
20:00

Italy	24–18	Romania
Try: Dellapè 6' m Penalty try 55' c Con: Pez (1/1) Pen: Bortolussi (1/2) 14' Ramiro Pez (3/3) 62', 66', 72'	Report	Try: Manta 43' m Țincu 47' c Con: Dimofte (1/1) Pen: Dimofte (2/2) 70', 74'

Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Attendance: 44,241
Referee: Tony Spreadbury (England)


FB	15	David Bortolussi			49'
RW	14	Kaine Robertson
OC	13	Gonzalo Canale
IC	12	Mirco Bergamasco
LW	11	Andrea Masi	42'	45'
FH	10	Ramiro Pez
SH	9	Paul Griffen	49'
N8	8	Sergio Parisse
OF	7	Mauro Bergamasco
BF	6	Josh Sole	49'
RL	5	Marco Bortolami (c)
LL	4	Santiago Dellapè	8'
TP	3	Martin Castrogiovanni
HK	2	Carlo Festuccia
LP	1	Andrea Lo Cicero
Replacements:
HK	16	Leonardo Ghiraldini
PR	17	Matías Agüero
LK	18	Valerio Bernabò	8'
N8	19	Manoa Vosawai	49'
SH	20	Alessandro Troncon	49'
WG	21	Ezio Galon	42'	45'	49'
FH	22	Roland de Marigny
Coach:
Pierre Berbizier


FB	15	Iulian Dumitraș		79'
RW	14	Cătălin Fercu
OC	13	Csaba Gál
IC	12	Romeo Gontineac
LW	11	Gabriel Brezoianu
FH	10	Ionuț Dimofte
SH	9	Lucian Sîrbu		80'
N8	8	Ovidiu Tonița		72'
OF	7	Alexandru Manta	53'	80+'
BF	6	Florin Corodeanu
RL	5	Cristian Petre
LL	4	Sorin Socol (c)
TP	3	Bogdan Bălan
HK	2	Marius Țincu		40'	41'	54'	57'	70'
LP	1	Petrișor Toderașc		64'
Replacements:
HK	16	Răzvan Mavrodin		40'	41'	54'	57'	70'
PR	17	Cezar Popescu		64'
LK	18	Cosmin Rațiu		72'
N8	19	Alexandru Tudori		80+'
SH	20	Valentin Calafeteanu		80'
CE	21	Ionuț Tofan
CE	22	Dan Vlad		79'
Coach:
Daniel Santamans

Man of the Match:
Ramiro Pez (Italy)

Touch judges:
Kelvin Deaker (New Zealand)
Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand)
Television match official:
Lyndon Bray (New Zealand)
Fourth official:
Alain Rolland (Ireland)
Fifth official:
Franck Maciello (France)

New Zealand vs Portugal

15 September 2007
13:00

New Zealand	108–13	Portugal
Try: Rokocoko (2) 3' m, 12' c Toeava 25' c Williams 28' c Mauger (2) 30' c, 66' c Collins 32' c Masoe 34' m Hore 40' c Leonard 50' c Evans 59' c Ellis 61' c MacDonald 69' c Smith (2) 72' c, 79' c Hayman 76' c Con: Evans (14/16)	Report	Try: Cordeiro 48' c Con: D. Pinto (1/1) Pen: D. Pinto (1/1) 75' Drop: Malheiro (1/2) 22'

Stade de Gerland, Lyon
Attendance: 40,729
Referee: Chris White (England)


FB	15	Mils Muliaina	7'
RW	14	Isaia Toeava
OC	13	Conrad Smith
IC	12	Aaron Mauger
LW	11	Joe Rokocoko
FH	10	Nick Evans
SH	9	Brendon Leonard	54'
N8	8	Sione Lauaki
OF	7	Chris Masoe
BF	6	Jerry Collins (c)	64'
RL	5	Ali Williams	54'
LL	4	Chris Jack	51'
TP	3	Greg Somerville	61'
HK	2	Andrew Hore	57'
LP	1	Neemia Tialata
Replacements:
HK	16	Anton Oliver	57'
PR	17	Tony Woodcock	61'
PR	18	Carl Hayman	51'
N8	19	Rodney So'oialo	54'
HK	20	Keven Mealamu	64'
SH	21	Andy Ellis	54'
FB	22	Leon MacDonald	7'
Coach:
Graham Henry


FB	15	Pedro Leal
RW	14	António Aguilar
OC	13	Miguel Portela
IC	12	Diogo Mateus
LW	11	Pedro Carvalho
FH	10	Gonçalo Malheiro	41'
SH	9	Luís Pissarra	41'
N8	8	Vasco Uva (c)	54'
OF	7	Paulo Murinello
BF	6	Diogo Coutinho	44'
RL	5	Gonçalo Uva	51'
LL	4	Marcello d'Orey	27'
TP	3	Ruben Spachuck
HK	2	João Correia
LP	1	André Silva	41'
Replacements:
PR	16	Rui Cordeiro	41'
PR	17	Joaquim Ferreira	54'
LK	18	David Penalva	27'
FL	19	Tiago Girão	44'
FL	20	João Uva	51'
SH	21	José Pinto	41'
FH	22	Duarte Cardoso Pinto	41'
Coach:
Tomaz Morais

Man of the Match:
Jerry Collins (New Zealand)

Touch judges:
Hugh Watkins (Wales)
Marius Jonker (South Africa)
Television match official:
Dave Pearson (England)
Fourth official:
Paul Honiss (New Zealand)
Fifth official:
Laurent Valin (France)

Scotland vs Romania

18 September 2007
21:00

Scotland	42–0	Romania
Try: Paterson 2' c Hogg (3) 17' c, 46' c, 53' c R. Lamont (2) 36' c, 72' c Con: Paterson (6/6)	Report

Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Attendance: 31,222
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)


FB	15	Rory Lamont
RW	14	Sean Lamont
OC	13	Simon Webster
IC	12	Rob Dewey	59'
LW	11	Chris Paterson
FH	10	Dan Parks	68'
SH	9	Mike Blair	59'
N8	8	Simon Taylor
OF	7	Ally Hogg	65'
BF	6	Jason White (c)
RL	5	Jim Hamilton
LL	4	Nathan Hines	52'
TP	3	Euan Murray		68'
HK	2	Ross Ford	59'
LP	1	Gavin Kerr	52'	68'
Replacements:
HK	16	Scott Lawson	59'
PR	17	Craig Smith	52'
LK	18	Scott MacLeod	52'
FL	19	Kelly Brown	65'
SH	20	Chris Cusiter	59'
FB	21	Hugo Southwell	59'
WG	22	Nikki Walker	68'
Coach:
Frank Hadden


FB	15	Iulian Dumitraș
RW	14	Cătălin Fercu
OC	13	Csaba Gál
IC	12	Romeo Gontineac	73'
LW	11	Gabriel Brezoianu
FH	10	Ionuț Dimofte	45'
SH	9	Lucian Sîrbu	45'
N8	8	Ovidiu Tonița
OF	7	Alexandru Manta	53'
BF	6	Florin Corodeanu	61'
RL	5	Cristian Petre
LL	4	Sorin Socol (c)
TP	3	Bogdan Bălan	69'
HK	2	Marius Țincu	41'
LP	1	Petrișor Toderașc
Replacements:
PR	16	Silviu Florea	69'
HK	17	Răzvan Mavrodin	41'
LK	18	Cosmin Rațiu	61'
N8	19	Alexandru Tudori	53'
SH	20	Valentin Calafeteanu	45'
CE	21	Ionuț Tofan	45'
FB	22	Florin Vlaicu	73'
Coach:
Daniel Santamans

Man of the Match:
Ally Hogg (Scotland)

Touch judges:
Craig Joubert (South Africa)
Christophe Berdos (France)
Television match official:
Mark Lawrence (South Africa)
Fourth official:
Wayne Barnes (England)
Fifth official:
Peter Allan (Scotland)

Note: With an attendance of 31,222, Scotland vs Romania was the lowest-attended match in Pool C, despite Scotland playing at home.

Italy vs Portugal

19 September 2007
20:00

Italy	31–5	Portugal
Try: Masi (2) 4' c, 77' c Ma. Bergamasco 72' m Con: Bortolussi (2/3) Pen: Bortolussi (4/4) 17', 30', 40+', 63'	Report	Try: Penalva 33' m

Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 45,476
Referee: Marius Jonker (South Africa)


FB	15	David Bortolussi
RW	14	Pablo Canavosio
OC	13	Gonzalo Canale
IC	12	Andrea Masi
LW	11	Matteo Pratichetti
FH	10	Roland de Marigny
SH	9	Alessandro Troncon		80'
N8	8	Manoa Vosawai		59'
OF	7	Mauro Bergamasco
BF	6	Sergio Parisse
RL	5	Marco Bortolami (c)	8'
LL	4	Carlo Del Fava
TP	3	Martin Castrogiovanni		64'
HK	2	Leonardo Ghiraldini
LP	1	Andrea Lo Cicero		64'
Replacements:
HK	16	Fabio Ongaro
PR	17	Matías Agüero		64'
PR	18	Salvatore Perugini		64'
LK	19	Valerio Bernabò
FL	20	Silvio Orlando		59'
SH	21	Paul Griffen		80'
WG	22	Ezio Galon
Coach:
Pierre Berbizier


FB	15	Pedro Cabral
RW	14	David Mateus	61'
OC	13	Federico Sousa
IC	12	Diogo Mateus	31'
LW	11	António Aguilar
FH	10	Duarte Cardoso Pinto
SH	9	José Pinto	66'
N8	8	Vasco Uva (c)
OF	7	João Uva	64'
BF	6	Tiago Girão
RL	5	David Penalva
LL	4	Gonçalo Uva
TP	3	Ruben Spachuck	61'
HK	2	João Correia	70'
LP	1	Rui Cordeiro	61'
Replacements:
PR	16	Juan Muré	61'
PR	17	André Silva	61'
PR	18	Duarte Figueiredo	70'
FL	19	Paulo Murinello	64'
SH	20	Luís Pissarra	66'
CE	21	Diogo Gama	31'
WG	22	Gonçalo Foro	61'
Coach:
Tomaz Morais

Man of the Match:
José Pinto (Portugal)

Touch judges:
Federico Cuesta (Argentina)
Malcolm Changleng (Scotland)
Television match official:
Paul Marks (Australia)
Fourth official:
Chris White (England)
Fifth official:
Eric Molier (France)

Scotland vs New Zealand

23 September 2007
17:00

Scotland	0–40	New Zealand
	Report	Try: McCaw 5' c Howlett (2) 15' m, 74' m Kelleher 33' m Williams 62' m Carter 65' c Con: Carter (2/6) Pen: Carter (2/3) 26', 43'

Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Attendance: 64,558
Referee: Marius Jonker (South Africa)


FB	15	Hugo Southwell
RW	14	Nikki Walker
OC	13	Marcus Di Rollo
IC	12	Andrew Henderson	69'
LW	11	Simon Webster
FH	10	Chris Paterson	21'
SH	9	Chris Cusiter	59'
N8	8	David Callam
OF	7	John Barclay
BF	6	Kelly Brown
RL	5	Scott Murray (c)
LL	4	Scott MacLeod	69'
TP	3	Craig Smith	51'	66'
HK	2	Scott Lawson	58'
LP	1	Alasdair Dickinson		66'
Replacements:
HK	16	Fergus Thomson	58'
PR	17	Gavin Kerr	51'
LK	18	Jim Hamilton	69'
FL	19	Ally Hogg
SH	20	Rory Lawson	59'
FH	21	Dan Parks	21'
CE	22	Rob Dewey	69'
Coach:
Frank Hadden


FB	15	Leon MacDonald	21'
RW	14	Doug Howlett
OC	13	Conrad Smith	65'
IC	12	Luke McAlister
LW	11	Sitiveni Sivivatu
FH	10	Dan Carter
SH	9	Byron Kelleher	59'
N8	8	Rodney So'oialo
OF	7	Richie McCaw (c)	61'
BF	6	Chris Masoe
RL	5	Ali Williams	66'
LL	4	Reuben Thorne
TP	3	Carl Hayman	65'
HK	2	Anton Oliver	59'
LP	1	Tony Woodcock
Replacements:
HK	16	Andrew Hore	59'
PR	17	Neemia Tialata	65'
LK	18	Chris Jack	66'
N8	19	Sione Lauaki	61'
SH	20	Brendon Leonard	59'
FH	21	Nick Evans	21'
CE	22	Isaia Toeava	65'
Coach:
Graham Henry

Man of the Match:
Chris Masoe (New Zealand)

Touch judges:
Dave Pearson (England)
Paul Marks (Australia)
Television match official:
Hugh Watkins (Wales)
Fourth official:
Chris White (England)
Fifth official:
Peter Allan (Scotland)

Note: Doug Howlett's two tries in this match brought his total in internationals to 48, a new try-scoring record for New Zealand.

Romania vs Portugal

25 September 2007
20:00

Romania	14–10	Portugal
Try: Țincu 63' c Corodeanu 72' c Con: Calafeteanu (1/1) Dumbravă (1/1)	Report	Try: Ferreira 18' c Con: D. Pinto (1/1) Pen: Malheiro (1/1) 69'

Stadium de Toulouse, Toulouse
Attendance: 35,526
Referee: Paul Honiss (New Zealand)


FB	15	Iulian Dumitraș
RW	14	Cătălin Nicolae
OC	13	Ionuț Dimofte
IC	12	Romeo Gontineac
LW	11	Cătălin Fercu
FH	10	Dănuț Dumbravă
SH	9	Valentin Calafeteanu	64'
N8	8	Ovidiu Tonița (c)	66'
OF	7	Florin Corodeanu
BF	6	Alexandru Tudori	41'
RL	5	Cristian Petre
LL	4	Cosmin Rațiu
TP	3	Bogdan Bălan	52'	63'
HK	2	Răzvan Mavrodin	41'
LP	1	Cezar Popescu		63'
Replacements:
HK	16	Marius Țincu	41'
PR	17	Paulică Ion	52'
LK	18	Sorin Socol	41'
LK	19	Valentin Ursache	66'
SH	20	Lucian Sîrbu	64'
FB	21	Florin Vlaicu
WG	22	Gabriel Brezoianu
Coach:
Daniel Santamans


FB	15	Pedro Leal
RW	14	António Aguilar
OC	13	Miguel Portela
IC	12	Federico Sousa
LW	11	Pedro Carvalho
FH	10	Duarte Cardoso Pinto	65'
SH	9	José Pinto	75'
N8	8	Tiago Girão
OF	7	João Uva	76'
BF	6	Diogo Coutinho
RL	5	David Penalva	79'
LL	4	Gonçalo Uva
TP	3	Ruben Spachuck	52'
HK	2	Joaquim Ferreira (c)	70'
LP	1	Rui Cordeiro
Replacements:
PR	16	Juan Muré	70'
PR	17	João Correia	52'
PR	18	Salvador Palha	79'
FL	19	Paulo Murinello	76'
SH	20	Luís Pissarra	75'
FH	21	Gonçalo Malheiro	65'
CE	22	Diogo Gama
Coach:
Tomaz Morais

Man of the Match:
Diogo Coutinho (Portugal)

Touch judges:
Carlo Damasco (Italy)
Simon McDowell (Ireland)
Television match official:
Kelvin Deaker (New Zealand)
Fourth official:
Stuart Dickinson (Australia)
Fifth official:
Jean-Luc Rebollal (France)

New Zealand vs Romania

29 September 2007
13:00

New Zealand	85–8	Romania
Try: Sivivatu (2) 1' m, 24' c Masoe 10' c Rokocoko (3) 15' c, 58' c, 66' c Evans 18' m Mauger 37' m Toeava (2) 47' c, 80+' c Hore 64' c Smith 75' c Howlett 79' c Con: McAlister (4/7) Evans (6/6)	Report	Try: Țincu 31' m Pen: Vlaicu 72'

Stadium de Toulouse, Toulouse
Attendance: 35,608
Referee: Joël Jutge (France)


FB	15	Nick Evans
RW	14	Joe Rokocoko
OC	13	Isaia Toeava
IC	12	Aaron Mauger
LW	11	Sitiveni Sivivatu	61'
FH	10	Luke McAlister	55'
SH	9	Andy Ellis	59'
N8	8	Sione Lauaki
OF	7	Chris Masoe	55'
BF	6	Jerry Collins (c)
RL	5	Keith Robinson	55'
LL	4	Reuben Thorne
TP	3	Greg Somerville
HK	2	Keven Mealamu	61'
LP	1	Neemia Tialata
Replacements:
HK	16	Andrew Hore	61'
PR	17	Tony Woodcock
LK	18	Chris Jack	55'
FL	19	Richie McCaw	55'
SH	20	Brendon Leonard	59'
WG	21	Doug Howlett	55'
CE	22	Conrad Smith	61'
Coach:
Graham Henry


FB	15	Iulian Dumitraș	61'
RW	14	Ștefan Ciuntu
OC	13	Csaba Gál
IC	12	Romeo Gontineac	70'
LW	11	Gabriel Brezoianu
FH	10	Ionuț Dimofte
SH	9	Lucian Sîrbu	62'
N8	8	Ovidiu Tonița
OF	7	Alexandru Manta	67'
BF	6	Florin Corodeanu	48'
RL	5	Cristian Petre
LL	4	Sorin Socol (c)
TP	3	Silviu Florea	53'	57'
HK	2	Marius Țincu	53'
LP	1	Bogdan Bălan		57'
Replacements:
HK	16	Răzvan Mavrodin	53'
PR	17	Paulică Ion	53'
LK	18	Valentin Ursache	67'
N8	19	Cosmin Rațiu	48'
SH	20	Valentin Calafeteanu	62'
FB	21	Florin Vlaicu	61'
CE	22	Robert Cătălin Dascălu	70'
Coach:
Daniel Santamans

Man of the Match:
Joe Rokocoko (New Zealand)

Touch judges:
Federico Cuesta (Argentina)
Malcolm Changleng (Scotland)
Television match official:
Paul Marks (Australia)
Fourth official:
Romain Poite (France)
Fifth official:
Jean-Luc Rebollal (France)

Scotland vs Italy

29 September 2007
21:00

Scotland	18–16	Italy
Pen: Paterson (6/6) 2', 6', 32', 35', 47', 53'	Report	Try: Troncon 13' c Con: Bortolussi (1/1) Pen: Bortolussi (3/6) 18', 56', 62'

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne
Attendance: 34,701
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)


FB	15	Rory Lamont		25'
RW	14	Sean Lamont
OC	13	Simon Webster
IC	12	Rob Dewey		60'
LW	11	Chris Paterson
FH	10	Dan Parks
SH	9	Mike Blair		72'
N8	8	Simon Taylor
OF	7	Ally Hogg		70'
BF	6	Jason White (c)
RL	5	Jim Hamilton		72'
LL	4	Nathan Hines	55'
TP	3	Euan Murray
HK	2	Ross Ford
LP	1	Gavin Kerr		65'
Replacements:
HK	16	Scott Lawson
PR	17	Craig Smith		65'
LK	18	Scott MacLeod		72'
FL	19	Kelly Brown		70'
SH	20	Chris Cusiter		72'
CE	21	Andrew Henderson		60'
FB	22	Hugo Southwell		25'
Coach:
Frank Hadden


FB	15	David Bortolussi
RW	14	Kaine Robertson
OC	13	Gonzalo Canale
IC	12	Mirco Bergamasco
LW	11	Andrea Masi		79'
FH	10	Ramiro Pez
SH	9	Alessandro Troncon (c)
N8	8	Sergio Parisse
OF	7	Mauro Bergamasco	8'
BF	6	Josh Sole
RL	5	Carlo Del Fava
LL	4	Santiago Dellapè
TP	3	Martin Castrogiovanni			75'
HK	2	Carlo Festuccia		54'
LP	1	Salvatore Perugini		49'	75'
Replacements:
HK	16	Fabio Ongaro		54'
PR	17	Andrea Lo Cicero		49'
LK	18	Valerio Bernabò
HK	19	Leonardo Ghiraldini
SH	20	Paul Griffen
FH	21	Roland de Marigny
WG	22	Ezio Galon		79'
Coach:
Pierre Berbizier

Man of the Match:
Dan Parks (Scotland)

Touch judges:
Hugh Watkins (Wales)
Wayne Barnes (England)
Television match official:
Dave Pearson (England)
Fourth official:
Cyril Lafon (France)
Fifth official:
Laurent Valin (France)

External links

Pool C at rugbyworldcup.com

v t e 2007 Rugby World Cup
Stages	Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D Knockout stage Final
General	Qualifying Squads Statistics Warm-up matches

v t e 2007 Rugby World Cup finalists
Champions	South Africa
Runner-up	England
Third place	Argentina
Fourth place	France
Quarter-finals	Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Scotland
Pool stage	Tonga, Samoa, United States, Wales, Japan, Canada, Italy, Romania, Portugal, Ireland, Georgia, Namibia