JWC MATCH PREVIEW All Data in This Document Is Specific to the Junior World Championship

JWC MATCH PREVIEW All data in this document is specific to the Junior World Championship. Tonga V Italy Sunday 26th June 2011, KO: 12:00 Stadio Mario Battaglini, Rovigo

Headlines: 2011 Records

• Italy have only scored two tries in this year’s Championship, the lowest of the 12 competing sides >> Points and have conceded 20 tries, the highest of all. • MICHELE VISENTIN has scored both Italy’s tries in this tournament, against New Zealand and Points Player Argentina. Tonga have conceded 616 points and 80 tries in the history of the IRB Junior World • 68 Gareth Anscombe Championships, the highest of any team. New Zealand This is the second consecutive season that Tonga have been in the relegation play off match, • 55 Johan Goosen having beaten Samoa in 2010. South Africa 51 Josateki Lalagavesi Match summary: Fiji • Italy and Tonga meet in the play off match that will decide which team will be relegated to the IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy in 2012. Both teams have lost all four matches they have played, with >> Tries Italy scoring just 24 points in total. They lost twice to Argentina but after a 27-3 defeat in the Pool stages put up a much better performance in the 9th place semi final, losing 12-8 despite scoring Tries Player the only try of the match. Tonga have scored six tries in their four matches but lost 30-11 to Scotland in their 9th place semi • 5 Christian Wade final and are in the relegation play off match for the second consecutive season, having beaten England Samoa 23-3 in last year’s championship. 5 Charles Piutau New Zealand Team news: 5 Francois Venter South Africa • Italy have made just one change to their starting line up from the side that lost to Argentina, with ALFIO LUCA MAMMANA returning at lock in place of FILIPPO GEROSA. There are six players All Time Records in the Italian side who have started in every match; Props NICOLA QUAGLIO and PIERMARIA LESO, flanker EDOARDO GHIRALDINI, scrum half GUGLIELMO PALAZZANI and centres TOMMASO >> Points CASTELLO and GIOVANNI ALBERGHINI. • Tonga have made two changes to their starting line up following their defeat to Scotland, with MATHEW HOWLING coming in at flanker and captain MESUI VEA returning at fly half. Tonga also Points Player have six ever presents in their starting line up; prop ELISI PULU, lock LONI TOUMOHUNI, number 118 Tom Homer eight SAM FINAU, centre PITA AHKI and wings TONGA AFU and SIALE TALAKAI. England 116 Matthew Jarvis IRB Junior World Championships Facts and figures Wales 105 Francois Brummer Italy (all time tournament record): South Africa

• Italy finished 11th in 2008 and 13th in 2009, which saw them relegated to participate in the IRB >> Tries Junior World Rugby Trophy in 2010. They won that tournament, beating Japan 36-7 in the final to qualify for this year’s IRB Junior World Championships in place of Samoa, who recently won the 2011 JWRT. Tries Player • Have won just one of the nine matches they have played in the Pool stages, beating Japan 24-20 10 Zac Guildford in 2008 and have won three out of five play off matches played. New Zealand • Scored 46.4% of their total points through tries, which is the lowest percentage of any team that 9 Andrew Conway has competed in the Championships. Italy have only scored seven tries in seven Pool matches Ireland played but have scored 11 in five play off matches. 8 Julian Savea • Scored 41.8% of total points through penalty kicks, which is the highest of all teams. New Zealand • Need six more points to reach 200 in their 15th match. 8 Ryuhei Arita Japan Tonga (all time tournament record):

• Finished 13th in 2008, 10th in 2009 and 11th in 2010, when they beat Samoa 23-3 to secure their place in this year’s Championship. • Conceded 616 points, the highest of any team. • Conceded 80 tries, also the highest of any team. • Have the worst conversion rate of all the teams competing with only 47.2% (17 successful kicks out of 36 tries scored). • Been on the receiving end of 14 yellow cards, the second highest of the competing teams behind Fiji. • Not kicked a drop goal in 19 matches played. • Need eight points to reach 300 in their 20th match.

JWC COMMENTATORS NOTES (contd)

Lets get physical

Players Players Average Average Players Average Average Players Team Aged Aged Height Height 185 cm Weight Weight 100 20 18 (cm) of Pack or taller (kg) of Pack kg +

Italy 6 1 186 188 9 97 104 5

Tonga 5 3 183 187 6 96 101 5

• Italy are three months per man older than Tonga. Italy have a one cm per man height advantage in the line out and a three kg per man weight advantage in the scrum. • Italy’s tallest man is second row forward ALFIO LUCA MAMMANA, who stands at 197 cm (6ft 5ins) and is exactly the same height as Tonga’s tallest player, prop SAMIU TALIA’ULI.

The heavyweight division

• The combined weight of the Italy pack is 835 kg, which gives them a 30 kg advantage over Tonga in the scrum. • Italy have the heaviest man on the pitch in loosehead prop NICOLA QUAGLIO, who weighs in at 119 kg (18st 10lb). He will have a two kg advantage over his direct opponent in the scrum, ELISI PULU, who is Tonga’s heaviest player.

History

• This will be the first time that Italy and Tonga have met in the IRB Junior World Championships.

Experience

• Three of Italy’s starting line up appeared in last year’s victorious IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy squad; prop PIERMARIA LESO, scrum half GUGLIELMO PALAZZANI and centre GIOVANNI ALBERGHINI. • Tonga have two players who took part in last year’s Championship; flanker OFA FINAU and fly half OTULEA KATOA, who scored a try against Samoa in 2010.

Sole man

• MICHELE VISENTIN has scored both Italy’s tries in this tournament, against New Zealand and Argentina.

Tonga tries

• Three players in Tonga’s starting line up have scored tries in this year’s Championship; MATHEW HOWLING against Australia and Fiji, PITA AHKI scored against France and LONI TOUMOHUNI scored against Scotland.

Young talent

• Italy’s fly half MICHELE CAMPAGNARO is the second youngest player in the tournament at 18 years and three months and is just three days older than England’s fly half, GEORGE FORD.

The man in the middle

• GREG GARNER of England takes charge of this match, his fourth in IRB Junior World Championship competition, having officiated in New Zealand’s 92-0 win over Wales, Ireland’s 30-13 win over Scotland and New Zealand’s 37-7 win over Australia earlier in the tournament. He only issued one yellow card in those three matches.

Team Sheets All data in this document is specific to the Junior World Championship.

TONGA Kali Matches #: 20 Hala Auckland Marist Replacements 16 Sefo Sakalia (Marist) 14 13 12 11 17 Lautaimi Fetuani (Spartans) Siale Pita Otulea Tonga 18 Nehumi Vanisi (Ngele’ia) Talakai Ahki Katoa Afu 19 Motekiai Faeamani (Spartans) Toloa OB Massey Spartans Tepapapa 20 Sefo Ma’ake (Havelu) 21 Mona Paraki (Star) 10 9 22 Nio Lavemai (Auckland Marist) Mesui Ma’amaloa Vea (C) Taufa Toloa OB Manakau Key Stats 8 Sam # Caps Starting Lineup: 62 Avg Age Starting Lineup: 19 Finau Oldest Player: Lose Tukufuka (20) Auckland University Youngest Player: Lautaimi Fetuani (18) 6 7 Avg Weight Forwards: 104 kg Ofa 5 4 Mathew Finau Howling Lose Loni Toa-ko-ma’afu Tukufuka Toumohuni Ponsonby Havelu Fanga ‘o Pilolevu Officials 3 2 1 Referee: Greg Garner (England) - 3 Matches Elisi Solomone Mana Pulu Kioa Talia’uli Matches at Venue: 2 Matches Tonga: 0 Matches Pakuranga Toloa OB Karaka RFC Italy: 0 Matches Match Debut: 14/06/2011 - New Zealand v Wales Assistant Referee 1: JP Doyle (England) Assistant Referee 2: 1 2 3 Joao Mourinha (Portugal) Nicola Andrea Piermaria Quaglio Lupetti Leso (C) Match Official 4: Rovigo I Cavalieri Prato Petrarca Padova Alessandro Cason (Italy) Match Official 5: 4 5 Simone Boaretto (Italy) 6 Jacopo Alfio 7 Bocchi Luca Mammana Giacomo Edoardo Brancoli Benetton Treviso Amatori Catania Ghiraldini Livorno Petrarca Padova 8 Replacements Federico 16 Giovanni Maistri (Calvisano) Conforti 17 Riccardo Cagna (Viadana Rugby) Petrarca Padova 18 Andrea Balsemin (Gran Ducato Parma Rugby) 19 Edoardo Ruffolo (Crociati Rugby) 9 10 20 Vittorio Callori Di Vignale (I Cavalieri Prato) Guglielmo Michele 21 Francesco Menon (Firenze) Palazzani Campagnaro 22 Guido Calabrese (Gladiatori Sanniti ASD) Calvisano Mirano

11 12 13 14 Michele Tommaso Giovanni Leonardo Key Stats Visentin Castello Alberghini Sarto Gran Ducato Parma Benetton Treviso Genova Petrarca Padova # Caps Starting Lineup: 49 Rugby Avg Age Starting Lineup: 19 Oldest Player: Riccardo Cagna (20) 15 Youngest Player: Michele Campagnaro (18) Avg Weight Forwards: 104 kg Augusto Cosulich Benetton Treviso

ITALY Matches #: 15

JWC Record Under: Benhur Kivalu JWC Recent Matches Debut: 10/06/2011 v Australia (L 7-54) Date Opponent Result Venue Winning Ratio: 0.00% Average Tries per Match: 1.50 22/06/2011 Scotland L 11 30 Rovigo

18/06/2011 Fiji L 18 36 Rovigo JWC Record Under Benhur Kivalu 14/06/2011 France L 14 27 Padova 0 Wins 0 Drawn 4 Lost 10/06/2011 Australia L 7 54 Rovigo 50 For Points 147 Against 21/06/2010 Samoa W 23 3 Paraná 6 For Tries 19 Against

4 For Conversions 14 Against Points For 73

4 For Penalties 8 Against Points Ag 150

0 For Drop Goals 0 Against Tries For 9

Tries Ag 19 JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Player Information

Caps as Caps v Player Pos Age Debut Caps Won Drawn Lost Points Tries Cons Pens DGs Sub Opponent Mana Talia’uli 1 18 10/06/2011 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 Solomone Kioa 2 19 10/06/2011 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 Elisi Pulu 3 19 10/06/2011 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 Loni Toumohuni 4 19 10/06/2011 4 0 0 0 0 4 5 1 0 0 0 Lose Tukufuka 5 20 10/06/2011 4 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 Ofa Finau 6 20 05/06/2010 8 2 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 Mathew Howling 7 19 10/06/2011 4 3 0 0 0 4 10 2 0 0 0 Sam Finau 8 20 10/06/2011 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 Ma’amaloa Taufa 9 19 10/06/2011 4 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 Mesui Vea (C) 10 20 10/06/2011 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Tonga Afu 11 19 10/06/2011 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 Otulea Katoa 12 20 09/06/2010 7 2 0 1 0 6 5 1 0 0 0 Pita Ahki 13 18 10/06/2011 4 0 0 0 0 4 15 1 2 2 0 Siale Talakai 14 18 10/06/2011 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 Kali Hala 15 20 14/06/2011 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 Total 62 11 0 2 0 60 35 5 2 2 0 Sefo Sakalia 16 19 09/06/2010 7 3 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 Lautaimi Fetuani 17 18 14/06/2011 3 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 Nehumi Vanisi 18 18 10/06/2011 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Motekiai Faeamani 19 18 10/06/2011 4 1 0 0 0 4 5 1 0 0 0 Sefo Ma’ake 20 19 10/06/2011 4 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 Mona Paraki 21 19 14/06/2011 3 2 0 0 0 3 10 0 2 2 0 Nio Lavemai 22 19 10/06/2011 4 1 0 0 0 4 5 1 0 0 0 JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Records For Tonga Caps Tries Points 10 - Seilame Tuku’afu 2 - Mateo Malupo 46 - Sione Toke 10 - George Moala 2 - Mone Latu 27 - Kolio Hifo 8 - Ofa Finau 2 - Sione Mulikiha’amea 15 - Michael Toloke

Player Records (In a Match) Team Records (In a Match) Points: 17 - Sione Toke v Ireland on 14/06/2008 Points: 36 v Canada on 13/06/2009 Tries: 2 - Sione Lafo’ou v Canada on 13/06/2009 Tries: 6 v Canada on 13/06/2009 Conversions: 3 - 2 players Conversions: 3 on 2 Occasions Penalties: 5 - Sione Toke v Ireland on 14/06/2008 Penalties: 5 v Ireland on 14/06/2008 Drop Goals: - Drop Goals: -

JWC Record Under: Andrea Cavinato JWC Recent Matches Debut: 10/06/2011 v New Zealand (L 7-64) Date Opponent Result Venue Winning Ratio: 0.00% Average Tries per Match: 0.50 22/06/2011 Argentina L 8 12 Rovigo

JWC Record Under Andrea Cavinato 18/06/2011 Wales L 6 56 Treviso 0 Wins 0 Drawn 4 Lost 14/06/2011 Argentina L 3 27 Rovigo 24 For Points 159 Against 10/06/2011 New Zealand L 7 64 Treviso 2 For Tries 20 Against 21/06/2009 Canada W 32 22 Nagoya 1 For Conversions 16 Against Points For 56 3 For Penalties 9 Against Points Ag 181

1 For Drop Goals 0 Against Tries For 6

Tries Ag 23 JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Player Information

Caps as Caps v Player Pos Age Debut Caps Won Drawn Lost Points Tries Cons Pens DGs Sub Opponent Nicola Quaglio 1 20 10/06/2011 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 Andrea Lupetti 2 20 10/06/2011 4 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 Piermaria Leso (C) 3 20 10/06/2011 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 Jacopo Bocchi 4 20 10/06/2011 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 Alfio Luca Mammana 5 19 10/06/2011 4 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 Giacomo Brancoli 6 19 10/06/2011 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 Edoardo Ghiraldini 7 19 10/06/2011 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 Federico Conforti 8 19 22/06/2011 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Guglielmo Palazzani 9 20 10/06/2011 4 0 0 0 0 4 5 0 1 1 0 Michele Campagnaro 10 18 10/06/2011 4 2 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 1 Michele Visentin 11 19 10/06/2011 3 0 0 0 0 3 10 2 0 0 0 Tommaso Castello 12 19 14/06/2011 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 Giovanni Alberghini 13 20 10/06/2011 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 Leonardo Sarto 14 19 22/06/2011 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Augusto Cosulich 15 19 10/06/2011 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 Total 49 5 0 0 0 49 18 2 1 1 1 Giovanni Maistri 16 19 10/06/2011 4 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 Riccardo Cagna 17 20 10/06/2011 4 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 Andrea Balsemin 18 20 10/06/2011 4 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 Edoardo Ruffolo 19 19 14/06/2011 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Vittorio Callori Di Vignale 20 19 14/06/2011 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Francesco Menon 21 20 10/06/2011 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Guido Calabrese 22 19 10/06/2011 3 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0

JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Records For Italy Caps Tries Points 9 - Emiliano Caffini 2 - Andrea Bacchetti 52 - Riccardo Bocchino 9 - Luca Petillo 2 - Tommaso Benvenuti 33 - Tommaso Benvenuti 7 - Joshua Furno 2 - Edoardo Gori 20 - Michele Mortali

Player Records (In a Match) Team Records (In a Match) Points: 18 - Riccardo Bocchino v Canada on 22/06/2008 Points: 33 v Canada on 22/06/2008 Tries: 2 - 2 players Tries: 4 v Canada on 21/06/2009 Conversions: 3 - Tommaso Benvenuti v Japan on 17/06/2009 Conversions: 3 on 2 Occasions Penalties: 6 - Riccardo Bocchino v Canada on 22/06/2008 Penalties: 6 v Canada on 22/06/2008 Drop Goals: 1 - Michele Campagnaro v Wales on 18/06/2011 Drop Goals: 1 v Wales on 18/06/2011