SA Schools beat Italy

Match Report

At Vodacom Park in Bloemfontein on Saturday afternoon, South African Schools beat Italy Under-18 39-13. At half-time the home side led 8-3.

The winners scored five tries to one and were undoubtedly the stronger and better side. It was only the courage of the Italians that kept the score manageable.

This was the second match of the Italians' tour. They beat Pretoria Boys High 25-10 and next play the Golden Lions on Tuesday and South African Schools A on Friday in Witbank.

Scorers:

For South African Schools:
Tries: Willis, Watermeyer 2, Afrika 2
Cons: Watermeyer 4
Pens: Watermeyer 2

For Italy Under-18:
Try: Nava
Con: Bocchino
Pens: Wilson, Bocchino

Teams
South African Schools: 15 Aubrey McDonald, 14 Tshepo Masunga, 13 Stefan Watermeyer, 12 Divan Kotze, 11 Wynand Willis,  10 Justin Botha,  9 Clayton Steward,  8 Nick Köster,  7 Yaazier Hartzenberg,  6 Marnus Schoeman,  5 Cornell Hess,  4 Juan-Pierre Mostert,  3 Frik Kirsten,  2 Alfred Ries,  1 Jean-Jacques Rossouw (captain)
Replacements: 16 Pieter-Willem van Vuuren,  17 Julian Redelinghuys,  18 Luvuyo Lusaseni,  19 Ntokozo Mashele,  20 Marlin Ruiters,  21 Mlindazwe Ngoro,  22 Cecil Afrika 

Coaches: Paul Anthony, Donald Ngwenya, Gerald Antonie

Italy Under-18: 15 Mattia Locatelli, 14 Roberto Quartaroli, 13 Andrea Pratichetti, 12 Alberto Chiesa, 11 Andrea Bacchetti, 10 Riccardo Bocchino, 9 Michael Wilson, 8 Alessandro Maestri, 7 Simone Favaro, 6 Vito Di Muro, 5 Filippo Giusti, 4 Stefano Amadio, 3 Lorenzo Sebastiani, 2 Marco Moscarda, 1 Andrea De Marchi
Replacements:  16 Gabriele Morelli, 17 Tommaso D’Apice, 18 Elia Violi, 19 Alberto Cazzola, 20 Marco Durigon, 21 Puliti, 22 Matteo Nava

Coaches: Andrea Cavinato, Andrea Sgorlon

Referee: Marius Bonthuys
Touch judges: Johan Wasserman, Sakkie Meyer